Church And State Podcast

Summary: In this episode we talk to Ashley Frawley, lecturer in sociology & social policy at Swansea University and author of The Semiotics of Happiness. We discuss this book and so much more! Is Bobby McFerrin the opiate of the masses? Why is the left so dysfunctional? Is there any value in us laboring over The Labor Theory of Value? Find out the answers to these questions, and hear us tell Epicurus to shove it up his ass! Do you have something you'd like to shove up our asses? Let us know by emailing us at the address on the About page, or by hitting us up on Twitter at the handle on the About page. As always, please direct any and all complaints to our mailing address at: The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama Thekchen Choeling P.O. McLeod Ganj Dharamsala Himachal Pradesh (H.P.) 176219 India or on Twitter at: @MartinShkreli. Notes: 1. Michel Foucault - Discipline & Punish 2. Paul Bloom - Against Empathy 3. Paul Bloom & Sam Harris - The Virtues of Cold Blood 4. Emile Durkheim 5. Maslow's Hierarchy of