Latest Miscellanea Podcast Episodes
Platforms and their Societal Impact. A Force for Good?
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Miscellanea (LMU) - HD - March 22, 2024 21:49 - 1 hour - VideoPlatform businesses connect at least two sides, e.g. a buyer and a seller of a good or service, and have grown tremendously in importance in recent years. Indeed, platform business models form the basis of many household names in social media, ridesharing, operating systems and many more. The org...
Epischer Rhythmus im Anschluss an August Wilhelm Schlegel
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Miscellanea (LMU) - HD - March 22, 2024 21:49 - 1 hour - VideoWo immer es um bewusste Formung von Prosa geht, stehen Fragen der Bindung und Verknüpfung zur Diskussion. Dass Prosa eine freie bzw. ungebundene Rede ist, bedeutet nicht, dass sie sich – wie es bei Cicero heißt – "verflüchtigt und verirrt"; vielmehr weiß sie sich "auch ohne Fesseln selbst das rec...
Diversity. Fashion Term or Scientific Concept?
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Miscellanea (LMU) - HD - March 22, 2024 21:49 - 1 hour - VideoThe term "diversity" is nowadays on everyone's lips and has become a key concept in the governance of institutions. The task of the panel discussion at CAS is to scientifically enlighten the concept of "diversity", by considering its changeful history and analysing its different areas of applicat...
Gesundheitsversorgung, Forschung und Ausbildung. Herausforderungen einer Universitätklinik
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Miscellanea (LMU) - HD - March 22, 2024 21:49 - 1 hour - VideoIm Zuge des Aktionsmonats „Gesunde Universität“ an der LMU spricht der ehemalige Ärztliche Direktor des Klinikums der LMU, Karl-Walter Jauch, über die verschiedenen Anforderungen, die sich heutzutage an eine Universitätsklinik richten. Die aktuelle Krise zeigt mehr denn je, in welchem Spannungsf...
Is Critique Obsolete in the Age of Post-Truth?
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Miscellanea (LMU) - HD - March 22, 2024 21:49 - 1 hour - VideoDr. Sebastian Schindlers Habilitationsprojekt befasst sich mit der Aufgabe von Kritik in Zeiten der post-faktischen Politik. Ausgangspunkt ist die Beobachtung, dass sich gegenwärtig in der Gesellschaft eine bestimmte Form von pseudo-kritischem Denken verbreitet hat, das davon ausgeht, dass hinter...
Knowledge Creation in Museums
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Miscellanea (LMU) - HD - March 22, 2024 21:49 - 1 hour - VideoMuseums are often considered as instruments of dissemination of knowledge created elsewhere, but museums have a deep history as institutions of knowledge creation behind the scenes of their public exhibitions. How is the definition of museum-based research shifting in the 21st century? How can mu...
CAS Showcase: Global History
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Miscellanea (LMU) - HD - March 22, 2024 21:49 - 1 hour - VideoThe series "CAS Showcase" invites professors from LMU to talk about their discipline's State of the Art.| Roland Wenzlhuemer is Professor for Global History at LMU Munich.
Levels: Descriptive, Explanatory, and Ontological
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Miscellanea (LMU) - HD - March 22, 2024 21:49 - 1 hour - VideoChristian List focuses in his CAS-lecture on the category of levels in philosophy of science. He develops different perspectives against the background of reasoning and argumentation in general. | Christian List is Professor for Political Science and Philosophy at the London School of Economics.
Vom Nutzen und Nachteil eines Institute for Advanced Study für die Wissenschaftslandschaft
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Miscellanea (LMU) - HD - February 01, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour - VideoPrinceton gilt als die Mutter aller Institutes for Advanced Study und seit seiner Gründung 1930 wurden weltweit Institute nach diesem Vorbild ins Leben gerufen. Ziel dieser Institute ist es, ausgezeichneten Wissenschaftlern und Wissenschaftlerinnen den Raum und die Zeit zu geben, neue Ideen zu en...
