A curated collection of philosophy-related podcasts. Also see the SciPhi-Adjacent Podcast Collection.
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Updated: 2026-Feb-10 18:19 UTC. Podcasts listed: 229. Ordered by date of most recent episode (newest to oldest). AI-generated content is based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions.
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These podcasts are largely devoted to philosophy and adjacent scholarship, often presented through interviews, close readings, and thematically focused discussions. A major thread is philosophy of religion: arguments for and against God’s existence, classical theistic proofs, the moral status of worship and divine responsibility, and comparisons between monotheistic, polytheistic, and non-dual conceptions of ultimate reality. Related episodes explore how religious ideas shape experience through myth, ritual, sacred space and time, and how art functions within and across religious traditions.
Another prominent cluster centers on ethics and political philosophy. Topics include justice and liberal egalitarianism, civil disobedience, hate speech and democratic governance, political polarization and the limits of “debate culture,” and the ethical evaluation of association and complicity amid elite institutions and abuse scandals. Several discussions connect moral theory to real-world crises, including the role of medicine under Nazism, immigration enforcement tactics, and the social psychology of prejudice. There is also sustained attention to structural forces—power, institutions, bureaucracy, and “metrics” that reshape values—alongside critiques of technocratic or overly “optimized” approaches to moral decision-making.
Ancient philosophy and its modern reception recur frequently. Stoicism receives extensive treatment, not just as self-help but as a system involving logic, physics, and ethics, with debates about indifferents, emotion, moral courage, leadership, habit formation, and how to respond when environments are harmful. Epicureanism appears in contrast, focusing on pleasure, tranquility, and misconceptions about hedonism. Other episodes draw from Aristotle, Plato, Confucian and Daoist texts, Buddhist arguments about no-self, and early modern debates in theology and moral psychology.
Across the lineup is strong engagement with mind and cognition: consciousness (phenomenal vs. access), animal minds, memory, emotion construction, and psychoanalytic and Jungian frameworks for identity and the psyche. Contemporary technology is treated as both object and lens, with discussions of AI “memory,” bias and misinformation panics, language models and intention-like representations, and ethical questions around simulated harm, intimacy with chatbots, and online deception.
Aesthetic and cultural analysis forms another spine: literature and film readings, questions about loving art created by morally troubling figures, the value of culture under capitalism, and how narrative forms shape history and political imagination. Overall, these podcasts blend conceptual analysis with historical sources and current events, repeatedly returning to how ideas guide action, self-understanding, and collective life.
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The Nietzsche PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 251 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 93 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Nietzsche-focused philosophy • close readings (The Gay Science) • will to power, eternal return, revaluation • influences: Goethe, Spinoza, Herder, Heidegger, Adorno/Horkheimer • Chinese philosophy: Dao, Confucius, Zhuangzi • culture, politics, history, aesthetics Description (podcaster-provided): A podcast about Nietzsche's ideas, his influences, and those he influenced. Philosophy and cultural commentary through a Nietzschean lens. Latest episode (2026-Feb-10 14:59 UTC): 133: Baruch Spinoza - The Intellectual Love of God |
Sadler's LecturesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 500 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 15 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy lectures on ethics, virtue, emotions • Christian thought: vices/sins, love, divine simplicity, justice/mercy • Stoicism and practical guidance • Political/social theory: utilitarianism, Marxism, civil rights • Philosophy of religion Description (podcaster-provided): I'm that YouTube Philosophy Guy! Find more than 3,000 videos in my main channel. Support my video and podcast work! https://www.patreon.com/sadler or https://www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM Latest episode (2026-Feb-10 14:38 UTC): Jeremy Bentham, Offenses Against Onself - Other Sexual Offenses Considered - Sadler's Lectures |
OverthinkProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 160 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 57 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Accessible philosophy linking everyday life • politics, polarization, post-truth, oligarchy, treason • gender, sexuality, consent, trans identity • emotions, relationships, loneliness • technology, AI, social media • capitalism, meritocracy, degrowth • aesthetics, culture, environment Description (podcaster-provided): The best of all possible podcasts, Leibniz would say. Putting big ideas in dialogue with the everyday, Overthink offers accessible and fresh takes on philosophy from enthusiastic experts. Latest episode (2026-Feb-10 13:00 UTC): Closer Look: Epicurus Reader |
Dilemma PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 107 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 77 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Palestine/Israel, Zionism, Gaza • empire/colonialism, antiwar politics • resistance vs terrorism/nonviolence • media, journalism, propaganda/PR • antisemitism discourse • capitalism, petrodollars, climate • surveillance, repression • anarchism, sovereignty, liberation philosophy Description (podcaster-provided): Solving the problems of what to do next with some of today's top thinkers and writers. Latest episode (2026-Feb-10 11:46 UTC): Legal Innocence, Moral Failure: Epstein, Steven Pinker, and the Ethics of Looking Away |
