In this episode, Doyle welcomes guest Martin "Harrison" McNulty to discuss the spiritual fate of the West and Christianity. The discussion will consider the current disorder of Western institutions namely the Academy, the Church, and the State--Trump's recent declaration of a State of Emergency will serve as the starting point. If all goes as planned, the discussion will incorporate an intellectual heritage that include Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Jordan Peterson. It was Heidegger who announced that "Being" even though its meaning is vaporous was the "spiritual fate of the West."

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The Spiritual Fate of the West & Christianity: A Discussion with Martin "Harrison" McNulty

In this episode, Max explores the hidden wisdom of the most under appreciated medical profession: nursing.

The Specialists #4: Nursing PhD

Max and Doyle and the free-form riff. Cheers!

Sheer Tomfoolery 2

Max and Doyle experiment with freeform podcasting, hoping to hone the craft of discussion on air. We discuss everything from Europe mass immigration problem, to the Intellectual Dark Web, bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency, and the #MeToo movement. Thanks for tuning into another episode of Cryptosophy!

Sheer Tomfoolery

Max interviews Nick on his experience as an EMT. They discuss dealing with gore, mental health patients, desensitization, death, and a variety of other topics.

The Specialists #3: Emergency Medical Technician

Max and Tony discuss a variety of topics around nursing.

The Specialists #1: Nursing

In this Episode Max interviews Amin Salah on his experience of growing up in the Middle East and Moving to the United States.

Specialists - Growing Up in the Middle East

In this episode of Cryptosophy, Max and Doyle engage Peterson's thoughts and his dramatic effect on their lives. On the docket includes Peterson's use of the archetypes, the epistemological debate between Peterson and Sam Harris, and the ethical framework Peterson's philosophy of "cleaning your room."

A Tribute to Jordan Peterson

In this episode, Max interviews Doyle about his life, philosophical education, outlook on politics, religion, contemporary music, and everything in between. Doyle urges all listeners to be contrarian, attempt to synthesize seemingly contradictory worldviews, and to live life to the fullest.

Doyle Baxter, Cryptosopher

What is love? The various speeches in this dialogue attempt to answer this question, culminating in Diotima's claim that love is the desire to eternally contemplate and behold the form of beauty. Socrates then teaches his friends that philosophy supplies the means to do so. In this episode of Cryptosophy, Max and Doyle search for wisdom in one of Plato's most famous dialogues.

6 - Plato's Symposium

The Nicomachean Ethics is a deep psychological account of the role of emotion, virtue, and society in the pursuit of the good life. In this podcast, Max and Doyle reflect on Aristotle's virtue ethics and discuss how it contrasts with the popular morality of today's world. Of all the text discusses thus far on Cryptosophy, both Doyle and Max agreed that this text above all other should be read continually.

9 - Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

In this podcast, Doyle interviews Max, inquiring about his life and trying to learn as much as he can from him. At Cryptosophy, we believe that all persons are sources of hidden wisdom if only you have the patience to ask the most important questions and really listen to them. Max shared details of his religious tribulations, encountering Nietzsche, and writing his undergraduate thesis on Wittgenstein.

Max Creager, Cryptosopher

In this episode, Max and Doyle are joined by Nate, a self-proclaimed Platonist, to dive deep into the last half of the Republic. The messianic power of philosophy to save and direct us is a key take away from the text and this discussion.

8 - Plato's Republic 6-10

Plato's Republic is often one of the first texts of philosophy that novices encounter. Unfortunately, sometimes first-time readers miss the point. The secret of the Republic is the narrative arc beginning with the first word of the dialogue. In this episode, Doyle and Max are joined by JP for a discussion of the first half of the dialogue.

7 - Plato's Republic 1-5

Oedipus Rex is upheld by Aristotle as the archetype of Greek tragedy. In this episode, Max and Doyle reflect on the three surviving Theban plays by Sophocles: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.

5 - Sophocles' Theban Plays

Welcome to Cryptosophy! This podcast is hosted by Max and Doyle. On this podcast, we are searching for hidden wisdom in the literature of the Western tradition and from interviews of specialists from diverse backgrounds.

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