Epischer Rhythmus im Anschluss an August Wilhelm Schlegel
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Miscellanea (LMU) - SD - January 12, 2022 12:11 - 1 hour - VideoWo immer es um bewusste Formung von Prosa geht, stehen Fragen der Bindung und Verknüpfung zur Diskussion. Dass Prosa eine freie bzw. ungebundene Rede ist, bedeutet nicht, dass sie sich – wie es bei Cicero heißt – "verflüchtigt und verirrt"; vielmehr weiß sie sich "auch ohne Fesseln selbst das rec...
Six Degrees of Separation: The Foax as More
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Miscellanea (LMU) - SD - January 12, 2022 12:11 - 1 hour - VideoForgeries are mimetic practices of unique cultural, economic and political relevance. They alter reality, make history and perform cultural work. The conference aims to engage an interdisciplinary dialogue on the potential impacts of fakes, involving literature, performance and media studies as w...
Levels: Descriptive, Explanatory, and Ontological
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Miscellanea (LMU) - SD - January 12, 2022 12:11 - 1 hour - VideoChristian List (LSE) focuses in his CAS-lecture on the category of levels in philosophy of science. He develops different perspectives against the background of reasoning and argumentation in general.
Diversity. Fashion Term or Scientific Concept?
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Miscellanea (LMU) - SD - January 12, 2022 12:11 - 1 hour - VideoThe term "diversity" is nowadays on everyone's lips and has become a key concept in the governance of institutions. The task of the panel discussion at CAS is to scientifically enlighten the concept of "diversity", by considering its changeful history and analysing its different areas of applicat...
Is Critique Obsolete in the Age of Post-Truth?
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Miscellanea (LMU) - SD - January 12, 2022 12:11 - 1 hour - VideoDr. Sebastian Schindlers Habilitationsprojekt befasst sich mit der Aufgabe von Kritik in Zeiten der post-faktischen Politik. Ausgangspunkt ist die Beobachtung, dass sich gegenwärtig in der Gesellschaft eine bestimmte Form von pseudo-kritischem Denken verbreitet hat, das davon ausgeht, dass hinter...
Gesundheitsversorgung, Forschung und Ausbildung. Herausforderungen einer Universitätklinik
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Miscellanea (LMU) - SD - December 14, 2021 10:59 - 1 hour - VideoIm Zuge des Aktionsmonats „Gesunde Universität“ an der LMU spricht der ehemalige Ärztliche Direktor des Klinikums der LMU, Karl-Walter Jauch, über die verschiedenen Anforderungen, die sich heutzutage an eine Universitätsklinik richten. Die aktuelle Krise zeigt mehr denn je, in welchem Spannungsf...
Platforms and their Societal Impact. A Force for Good?
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Miscellanea (LMU) - SD - December 14, 2021 10:38 - 1 hour - VideoPlatform businesses connect at least two sides, e.g. a buyer and a seller of a good or service, and have grown tremendously in importance in recent years. Indeed, platform business models form the basis of many household names in social media, ridesharing, operating systems and many more. The org...
Lucy and Large Floats
Superfluous - March 08, 2021 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsEpisode 20 of The Superfluous Podcast is up and ready! Full disclosure: This should have gone online months ago. After a brief summary of our Thanksgiving time with family, Dan start the show by detailing the importance of the tv show I Love Lucy. He also forgets the phrase 'in concert'. 2020 w...
The Snap-Perfluous Holiday Special
Superfluous - December 18, 2020 06:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe Superfluous Podcast makes it's glorious return for it's 19th episode! We can't wait to go back to bars for our regular trivia, but in the meantime, we're getting our topics from other sources, like trivia via Zoom. Apparently Disney Plus is making a LEGO Star Wars holiday special this year....
