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Episodes

  1. June 30, 2026 Dr. Thomas Ferguson

    Episode 1: When the Data Runs Out, Philosophy Begins

    A philosopher at an engineering school on what happens when empirical data can't settle the question — and why the tools that remain are closer to art than science.

  2. June 30, 2026 Dr. Thomas Ferguson

    Episode 2: What Makes Something Count as Art?

    Dr. Ferguson traces art's definition from Duchamp's urinal to generative AI, arguing that intention is what makes something count as art.

  3. June 30, 2026 Dr. Thomas Ferguson

    Episode 3: What Math and Sculpting Share

    Dr. Ferguson discusses how sculpting and mathematics feels the same, and how mastering the rules of any discipline allow you to break them.

  4. July 1, 2026 Dr. Thomas Ferguson

    Episode 4: Is Everything Art?

    Dr. Ferguson arrives at the conclusion he dreads — that everything might be art. Theo offers a contrasting opinion on that take.

  5. July 1, 2026 Dr. Thomas Ferguson

    Episode 5: Defining Art Breaks Its Definition

    A philosophy professor and a physics student spend an hour trying to define art and leave less certain than when they started — which turns out to be the point.

  6. July 1, 2026 Dr. Thomas Ferguson

    Episode 6: Logic, Creativity, and the Lines We Draw

    A philosopher and logician on why creativity is the one capacity that cuts across every human endeavor — from formal reasoning to the factory floor.

  7. July 1, 2026 Elena Li Chow

    Episode 7: Crossing Borders to Find the Story

    Elena Li Chow, an accomplished author, on how living across six countries and learning to read every room taught her how to access to other people's inner lives.

  8. July 5, 2026 Elena Li Chow

    Episode 8: Writing in the Gray Areas

    Elena Li Chow, author of "Behind Closed Eyes", on why moral ambiguity isn't a weakness in fiction — and why refusing to resolve a story is itself a form of artistic rigor.

  9. July 17, 2026 Elena Li Chow

    Episode 9: Belonging as a Decision You Make

    Elena Li Chow, an author and entrepreneur who has lived across Argentina, China, and the United States on why belonging is a decision — and what bicultural identity makes possible in art and in life.

  10. July 5, 2026 Elena Li Chow

    Episode 10: Art Is a Choice You Make

    Elena Li Chow, author of "Behind Closed Eyes", on why making art is a decision, not a gift — and what that distinction means for anyone who thinks the door is already closed to them.

  11. July 5, 2026 Elena Li Chow

    Episode 11: What AI Cannot Synthesize

    Elena Li Chow, author of "Behind Closed Eyes", on why AI can produce beauty but not soul — and what that distinction reveals about what human artmaking actually is.

  12. July 5, 2026 Elena Li Chow

    Episode 12: Every Experience Feeds the Work

    Elena Li Chow, author of "Behind Closed Eyes", on why every unglamorous job — the desk work, the negotiation, the contract reading — eventually feeds the writing, and why financial stability is not the enemy of creative freedom.