This month we're featuring episodes from the archives where John and Ken focus on big thinkers born in May: Niccolò Machiavelli, Søren Kierkeegaard, Karl Marx, and John Stuart Mill. There's also an episode where Josh and Ray question the checkered legacy of Sigmund Freud, asking their colleague Blakey Vermeule "What Has Replaced Freud?"
This Week’s Episode
The Legacy of Freud
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