Clerestory (Bryan Kam)
By Bryan Kam
A podcast on philosophy. I'm interested in the origins of complexity, suffering, and selfhood. I'm now lucky to have conversations with amazing people, mostly on Eastern/Western philosophy. Early episodes are my monologues (with prose followed by poetry).
Latest episode
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Why Abstraction Causes Suffering: The Neither/Nor paper
My long-awaited full PDF paper is out. “Neither/Nor: a pragmatic philosophy for oscillating between conceptual and experiential knowledge,” co-authored with -
Samsara Is Nirvana, with Brook Ziporyn
I’m Bryan Kam. I endeavour daily to make philosophy accessible and relevant. To that end I write this newsletter and… -
The Math is Not the Territory, with Alex Gheorghiu
Mathematics as MethodA Conversation with Alexander V. Gheorghiu -
The Long Now in East London, with Christopher Daniel
On Thursday 7th August, I walked around Bethnal Green with Christopher Daniel, who organises -
Neither/Nor Paper Discussion
In this podcast, I discuss the draft of the academic paper on Neither/Nor which I wrote about here, with my coauthor, developmental psychologist -
Abstraction and its discontents, with Haneen Khan
I’m Bryan Kam. I endeavour daily to make philosophy accessible and relevant. To that end I write this newsletter and… -
Type 1 Diabetes, Part 2: Bridging the Gap
My friend Pen interviewed me about Type 1 Diabetes, which I've lived with for 38 years. This is the second episod… -
Type 1 Diabetes, Part 1: A Walk in the Woods
My friend Pen interviewed me about Type 1 Diabetes, which I've lived with for 38 years. In this podcast we speak about what diabetes is… -
From Literature to Lens, with Cécile Embleton
I spoke to director, cinematographer, and my good friend Cécile Embleton ( -
What is Nature? with David Valerio
This is a cross-post from my friend David Valerio's new podcast,