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The Cult of One: Brainwashing, Manipulation, and the Search for Truth | Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions 3.3
Abigail L Rosenthal thought she had entered a philosophical thought experiment. Now she is forced to consider something far more disturbing: whether her relationship with Suzanne has become a form of brainwashing.In this episode of Marri...
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The Search for Perfection: Gnostic Christianity and Spiritual Power | Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions 3.2
Abigail L. Rosenthal is searching for a way out of a life that no longer seems to be working. Then she meets Suzanne.Suzanne speaks with unusual authority. She wants to be perfect. She calls herself a Gnostic Christian. She seems able to...
Intelligent Hope: When Life No Longer Makes Sense | Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions 3.1
What happens when the ideas that once gave your life direction no longer seem to work?In this episode, Abigail L. Rosenthal and Jerry L. Martin explore the meaning of intelligent hope as Abigail reaches a breaking point in her philosophi...
Can a Woman Be Feminine and a Philosopher? | Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions 2.4
Can a woman be feminine and a philosopher?Abigail L. Rosenthal and Jerry L. Martin explore the tension between femininity and intellectual life, drawing on Abigail’s experience as a philosophy student at Penn State during a time when phi...
When Ideals Become Dangerous: Courage, Revolution, and Conviction | Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions 2.3
What happens when living by your ideals becomes dangerous?In this episode of Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions, Abigail L. Rosenthal and Jerry L. Martin continue their discussion of Confessions of a Young Philosopher<...
Secrecy, Truth, and the Aftermath of First Love | Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions 2.2
In this episode of Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions, Jerry L. Martin and Abigail L. Rosenthal continue their conversation about the afterma...
The Impossible Position of the Jews | Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions 2.1
What does it mean to be one of God’s chosen people, and why does the Jewish covenant carry both honor and an impossible burden?In this episode of Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions, philosophers Jerry L. Martin and Abigail...
Desire, Dominion, and the Difference Between Men and Women | Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions 1.5
What does desire reveal about the difference between men and women?In this episode, married philosophers Abigail L. Rosenthal and Jerry L. Martin return to a striking passage from Confessions of a Young Philosopher: “My heavy he...
From Violation to Sisterhood: The Friend Who Understood | Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions 1.4
After her violating experience with Phidias leaves Abigail frightened, heartbroken, and facing the possibility of pregnancy, she turns to her friend Harper.Instead of judgment, Harper gives Abigail the gift of recognition. Understanding ...
After Innocence: Love, Violation, and the Choice to Continue | Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions 1.3
In Part 1.3 of Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions, Abigail L. Rosenthal and Jerry L. Martin continue their conversation on Part One of Confessions of a Young Philosopher.After her innocence has been taken through seduction and mani...
First Kiss, Innocence, and the Female Predicament | Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions 1.2
In Part 1.2 of Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions, Abigail L. Rosenthal and Jerry L. Martin continue their conversation on Part One of Confessions of a Young Philosopher.In Paris, a café conversation between two y...
Paris, Desire, and the Female Predicament | Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions 1.1
What does it mean to be desired—and what happens if you are not?In Part One of Confessions of a Young Philosopher, Abigail L. Rosenthal arrives in Paris on a Fulbright fellowship and encounters a culture that seems to make space for roma...
Leaving Home, True Love, and the Search for Meaning | Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions: Preface
What do you carry with you when you leave home for the first time?In Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions, philosophers Jerry L. Martin and Abigail L. Rosenthal revisit Abigail's memoir, Confessions of a Young Philosopher, chapter by...
How A Radically Personal God Works In Real Lives - Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue
In this deeply personal and spiritually rich episode, philosopher Jerry L. Martin is joined by Abigail L. Rosenthal on his podcast God An Autobiography for an intimate conversati...
What Is Love - Jerry and Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue
In this episode, Dr. Abigail L. Rosenthal joins her husband Dr. Jerry L. Martin on his podcast God An Autobiography to ask a question deeply human and spiritually profound: What is love and what does it reveal about the nat...
Preface, Part 4 - Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions
"God is not fooled. Everybody else could be fooled, but in that respect—just as you can’t fool a child by pretending to be benevolent and love the cute little number when you don’t—the child is not fooled. The dog is not fooled. You know, there...
Preface, Part 3 - Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions
"I did feel obligated, as a Jewish girl who was not stupid, to situate my life on the larger map of human striving in a world that was wide, not narrow. I wanted to know where I was and not just in the realm of personal options. I soug...
Preface Part 2: Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions
"If we’re talking about how to understand the Abigail who sets forth on her life journey in the opening pages of this book, I could be deemed naive. But about the hovering presence of unspeakable horror at the outside of this visual screen of t...
Encore Marie Antoinette
This week, Abbie revisits the unforgettable story of Marie Antoinette. First shared in an earlier podcast, Encore Marie Antoinette reflects on what made the Queen of France so captivating—and so condemned. Was she a symbol, a scapegoat...
Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions
Dr. Jerry L. Martin and Dr. Abigail L. Rosenthal (author of Dear Abbie: The Non-Advice Column) are discussing her just-published book Confessions of a Young Philosopher.
Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions: Beginningwise, Part 3
Dr. Jerry L. Martin and Dr. Abigail L. Rosenthal (author of Dear Abbie: The Non-Advice Column) pursue their discussion of Beginningwise, which is Part One of her new book, Confessions of a Young Philosopher. Let’s see how thei...
Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions: Beginningwise, Part 2
Dr. Jerry L. Martin and Dr. Abigail L. Rosenthal (author of Dear Abbie: The Non-Advice Column) pursue their discussion of Beginningwise, which is Part One of her new book, Confessions of a Young Philosopher. Let’s see how thei...
Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions: Beginningwise, Part 1
Dr. Jerry L. Martin and Dr. Abigail L. Rosenthal (author of Dear Abbie: The Non-Advice Column) begin their discussion of Beginningwise, which is Part One of her new book, Confessions of a Young Philosopher. Let’s see how their...