Sasha's Sleeping

Sasha's Sleeping
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Former stand-up comedians, now parents, Anja Jovic-Humphrey (Professor of Literature) and her husband Randy Humphrey (never read books before) discuss one book a week from very different perspectives. Read a book a week with us and share your thoughts.
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Focuses on philosophical literature and its application to modern life, exemplified in episodes discussing Pascal's Pensees and the implications of belief in God, alongside annual themes like parenting insights, existential inquiries, and the relationship between literature and contemporary culture.

Former stand-up comedians, now parents, Anja Jovic-Humphrey (Professor of Literature) and her husband Randy Humphrey (never read books before) discuss one book a week from very different perspectives. Read a book a week with us and share your thoughts.
In this episode Anja (Literature Professor) and her husband Randy (from business world) ponder Pascal's Pensees while their daughter Sasha is sleeping.
Which side would you pick in Pascal's wager? Does God exist? What happens after death? What is the value of boredom? What should you tell a child when they ask what happens after death? Is Pascal the opposite of tiktok, or is he a version of tiktok from the sixteen hundreds?

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