Daniel Boyarin: Talmud as Anti-Theology S2 E20
This week, Zohar is joined by Talmud scholar Daniel Boyarin to discuss the intellectual and spiritual legacy of the rabbis, Talmud as the ir...
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Meditations with Zohar
Meditations with Zohar, a new podcast hosted by Zohar Atkins will follow Zohar and his guests discussing big ideas at the intersection of philosophy, theology, art, and culture, bringing a p...
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20 of 46 episodesTrae Stephens: Choosing Good Quests S2 E19
This week, Zohar Atkins joins Trae Stephens, investor, serial entrepreneur, and faith-based public thinker, to talk about what makes for a g...
Rohit Krishnan: Building God S2 E18
This week Zohar joins Rohit Krishnan, investor, blogger at Strange Loop Canon, and author of Building God, to talk about Edge, AI, Sabbatica...
Seth Kaplan: Reviving the Neighborhood S2 E17
This week Zohar is joined by public intellectual Seth Kaplan to discuss his new book Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One...
David Bashevkin: The Case for Inconvenience S2 E16
This week, Zohar is joined by David Bashevkin, Rabbi, scholar, author of Sin*a*gogue, and founder of 18Forty to talk about the meaning of co...
Eric Linus Kaplan: Philosophy as a Way of Life S2 E15
This week, Zohar is joined by Eric Linus Kaplan, podcast host ("Terrifying Questions") and TV writer ("The Big Bang Theory," "Futurama," "Fl...
Ari Lamm: Partnership and Rebellion S2 E14
This week, Zohar is joined by Rabbi Ari Lamm, host of The Good Faith Effort podcast, to talk about the theology of human independence, self-...
Tara Isabella Burton: Self-Making from Albrecht Dürer to Kim Kardashian S2 E13
This week, Zohar is joined by return guest Tara Isabella Burton to discuss her most recent book, Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da...
Geoffrey West: Longevity, Mortality, and Care S2 E12
This week, Zohar is joined by Geoffrey West, theoretical physicist, Distinguished Professor and Past President of the Santa Fe Institute, an...
David Epstein: Curiosity as a Calling S2 E11
This week, Zohar is joined by scientist turned journalist turned public intellectual, David Epstein, to discuss his book Range: Why Generali...
Roosevelt Montás: Education as Self-Formation S2 E10
This week, Zohar sits down with Roosevelt Montás, Senior Lecturer in American Studies and English at Columbia University, and former Directo...
Samuel Arbesman: Between Knowledge and Wonder S2 E9
This week, Zohar is joined by Sam Arbesman, Scientist in Residence of Lux Capital, and author of the Half-Life of Facts, to talk about the p...
Christian Bök: Orpheus and Eurydice S2 E8
This week, Zohar is joined by Christian Bök, acclaimed experimental poet, to discuss ambition, ephemerality, affordances, technology, games,...
Ben Purkert: The Men Can't Be Saved S2 E7
This week, Zohar is joined by poet and novelist Ben Purkert to discuss his debut novel The Men Can't Be Saved, taglines, Ben Lerner, Being J...
Nicholas Lyons: What's Better Than Free? S2 E6
This week, Zohar sits down with Nicholas Lyons, investor, autodidact, ex-banker, numerologist, and champion of Verus (a blockchain technolog...
Michael Gibson: Charisma and Its Discontents S2 E5
This week, Zohar is joined by Michael Gibson, venture capitalist, founder of the Thiel Fellowship, and author of Paper Belt on Fire, to talk...
Damon Linker: Passionate Skepticism S2 E4
This week, Zohar is joined by journalist and pundit Damon Linker, to discuss passionate skepticism, Strauss vs. Heidegger, religion, the leg...
Jennifer Frey: Philosophical Friendship S2 E3
This week, Zohar is joined by Jennifer Frey, philosopher, professor, and podcaster, to talk about how to read the ancients, the importance o...
Cynthia Haven: From Envy to Forgiveness S2 E2
This week Zohar is joined by intellectual biographer Cynthia Haven to discuss the life of the mind, mimetic desire, envy, forgiveness, the J...
Jay Tolson: All That Is Solid Melts Into Air S2 E1
This week, Zohar is joined by Jay Tolson, editor of the Hedgehog Review, to discuss the meaning of modernity and "late" modernity, the commu...