The New ThinkeryProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 263 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 64 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Political philosophy and history • Close readings of classics (Plato, Aristotle, Strauss, Kant, Kierkegaard) • Literature/poetry and film analysis • Virtue, justice, truth, selfhood • Reason–revelation debates • Education, humanities, curriculum, modern politics Description (podcaster-provided): The New Thinkery is a podcast devoted to political philosophy and its history, along with its many guises in literature, film, and human experience generally. Named after Socrates' infamous "Thinkery" in Aristophanes' Clouds, The New Thinkery strikes a balance between the seriousness of academia and the playfulness of casual conversation among friends. Latest episode (2026-Feb-10 10:00 UTC): Eric Buzzetti & Devin Stauffer on Christopher Bruell: Essays of Five Decades on Philosophy and Philosophers |
New Books in PhilosophyProfile • RSS • Apple Podcasts 411 episodes 2011 to 2026 Median: 66 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): scholar interviews on new philosophy books • political theory: justice, liberalism, democracy, representation, censorship • mind/AI/cognition, psychiatry, emotion • metaphysics, language, epistemology, induction • race/gender/trans/Latinx identity • environmental ethics/ecology • philosophy of science/biology/neuroscience • religion/yoga/anarchism Description (podcaster-provided): This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Latest episode (2026-Feb-10 09:00 UTC): Ellen Clarke, "The Units of Life: Kinds of Individual in Biology" (Oxford UP, 2025) |
SentientismProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 242 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 77 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Evidence-based philosophy: what’s real, consciousness, minds (animal/AI/microbial) • Sentiocentric ethics, moral circle, compassion • Animal rights law/constitutions • Veganism, factory farming, zoos, animal culture • Education, activism, climate/justice, politics Description (podcaster-provided): We discuss the biggest questions: "what's real?", "who matters?" and "how to make a better world?" with scientists, celebrities, activists, writers and philosophers. Latest episode (2026-Feb-09 20:06 UTC): Spirituality, Veganism & Sentientism: Mari Andrew on Animals, Meaning, and Moral Hierarchy - Sentientism 243 |
The DissenterProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 1208 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 61 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Academic interviews • philosophy, ethics, well-being, morality • politics, nationalism, revolution, violence • cognitive science, consciousness, perception, culture • human evolution, archaeology, ancient history • sex work/porn, feminism, stigma, sex education • language change and migration Description (podcaster-provided): My name is Ricardo Lopes, and I’m from Portugal. Thank you for visiting my podcast. Latest episode (2026-Feb-09 19:00 UTC): #1213 Nathan Lents - The Sexual Evolution: Sex, Gender, and Mating |
Philosophers In SpaceProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 301 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 54 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Sci‑fi/fantasy films, TV, books, games • Ethics under uncertainty, survival, terrorism • Personhood, consciousness, AI alignment • Politics: fascism, colonialism, capitalism, solidarity, race • Gender, queer theory, masculinity, TERFs • Weird/body horror, ecology, parasitism/symbiosis, virtue, meaning, paternalism Description (podcaster-provided): Welcome to Philosophers In Space, where the intrepid trekker captain Callie Wright and their questionable Chief Ethics Officer Aaron Rabinowitz explore the weird, gooey world of sci-fi, searching for tantalizing hypotheticals and gear-stripping questions in a space odyssey of meaning and amusement. Latest episode (2026-Feb-09 17:05 UTC): Harrow the 9th pt.3 and Sacrifice in Relationships |
The Gray Area with Sean IllingProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 741 episodes 2016 to 2026 Median: 62 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy-minded conversations on culture, politics, tech • US democracy, polarization, extremism, liberalism • Government capacity, infrastructure, inequality • Digital platforms, attention economy, AI • Climate narratives, energy transition • Mental health, grief, forgiveness, solitude • Free speech, truth, ideology • Human nature: memory, free will, personality, sentience Description (podcaster-provided): The Gray Area with Sean Illing takes a philosophy-minded look at culture, technology, politics, and the world of ideas. Each week, we invite a guest to explore a question or topic that matters. From the the state of democracy, to the struggle with depression and anxiety, to the nature of identity in the digital age, each episode looks for nuance and honesty in the most important conversations of our time. New episodes drop every Monday. From the Vox Media Podcast Network. Latest episode (2026-Feb-09 09:00 UTC): The problem with gamifying life |
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 769 episodes 2009 to 2026 Median: 48 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophical text discussions • ethics and normativity (Kant, Foot, Korsgaard, Aquinas) • political philosophy: liberalism, community, just war • Freud group psychology • ontology/metaphysics • feminist theory • ancient Egyptian thought • pop culture, music, improv chat Description (podcaster-provided): The Partially Examined Life is a podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it. Each episode, we pick a short text and chat about it with some balance between insight and flippancy. You don't have to know any philosophy, or even to have read the text we're talking about to (mostly) follow and (hopefully) enjoy the discussion. For links to the texts we discuss and other info, check out www.partiallyexaminedlife.com. Latest episode (2026-Feb-09 06:09 UTC): Ep. 384: Graham Harman's Object-Oriented Ontology (Part Three) |
