Ragtime
Exploring the underpinnings of Art and Culture.
Episodes
17 episodes
No Criticism, No Culture
Brief inquiry into the considerable societal consequences of disallowing free criticism.
The Endless Square
Furthering the analogy between the Necker cube and Quantum Mechanics via a simple thought experiment involving the collapse of three-dimensioned space.
Unsettling Cube: Superposition, QM, and the Necker Cube
A short introduction pertaining to Superposition in Quantum Mechanics using the so-called 'Necker' Cube.
Immunotopia: Picturing Thirty Years On From Covid
Immunotopia: A thought-experiment opting from a thirty-years' perspective on one of the most devastating events in human history: the Covid era.
Battle Scars: A Reality of Zionism
A brief episode on the inescapable historic reality of Zionism and its ramifications.
Ragtime S2#3: The Science
Ragtime S2 Episode 3: The Science. A short 9’ episode which examines the true meaning - albeit rarely understood - of moral relativism, leading to an argument featuring a brief tour through the evolution of Western ideas philosophic, scie...
Ragtime S2 #2: The Path of Least Resistance: Reflections on the Kristian Winther Interview
A brief, experimental episode which examines and critiques certain points raised in the previous interview with Kristian Winther.
Ragtime S2 #1: Is a Mushroom Cloud Beautiful?
Ragtime Series 2 Episode#1: Is a Mushroom Cloud Beautiful? Featuring virtuoso violinist, deep thinker and maverick artist Kristian Winther.0:00. Intro: On a mushroom cloud0:45. Introducing Kristian Winther1:08. EXCERP...
Ragtime #9: The Language of Violence
Ragtime #9: The Language of Violence. A brief homage to Charlie Kirk, assassinated for opposing cult ideology.
Ragtime #8: AI - A Necessary Predicament
Ragtime #8: AI - A Necessary Predicament. Examining the shattering relevance of Walter Benjamin's most prescient essay.
Ragtime #7 - The Mass Man
Ragtime #7 - The Mass Man: outlining the attributes of a most dangerous type of character, the 'mass-man', through the prism of Kierkegaard and Jung.
Ragtime #6 - Streets of Consciousness
Ragtime #6 - Streets of Consciousness: Few might imagine that a most celebrated street musician is in fact a brilliant academic intellect, composer, painter, poet, as well as a highly credentialed philosopher with extensive training in both Eas...
Ragtime#5 - A Slippery Battlefield
Host Benjamin Martin on how a lack of grassroots artistic initiative results in a vacuum that is filled by a veneer culture.
Ragtime#4: Loose Canon
The sprawling, thought-provoking, and highly entertaining fourth episode of Ragtime with the brilliant Peter de Jager and renowned scholar and performer Peter Tregear.0’00 - Intro3’29 - EXCERPT: Faust Symphony (Liszt)5’34 -...
Ragtime#2 - The Unknown
Very short episode narrated by Ragtime host Benjamin Martin on the importance of remaining in touch with the unknown.
Ragtime#1 - About the Same Thing
Ragtime’s Pilot episode featuring preeminent musicians David Berlin, Fabian Russell and Joe Chindamo, discussing a wide range of subject-matter addressing the underpinnings of Art, culture, and society.0’00 Intro2’22 What might be so...
