Der Pudel und der Kern - Philosophie to go

Der Pudel und der Kern is a philosophy show about the practical art of living. Its episodes tend to start where ordinary life gets tight. A person feels overburdened. A relationship becomes difficult. Work begins to treat everything as a calculation. Freedom turns into ambivalence, order becomes dull, and chaos begins to look less like a threat than a source of motion. From those situations, Dr. Albert Kitzler and Jan Liebhold open a patient conversation with older and newer traditions. Greek philosophy, Indian wisdom literature, Zen, Goethe, psychology, theology, and cultural criticism appear not as status markers, but as ways of seeing familiar problems with more range. The show is measured and warm. It rarely tries to force a conclusion. Instead, it refines distinctions: economy has a place, but not every human good is scarce; control is useful, but resonance cannot be commanded; retreat can restore a person, but meaningful work still matters. Episodes on the Bhagavad Gita consider action without fear and the possibility of inner freedom. Conversations about air move from chemistry and health toward the experience of being in contact with the wider world. Discussions of relationships return to small encounters, smiles, and the fragile conditions under which people feel genuinely met. Guest episodes add expertise, including Carsten Lotz on economic reason, Prof. Dr. Jens Soentgen on air, and Prof. Dr. Eva Asselmann on overload and letting go. The show’s recurring promise is modest but substantial. It offers no quick cure for modern restlessness. It gives listeners a slower language for it.