Two monkey minds exploring philosophy,
science, and emotions.

Abstract Apes is a project created by two University students which serves as a creative outlet for our ideas and interests. We like rambling, so we record podcasts. We also write blogs occasionally.

Blogs

Humanity values

"How values emerge in groups of humans" by Penev.

Emotions

"The hard problem of emotions" by Penev.

Subjectivity

"Subjectivity may not freely reign" by Dani.

Podcasts in English

Existentialism

The topic of this podcast is a fairly contemporary movement in philosophy, namely existentialism. We talk about feelings, reason and the meaning of life.

Managing risk in business

We talk about risk and anxiety with a young podcast duo, Before The Valley. We touch on psychological and emotional responses to risk, wins and losses.

Big Five Personality Traits

We take a scientifically acclaimed personality test and discuss our results. The Big Five Traits is a model that has been studied in psychology and popularized in pop culture by Jordan Peterson.

Social Media

From social media addiction to building online businesses, in episode #4 we discuss the multiple perspectives on Social Media with a special guest working in the industry!

Spirituality

We try to navigate the subjective realm of spirituality with a healthy balance of scepticism and open-mindedness.

In this episode we talk about the ancient philosophy of Stoicism and how we have applied it in our lives. We talk about the philosopher emperor - Marcus Aurelis, and the impact he has had in our development.

Habits

In our first podcast we talk about the motivation behind Abstract Apes. We then go on to discuss Habits - the science behind how they are formed and why they are so important to our daily lives.

Podcasts in Bulgarian

Музикална култура

Обсъждаме движенията в българската музика и култура, както и влиянието им върху обществото с 2PACI-те, българско дуо, което прави ревюта на музика. Има ли морали в изкуството?