The Italian Front, winter 1917. In a frozen dugout between artillery barrages, Ludwig Wittgenstein writes by candlelight in the notebook he carries in his backpack. He is constructing what will become the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus—a work of crystalline logical clarity about the structure of language and reality. But tonight, after watching three men die, the gap between what can be said and what cannot be said becomes unbearable. A meditation on the limits of language when confronted with the unspeakable.—

About Thresholds of Thought

What if we could hear the conversations philosophy never recorded? The doubts philosophers never confessed? The moments that shaped ideas but left no trace?

Each episode explores these hidden hinges of intellectual history through imagined-but-plausible dialogues, letters, and confessions—rigorously researched, philosophically grounded, and designed to honor both historical context and human complexity.

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Production & Transparency

This series combines human philosophical direction (Dr. David Calvo Vélez) with AI creative tools: Claude (script), ElevenLabs (voice), Suno (music), Adobe Firefly (sound), Midjourney (cover art).

Every episode is human-curated, edited, and quality-controlled. Not automated content—AI-augmented philosophical storytelling where technology serves a human creative vision.

Final production: David Calvo Vélez in Audacity.

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Contact: david.calvo@gmail.com

Paris, 1765.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, author of the revolutionary educational treatise Émile, receives an unexpected visitor: a young man claiming to be one of the five children Rousseau abandoned to a foundling hospital.

In this imagined confrontation, philosophy meets the human cost of living by ideas rather than love.

A meditation on the gap between theory and practice, and whether brilliant ideas can redeem terrible actions.

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What if we could hear the conversations philosophy never recorded? The doubts philosophers never confessed? The moments that shaped ideas but left no trace?

Each episode explores these hidden hinges of intellectual history through imagined-but-plausible dialogues, letters, and confessions—rigorously researched, philosophically grounded, and designed to honor both historical context and human complexity.

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This series combines human philosophical direction (Dr. David Calvo Vélez) with AI creative tools: Claude (script), ElevenLabs (voice), Suno (music), Adobe Firefly (sound), Midjourney (cover art).

Every episode is human-curated, edited, and quality-controlled. Not automated content—AI-augmented philosophical storytelling where technology serves a human creative vision.

Final production: David Calvo Vélez in Audacity.

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Contact: david.calvo@gmail.com

Córdoba, 1195.

In the courtyard of the Great Mosque, manuscripts burn. The philosopher Ibn Rushd—known to the West as Averroes—stands beside the man who ordered their destruction: the Caliph's religious enforcer.

As smoke rises from decades of commentary on Aristotle, two men debate whether reason can coexist with faith, whether philosophy strengthens or corrupts belief.

One will walk away into exile. The other will sleep soundly.

An examination of certainty, doubt, and the price of intellectual freedom.

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What if we could hear the conversations philosophy never recorded? The doubts philosophers never confessed? The moments that shaped ideas but left no trace?

Each episode explores these hidden hinges of intellectual history through imagined-but-plausible dialogues, letters, and confessions—rigorously researched, philosophically grounded, and designed to honor both historical context and human complexity.

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This series is a unique collaboration between human philosophical direction and AI creative tools. Dr. David Calvo Vélez develops each episode's concept, historical framework, and philosophical depth.

AI assists with:

• Script generation based on detailed prompts and research (Claude)
• Voice synthesis (ElevenLabs)
• Musical composition (Suno)
• Sound design (Adobe Firefly)
• Cover imagery (Midjourney)

Every episode is human-curated, edited, and quality-controlled. This is not automated content—it's AI-augmented philosophical storytelling, where technology serves a human creative vision.

Final production and post-production: David Calvo Vélez in Audacity.

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We believe transparency is essential. You deserve to know how this content is made.

We also believe AI can be a powerful tool for expanding philosophical discourse—but only when guided by careful research, ethical consideration, and editorial judgment.

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Contact: david.calvo@gmail.com