Podcasts by The gas from la terrasse
A French café terrasse is the best place in the world to read, think, talk with friends and watch the world go by.
Consider this podcast your open invitation to pull up a chair, order your favourite drink and spend a few minutes thinking about life, culture, and French philosophy.
Hosted by Dr Christopher Watkin: author, researcher and university lecturer in modern and contemporary French philosophy and culture. More info at christopherwatkin.com
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Do we live in the age of the crisis of liberty? from 2020-07-09T03:50:31
This one-off episode of the podcast is the audio version of a video presentation I prepared for the 'Ends of Autonomy' Colloquium, held over Zoom on the 7-9 July 2020 (UK dates). The origi...
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Vodcast: Samuel Beckett, Krapp's Last Tape Lecture 2020 from 2020-06-07T08:13:18
This one-off episode of the podcast is the audio version of a video lecture I gave on Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape last week. The original video version is available at Listen
Vodcast: Camus, The Plague, and the value of literature in a time of pandemic from 2020-05-21T02:08:21
This is the audio version of a video I prepared for the "Camus, Christ and COVID-19" event organised by Christian Heritage Cambridge on 20 May 2020. The original video is available at https://yo...
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An Easter meditation on the very idea of having something to say about COVID-19. Let's read Camus' The Plague #6 from 2020-05-11T21:00
This episode is an audio version of a blog post I wrote on 11 April 2020, the sixth in a series of reflections about the COVID-19 pandemic in the light of Albert Camus's The Plague.
Pandemics, the phenomenology of statistics, and the numerical sublime. Let’s read Camus’ The Plague #5 from 2020-05-06T22:00
This episode is an audio version of a blog post I wrote on 9 April 2020, the fifth in a series of reflections about the COVID-19 pandemic in the light of Albert Camus's The Plague.
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Pandemic temporality. The strange times of COVID-19--Let's read Camus' The Plague #4 from 2020-05-04T06:25:41
This episode is an audio version of a blog post I wrote on 22 March 2020, the fourth in a series of reflections about the COVID-19 pandemic in the light of Albert Camus's The Plague. I hope you enj...
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Bonkers is the new normal--escalating paradigm shifts in the progress of a pandemic. Let's read Camus's The Plague #3 from 2020-04-20T23:48:52
This episode is an audio version of a blog post I wrote on 20 March 2020, the third in a series of reflections about the COVID-19 pandemic in the light of Albert Camus's The Plague. I hope you e...
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The inkling of a different reality. Let's read Camus's The Plague #2 from 2020-04-18T14:50:18
This episode is an audio version of a blog post I wrote on 20 February 2020, the second in a series of reflections about the COVID-19 pandemic in the light of Albert Camus's The Plague. I hope y...
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Epidemics are apocalyptic, but not in the way we might think. Let's read Camus's The Plague #1 from 2020-04-18T14:35:02
This episode is an audio version of a blog post I wrote on March 18 2020, the first in a series of reflections about the current COVID-19 epidemic in the light of Albert Camus's The Plague, whic...
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