A philosopher walks into a room with your beliefs and leaves them in tatters. You're welcome.
Season 2 • Episode 10
LatestLesley Hazleton, a British-American author, is an agnostic and very fascinated by historical religious figures. As a 22-year-old girl, she lived in Jerusalem, where she stayed for thirteen years in spite of various wars and reported to various media. Alicja is visits her in Seattle, where she has lived in a floating house for 25 years.
Polish-Flemish philosopher Alicja Gescinska interviews national and international personalities with diverse philosophical and religious backgrounds.
Direction
Intimate framing makes philosophy feel like confession
Production
Belgian-Polish fusion aesthetic, unexpectedly gorgeous
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Flanders funds philosophy television like others fund reality TV. The cultural gap is staggering.
Gescinska's PhD on 'the desire for transcendence' explains her obsession with guests' spiritual wounds. She's not interviewing—she's researching.
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