The Ancient Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 10 episodes 2026 Median: 20 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Ancient philosophy across Greece and Buddhism • Plato’s cave allegory • Aristotle on virtues • Stoic view of philosophy • Plotinus’ metaphysics • Greek medical dream diagnosis • Galileo refuting Aristotle/Ptolemy with telescope • no-self controller argument Description (podcaster-provided): The Ancient Philosophy Podcast explores important topics in ancient philosophy, whether that's in India, China, Greece, Rome, the Near East, or beyond. Latest episode (2026-Feb-09 05:00 UTC): 10. Jacob Stump: The Stoic View of Emotions (and Its Flaws) |
Brain in a VatProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 279 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 58 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Thought experiments with philosophers • Ethics and applied dilemmas: parenting, sex work, animal welfare, procreation, organ markets • Political philosophy: democracy, taxation, capitalism, patriotism, academic freedom, speech • AI, surveillance, digital afterlife • Mind, identity, free will, meaning • Culture, gender, race, appropriation • Violence, conspiracy theories, espionage Description (podcaster-provided): Thought experiments and conversations with philosophers. Hosted by Dr Jason Werbeloff and Mark Oppenheimer. Latest episode (2026-Feb-09 04:12 UTC): God Is Not Praiseworthy | Stephen Kershnar and Nathan Bray |
WHY? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday LifeProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 20 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 74 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophical discussions of everyday life • ethics, dignity, love, emotions, madness • denial, self-deception, banality of evil • privacy, forgetting, identity • democracy, war, espionage, peace • Indigenous thought, Marx, Plato • virtual reality, AI, nature, sustainability • fashion, touch Description (podcaster-provided): Join us each month as we engage in philosophical discussions about the most common-place topics with host Jack Russell Weinstein, professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Dakota. He is the director of The Institute for Philosophy in Public Life. Latest episode (2026-Feb-09 04:03 UTC): What Things Are Worth Saving? |
Practical StoicismProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 9 episodes 2026 Median: 12 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Practical applications of Stoic virtue ethics • justice vs legality • moral progress with difficult people • rational choice, consent, harm • environment and habits • avoiding groupthink and unhealthy crowds • character-focused self-examination Description (podcaster-provided): Stoicism is the pursuit of Virtue (Aretê), which was defined by the Ancient Greeks as "the knowledge of how to live excellently," Stoicism is a holistic life philosophy meant to guide us towards the attainment of this knowledge through the development of our character. While many other Stoicism podcasts focus on explaining Ancient Stoicism in an academic or historical context, Practical Stoicism strives to port the ancient wisdom of this 2300-plus-year-old Greek Philosophy into contemporary times to provide practical advice for living today, not two millennia ago. Join American philosopher of Stoicism Tanner Campbell, every Monday and Friday, for new episodes. Latest episode (2026-Feb-08 20:06 UTC): Zeno vs. Aristo on Indifferent Things |
Philosophy Talk StartersProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 534 episodes 2015 to 2026 Median: 10 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophical figures and traditions • ethics, virtues, moral psychology • political philosophy: protest, justice, gender, privacy • mind and consciousness, perception • science, AI, computation • metaphysics: time, reality, simulation, paradox • art, literature, music, architecture • climate and public trust in science Description (podcaster-provided): Bite-size episodes from the program that questions everything... except your intelligence. Learn more and access complete episodes at www.philosophytalk.org. Latest episode (2026-Feb-08 20:00 UTC): Logic For Everyone |
Philosophy vs. ImprovProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 113 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 52 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy-meets-improv conversations • ethical debate, argumentation, moral choices • identity, authenticity, community • failure, consent, friendship • truth, relativism, mysticism, AI/virtual worlds • comedy theory, storytelling, art and culture Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophy vs. Improv Latest episode (2026-Feb-08 18:29 UTC): PvI#111: God Smites Elijah Dann |
Within ReasonProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 138 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 80 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): philosophy of religion debates: God arguments, Christianity, biblical history • consciousness and metaphysics: materialism, idealism, panpsychism, self • science and cosmology: physics, Big Bang, multiverse, fine-tuning • ethics, existential meaning, AI risk • logic, language, culture politics Description (podcaster-provided): For the curious. Latest episode (2026-Feb-08 18:19 UTC): Atheist Slogans You Should Stop Using - Joe Schmid |
This Is The Way: Chinese Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 31 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 85 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Classical Chinese philosophy texts and debates • Confucian ethics: ritual, virtue, self-cultivation, character, shame, gender • Mohist impartial care and consequentialism • Daoist wu-wei, detachment, utopia • Language/logic • Law, governance • Confucian–Buddhist critiques Description (podcaster-provided): This Is The Way is a podcast on Chinese philosophy, exploring philosophical themes by reflecting on significant Chinese texts and through interviews with scholars of Chinese thought. We aim to offer discussions that are informative and accessible to a broad audience. Latest episode (2026-Feb-08 17:00 UTC): Episode 31: The Great Music Debate -- Mohists vs. Classical Confucians |