Diversity. Fashion Term or Scientific Concept?_dup
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Miscellanea (LMU) - HD - December 16, 2020 13:15 - 1 hour - VideoThe term "diversity" is nowadays on everyone's lips and has become a key concept in the governance of institutions. The task of the panel discussion at CAS is to scientifically enlighten the concept of "diversity", by considering its changeful history and analysing its different areas of applicat...
CAS Showcase: Global History
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Miscellanea (LMU) - SD - December 16, 2020 11:43 - 1 hour - VideoThe series "CAS Showcase" invites professors from LMU to talk about their discipline's State of the Art.| Roland Wenzlhuemer is Professor for Global History at LMU Munich.
Harry Hope and the Hypnic Jerk(s)
Superfluous - December 21, 2019 06:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe're back with the last Superfluous episode of 2019! We went to our normal haunt, Little Woodrows, and did not do so hot this time, but at least we got an episode title that would make for a great '50s pop cover band name. Dan talks for a bit about the play The Iceman Cometh, as well as the ter...
Science Fiction Sandwiches!
Superfluous - November 26, 2019 06:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAfter a nice long podcast siesta, Sam and Dan are back with episode 16 of The Superfluous Podcast. We went to the only Sunday trivia spot in Houston, Houston Cider Company. While Dan details Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, Sam details the history of the Denver Omelette as well as other na...
Stephen King goes to Space
Superfluous - November 26, 2019 06:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAfter a summer vacation, we're back with episode 15 of @superfluous! After a quick foray into humorous baseball names, Dan talks about the novel IT and IT's appearances in other Stephen King novels. Sam talks about all the achievements in space travel that have happened so far this year. We clos...
Philadelphia and the Freemasons
Superfluous - August 16, 2019 05:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSam and Dan are back for episode 14 of Superfluous. After close game for episode 13, we pulled out the W for episode 14! This makes our 3rd win at Darwins. Dan starts off by describing his trip to Pennsylvania, and their multitude of trivia formats, such as Showtime Trivia (the Geeks Who Drink ...
Ketchup and Q Gadgets
Superfluous - August 02, 2019 05:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe Superfluous Podcast is back for episode 13, this time with a different intro song! We went to our normal trivia haunt, Darwin's Pub, and ended in our normal place, second. Dan talks about the mid-2000s song 'The Ketchup Song' and its tenuous relationship to Satanism and Rapper's Delight. Sa...
Crawdads, Quarks, and Cuffing Season
Superfluous - July 04, 2019 05:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSam and Dan are back for Episode 12, and the winning streak continues! This week, we went to Ayesha Curry and Michael Mina's International Smoke. We wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Spoiler alert: the food was decidedly food; burger was decent but overpriced, and it's a bit of a schl...
Arcades and The Arctic
Superfluous - June 06, 2019 05:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSam and Dan are back for Episode 11. We went to trivia at our normal Little Woodrows, and we had some trouble finding topics for this episode. That is because we finally won! Dan starts off by talking about the group Buckner and Garcia, who sang Pac-Man Fever...and nothing else. We go into deta...
#SpritzLife at the Chicago World's Fair
Superfluous - May 15, 2019 05:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSam and Dan are back for episode 10 of Superfluous. Normally we would have some banter before our topics, but we skipped that since each of us had a lot to talk about. Dan starts by talking about the Paper Plane, a whiskey cocktail with aperol, then goes on to talk about The Great Aperol Spritz...
Oil, Whiskey, and DOOMSDAY
Superfluous - April 28, 2019 05:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSam and Dan are back for episode 9! We went to our usual spot, Darwins, and this time around, we met Joseph from Old Humble Distillery, a distillery in Humble, TX. We came in second place, and lost out to first by only one point. Shocker, I know. Dan's topic starts off with oil; the back of Old...
Drinks and Dean Corrll
Superfluous - March 21, 2019 05:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSam and Dan are back for Episode 8. This time around, the format is a little different. We have a quick intro, then we go to trivia and get a topic there instead of coming with a topic prepared. Yet again, we come in second place at Darwins. The idea of this episode came from the Comedy Central ...
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