Causation & Possible Worlds 2

Emotional Depth as a Gift, Spirituality, and Mutual Connection

A reflection on an emotional struggle that began around this time last year, and on what it means not to “move on” completely, but instead to learn how to live alongside one’s emotions. From years of emotional suppression to the moment those feelings finally overflowed, this episode explores therapy, friendship, and the gradual process of learning how to express emotion more honestly. It also looks at the strange paradox of becoming closer to one’s inner self while realizing how little one may truly understand it. Through meditation, awe walks, and reflections on spirituality, the corner considers emotional depth not only as a source of pain, but also as a gift—one that makes the world feel more vivid, beautiful, and at times overwhelming. It also extends this idea into thoughts on love, heartbreak, connection, and the longing for mutuality. ✉️ Collaboration inquiries: aroundthecornercast@gmail.com ☕️ Support the show: https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/f53cfad4-ca02-4b09-9b3a-ec899eef5ff8 [https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/f53cfad4-ca02-4b09-9b3a-ec899eef5ff8] 🎧 Mandarin version available (華語版本): 如果你習慣用華語收聽，歡迎在各大平台搜尋《前方的轉角》 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn [https://www.soundon.fm/]

“A Foggy Tale” — After the Watch Fast-Forwards, the Gunshots Still Echo — Second Part

Using A Foggy Tale as a starting point, this cornoer reflects on the White Terror from a contemporary perspective: how historical amnesia in Taiwan has made it difficult for many people to understand the suffering of that era, and to see how state violence, surveillance, and the erasure of memory continue to shape Taiwan’s present political reality and collective loneliness. From the absurd symbolism of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, to the torture of political prisoners, to the meaning of the “two drops of water,” this corner explores the pain that comes with knowledge, the loneliness of those who awaken earlier than others, and how the quiet efforts of ordinary people can help pass historical memory and transitional justice on to future generations. ✉️ Collaboration inquiries: aroundthecornercast@gmail.com ☕️ Support the show: https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/f53cfad4-ca02-4b09-9b3a-ec899eef5ff8 [https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/f53cfad4-ca02-4b09-9b3a-ec899eef5ff8] 🎧 Mandarin version available (華語版本): 如果你習慣用華語收聽，歡迎在各大平台搜尋《前方的轉角》 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn [https://www.soundon.fm/]

“A Foggy Tale” — After the Watch Fast-Forwards, the Gunshots Still Echo — First Part

The film A Foggy Tale as a gateway to the White Terror era of 1950s Taiwan, following A-gueh’s journey to Taipei to retrieve her brother’s body after a political execution and revealing how state violence shattered individual lives and families amid historical obscurity. With the character Zhao Gongdao—who wraps tragedy in comedy—and the symbolism of the watch, reflecting on guilt, quiet mutual care rooted in Taiwanese everyday life, and why justice felt so distant in that era. ✉️ Collaboration inquiries: aroundthecornercast@gmail.com ☕️ Support the show: https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/f53cfad4-ca02-4b09-9b3a-ec899eef5ff8 [https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/f53cfad4-ca02-4b09-9b3a-ec899eef5ff8] 🎧 Mandarin version available (華語版本): 如果你習慣用華語收聽，歡迎在各大平台搜尋《前方的轉角》 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn [https://www.soundon.fm/]

Three Days of Happiness: The Scales That Weigh the Value of a Life

Three Days of Happiness reflects on whether the value of life can be measured by external standards, through three perspectives: money, the understanding of others, and self-identity. Ultimately, only what we define for ourselves—and what genuinely brings us happiness—constitutes the true meaning of life. ✉️ Collaboration inquiries: aroundthecornercast@gmail.com ☕️ Support the show: https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/f53cfad4-ca02-4b09-9b3a-ec899eef5ff8 [https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/f53cfad4-ca02-4b09-9b3a-ec899eef5ff8] 🎧 Mandarin version available (華語版本): 如果你習慣用華語收聽，歡迎在各大平台搜尋《前方的轉角》 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn [https://www.soundon.fm/]

Causation & Possible Worlds 2

This episode explains how we use “distance” between possible worlds to judge counterfactuals like “If I hadn’t shot, he wouldn’t have died,” and why we usually choose worlds most similar to ours. It then introduces David Lewis’s “small miracle” idea to explain how one key event can differ while laws of nature stay effectively the same. ✉️ Collaboration inquiries: aroundthecornercast@gmail.com ☕️ Support the show: https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/f53cfad4-ca02-4b09-9b3a-ec899eef5ff8 [https://pay.soundon.fm/podcasts/f53cfad4-ca02-4b09-9b3a-ec899eef5ff8] 🎧 Mandarin version available (華語版本): 如果你習慣用華語收聽，歡迎在各大平台搜尋《前方的轉角》 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn [https://www.soundon.fm/]