<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[scribespark: Philosophy & Culture]]></title><description><![CDATA[A knight comes home from the Crusades to find the plague waiting, and sits down to play chess with Death on a grey beach. Ingmar Bergman gave us that image in 1957, and people who have never read a word of philosophy have been arguing about mortality through it ever since. The seminar room never reached them. The movie did.
Philosophy doesn't stay put. It leaks into the films we watch, the arguments we have, the stories a culture tells to explain itself.
Expect a good deal of film here, which has been a lifelong study of mine, alongside essays on whatever cultural object happens to be carrying a real idea that week. It's also the room with the most air in it — the honest catch-all where the delightful and the odd get to breathe. If the other streams are the cathedral, think of this one as the lively street outside it.]]></description><link>https://www.scribespark.com/s/philosophy-and-culture</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LroU!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F203602b8-8b34-419a-b381-53835cc9ddd7_1254x1254.png</url><title>scribespark: Philosophy &amp; Culture</title><link>https://www.scribespark.com/s/philosophy-and-culture</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:21:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.scribespark.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Jae Jerkins]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[scribespark@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[scribespark@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Jae Jerkins]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Jae Jerkins]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[scribespark@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[scribespark@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Jae Jerkins]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block></channel></rss>