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For this episode we are joined by firebrand writer and classical illustrator Megha Lillywhite to discuss children’s literature, art, beauty, and the disruption of sacred cows.
Summary of Episode 3:
Megha shares her thoughts on Plato’s Republic
What happens to male communities when impressing mediocre women becomes the highest aim?
Rachel wonders why Megha triggered so many people simply for criticizing the illustrations in The Hungry Caterpillar
Peter defends The Hungry Caterpillar and challenges Megha’s critique
Can nostalgia ever be removed from culture?
Megha makes the case for preserving aesthetic judgment
Teaching children about the real world through illustration
The natural beauty of the butterfly
Rachel thinks Megha is casting pearls before swine
Raven believes that Dadaism has reached its cultural extreme
How dare you insult our gods?
Peter argues that our reactions to art are political in a biological sense
Rachel pushes back against reducing art to a political binary
Raven declares beauty to be an extension of man in Western culture
Megha thinks conservatives are more open-minded than liberals in the art world
Peter explains why the punk rock archetype will continue to reappear throughout history
Megha and Peter debate fine art, beauty, proportion, and nature
Raven explores distortion and moving beyond reality through technology
Megha discusses reading the books she has illustrated to her children
Finding our humanity and viscerality in an increasingly artificial world
The Paris Café
