Category: Ilaria Flisi
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Introduction 49-3
“Silence is the most spoken dialect in Sardinia” says the Italian novelist Michela Murgia in the episode about the Brontë sisters of the podcast Morgana (available only in Italian, sadly), which narrates the biographies of many extraordinary women (from the past and the present). Michela Murgia’s words hit me while I’m having my daily run…
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Philosopher on the Job Market – Alex Groen
A few years ago, I would have never imagined myself writing about beer.When I was living in Italy, I did not even like beer. At some point, pilsners appeared in my life but they did not look like a particularly original choice. IPAs seemed much more interesting. Then I started working in a bar, and…
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Introduction
The past months have been a sort of living paradox. On the one hand, the COVID-19 pandemic paralyzed (still paralyzes and probably will keep on paralyzing) the whole world, forcing us to stay inside, not to meet people, not to act, basically. On the other hand, the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd…
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Off the record – Fleur Jongepier
“It’s just the way I see things.” If I mention the name of Jane Goodall, most will know whom I am talking about. But if I mention the name Hugo van Lawick, will it ring a bell? Yet, it is thanks to Hugo that we have those beautiful pictures of Jane holding hands with chimps…
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Philosopher on the Job Market – Jim Burgman
I thought about getting a tattoo at least five times with five different designs. The first time, in my Coldplay phase (although I should say one of my Coldplay phases), I wanted a taattoo with the title of one of their songs. The second time, I went for a drawing of a hedgehog who uses…
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Introduction
I always thought that podcasts were not my cup of tea. I have never found a moment during the day when I really wanted to listen to an episode or a series that kept me glued to the headphones. Last week, however, I saw that a BBC radio 1 presenter, Phil Taggart, interviewed one of…
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Tarallini, a philosophical reflection
In this quarantined world, where yeast and flour seem to have disappeared from every supermarket and, when you finally find them, you and a bunch of other customers have to fight over them as Dwight and Andy fought over Michael’s love, recipes without (or with limited amount of) these sacred goods are more than welcome.…
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Splijtstof in the time of Coronavirus
A kindly thing it is to have compassion of the afflicted and albeit it well beseemeth every one, yet of those is it more particularly required who have erst had need of comfort and have found it in any, […]. Giovanni Boccaccio These are odd, grim, hard times. To say something smart and meaningful without…
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Off the Record – Christoph Lüthy
The One with the Swiss Dean and a Bottle of Wine I have been wanting to write this interview for quite a long time. Everything started because Ted, one of our editors, told me (attention, SPOILER ALERT!) about an alleged piece of advice that Christoph Lüthy, professor in the History of Philosophy and Science at…
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Are You Gullible?
A short story of what happened at the 6th edition of the Film & Philosophy series. It was a relatively hot Tuesday night, July 23, when a semi-tanned group of people gathered at De Kaaij, in our lovely Nijmegen. For this occasion, Opoe Sientje set up a cozy open air cinema, where the sixth edition…