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                            | Episode | Date | 
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                                                        116-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4, Chapter 5
                                                     | Oct 08, 2025 | 
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                                                        115-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4, Chapters 3-4
                                                     | Feb 26, 2025 | 
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                                                        114-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4, Chapter 2
                                                     | Jan 20, 2025 | 
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                                                        113-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4, Chapter 1
                                                     | Jan 20, 2025 | 
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                                                        112-J Dilla
                                                     | Dec 04, 2024 | 
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                                                        111-Rhyme, Flow, Content: Eminem and Mac Miller
                                                     | Nov 25, 2024 | 
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                                                        110-Tool
                                                     | Nov 12, 2024 | 
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                                                        109-Math Rock
                                                     | Nov 04, 2024 | 
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                                                        108-Funk Counterpoint and James Brown
                                                     | Oct 18, 2024 | 
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                                                        107-The Bass and Larry Graham
                                                     | Oct 16, 2024 | 
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                                                        106-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3, Chapters 10-12
                                                     | Sep 09, 2024 | 
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                                                        105-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3, Chapters 8-9
                                                     | Sep 09, 2024 | 
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                                                        104-Minimalism and Popular Music
                                                     | Aug 28, 2024 | 
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                                                        103-Minimalism, Temporality, Repetition
                                                     | Aug 26, 2024 | 
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                                                        102-Flamenco, Compas, and the Siguiriyas
                                                     | Aug 26, 2024 | 
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                                                        101-Twos and Threes: Hemiola, Odd Meters, Tresillo
                                                     | Aug 22, 2024 | 
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                                                        100-Thumb Like God--Ragtime Guitarist
                                                     | Aug 16, 2024 | 
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                                                        099-Meter and Time
                                                     | Aug 14, 2024 | 
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                                                        098-The Backbeat
                                                     | Aug 13, 2024 | 
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                                                        097-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3, Chapters 6-7
                                                     | Jul 22, 2024 | 
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                                                        096-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3, Chapters 4-5
                                                     | Jul 22, 2024 | 
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                                                        095-Cross Domain Application
                                                     | Jun 12, 2024 | 
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                                                        094-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3, Chapters 2-3
                                                     | Jun 03, 2024 | 
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                                                        093-Empathy or Sympathy?
                                                     | May 16, 2024 | 
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                                                        092-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3, Chapter 1
                                                     | May 15, 2024 | 
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                                                        091-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2, Chapters 7-9
                                                     | May 01, 2024 | 
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                                                        090-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2, Chapters 5-6
                                                     | Apr 25, 2024 | 
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                                                        089-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2, Chapters 3-4
                                                     | Apr 07, 2024 | 
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                                                        088-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2, Chapters 1-2
                                                     | Apr 03, 2024 | 
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                                                        087-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Chapters 12-13
                                                     | Mar 18, 2024 | 
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                                                        086-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Chapters 10-11
                                                     | Feb 22, 2024 | 
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                                                        085- Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Chapters 8-9
                                                     | Feb 22, 2024 | 
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                                                        084- Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Chapter 7
                                                     | Jan 23, 2024 | 
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                                                        083- Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Chapters 5-6
                                                     | Jan 12, 2024 | 
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                                                        082- Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Chapters 3-4
                                                     | Jan 05, 2024 | 
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                                                        081- Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Chapters 1-2
                                                     | Jan 04, 2024 | 
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                                                        080-Ambivalence in Neutral Milk Hotel and Nana Grizol