Seize the Moment PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 200 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 66 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Psychology and psychotherapy tools: trauma, anxiety, ADHD, psychosis, family support •Philosophy of meaning, ethics, free will, religion, Stoicism •Social issues: civil rights, race, trans rights, labor, democracy, healthcare, climate, misinformation Description (podcaster-provided): Seize the Moment Podcast, hosted by Leon Garber and Alen Ulman, is a project centered around making the most important and useful ideas in psychology, philosophy, and personal development mainstream. We feature guests from all walks of life whether they be artists, musicians, comedians, entrepreneurs, philosophers, psychologists and many more. There is a saying, "the most essential knowledge is not yet made widely accessible." We want to make that information accessible and change as many lives for the better as possible. Latest episode (2026-Feb-08 15:37 UTC): Benjamin A. Saltzman - Why Turning Away Might Be an Ethical Act | STM Podcast #252 |
The Ethical FrontierProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 86 episodes 2023 to 2026 Median: 53 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Ethics interviews • political philosophy, liberty, free speech, democracy • immigration/ICE, refugees • prejudice, racism, extremism • death, meaning, assisted dying, medical ethics • AI ethics • economic justice, work, education • sex, gender, identity Description (podcaster-provided): Interviews about ethics and other interesting topics. Latest episode (2026-Feb-08 15:21 UTC): #86 - Nazi Doctors | Hedy Wald, David Shuster, Ashley Fernandes |
The Panpsycast Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 368 episodes 2016 to 2026 Median: 47 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy discussions • global philosophy of religion • God, atheism, pantheism, evil • morality, divine commands, virtue/sin • non-Western traditions: Jainism, Afro-Brazilian Candomblé, Kyoto School • war, capitalism, politics • aesthetics, comedy, sound, food • mental health, love, domestic labour Description (podcaster-provided): An 'informal and informative' philosophy podcast inspiring and supporting students, teachers, academics and free-thinkers worldwide. All episodes are available at www.thepanpsycast.com. Latest episode (2026-Feb-08 06:00 UTC): Episode 152, 'God, Consciousness, and Fundamental Reality' with Philip Goff, David Godman, and Miri Albahari (Part I - The Debate) |
History of Philosophy Without Any GapsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 493 episodes 2010 to 2026 Median: 22 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Early modern philosophy survey • Descartes: method, dualism, ethics, passions, science/medicine • Pascal: infinity, faith, wager, decision theory • Skepticism, atomism, Epicureanism revival • Scholasticism, natural law, politics, economics • Reformation, Inquisition, Republic of Letters • Science, art, alchemy, colonial debates Description (podcaster-provided): Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King’s College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, ”without any gaps.” The series looks at the ideas, lives and historical context of the major philosophers as well as the lesser-known figures of the tradition. www.historyofphilosophy.net. NOTE: iTunes shows only the most recent 300 episodes; subscribe on iTunes or go to a different platform for the whole series. Latest episode (2026-Feb-08 04:00 UTC): HoP 486 Friends of the Truth: Arnauld and Jansenism |
The Podcaster's Guide to the ConspiracyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 354 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 46 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Conspiracy theory analysis and philosophy • book/paper critiques (Cassam, Levy, Shermer, particularism) • historical scandals, state secrets, intelligence ops • political extremism/propaganda • religious/Vatican plots, prophecies • hoaxes, disappearances, local NZ/Aus cases • media/podcast reviews Description (podcaster-provided): A humorous and informative analysis of conspiracy theories new and old by Josh Addison and Associate Professor of Philosophy (and conspiracy theory theorist) M R. X. Dentith. Latest episode (2026-Feb-07 04:54 UTC): Cupcakes and Coups |
Stoic Coffee BreakProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 366 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 10 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Stoic philosophy applied to daily life • emotional regulation, resilience, mental toughness • decision-making, objectivity, curiosity, cognitive biases • habits, goals, attention, planning • identity, self-worth, relationships, heartbreak, empathy • interviews on CBT, polyvagal theory, masculinity, leadership, ethics Description (podcaster-provided): "Act on your principles, not your moods." A weekly meditation on how Stoic principles can help you be a better human. Latest episode (2026-Feb-07 02:00 UTC): 365 - The Test of Power: Why Stoic Virtue Matters in Leadership |
Moral MinorityProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 25 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 93 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): moral philosophy foundations • normativity and moral judgment • existentialism and phenomenology (Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Sartre) • metaethics, virtue ethics, moral responsibility • Marxism/critical theory, fascism, antisemitism • ethics–aesthetics in literature, film, media Description (podcaster-provided): Moral Minority is a podcast on moral philosophy and the problem of moral foundations. Why does morality matter? What grounds the moral principles to which we appeal when making judgments about right and wrong, justice and injustice? Do we have good grounds for making the judgments we do make–in our everyday lives, our relationships, our work, or in politics? And if not, where does that leave us? Latest episode (2026-Feb-06 21:00 UTC): Contemporary Conversations: Jonathan B. Fine on Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and the German Enlightenment |
Political Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 211 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 71 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): political philosophy interviews • fascism, far-right, anti-fascism • democracy, elections, legitimacy, courts • immigration, asylum, refugees • liberalism, socialism, unions • race, bioethics, trans rights • media, tech politics • ancient law, Bible origins Description (podcaster-provided): Podcast by Toby Buckle Latest episode (2026-Feb-06 16:20 UTC): New Year AMA |
