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    Interview: Dr. Christopher Burkett on Westerns | The New Thinkery Ep. 72

    Interview: Dr. Christopher Burkett on Westerns | The New Thinkery Ep. 72

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    Interview: Dr. Christopher Burkett on Westerns | The New Thinkery Ep. 72

    FromThe New Thinkery

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    Length:
    82 minutes
    Released:
    Dec 8, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    The guys are joined this week by Greg's colleague at Ashland University, Dr. Christopher Burkett. The group take a break from the stuffy philosophy books, and turn instead to the silver screen to analyze the Western genre, and specifically Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969) and John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence (1962). Don't fret! Westerns, and these films in particular, are replete with philosophic underpinnings ready to be illuminated. 
    Released:
    Dec 8, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    The New Thinkery is a podcast devoted to political philosophy and its history, along with its many guises in literature, film, and human experience generally. Named after Socrates’ infamous “Thinkery” in Aristophanes’ Clouds, The New Thinkery strikes a balance between the seriousness of academia and the playfulness of casual conversation among friends.