{"podcast":{"title":"The Nietzsche Podcast","slug":"the-nietzsche-podcast-4138222","podcast_index_feed_id":4138222,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/471f49a0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.patreon.com/untimelyreflections","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/11832328/11832328-1624669997306-e523f25eb51a2.jpg","author":"Untimely Reflections","episode_count":275,"summary":"A podcast about Nietzsche's ideas, his influences, and those he influenced. Philosophy and cultural commentary through a Nietzschean lens. Support the show at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/untimelyreflections A few collected essays and thoughts: https://untimely-reflections.blogspot.com/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T02:19:27.620190+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nietzsche-podcast-4138222"},"episode":{"title":"142: Commands, Symbols & Games - Nietzsche, Cassirer & Wittgenstein on Language","slug":"142-commands-symbols-games-nietzsche-cassirer-wittgenstein-on-language","published_at":"2026-06-02T13:27:58+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nietzsche-podcast-4138222/142-commands-symbols-games-nietzsche-cassirer-wittgenstein-on-language","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nietzsche-podcast-4138222","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/untimely-reflections/episodes/142-Commands--Symbols--Games---Nietzsche--Cassirer--Wittgenstein-on-Language-e3k7u10","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6285345062.mp3","summary":"In this episode we're going to explore three very different thinkers who nonetheless converge on their theories of language. We're going to see if we can't extract an intelligible whole out of the ideas generated by this trio: the Nietzschean theory of language as command, the view of Cassirer that man is a symbolic animal, and Wittgenstein's concept of the language-game.","meta_description":"In this episode we're going to explore three very different thinkers who nonetheless converge on their theories of language. We're going to see if we can'…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5827,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nietzsche-podcast-4138222/episodes/142-commands-symbols-games-nietzsche-cassirer-wittgenstein-on-language/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nietzsche-podcast-4138222/142-commands-symbols-games-nietzsche-cassirer-wittgenstein-on-language.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}