Conversations at the CenterProfile • Site • RSS 9 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 29 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy of science interviews • Science and values • Relativity, quantum theory, statistical physics • Einstein and philosophical foundations of physics • Cognitive science: attention, perception, introspection, schizophrenia • Philosophy of biology, medicine, epistemology • Summer program and academic events Description (podcaster-provided): The mission of the Center for Philosophy of Science is to foster the development of the best, new work in philosophy of science. In so far as the flourishing of philosophy of science internationally will generate more of the best work in philosophy of science, The Center seeks to propagate an understanding of the methods and achievements of this work to a broader academic audience. Latest episode (2026-Feb-06 15:00 UTC): Conversations at the Center: Edouard Machery with David Wallace |
Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger BerkowitzProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 100 episodes 2023 to 2026 Median: 55 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Close readings of Hannah Arendt • freedom, revolution, constitutional founding • truth, lying, post-truth politics • civil disobedience, deliberative democracy • totalitarianism, tyranny, authoritarianism • thinking/willing, conscience, evil • friendship, joy in dark times Description (podcaster-provided): This podcast offers close readings of Arendt’s books alongside engaging interviews and thought-provoking conversations in the spirit of Hannah Arendt, who thought loving the world means neither uncritical acceptance nor contemptuous rejection, but the unwavering facing up to and comprehension of that which is. Visit The Hannah Arendt Center online at hac.bard.edu. Latest episode (2026-Feb-06 12:00 UTC): Lying in Politics III-V | Crises of the Republic |
Consciousness Live!Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 95 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 113 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy of mind and consciousness science • Theories: IIT, global workspace, sensorimotor, illusionism, physicalism, panpsychism • Perception, representation, imagination, mental imagery • Introspection, metacognition, selfhood • AI, memory, psychedelics • Logic, God arguments, solipsism Description (podcaster-provided): Where the stream of consciousness goes over the edge. Latest episode (2026-Feb-06 10:51 UTC): Biyu He Live! |
Lucretius Today - Epicurus and Epicurean PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 319 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 51 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Epicurean philosophy via Lucretius, Cicero, Plutarch • pleasure vs virtue as life’s goal • pleasure/pain and “absence of pain” • happiness amid grief, fear, strong emotions • death, soul, gods • applying doctrines today Description (podcaster-provided): Lucretius Today is a podcast dedicated to learning Epicurean philosophy through study of the poet Lucretius, who lived in the age of Julius Caesar and wrote "On The Nature of Things," the only complete presentation of Epicurus' ideas left to us from the ancient world. We'll walk you line by line through the six books of Lucretius' poem, and we'll discuss how Epicurean philosophy can apply to you today. In this podcast we won't be talking about modern political issues. How you apply Epicurus in your own life is entirely up to you. Over at the Epicureanfriends.com web forum, we apply this approach by following a set of ground rules we call "Not Neo-Epicurean, But Epicurean." Epicurean philosophy is not a religion, it''s not Stoicism, it's not Humanism, it's not Libertarianism, it's not Atheism, and it's not Marxism or any other philosophy - it is unique in the history of Western Civilization, and as we explore Lucretius's poem you'll quickly see how that is the case. The home page of this podcast is LucretiusToday.com, and there you can find a free copy of the version of the poem from which we are reading, and links to where you can discuss the poem between episodes at Epicureanfriends.com. Latest episode (2026-Feb-06 01:53 UTC): Episode 319 - Is the Key To Happiness Found In Supernatural Causes and Geometry? |
The Academic ImperfectionistProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 127 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 19 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): perfectionism, self-criticism, toxic humility • procrastination, motivation, habits, time management • academic writing and research process • burnout, rest, hobbies, resilience • coaching vs therapy, self-improvement, values • Stoicism and philosophical psychology Description (podcaster-provided): The Academic Imperfectionist combines philosophical analysis and coaching insights to help you dump perfectionism and flourish on your own terms. Your host is Dr Rebecca Roache, a coach and Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of London. Latest episode (2026-Feb-06 00:00 UTC): #126: Why you should care about emotional frailty |
Philosopher's ZoneProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 239 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 28 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy of identity, ethics, knowledge • education aims, reading and interpretation • politics: democracy, nationalism, fascism, post-truth • colonialism, Indigenous temporalities, literature • feminism, gender, queer theory • AI, propaganda, trust, authority • moral responsibility, welfare, disability, environmental futures Description (podcaster-provided): The simplest questions often have the most complex answers. The Philosopher's Zone is your guide through the strange thickets of logic, metaphysics and ethics. Latest episode (2026-Feb-05 23:00 UTC): Do we still love art? |
HermitixProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 526 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 62 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Fringe philosophy interviews • Continental thinkers, political ontology, anarchism • Weird/experimental literature reviews • Mysticism, Christianity, magic, esotericism, UFOs • Psychoanalysis, Jung/Lacan, psychedelics • Ecology and climate apocalypticism Description (podcaster-provided): Hermitix is a podcast focusing on one-on-one interviews relating to fringe philosophy, obscure theory, weird lit, underappreciated thinkers and movements, and that which historically finds itself 'outside' the academic canon. Latest episode (2026-Feb-05 17:00 UTC): Jung's Vision – The Architecture of the Psyche (Jung Course Preview) |
Lives Well LivedProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 74 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 64 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Ethics and living well • Happiness, meaning, wellbeing science • Psychology/neuroscience of emotion, decision-making, consciousness, free will • Philosophy and morality • Animal rights • Social justice, activism, effective altruism • Public policy, climate, population • Personal resilience, creativity Description (podcaster-provided): Lives Well Lived is hosted by Peter Singer & Kasia de Lazari Radek. Episodes consist of interviews with remarkable guests who have lived well, both in the sense of living an ethical life, but also in that they are fulfilled and happy with what they have achieved in their lives. Some of these guests will be well-known figures, but others who are doing extraordinary things will be unfamiliar to almost all of our listeners. The conversations will often cover ground that involves ethics, how to live well, and how to make a positive difference in the world. It will inspire and empower its audience to change their own lives for the better. Latest episode (2026-Feb-05 05:44 UTC): forget happiness, JENNIFER WALLACE thinks mattering is the key to a fulfilling life |
The MinefieldProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 250 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 54 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Ethical dilemmas in politics and public life • Democracy, protest, speech limits, decency • Authoritarianism, immigration, far-right • War, territorial ambition, self-defence law • AI impacts on culture, work, education • Art, taste, beauty, “content” • Justice, hate speech, youth crime, childcare, net zero Description (podcaster-provided): In a world marked by wicked social problems, The Minefield helps you negotiate the ethical dilemmas, contradictory claims and unacknowledged complicities of modern life. Latest episode (2026-Feb-04 17:00 UTC): Can political moderation survive in an age of grievance? |
Closer To TruthProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 100 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 27 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): cosmology and quantum foundations • consciousness theories, dualism, free will • mathematics, computation, AI and transhumanism • philosophy of religion across traditions: God, self, afterlife • evolution, human nature, cognition • transcendence, art, belief, anomalous/paranormal claims Description (podcaster-provided): Closer To Truth presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions in Cosmos, Life, Consciousness, and Meaning. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Seek your own answers. Latest episode (2026-Feb-04 12:00 UTC): Can Art Harmonize Diverse Religions? |
The What Is Stoicism? PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 230 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 5 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Practical Stoicism • dichotomy of control • managing anxiety, anger, fear • decatastrophizing • mortality, time, present-moment living • virtues: temperance, justice, courage, wisdom • simplicity vs wealth/status • community, empathy, listening • daily exercises, reflection, resilience Description (podcaster-provided): Using Stoic philosophy to help you (and me): LEARN from the past, PLAN for the future, LIVE in the present. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Latest episode (2026-Feb-04 07:45 UTC): When Escape Isn't Possible, Acceptance Is The Way |
Radical PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 258 episodes 2015 to 2026 Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy interviews • Feminist theory, utopias, lesbian history • Ethics of AI, disruptive tech, brainwashing • Philosophy of science, causation, genetics • Emotion, illness, grief • Art, music, horror • Animal ethics • Indigenous and women’s histories • Climate listening Description (podcaster-provided): Food for Thought, let's get radical about philosophy! Latest episode (2026-Feb-04 07:00 UTC): Flying With Paper Wings - Sandy Jeffs Part 2 |
Philosophy In FilmProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 100 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 105 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Film-based philosophy discussions •ethics, morality, justice, truth •faith, belief, redemption •identity, autonomy, power, authority •free will, fate, mortality •community, politics, disinformation •war, resilience, hope •horror, existential dread, cosmic fear Description (podcaster-provided): A fun and accessible podcast that explores philosophical ideas and themes in popular films. Come join the conversation at "Philosophy in Film"! Latest episode (2026-Feb-03 13:00 UTC): Philosophy In Film - 101 - One Battle After Another |
Love & PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 91 episodes 2023 to 2026 Median: 79 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy beyond binaries/paradox • cognitive science of mind, consciousness, embodiment, enaction • love, trust, care, power • memory/hippocampus, perception, affordances • AI, neurotechnology, ethics • complexity, ecology, bioregionalism • language, education, design, maintenance, games, agency Description (podcaster-provided): From the heart. Mostly unscripted. Exploring philosophical, scientific, technological & poetic spaces beyond either/or bounds. Living into the questions. Loving as knowing. Philosophy as a verb. Latest episode (2026-Feb-03 12:00 UTC): What Relates Creates with life & computer scientist Richard Watson (from the archive) |
