Vertical Thinking with Nathan Cheever

In this episode, I talk about the allure of correctness, how I fell into a correctness trap in high school and lost some friends by my over-vigilance in correcting their grammar. Then I try to do a deep dive into what is behind political correctness (PC), trying to do a philosophical examination of alternate justifications for it. Is it sensitivity? Progress? Respect? Love of human

C.S. Lewis is best known for his work as a Christian Apologist and his fiction series, The Chronicles of Narnia. Yet he considered one of his less well-known works one of his most important. It’s called The Abolition of Man. My guest today, Dr. Michael Ward, has written a guide to The Abolition of Man called After Humanity. In our conversation we dive into what The Abolition of M

Imagine if famous writers, scientists, philosophers, and social change-makers who died long ago could give a TED-like style talk. What would they say? This is the first of the DeadTEDS -- speeches composed from the words and thoughts of some of the famous and noteworthy people who influenced our culture and history, but who died long before TED Talks were around. This speech was co

Friedrich Nietzsche has been called the most influential and significant philosopher of our times. Yet his works and sayings can be enigmatic . My guest today helps me unpack some of Nietzsche's most famous assertions in his philosophy such as "God is Dead", the value of art, and eternal recurrence, and Zarathustra. His name is Karl Schudt, a long-time student and teacher of Nietzs

Nate and Tyler discuss one of Tyler's recent articles On Our Duties. We explore the foundations of duty, why duty depends on justice, and finally how justice depends on an objective moral standard.

This week, Nate and Tyler discuss a short essay by Ian T. Ramsey called Models and Mystery. And as the name implies, we go beyond the syntax and into Ramsey's ideas of cosmological connection that metaphor makes possible. This isn't like how you learned about metaphors in high school.  We'll discuss what metaphors are, not just syntactically, but how they function as "signpost

Scott P. Scheper is a man of many talents. Copywriter, Entrepreneur, Podcaster, the list goes on. But he is also leading a revolution in how we develop knowledge, using the time-tested technology of a brain, pen, and paper.  Scott has written a book (release coming soon) that helps people not only learn about the Antinet Zettlekasten system and how to set one up, but how to us

In this inaugural episode of the Vertical Thinking Podcast I have a conversation with Tyler Calder about Kierkegaard's book Two Ages: The Age of Revolution and the Present Age, A Literary Review. Tyler and I discuss what we got out of reading Kierkegaard, his take on "the demands of the times", passion, and why the number 3 shouldn't strive to be the number 4. Tyler's website Book