Podcasts by The Uncommonplace
Two friends talk about about philosophy, Church, and everything in between. Hosted by Isaac Lund and Dan(iel) LaVenture.
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On Textiles (feat. Nicholas Hammond) | 044 from 2021-10-04T07:00
This week, we switch things up with a deep dive into the world of textiles and fabrics with Good Friend of the Pod, Nicholas Hammond. If you can endure the initial explanation of what a polymer ...
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On Manhood | 043 from 2021-09-20T18:00
The time has come to ride the coattails of The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill podcast and talk about that topic that's on everybody's mind: manhood.
Simone Weil's"The Needs of the Soul"(feat. Brett Stonecipher) | 042 from 2021-08-24T06:00
For this week's episode, we sat down with friend of the pod Brett Stonecipher to talk about a lesser-known powerhouse of 20th century philosophy, Simone Weil. We specifically discuss a chap...
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Pastoral Care | 041 from 2021-08-09T07:00
This week, we discuss a recent interview with Stanley Hauerwas and Will Willimon on the dangers of pastoral care.
Spoiler Alert: Your pastor is not your therapist!
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Heidegger's"Building Dwelling Thinking"| 040 from 2021-07-25T20:00
It's time for some obtuse phenomenology with the big man himself, Martin Heidegger. This one's a little dense, but we do our best to break down some of Heidegger's idiosyncratical...
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The Lame Shall Enter First | 039 from 2021-06-23T22:00
This week, we talk about Flannery O'Connor's very bleak and very dark short story, "The Lame Shall Enter First." The episode is riddled with spoilers, so we recommend clickin...
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Preaching | 038 from 2021-06-10T17:00
It's time to talk about preaching. There's a lot of bad sermons out there, and many of them are preached by people who should know better! This week, we have a conversation about why t...
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Marx&Teilhard's Guide to Anthropology | 037 from 2021-05-24T18:00
This week, we take a look at the first chapter of Richard Lischer's 1979 dissertation, Marx and Teilhard: Two Ways to a New Humanity. Topics include the idealism of Marx, the progr...
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A Little Exercise for Theologians | 036 from 2021-05-10T20:00
This week we have an extra public episode specifically dedicated to seminarians and divinity school students everywhere as they wrap up their school year. Long story short, we sat down for a con...
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In Medias Res: A Conversation with Austin Hayden | 035 from 2021-05-03T07:00
This week, we have a very special episode with a very special guest! Professional scatter-brain Austin Hayden joins us for a conversation that begins (more or less) with Byung-Chul Han, but even...
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Wealth in the Early Church | 034 from 2021-04-19T17:00
In this week's episode, we discuss two chapters from Through the Eye of a Needle by Princeton historian Peter Brown. Topics include the impact of Constantine on the 4th century cle...
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UNLOCKED: Preface and Anti-Preface (with Lil Gidding) from 2021-04-05T16:00
This week, we're unlocking a patron episode that we recorded with Lil Gidding last month in preparation from our episode on Kierkegaard's The Present Age. If you like this epi...
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The Burnout Episode | 033 from 2021-03-22T23:00
Everybody's talking about burnout, and now we are too. But more importantly, we do so with help from one of our house favorites, the philosopher Byung-Chul Han. In this episode, we start ou...
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Kierkegaard's"The Present Age"(with Lil Gidding) | 032 from 2021-03-08T07:00
This week, Isaac and Dan are joined by a present friend and former alias, the poster formerly known as @LilGidding, for a conversation on The Present Age by Søren Kierkegaard. According...
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How *Not* to Talk about LGBT Christians | 030 from 2021-02-08T06:00
In this episode, Isaac and Dan take the plunge into the incredibly sticky topic of LGBT inclusion in the life of the church. Specifically, they take a look at two very different statements, one ...
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Anniversary Episode&Patreon Launch | 029 from 2021-01-25T12:00
Well everyone, we made it to one whole year! To celebrate The Uncommonplace's first birthday, Isaac and Dan team up to reflect on the method of philosophy through conversation and also to d...
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Coffee&Virtue (with Maxwell Mooney) | 028 from 2021-01-18T12:00
This week, we have coffee! And a guest! Isaac and Dan are joined Maxwell Mooney, founder of Narrative Coffee in Everett, WA for a conversation on coffee, small business, and, you guessed it, Ari...
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Riffin'In The New Year | 027 from 2021-01-04T19:00
Boy oh boy, it's time for the Uncommonplace Year In Review! Well, sort of. Really it's just a meandering conversation covering all your favorite topics and more, including pandemic mac...
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In the Swarm | 026 from 2020-12-21T07:00
It's the return of the idiosyncrasies with one of our favorite philosophers, Byung-Chul Han! In this episode, Isaac and Dan discuss some of the themes found in the translation of Han's...
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Leisure: The Basis of Culture | 025 from 2020-12-07T07:00
We're back with a text-based episode, this time with a translation of Josef Pieper's classic 1948 essay, "Leisure: The Basis of Culture." At the center of our conversation ar...
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The COVID Episode | 024 from 2020-11-16T07:00
You've heard of podcasting, now get ready for COVIDcasting. That's right, it's a superspreader event for spicy virus-related takes! Although we provide no answers, we hope you wa...
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The Election Episode | 023 from 2020-11-08T18:00
The boys fire up the mics for some spicy political takes in the wake of the 2020 US presidential election.
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Riffin'On A Prayer | 022 from 2020-11-02T06:00
After a longer-than-usual hiatus, the boys are back with some more 'riffin' of the topical variety. In this episode (recorded about a month before its release), Isaac and Dan discuss ...
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Epictetus: An Introduction to Stoicism | 021 from 2020-09-11T06:00
We're back, with an episode on Stoicism! Using Epictetus' handbook as a guide, Isaac and Dan talk materialism (the ancient version), metaphysical gaslighting, and why Christians should...
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Aristotle's Ethics - Pt. 2 | 020 from 2020-08-07T15:00
As the great Aristotelian philosopher Spongebob Squarepants once said, "'F' is for Friends who do stuff together." And this week, we're talking about Aristotle's co...
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What Is A Great Books Program? | 019 from 2020-07-31T14:00
We planned this episode with the intention of discussing friendship, but it turned into a more basic conversation on the concept of a "Great Books" program. In this episode, we address...
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Aristotle's Ethics - Pt. 1 | 018 from 2020-07-16T20:00
After emerging from the forest of spooky Platonic metaphysics, Isaac and Dan are ready to take on something a little more methodical: the Nichomachean Ethics by Aristotle! In this episode, our h...
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Plato's Phaedrus | 017 from 2020-06-26T09:00
This week, Isaac and Dan discuss another Platonic dialogue, the Phaedrus. How can we discern the relationship between love and rhetoric? What is the true nature of the soul? What do phi...
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Plato's Phaedrus | 017 from 2020-06-26T09:00
This week, Isaac and Dan discuss another Platonic dialogue, the Phaedrus. How can we discern the relationship between love and rhetoric? What is the true nature of the soul? What do phi...
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Plato's Phaedrus | 017 from 2020-06-26T09:00
This week, Isaac and Dan discuss another Platonic dialogue, the Phaedrus. How can we discern the relationship between love and rhetoric? What is the true nature of the soul? What do phi...
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