I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.

The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly running a dialogue with the past and the future inside of one skin.

I have spoken to expert audiences occasionally, but then no audience is expert over the whole range of things I want to explore.

The ancient Greek "oral poets" all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the muse to help them remember.

I reserve the right to tell shaggy dog stories or even common jokes as part of what I'm doing. I don't give a damn if half the audience walks out.

There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation.

The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer.