<![CDATA[Comfort of the Cage & Burden of Liberty]]>https://ytmkb1zb.jellypod.comPowered by Jellypod (https://www.jellypod.com)Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:16:13 GMTSat, 01 Aug 2026 09:16:39 GMTyes270f5433-2022-4f40-aece-1996ce40efc7Comfort of the Cage & Burden of LibertyAI generated podcast about the book with he same title. To be used as a tool for structural engagement and the listener is encouraged to read the full work. (Powered by Jellypod)AI generated podcast about the book with he same title. To be used as a tool for structural engagement and the listener is encouraged to read the full work. (Powered by Jellypod)episodicComfort of the Cage & Burden of Libertyfeed+99836a80@podcasts.jellypod.comfalse<![CDATA[Episode 7: The Wake, lightness of the burden of liberty.]]>https://ytmkb1zb.jellypod.com/episodes/bc48e902-e94c-4758-b380-b8b93714c968bc48e902-e94c-4758-b380-b8b93714c968Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:28:05 GMT77This episode traces a philosophical arc from Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Sartre, and Lacan to today’s achievement culture, showing how freedom can feel like a trap that drives us into self-imposed cages. It then explores a way out through letting go of optimization, rejecting the myth of the missing piece, and practicing wu wei and unforced presence.

]]>Comfort of the Cage & Burden of LibertyThis episode traces a philosophical arc from Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Sartre, and Lacan to today’s achievement culture, showing how freedom can feel like a trap that drives us into self-imposed cages. It then explores a way out through letting go ofThis episode traces a philosophical arc from Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Sartre, and Lacan to today’s achievement culture, showing how freedom can feel like a trap that drives us into self-imposed cages. It then explores a way out through letting go of optimization, rejecting the myth of the missing piece, and practicing wu wei and unforced presence.false00:11:44full<![CDATA[Episode 6: From Desiring Machines to Burnout Society]]>https://ytmkb1zb.jellypod.com/episodes/ab96f44e-d546-40e1-89df-7f44b66c9a74ab96f44e-d546-40e1-89df-7f44b66c9a74Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:24:42 GMT66This episode traces how Deleuze and Guattari recast desire as productive force, then follows Žižek’s idea of cynical reason to show how we keep participating in systems we know are rigged. It closes with Byung-Chul Han’s critique of achievement culture, burnout, and the trap of voluntary self-exploitation.

]]>Comfort of the Cage & Burden of LibertyThis episode traces how Deleuze and Guattari recast desire as productive force, then follows Žižek’s idea of cynical reason to show how we keep participating in systems we know are rigged. It closes with Byung-Chul Han’s critique of achievement culture, bThis episode traces how Deleuze and Guattari recast desire as productive force, then follows Žižek’s idea of cynical reason to show how we keep participating in systems we know are rigged. It closes with Byung-Chul Han’s critique of achievement culture, burnout, and the trap of voluntary self-exploitation.false00:12:14full<![CDATA[Episode 5: Then Comes Lacan, Psychoanalysis]]>https://ytmkb1zb.jellypod.com/episodes/549c2538-4568-4c0a-a93b-92787faa43ea549c2538-4568-4c0a-a93b-92787faa43eaSat, 01 Aug 2026 21:05:40 GMT55AI generated podcast episode exploring Chapter VI of Ekin Gultekin's Comfort of the Cage & the Burden of Liberty. We dive into Jacques Lacan, psychoanalysis, the Mirror Stage, structural castration, the Big Other, objet petit a, and traversing the fantasy to reach unforced presence.

]]>Comfort of the Cage & Burden of LibertyAI generated podcast episode exploring Chapter VI of Ekin Gultekin's Comfort of the Cage & the Burden of Liberty. We dive into Jacques Lacan, psychoanalysis, the Mirror Stage, structural castration, the Big Other, objet petit a, and traversing the fantasyAI generated podcast episode exploring Chapter VI of Ekin Gultekin's Comfort of the Cage & the Burden of Liberty. We dive into Jacques Lacan, psychoanalysis, the Mirror Stage, structural castration, the Big Other, objet petit a, and traversing the fantasy to reach unforced presence.false00:13:44full<![CDATA[Episode 4 - Condemned to Be Free: Sartre, Bad Faith, and the Gaze]]>https://ytmkb1zb.jellypod.com/episodes/8fc4fafc-d4da-4f38-8420-54137615593c8fc4fafc-d4da-4f38-8420-54137615593cSat, 01 Aug 2026 20:34:05 GMT44This episode explores Sartre’s radical idea that existence precedes essence, from the anxiety of freedom to the self-deceptions of bad faith and the café waiter who becomes his role.

It then turns to the Look of the Other, shame, and the limits of Sartre’s framework, bringing in Lacan to question whether consciousness is ever truly transparent to itself.

