The United States has descended into a state of chaos, and everyone is passing blame around. Who started it? Who's ultimately behind it? What will happen tonight?

We are all more or less quarantined, the economy is blowing up, and people are starting to come around on the effectiveness of masks. What does this crisis ultimately mean?

We are in a bad age, an age defined by decadence and isolation and false alliances. But will it be remembered for its vices? for tech giants or political siren songs? Maybe, but maybe not.

In this special commencement episode, we look at five speeches delivered during Graduation week at Harvard through the years. Students, Deans, and celebrities alike find themselves promoting familiar (some would even say cliché) ideas in their speeches.

The story of two Americas, one plastic, the other entropic.

An interview with the 20th century philosopher Martin Heidegger from 1976. He discusses the role of technology, religion, and art in the post-war world.

Baccalaureate Address of President Nathan M. Pusey to the Class of 1960 of Harvard college, given at the Memorial Church in Harvard Yard on Sunday afternoon, June 12, 1960.

Søren Kierkegaard's essay on the "process of leveling" that results from the dispassion of his age.