Alexander Schmid Podcast

In this episode, we discuss (a) the consequences of Hera's subterfuge (Bks. 14-15), (b) the release of Patroklos and the Myrmidons into battle!; And we conclude with (c) The fall of the noble Sarpedon. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode we discuss (a) Manfred (Canto 3) and those excommunicated, (b) Belacqua and the late-repentants, and (c) the ideal relationship between teacher and student. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture on Dante's "Purgatorio", I consider (1) Cato of Utica and his comments on putting the past behind one, (2) the cardinal virtues, their meaning, and (3) the connections between secular and sacred institutions. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

*I mistakenly called this Side Quests 022: Final Fantasy VII 012! In this episode, Mr. Wes Schantz and I dig into Cloud's past in the town of Nibel. Once Cloud's home, this strange and eerie town seems to hold many dark secrets, culminating in a revelatory boss fight. We consider (a) the positive effects of re-integrating past (negative) experiences, (b) a Jungian approach to the re-integration of past traumas, and (c) how side-quests make you stronger and what the deepest diversity and unity between people can be. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode of Night School, Mr. Wes Schantz and I discuss parts 14-16. We consider (a) the poet as a bridge between nature and human nature, (b) the vast reaches of human experience and that which goes beyond it, and (c) what the diversity of the individual could mean. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode of Potter's Pockets, Ms. Sarah Miller, Mr. Wes Schantz, and I consider: (1) "The Firebolt" and Hermione's brave but treacherous decision, (2) "The Patronus" and the process of learning and ideal student-teacher relationship, and (3) "Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw" and Cho Chang's unique Seeking strategy. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode of Night School, Mr. Wes Schantz and I consider parts 11-13 of "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman. Specifically, we consider: (1) the Greco-Roman mythological imagery in parallel parts (11-12); (2) nature imagery vs. "sneaky" Christian imagery, and (3) is the harnessing of emotion by means of language an apex goal of the poetic art? Basic Motivational Systems as laid out by Jaak Panksepp: 1) SEEKING (anticipation, desire) 2) RAGE (frustration, body surface irritation, restraint, indignation) 3) FEAR (pain, threat, foreboding) 4) PANIC/LOSS (separation distress, social loss, grief, loneliness) 5) PLAY (rough-and tumble carefree play, joy) 6) MATING (copulation—who and when) 7) CARE (maternal nurturance) (http://mybrainnotes.com/fear-rage-panic.html) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode of Side Quests, Mr. Wes Schantz and I discuss (a) Cosmo Canyon and the unity of opposites, (b) Bugenhagen and the heroic trip to the underworld, (c) the climb out of the Inferno and Plato's Cave and reintegration of the self and into society. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode of Consilience Conversations, Dr. Matt Roos and I consider (a) Chapter 3 of Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff's "The Coddling of the American Mind," "Us vs. Them". We then consider (b) the Stanley Milgram experiments as well as the Robbers Cave ones, (c) make a classical connection to "Us vs. Them" thinking in Homer's "Iliad", and (d) consider the neuroscientific/psychological roots of Identity Politics. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode of Night School, Mr. Wes Schantz and I discuss "Song of Myself" parts 8-10. We consider (a) the ethereal aspect of the potentially divine narrator, (b) the contrasts between ways of being, the city and country, and (c) conclude with an episodic look at a free America just as much an idea as a reality during Whitman's time. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode of Potter's Pockets, Ms. Sarah Miller​ and Mr. Wes Schantz​ and I discuss (a) the mounting darkness and injustices in Harry's life; (b) parallels between Snape and Lupin, and what a werewolf could be; (c) and what could the symbol of the Marauder's Map mean? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode of Night School, Mr. Wes Schantz and I tackles parts 5-7 in Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself". We consider (a) how and when to use a dictionary and differing approaches to reading poetry; (b) what the relationship between man and the divine, and being and divinity in the poem; and (c) what the fundamental relationship between "being" and "object/thing" is. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode of Side Quests, Mr. Wes Schantz and I discuss (a) the poverty of Corel and opulence of The Gold Saucer; (b) the underworld/hell motif in the "desert prison" beneath the Gold Saucer; and (c) how the development of the personality is mirrored in the development of one's character in an RPG video game. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this dialog from Night School, Mr. Wesley Schantz and I celebrate and analyze the American Poet Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself". We consider (a) his connection to the epic tradition of Virgil, Dante, and Homer, his (b) commitment to naturalism but also religious language, and (c) the tension between his "being-in-the-now" and his awareness of his being. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode of Potter's Pockets, Ms. Sarah Miller and Mr. Wesley Schantz and I discuss (a) our first Divination class, and our impressions of the oft misunderstood art of reading the signs, (b) the purpose of education: practical or theoretical (/useless), and (c) what shape would the boggart take for us, and how would we ridicule it?! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this final dialog on Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven", Mr. Wes Schantz and I consider the final twelve stanzas, two at a time. We consider the emerging (a) Christian imagery, (b) the language of unconscious thought, and the power of affective language, and (c) we conclude with a question about what the narrator has learned, and what have we? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode, Mr. Wesley Schantz and I give a close reading (stanza by stanza) of the first six stanzas of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven." A strong focus is given to (a) the words used and tone taken by the narrator, (b) clues to the narrative structure of consciousness which Poe gives us, and (c) multiple interpretations on who or what Lenore and the narrator could be. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode of Side Quests, Mr. Wesley Schantz and I consider (a) the idiosyncrasies of each character and how a hero must differentiate and identify with/from his culture all at once; (b) we considered the figures of the feminine and masculine in the most recent boss battle with Jenova/Sephiroth, and (c) we concluded with an analysis of the archetypal imagery behind Summons materia. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this first segment, Mr. Wesley Schantz and I enter the professional development arena. Inside we offer (a) a tandem-reading of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven," (b) a robust analysis of the mythological and psychological symbolism within the poem, and (c) an honest offer of analysis and guidance through this poem for teachers young and old. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode of Consilience Conversations, Dr. Matt Roos and I discuss (a) Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff's "The Coddling of the American Mind," and their list of cognitive distortions; (b) we consider concept creep, the figure of Medusa in mythology, and how both relate to trauma as well. We conclude with (c) a discussion of how much more sophisticated our general educational, social, and political discourse can be based on current data in science as well. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support