A family torn apart by patricide becomes the stage for humanity's greatest spiritual debates. This episode unpacks Fyodor Dostoevsky's monumental The Brothers Karamazov, exploring the distinct paths of the three brothers—the passionate, the intellectual, the spiritual—as they grapple with faith, doubt, free will, and the very existence of God in a world shadowed by violence and profound philosophical questions.
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