Welcome, to Still Dreaming: An Existentialist journey through our Forever Knight.
This is a podcast about life, finding meaning, and dealing with the absurdity of modern living. How do we live an authentic life? Each week your host examines the current exploits of Detective Nicholas Knight, a Toronto police detective who is really an 800 year old vampire seeking to become human again. Join us as we analyze each episode through the lens of a selection of Existentialist (or related) philosophical readings.
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Welcome, to Still Dreaming: An Existentialist journey through our Forever Knight.
This is a podcast about life, finding meaning, and dealing with the absurdity of modern living. How do we live an authentic life? Each week your host examines the current exploits of Detective Nicholas Knight, a Toronto police detective who is really an 800 year old vampire seeking to become human again. Join us as we analyze each episode through the lens of a selection of Existentialist (or related) philosophical readings.
Oh my...this one...this one really hurt.
Episode 12 of season one is called Dead Issue and deals with issues of abuse and rape.
What is the existential lived condition of internalized oppression? Can Nick figure out a mystery involving the the wife of an Inspector without destroying his and Schanke's careers? Why isn't there more Natalie in the episode? And what do the writers have against famed Northern Renaissance painter Hieronymus Bosch?!?
Sources:
Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1949
Still Dreaming - A Forever Knight Podcast
Welcome, to Still Dreaming: An Existentialist journey through our Forever Knight.
This is a podcast about life, finding meaning, and dealing with the absurdity of modern living. How do we live an authentic life? Each week your host examines the current exploits of Detective Nicholas Knight, a Toronto police detective who is really an 800 year old vampire seeking to become human again. Join us as we analyze each episode through the lens of a selection of Existentialist (or related) philosophical readings.