                                                     | Nov 27, 2023 | 
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                                                        079--Punk Wordsworth: The Smiths
                                                     | Nov 19, 2023 | 
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                                                        078-MF DOOM and the Materiality of Language
                                                     | Nov 06, 2023 | 
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                                                        077-Agency and Fate in the Narcocorridos of Chalino
                                                     | Oct 30, 2023 | 
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                                                        076-The Rhetoric of Law and the Narcocorrido
                                                     | Oct 23, 2023 | 
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                                                        075-The Fictional Real in Edith Piaf
                                                     | Oct 16, 2023 | 
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                                                        074- The Elliptical Nature of Subjectivity in Björk
                                                     | Oct 04, 2023 | 
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                                                        073-Tom Waits and Melancholy
                                                     | Sep 27, 2023 | 
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                                                        072- Randy Newman's Off-Kilter America
                                                     | Sep 20, 2023 | 
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                                                        71-Cole Porter and the List Song
                                                     | Sep 13, 2023 | 
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                                                        70- Aristotle's Rhetoric and Cole Porter's Wit
                                                     | Aug 18, 2023 | 
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                                                        069- Lyrics as Material and Museme
                                                     | Aug 11, 2023 | 
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                                                        068- Twelve Open Questions Concerning Lyrics
                                                     | Aug 11, 2023 | 
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                                                        067-Seneca's On the Shortness of Life, part 2
                                                     | Mar 09, 2023 | 
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                                                        066- Seneca's On the Shortness of Life, part 1
                                                     | Mar 09, 2023 | 
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                                                        065-Video Game Music
                                                     | Feb 27, 2023 | 
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                                                        064-BTS, Carl Jung, and the Psyche
                                                     | Feb 13, 2023 | 
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                                                        063-Death Grips and Accelerationism
                                                     | Jan 21, 2023 | 
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                                                        062--The Early Beatles and the Artistry of Fun
                                                     | Jan 09, 2023 | 
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                                                        061-The Aesthetics and Ethics of Taylor Swift's Re-recordings
                                                     | Dec 05, 2022 | 
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                                                        060-Spotify, Star Texts, and Taylor Swift
                                                     | Nov 29, 2022 | 
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                                                        59-Anti-Capitalist Hip Hop
                                                     | Nov 24, 2022 | 
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                                                        58-Hip Hop and the Romance of Capital
                                                     | Nov 14, 2022 | 
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                                                        057-Neo-Soul and the Body
                                                     | Nov 08, 2022 | 
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                                                        056-Neo-Soul and Temporality
                                                     | Nov 01, 2022 | 
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                                                        055- Hardcore Punk and Ronald Reagan
                                                     | Oct 24, 2022 | 
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                                                        054-Politics and Hardcore Punk
                                                     | Oct 18, 2022 | 
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                                                        053-Reggae Confronts Babylon
                                                     | Oct 11, 2022 | 
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                                                        052-Economic and Political Violence in Early Reggae
                                                     | Oct 04, 2022 | 
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                                                        051- Gospel Music and Surplus Value
                                                     | Sep 12, 2022 | 
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                                                        050-Early Gospel Recordings and the Ecstasy of Suffering
                                                     | Sep 05, 2022 | 
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                                                        049--The 1930s Musical Commodity Fetish
                                                     | Aug 29, 2022 | 
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                                                        048-Tin Pan Alley and the Depression
                                                     | Aug 23, 2022 | 
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                                                        047- The Numbing Sublime of DJ Screw and Cloud Rap
                                                     | Dec 06, 2021 | 
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                                                        046--Gangsta Rap and the Hip Hop Sublime
                                                     | Nov 29, 2021 | 
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                                                        045--Willie Nelson, Red Headed Stranger, and Murder
                                                     | Nov 17, 2021 | 
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                                                        044-Outlaw Country, Kant, and Low Down Freedom
                                                     | Nov 10, 2021 | 
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                                                        043--Kant's Critique of Pure Reason ep.3 Introduction
                                                     | Nov 10, 2021 | 
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                                                        042--Bebop and Freedom in Play
                                                     | Nov 01, 2021 | 
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                                                        041--Sapere Aude: Bebop and (Kantian) Autonomy
                                                     | Oct 25, 2021 | 