Walter Veit PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 52 episodes 2023 to 2026 Median: 41 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy of mind and consciousness • Darwinian/evolutionary explanations • animal consciousness, cognition, sentience, welfare • evolution of multicellularity, natural selection • bioethics: enhancement, genetic engineering, inequality • AI ethics in farming • effective altruism, morality modeling • philosophy of science debates Description (podcaster-provided): Dr. Walter Veit is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Reading. This podcast features conversations, interviews, talks, and lectures about philosophy, science, as well as his own research. Latest episode (2026-Feb-03 10:59 UTC): Why Effective Altruists (And Everyone Else) Should Become Nihilists |
PlasticPills Critical Theory & PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 241 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 73 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Critical theory, philosophy, psychoanalysis • Lacan, Freud, Baudrillard, Derrida, Merleau-Ponty, Althusser, Marx • fascism, ideology, sovereignty • religion, myth, Durkheim/Mauss • contemporary politics, media narratives, AI/chatbots, culture wars Description (podcaster-provided): The Pill Pod is hosted by a group of PhDs offering their irreverent (and unsolicited) takes on critical theory, philosophy, culture, and politics. Latest episode (2026-Feb-02 18:41 UTC): Simulation World Order // 239 |
The Free Will ShowProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 117 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 42 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): free will, determinism, compatibilism • moral responsibility, blame, culpability • philosophy of action: intention, attention, memory • theology: divine freedom, foreknowledge, providence, evil • law: punishment, mens rea, addiction, psychopathy, corporate/child responsibility Description (podcaster-provided): Do any of us really have free will? What does it mean to have free will, anyway? Is free will compatible with determinism? Hasn’t science disproved free will? How could we have free will if God exists and foreknows everything that we will ever do? The Free Will Show provides a beginner-friendly introduction to the topic of free will while at the same time exposing listeners to cutting-edge developments on the topic. Hosted by a couple of philosophers, Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer, The Free Will Show features interviews with guests on a diverse array of issues relating to free will, including issues in science and theology. thefreewillshow.com Latest episode (2026-Feb-02 11:00 UTC): Episode 112: Divine Luck with Andre Leo Rusavuk |
The Philosopher & The NewsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 51 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 58 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy behind current affairs • political violence, populism, polarization • war ethics, regime change, international law • free speech, universities, media • climate ethics • AI, metaverse, de-extinction • abortion, guns, migration • pandemic ethics, vaccine trust • extremism, conspiracy theories Description (podcaster-provided): Leading philosophers bring to the surface the ideas hidden behind the biggest news stories. Latest episode (2026-Feb-02 04:00 UTC): Has Trump Proved Realists Right? |
Good Is In The DetailsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 186 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 46 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Expert-led public philosophy • ethics, critical thinking, rhetoric • technology & AI, free will, intimacy • social psychology, masculinity, dating culture • law, justice, crime • history, culture, identity • wellbeing critiques • arts, community • disasters, infrastructure • paranormal belief Description (podcaster-provided): Good Is In The Details is an engaging philosophy and education podcast hosted by Gwendolyn Dolske, Ph.D., and Rudy Salo, exploring the ideas that shape how we think, learn, and live. Blending philosophy, higher education, books, ethics, culture, and critical thinking, the show invites listeners into thoughtful conversations with scholars, authors, and experts from a wide range of disciplines. Latest episode (2026-Feb-02 00:52 UTC): Thinking Clearly When Everything Feels Heavy: A Conversation on Media, Bias, and Context |
Minds Almost MeetingProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 107 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 62 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): economist–philosopher dialogues • culture wars, woke, cancel culture • activism, protest, elites vs experts • argument, persuasion, disagreement • politics, socialism, war • rituals, modernism, literature/pop culture references • demography, fertility, prediction markets Description (podcaster-provided): Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they discuss? Would they talk past each other? Make any progress? Would anyone want to hear them? Economist Robin Hanson and philosopher Agnes Callard decided to find out. Latest episode (2026-Feb-01 22:36 UTC): Can We Change Values? (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard) |
Why TheoryProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 211 episodes 2017 to 2026 Median: 77 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Continental philosophy & psychoanalysis (Freud, Lacan, Hegel, Marx, Žižek) • cultural critique: capitalism, race, structural violence, public sphere, euphemism, AI • media/genre theory: TV form, endings, horror, heist, musical, Christmas, modernism • key concepts: gaze/voice, symptom, anxiety, superego, desire, contradiction Description (podcaster-provided): Why Theory brings continental philosophy and psychoanalytic theory together to examine cultural phenomena. Latest episode (2026-Feb-01 17:33 UTC): Superegoic Enjoyment |
Robinson's PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 271 episodes 2022 to 2026 Median: 94 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): foundations of physics and quantum mechanics • AI, consciousness, cognition • astrobiology, aliens, origin of life, assembly theory • economics, capitalism/Marxism, institutions, power • geopolitics, US politics, wars, human rights Description (podcaster-provided): Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between. Latest episode (2026-Feb-01 17:00 UTC): 269 - Scott Aaronson: What Is Quantum Computing? |