]]>Comfort of the Cage & Burden of LibertyThis episode explores Sartre’s radical idea that existence precedes essence, from the anxiety of freedom to the self-deceptions of bad faith and the café waiter who becomes his role. It then turns to the Look of the Other, shame, and the limits of Sartre’This episode explores Sartre’s radical idea that existence precedes essence, from the anxiety of freedom to the self-deceptions of bad faith and the café waiter who becomes his role. It then turns to the Look of the Other, shame, and the limits of Sartre’s framework, bringing in Lacan to question whether consciousness is ever truly transparent to itself.false00:10:38full<![CDATA[Episode 3: Nietzsche's Affirmation & Camus's Revolt]]>https://ytmkb1zb.jellypod.com/episodes/edeb87e6-9e4e-4824-8e59-47f17ce23b79edeb87e6-9e4e-4824-8e59-47f17ce23b79Sat, 01 Aug 2026 20:18:22 GMT33Episode 3 explores Friedrich Nietzsche's radical counter-diagnosis to Schopenhauerian pessimism and introduces Albert Camus's confrontation with the Absurd, based on Chapters III and IV of Ekin Gultekin's Comfort of the Cage & Burden of Liberty.

We examine Nietzsche's rejection of ascetic renunciation as nihilism, the true meaning of the Will to Power, how ressentiment and the figure of the priest capture desire, and the tests of Amor Fati and Eternal Recurrence amidst the Death of God. We then transition into Camus's analysis of the Absurd, evaluating physical suicide, philosophical suicide, and lucid revolt through the figure of Sisyphus.

]]>Comfort of the Cage & Burden of LibertyEpisode 3 explores Friedrich Nietzsche's radical counter-diagnosis to Schopenhauerian pessimism and introduces Albert Camus's confrontation with the Absurd, based on Chapters III and IV of Ekin Gultekin's Comfort of the Cage & Burden of Liberty. We examinEpisode 3 explores Friedrich Nietzsche's radical counter-diagnosis to Schopenhauerian pessimism and introduces Albert Camus's confrontation with the Absurd, based on Chapters III and IV of Ekin Gultekin's Comfort of the Cage & Burden of Liberty. We examine Nietzsche's rejection of ascetic renunciation as nihilism, the true meaning of the Will to Power, how ressentiment and the figure of the priest capture desire, and the tests of Amor Fati and Eternal Recurrence amidst the Death of God. We then transition into Camus's analysis of the Absurd, evaluating physical suicide, philosophical suicide, and lucid revolt through the figure of Sisyphus.false00:08:50full<![CDATA[Episode 2: Schopenhauer, the Body, and the Trap of Desire]]>https://ytmkb1zb.jellypod.com/episodes/8c17235f-8c61-4e4a-ac09-e4b2a00a9c008c17235f-8c61-4e4a-ac09-e4b2a00a9c00Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:52:35 GMT22This episode explores Schopenhauer’s claim that the body gives us direct access to the Will, revealing how desire, fatigue, and appetite shape what we think of as reason and choice. It also connects his bleak pendulum of craving and boredom to modern research on hedonic adaptation, including the lottery winner study.

]]>Comfort of the Cage & Burden of LibertyThis episode explores Schopenhauer’s claim that the body gives us direct access to the Will, revealing how desire, fatigue, and appetite shape what we think of as reason and choice. It also connects his bleak pendulum of craving and boredom to modern reseThis episode explores Schopenhauer’s claim that the body gives us direct access to the Will, revealing how desire, fatigue, and appetite shape what we think of as reason and choice. It also connects his bleak pendulum of craving and boredom to modern research on hedonic adaptation, including the lottery winner study.false00:07:15full<![CDATA[Episode 1: The Sleep & Kant’s Architecture of Experience]]>https://ytmkb1zb.jellypod.com/episodes/b40df7a8-1baa-4abe-b82e-b7bdaf602874b40df7a8-1baa-4abe-b82e-b7bdaf602874Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:38:42 GMT11Episode 1 of 6 in our deep dive series on Ekin Gultekin's Comfort of the Cage & Burden of Liberty (2026). In this opening episode, Oliver Hart and Claire Brooks examine the Preface ("The Sleep") and Chapter I ("Kant and the Architecture of Experience"). Discover why human experience is an open-eyed trance, how Immanuel Kant's Copernican Revolution inverted epistemology, and why the gap between reality and experience is a structural feature of consciousness.

]]>Comfort of the Cage & Burden of LibertyEpisode 1 of 6 in our deep dive series on Ekin Gultekin's Comfort of the Cage & Burden of Liberty (2026). In this opening episode, Oliver Hart and Claire Brooks examine the Preface ("The Sleep") and Chapter I ("Kant and the Architecture of Experience"). DEpisode 1 of 6 in our deep dive series on Ekin Gultekin's Comfort of the Cage & Burden of Liberty (2026). In this opening episode, Oliver Hart and Claire Brooks examine the Preface ("The Sleep") and Chapter I ("Kant and the Architecture of Experience"). Discover why human experience is an open-eyed trance, how Immanuel Kant's Copernican Revolution inverted epistemology, and why the gap between reality and experience is a structural feature of consciousness.false00:08:28full