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                                                        040--Kant's Critique of Pure Reason ep.2 Prefaces
                                                     | Oct 25, 2021 | 
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                                                        039-Kant's Critique of Pure Reason ep.1 Background
                                                     | Oct 20, 2021 | 
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                                                        038--Giving the Idea to Art: Kant, the Genius, and Prog Rock
                                                     | Oct 19, 2021 | 
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                                                        037--Progressive Rock and (Kantian) Form
                                                     | Oct 12, 2021 | 
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                                                        036--The Transcendental Aesthetic of Space and Time in Hindustani Music
                                                     | Sep 18, 2021 | 
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                                                        035--Shortcut to Transcendence: The US Reception of Hindustani Music
                                                     | Aug 20, 2021 | 
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                                                        033-Singer-Songwriters of the 1970s and the Problem of the Self
                                                     | Aug 18, 2021 | 
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                                                        032- Kant's Syntheses and the Ontologies of Music
                                                     | Mar 09, 2021 | 
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                                                        031--Kant's Three Syntheses and the Album
                                                     | Mar 02, 2021 | 
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                                                        030- The "First Death" of Hip Hop and "Rapper's Delight"
                                                     | Feb 08, 2021 | 
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                                                        029-Bossa Nova and Middle-Class Melancholy
                                                     | Jan 31, 2021 | 
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                                                        028-DJ Kool Herc, Deconstruction, and Synecdoche
                                                     | Jan 20, 2021 | 
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                                                        027-The Problem with Payola
                                                     | Jan 19, 2021 | 
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                                                        026- Feeling Otherwise: Music, Commodity, and Streaming
                                                     | Nov 24, 2020 | 
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                                                        025- Digitalization and the Ontology of Music
                                                     | Nov 18, 2020 | 
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                                                        024-Graffiti and the Aesthetics of Transgression
                                                     | Nov 13, 2020 | 
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                                                        023- On Distance, Nietzsche, and Conscious Rap
                                                     | Nov 11, 2020 | 
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                                                        021--The Carter Family and the Death of God
                                                     | Nov 02, 2020 | 
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                                                        020 Ralph Peer and the Bristol Sessions
                                                     | Oct 22, 2020 | 
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                                                        019 Appalachia, Disaster Songs, and Fiddling Contests--Early Country Music
                                                     | Oct 20, 2020 | 
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                                                        018-Crossing Over: Billboard, Nietzsche, and the Supremes
                                                     | Oct 13, 2020 | 
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                                                        017-Motown, Black Uplift, and Fordism
                                                     | Oct 08, 2020 | 
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                                                        016-Booker T. at the Crossroads: Country Blues
                                                     | Oct 08, 2020 | 
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                                                        015-The Emergence of the Blues in the Mainstream
                                                     | Oct 08, 2020 | 
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                                                        014 Nietzsche’s Rausch, Aesthetic Form, and Highlife Music
                                                     | Sep 21, 2020 | 
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                                                        013 Syncretism and Highlife Music of Ghana
                                                     | Sep 21, 2020 | 
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                                                        012 WEB DuBois, Double Consciousness, and Bert Williams’s Jonah Man
                                                     | Sep 21, 2020 | 
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                                                        011 An Improvisation on Nietzsche, Adorno, and the Grateful Dead
                                                     | Sep 10, 2020 | 
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                                                        010 Ragtime, Reversal, and Syncopation
                                                     | Sep 07, 2020 | 
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                                                        009 Nietzsche Birth of Tragedy, Sections 3-25 and the 1960s Dionysian
                                                     | Sep 07, 2020 | 
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                                                        008 Nietzsche, Eternal Recurrence, and Repetition in Music
                                                     | Aug 27, 2020 | 
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                                                        007 Nietzsche, Birth of Tragedy, Sections 1-2
                                                     | Aug 23, 2020 | 
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                                                        006 Nietzsche, Birth of Tragedy: An Introduction
                                                     | Aug 22, 2020 | 
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                                                        005 Sousa, Nationalism, and Masculinity
                                                     | Aug 19, 2020 | 
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                                                        004 The 19th-Century Parlor Ballad
                                                     | Aug 11, 2020 | 
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                                                        003 Early Blackface Minstrelsy and the Racialized Other
                                                     | Aug 03, 2020 | 
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                                                        002 Colonial Music and the Copyright Act of 1790
                                                     | Jul 19, 2020 | 
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                                                        001 Popular Music and Mass Art
                                                     | Jul 16, 2020 |