Episodes 50
Avg. Duration 44m
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Apple Rating 4.8 (46)
Since Mar 2020
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Becoming Human with the philosopher Samuel Loncar is a show for a species in transition. The show features long-form, solo series that bring scholarly depth and academic insights to today's most pressing questions around science, religion, technology, and philosophy. Between these long-form, solo series, enjoy Explorations: journeys into time, culture, art, and history, encountering the mystery of the Human in conversations and free-standing episodes. Series 1: Origins, tells the story of the atheistic revolution, beginning with Socrates and Jesus, that made the modern world.

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Nietzsche on Russia, Europe, and the Munich Security Conference | Spirit News, Ep. 3

Feb 26, 2026 49m

Spirit News: A Hegalian Perspective on Current Affairs| Ep. 3 | A philosopher's take on the news with Yale-trained philosopher, Dr. Samuel Loncar. In this episode, I explore the transformative impact…

Spirit News: The Death of Legacy Media, Walking Monks, & Kierkegaard Makes the Evening Edition | Ep 2

Feb 20, 2026 35m

Spirit News: A Hegelian Perspective on Current Affairs Philosopher Dr. Samuel Loncar explores the intersection of philosophy and modern news, emphasizing the relevance of Hegelian thought in…

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Feb 19, 2026 1h 36m

Time & Eternity: Poetry and Philosophy in Dialogue with Dr. Samuel Loncar and Alexandra Barylski. | A Becoming Human Media Podcast In this inaugural episode, we delve into the intricate…

Spirit News: Nietzsche on Davos, Feast Day of Thomas Aquinas, and a Hegelian Perspective on News

Feb 04, 2026 43m

Spirit News: A Hegelian Perspective on Current Affairs Philosopher Dr. Samuel Loncar explores the intersection of philosophy and modern news, emphasizing the relevance of Hegelian thought in…

Gregory Shaw: Is Platonism the Answer to our existential crisis? | A Becoming Human Conversation

Feb 02, 2026 1h 9m

Do we have to choose between mind and matter, or are they somehow one? We live today in a battle between two rival streams of ancient wisdom, one that demonized matter as evil and one that divinized…

Mothering As A Subversive Activity: Hester Prynne | The Scarlet Letter, Chp 7-8, Ep. 6

Nov 24, 2025 31m

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A Woman's Choice: Agency and Meaning in The Scarlet Letter, Chap. 4-6 | Ep. 5

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Who Was John the Baptist? | A Conversation with Dr. James F. McGrath

Nov 06, 2025 59m

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Fear and Trembling: Self-Knowledge Begins in Recognition, Ch. 3 The Scarlet Letter, Ep. 4

Nov 04, 2025 15m

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The Witch, the Gossips, & the Madonna: Chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter

Nov 03, 2025 11m

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Halloween, Hawthorne, and the Supernatural: Introduction & Ch. 1 The Scarlet Letter, Ep. 2

Oct 31, 2025 29m

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How the Scarlet Letter Tells Us Who We Are: A Poetry Peddler Conversation, Ep. 1

Oct 30, 2025 56m

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Why Ignorance Rules the World: Socrates, Euthyphro, and the Search for Knowledge, Ep.1

Oct 17, 2025 25m

Ignorance, humanity's greatest enemy, yet also the secret source of wisdom according to Greece's greatest influencer, Socrates, whose ideas went viral, caused a cultural crisis, and led to his…

Christian Wiman on AI, Conciousness, and the Power of Life (part 2), Poetry Peddler Ep.2

Oct 08, 2025 34m

The Poetry Peddler podcast is a show celebrating living language as an expression of the human spirit. The show explores poetry's crucial role in resisting the global language crisis. Each episode…

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Sep 28, 2025 20m

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Becoming Human Today: Reasons for Hope

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Why bother becoming human? In difficult times, it's easy to lose hope. After 5 years since launching this show with Becoming Human: Origins, I decided it's time for an update. This episode shares…

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D.W. Pasulka, Christopher Bledsoe, and the Study of Religion

Aug 31, 2025 16m

This is a fifteen minute excerpt from my live Becoming Human Academy course, "The Sacred World: An introduction to Religion." In the lecture, I explain why the academic study of religion is…

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Aug 15, 2025 18m

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How a Celebrity Philosopher Changed History & Why He Was Forgotten: Emily Herring on Henri Bergson

May 12, 2025 1h 8m

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