Weekly Newsletter

Where to Start With Opera

5 masterworks you must see

Apr 29 • The Culturist

How Classical Music Changed Me

Learning how to listen...

Apr 22 • The Culturist

The Essentials of Italian Literature

5 you've (probably) never read

Apr 15 • The Culturist

How Language Shapes Your Thinking

Everyone knows that language shapes your thinking.

Apr 8 • The Culturist

Is It Ever Okay to Lie?

The philosophy of Dietrich von Hildebrand

Apr 1 • The Culturist

Why Do Certain Numbers Keep Appearing?

The mystery of 3, 7, and 12

Mar 25 • The Culturist

How (Not) to Raise a Monster

What Mary Shelley knew about AI and childhood

Mar 18 • The Culturist and Cosmos Institute

Why Do We Study Math?

Hint: not because it is "useful"

Mar 11 • The Culturist

Is Beauty Really Subjective?

The ubiquitous ratio of 2/3

Mar 4 • The Culturist

Is Lying Worse Than Murder?

A classic lesson from Dante's Inferno

Feb 25 • The Culturist and The Ascent

Does Might Make Right?

The uncomfortable truth about power

Feb 18 • The Culturist

How to See the World as Enchanted Again

C.S. Lewis' 4 ages of life

Feb 11 • The Culturist

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