Dr. Jared Zimmerer
@JaredZimmerer
Director of the Center for Catholic Media & Great Books adjunct @benedictineks Catholic. Husband. Father of six. Co-Host of The Great Dangerous Books Podcast.
Todd McGowan's insight into the phenomenon of isolation and @JDMadden3 drops serious insight into Heidegger and Socrates. open.spotify.com/episode/6Bf5gm…
Our first guest on the GDB Podcast, and he will be hard to beat! Join @JaredZimmerer and me as we discuss existentialism and psychoanalysis with Todd McGowan, one of today's leading psychoanalytic and Hegelian thinkers! youtu.be/timxiyieWl4?si… open.spotify.com/episode/6Bf5gm…
Is death what gives life meaning or is it a non-human phenomenon not worth contemplating? Heidegger and Sartre have a lot to say!
This week, @JaredZimmerer and I conclude our direct encounter with existentialism by mediating the confrontation between Heidegger and Sartre on death! youtu.be/KiR7-9P1frM?si… open.spotify.com/episode/6UI8rw…
Be sure to check out the latest!
@JaredZimmerer and I are turning to Sartre this week in our multi-episide series on existentialism. Responsibility and authenticity, anyone? youtu.be/eHme_Fq8nUc?si… open.spotify.com/episode/2IwWBq…
I'm pretty pumped about next week's Great Dangerous Books episode when @JDMadden3 and I discuss Sartre's ideas of nothingness and bad faith. Coming to you on Monday!

Another great episode!
Is anybody up for discussing death and authenticity? @JaredZimmerer and I have everything you want on the Great Dangerous Books Podcast. youtu.be/3RGFh529xTw?si… open.spotify.com/episode/2jcv2O…
@JaredZimmerer and I are excited about this one, kicking off our series on existentialism with the introduction to Being and Time! youtu.be/92n4GVoyNBA?si… open.spotify.com/episode/5GEeXC…
Be bold in your pursuit of truth! Live dangerously! A motto of The Great Dangerous Books Podcast is to seek the truth regardless of fear.

Joseph Conrad's 'An Outpost of Progress' critiques the shiny veneer and illusion of progress often covering imbecility and greed. Check out the latest episode where @JDMadden3 and I uncover the underbelly of enlightenment colonialism. open.spotify.com/episode/5ZLxck…
Check out the latest episode!
@JaredZimmerer and I address another essay by Kant, "Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View" in our mini-series on the Enlightenment. Who's running History and is it going anywhere? youtu.be/9FhkqI44eHw?si… open.spotify.com/episode/5U3EEv…
Not a fan of most philosophy podcasts because they don't delve any farther than wikipedia, but I'm really enjoying this one. Only two episodes so far but I think these are really fun to listen to. Thank you @JDMadden3 and @JaredZimmerer youtu.be/7fOtL9YnLh8?si…
What did Kant mean by Enlightenment? @JDMadden3 and I discuss on the latest episode of The Great Dangerous Books podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/0pRIik…
GDB Pobcadt Episode 2: "Kant on Enlightenment." Give a listen as @JaredZimmerer and I discuss what it means to think for yourself! youtu.be/_9ryzg3rqnc?si… open.spotify.com/episode/0pRIik…
Was Kant overconfident in humanity's ability to reason? Listen in on Monday to hear @JDMadden3 and I discuss. open.spotify.com/show/5TDFBlrSb…
@JaredZimmerer and I are going to keep coming at YOU with dangerous ideas. There's no rest for the enlightened!!! youtube.com/shorts/8-r4mm3…
New episode of "The Great Dangerous Books" drops on Monday. @JDMadden3 and I dive into Kant's essay on Enlightenment! open.spotify.com/show/5TDFBlrSb…
Dr. Madden's Dangerous Books♥️
@JaredZimmerer and I dropped Episode 1 of The Great Dangerous Books Podcast! If you want a piece of the liberal education The Man doesn't want you to have, here it is! youtu.be/7fOtL9YnLh8?si… You can find it wherever you get your podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/06sjFh…
Thanks @AndrewPetiprin !
I've noticed some chatter lately about whether there is a tendency to fetishize "great books" in the same way that some people act as if they've re-invented the wheel with "classical" education. I understand that perspective - it does get a bit precious sometimes. But for my…