Kafka vs Camus: Life's Meaningless (but..there is hope)

The podcast explores the theme of absurdity in modern life through the works of Franz Kafka and Albert Camus. It discusses their backgrounds as outsiders, their atheism, and their literary works such as Kafka's "The Trial" and "The Metamorphosis," and Camus' "The Stranger" and "The Myth of Sisyphus." The podcast compares their perspectives on guilt, duty, and the meaning of life, ultimately suggesting that while both authors acknowledge the absurdity of existence, Camus offers a more hopeful outlook by embracing the will to joy and rebellion against meaninglessness, while Kafka's life, marked by posthumous success and personal failures, embodies a more profound sense of absurdity.