Aaron Ross Powell Show

I didn’t much like the Last Jedi. And I rather love the Rise of Skywalker. Which puts me at odds with a lot of Star Wars fans, including my guest today.

Paul Crider is an editor at Liberal Currents, with interests in political philosophy and social justice, as well as Star Wars. He lives with his family in Silicon Valley and daylights as a semiconductor engineer.

On today’s episode, we discuss all things a long time ago in a galaxy...

You can make a strong case that Batman is the most famous western fictional character of all time. He's also pretty clearly the coolest.

On today's episode, I'm joined by Cory Massimino. He's the Students for Liberty Academics Coordinator and a fellow at the Center for a Stateless Society. But what matters most for our purposes here is that he's thought a lot about Batman, and has a ton of interesting things to say about him.

If yo...

Social distancing is an odd time for tabletop games. On the one hand, these are by nature social, in-person activities, the players sitting around the table pushing cardboard and dice. On the other, a great many of us suddenly have a lot of time on our hands to play them. So we're making do, with Zoom and Tabletop Simulator, but it's not the same.

On today's episode, I talk with my friend PJ Hambrick, who I met through our shared l...

I grew up listening to my dad play to audiobooks on road trips, and I've always loved what a good narrator can do with a good text. But the process--how you actually go about bringing a story to life in audio form--has been mostly unknown to me. And I'm sure to a lot of us. All I know is it must be more complicated than "Read it out loud."

Which is why today it's my pleasure to talk with not just a good narrator, but a great one. S...

It feels like nobody knows what postmodernism is, yet everyone has an opinion about it. Today’s conversation with Akiva Malamet is an effort to bring some clarity to an unclear topic. We explore the basic ideas of postmodernism and then move on to their implications for culture, society, politics, and individuals. About my guest: Akiva Malamet is completing his degree in Government at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliy...

Jason Kuznicki talks with Aaron about Buddhism, its appeal, what we think is true about it, what might be questionable, and our own practices. At the end of the episode, Jason recommends two books by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. Both are available as free downloads. "With Each & Every Breath: A Guide to Meditation" https://www.dhammatalks.org/ebook_index.html#eachandeverybreath "The Wings to Awakening: An Anthology from the Pāli Canon" http...