Philosophy
Uh, okay, this is different.
From PEL [Partially Examined Life]...
Mark Linsenmayer and Wes Alwan are joined by real actresses Lucy Lawless (Xena, Battlestar Galactica, Parks & Recreation, etc.) and Jaime Murray (Defiance, Dexter, Warehouse 13, etc.), who are pals through working together on Spartacus.
Technical Warning: If you downloaded this before Jan. 3, 4pm central, then there was a problem with the file that causes it not to play right if listening in mono (like out of your iPhone speaker). This problem has been fixed, so you should re-download if you were having problems.
Also, this is a cold read, not a rehearsed production, for educational purposes only (meaning you’re not allowed to have fun listening to this, I guess).
You can read the version we read of this 1944 French existentialist play online here. You may also want listen to Mark explain Sartre’s view of human nature and freedom and read more about the topic.
End song: “No Exit,” by Mark Lint, freshly written and recorded for this occasion.
No Exit
Jean-Paul Sartre [Wikipedia]
Jean-Paul Sartre [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Sartre’s Existentialism [International Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Jean-Paul Sartre Archive
North American Sartre Society
No Exit text
And this from the BBC...
Jean-Paul Sartre..."In Camera" [aka "No Exit"]
- The Existentialist Couple: Sartre And Beauvoir
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- Star Wars - Existentialist Edition
I don't know exactly what French-speaking existential philosophers like Jean-Paul Sartre or Albert Camus would have thought about films like Star Wars... and while I can see some respects in which the movies deal with philosophical issues, my guess...
- Birthday Of "bad Boy Of Being"...jean-paul Sartre
The Writer's Almanac... It's the birthday of philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre...born in Paris (1905). This giant of existential thought was also a well-known prankster during his days at the École Normale. He and a friend dropped...
- Simone De Beauvoir And Jean-paul Sartre...an Unconventional Relationship
The Writer's Almanac... It's the birthday of the novelist and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, born in Paris, France (1908). She entered the Sorbonne, and it was there that she met another philosophy student, Jean-Paul Sartre. He was five feet...
- Jean-paul Sartre..."in Camera" [aka "no Exit"]
New Horizons... The original name of the play in French is “Huis Clos” or In Camera, which means a private discussion going on behind closed doors, as in a legal situation when deliberation goes on before a sentence is passed. In its English translation,...
Philosophy
Lucy Lawless [Xena] reads Sartre's "No Exit"
Uh, okay, this is different.
From PEL [Partially Examined Life]...
Mark Linsenmayer and Wes Alwan are joined by real actresses Lucy Lawless (Xena, Battlestar Galactica, Parks & Recreation, etc.) and Jaime Murray (Defiance, Dexter, Warehouse 13, etc.), who are pals through working together on Spartacus.
Technical Warning: If you downloaded this before Jan. 3, 4pm central, then there was a problem with the file that causes it not to play right if listening in mono (like out of your iPhone speaker). This problem has been fixed, so you should re-download if you were having problems.
Also, this is a cold read, not a rehearsed production, for educational purposes only (meaning you’re not allowed to have fun listening to this, I guess).
You can read the version we read of this 1944 French existentialist play online here. You may also want listen to Mark explain Sartre’s view of human nature and freedom and read more about the topic.
End song: “No Exit,” by Mark Lint, freshly written and recorded for this occasion.
No Exit
Jean-Paul Sartre [Wikipedia]
Jean-Paul Sartre [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Sartre’s Existentialism [International Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Jean-Paul Sartre Archive
North American Sartre Society
No Exit text
And this from the BBC...
Jean-Paul Sartre..."In Camera" [aka "No Exit"]
- The Existentialist Couple: Sartre And Beauvoir
.It is interesting to know that Jean-Paul Sartre, the famous existentialist philosopher and political activist, failed in his first attempt at his agrégation, a form of exit exam which qualifies a person for a teaching post, in 1928. Failing this was...
- Star Wars - Existentialist Edition
I don't know exactly what French-speaking existential philosophers like Jean-Paul Sartre or Albert Camus would have thought about films like Star Wars... and while I can see some respects in which the movies deal with philosophical issues, my guess...
- Birthday Of "bad Boy Of Being"...jean-paul Sartre
The Writer's Almanac... It's the birthday of philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre...born in Paris (1905). This giant of existential thought was also a well-known prankster during his days at the École Normale. He and a friend dropped...
- Simone De Beauvoir And Jean-paul Sartre...an Unconventional Relationship
The Writer's Almanac... It's the birthday of the novelist and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, born in Paris, France (1908). She entered the Sorbonne, and it was there that she met another philosophy student, Jean-Paul Sartre. He was five feet...
- Jean-paul Sartre..."in Camera" [aka "no Exit"]
New Horizons... The original name of the play in French is “Huis Clos” or In Camera, which means a private discussion going on behind closed doors, as in a legal situation when deliberation goes on before a sentence is passed. In its English translation,...