March Newsletter

It’s the start of a new month, so it’s time for another newsletter, which brings my recent track record to two so far (once I’ve written and sent this one out, that is). There’s a lot I’ve got planned for March. It’s easier to plan, though, than to execute, so we’ll see just how much of it I do get done.

There’s also a minor milestone for me that hopefully should go smoothly and not impact the philosophy-centered work I do. I’m scheduled to have a minor surgery, getting my gallbladder removed, and there should be a day or so of recovery time from that, and then I’m supposed to stick to light work for a bit. I imagine filming me in front of the chalkboard would fall under that.

There are online events lined up each of the five Saturdays this month. They all start at 12 PM Central Time, and the time zone difference can be a bit tricky this month, given that different countries go on (or off) Daylight Savings Time on different days.

Here they are:

• Saturday, March 2 - monthly AMA (Ask Me Anything) Session - YouTube live event in my channel - https://youtube.com/live/hstxApA9_FI

• March 9 - Worlds of Speculative Fiction: Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files - YouTube video premiere in my channel - link will be posted after video is produced

• March 16 - Classic Metal Class Session 26: New Albums by Classic NWOBHM Bands - Zoom videoconferencing for students enrolled in the free class (they get the Zoom link there) - https://reasonio.teachable.com/p/classic-metal-class

• March 23 - Understanding Anger 2.0 Class Session 11: Cicero's Examinations Of The Emotion Of Anger - YouTube live event in my channel - https://youtube.com/live/d5rHIPqM9Gw

• March 30 - Self-Directed Study: Immanuel Kant - YouTube video premiere in my channel - link will be posted after video is produced

Online Classes

I’m currently teaching four online classes that are currently running. Two of them (Existentialist Philosophy and Literature and Religions of the World) are academic classes for Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. The other two (Ancient Philosophers on Friendship and Stoicism and the Cardinal Virtues) are open-enrollment classes in my Study With Sadler Academy.

A bit later on this month, I’ll be opening enrollment in two other online classes in the Study With Sadler Academy. One of those is an asynchronous class (learners study at their own pace, with no class meetings) on four absolutely key Platonic dialogues: The Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo. The other is a synchronous 8-week (with regularly scheduled meetings) class, Aristotle On The Moral Virtues, which will start in April. There has been significant demand for that class, so I’m moving it forward in the schedule for the year). I’ll make announcements about those classes once they’re open for enrollment.

Video And Podcast Production

My plans for the Sadler’s Lectures podcast this month are very simple and straightforward. I’m converting the core concept videos in the series on Immanuel Kant’s Prolegomena To Any Future Metaphysics to podcast episodes. Since there are a lot of them, even if I get one produced and released each day, I still won’t be done until sometime in April.

Video production will be considerably more varied. In addition to videos from the online events discussed above, I also plan to shoot more Sadler’s Honest Book Reviews, Ideas That Matter interviews, and Sadler’s Stories videos. You can also expect to see a few one-off things like a remastering of a very old talk I gave, and an updated version of my video about the Perfectionist Trap. I’ll be shooting some additional core concept videos on Franz Kafka, Frantz Fanon, and Albert Camus for that Existentialist Philosophy and Literature class, and one commissioned video on Deleuze and Guittari’s Anti-Oedipus. I’m also hoping to shoot some new Speculative Fiction Studies videos as well.

This Substack

I have some plans to expand this Substack site as well. I’ll continue on with this newsletter and occasional other news and notes, and I’ll keep adding posts providing links to resources. But there’s a few new features I’m going to roll out.

I’m going to start offering paid subscriptions. Some people who like the work I do making philosophy more accessible to the general public, and they might see value just in supporting that work. But I’ve also got ideas for exclusive content that those who support in that way might really enjoy.

One I’m very excited about is producing short podcast episodes specifically on how to incorporate and apply philosophy in one’s own daily life, with its common challenges, problems, issues, and opportunities. I’m toying with the idea of adding

Another idea I’m kicking around is writing pieces and articles on philosophy and related topics that would be exclusive to paid subscribers. Those would be in addition to the other original pieces and articles I’m writing here (or also, in the near future, porting over from other platforms I write in) which anyone can read here.

The other thing I need to kick into gear this month is organizing this Substack site a bit better. So, you can expect to see a few changes around here, but hopefully all of them will be for the better!

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If you’d like to know more, or you’re particularly excited about, about any of these things going on in March, feel free to leave a comment!