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Episode 34: Is Revenge Inevitable?

Episode 34: Is Revenge Inevitable?

FromTerrifying Questions


Episode 34: Is Revenge Inevitable?

FromTerrifying Questions

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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Nov 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Is revenge a dish best served cold, hot, or not at all? Should we all go on a revenge diet, or is it just too tasty? Could hitting back be so much fun that we can’t give it up? Or is the best revenge the serene feeling of being above revenge? Even if we know that vengeance inevitably leads to an endless cycle of vengeance, is it possible to get off the not-so-merry-go-round? How did Athena help the Furies become the Kindly Ones? Join Taylor and Eric as they confront the terrifying fact that human beings seem to be addicted to revenge. 
Released:
Nov 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (50)

Eric Kaplan, a comedy writer (Futurama, Big Bang Theory) and doctor of philosophy, and Taylor Carman (Barnard College, Columbia University), a distinguished but humble authority on matters of existence and existentialism, host a philosophy podcast that addresses the most unsettling questions concerning human life and the nature of things and finds a path to courage using comedy, imagination, and far-ranging intellectual philosophical investigation. Along the way they grapple with the deep uncanniness of being.