103 THE INDIANA (...Jones, that is!!)

You’re flipping through the channels. On your old cable TV. You see Raiders of the Lost Ark or Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade playing on a random channel. It’s in the middle of the movie. Do you select and watch? You do and you know it. Here we invoke a major debate over Dr. Elsa Schneider’s motives in the climactic grail-choosing scene, and daydream about the contents of a new book on Indiana Jones and philosophy. Join us.

Choosing the grail scene:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0TalLrtZ24 

Dr. Elsa Schneider: https://indianajones.fandom.com/wiki/Elsa_Schneider 

Marion Ravenwood: https://indianajones.fandom.com/wiki/Marion_Ravenwood

Contested objects at the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/british-museum-story/contested-objects-collection 

New book on Indiana Jones and philosophy: https://www.amazon.com/Indiana-Jones-Philosophy-Archaeology-Adventure/dp/1119740150 

Indiana Jones theme song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bTpp8PQSog 

Nietzsche on “God is dead…”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_is_dead