History of Philosophy: India, Africana, ChinaProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 251 episodes 2015 to 2026 Median: 23 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Classical Chinese philosophy (Confucianism, Mohism, Daoism) • ethics, ritual, virtue, moral cultivation • political philosophy, war, governance • language, skepticism, dialectic/logic • yin–yang, wuwei, nature • Africana philosophy, academic history, Cornel West Description (podcaster-provided): Peter Adamson teams up with Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers, and Karyn Lai to represent the philosophical traditions of ancient India, Africa and the African diaspora, and classical China. Website: www.historyofphilosophy.net. Latest episode (2026-Feb-01 04:00 UTC): HPC 46. Turning the Tables: Confucius in the Zhuangzi |
Acid HorizonProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 277 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 63 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Continental philosophy readings • Deleuze/Nietzsche/Baudrillard/Bataille/Lacan • Marxism, anarchism, communism • psychoanalysis, desire, mental health • feminism, transfemininity, intersex/queer theory • fascism/new right, AI/media spectacle • revolt, organizing, Palestine/Gaza Description (podcaster-provided): Emerging from affinities with post-structuralism, abolitionism, biopolitics, communism, critical metaphysics, critical mysticism, and ontological anarchy, Acid Horizon is a philosophy and theory podcast committed to thought in motion and political struggle. While these are our grounding currents, each episode opens out onto a wider constellation: ethics, politics, phenomenology, decolonial thought, queer theory, post-psychoanalysis, disability/crip theory, anarchism, Marxism, feminism, and analyses of the emergence of the new right. Latest episode (2026-Jan-31 16:00 UTC): Hyperreality Is Dead: Baudrillard, the Age of Trump, and 'The Gulf War Did Not Take Place' Revisited |
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 56 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 26 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): history/philosophy of linguistics • major schools: Neogrammarians, structuralism, generative grammar • key figures: Pāṇini, Saussure, Boas, Bloomfield, Chomsky • sociolinguistics, typology, contact/creoles • language politics/ideology • documentation, archiving, revival • semiotics, conversation analysis • cognition in visual language Description (podcaster-provided): History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences explores the history of the study of language in its varied social and cultural contexts. Latest episode (2026-Jan-31 14:00 UTC): Podcast episode 54: Neil Cohn on Speaking in Pictures |
Select EpisodesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 81 episodes 2007 to 2026 Median: 51 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy profiles of influential women thinkers • ethics and moral psychology • feminism, race, oppression, rights • politics, liberalism, markets, democracy • technology: AI, robots, VR • science, cosmology, metaphysics • knowledge, bias, humility, communication • art, architecture, mythology Description (podcaster-provided): A selection of episodes from the program that questions everything... except your intelligence. Learn more and access the complete archive at www.philosophytalk.org. Latest episode (2026-Jan-31 00:00 UTC): This Week: Anna Julia Cooper |
Hotel Bar SessionsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 238 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 58 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Contemporary philosophy in barroom dialogue • political theory: oppression, sovereignty, ideology, totalitarianism, resistance • ethics of speech, silence, decorum, expertise • AI/technology: intelligence, algorithms, enshittification, doomscrolling • time, memory, nostalgia, catastrophe • embodiment: pain, therapy, privacy, gender identity Description (podcaster-provided): A podcast where the real philosophy happens. Latest episode (2026-Jan-30 13:30 UTC): Catastrophic Philosophy |
Cows in the fieldProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 160 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 79 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Film analysis through philosophy/cultural theory • recurring themes: morality, identity, gender, class, capitalism • genre focus: horror, noir, sci‑fi, crime • aesthetics, formal technique, realism • relationships, parenthood, friendship • guests: critics, filmmakers, academics Description (podcaster-provided): A movie podcast inspired by a Werner Herzog quote, “We have to articulate ourselves, otherwise we would be cows in the field.” Hosted by Justin Khoo (professor of philosophy at MIT) and Laura Khoo (art historian turned fundraiser). Latest episode (2026-Jan-30 05:00 UTC): 158. Tenet (REPLAY) |
New Voices in the History of PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 29 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 40 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Underrepresented philosophers in Western history • women’s education, feminist ethics • moral psychology: sympathy, passions, attention • abolitionism, race, racism, colonialism • political philosophy: rights, citizenship, resistance • comparative/Indigenous traditions, genre-method debates Description (podcaster-provided): New Voices is a podcast from the Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy Partnership, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. newnarrativesinphilosophy.net Latest episode (2026-Jan-30 04:05 UTC): Women and the 'Ingenium Philosophicum': Interview with Sabrina Ebbersmeyer |
Bioethics for the PeopleProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 89 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 36 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Bioethics in medicine • AI in healthcare decision-making, bias, diagnosis, mental health apps • clinical ethics tools and education • autonomy, capacity, surrogates, DNR • resource allocation • research ethics, historical cases, reproductive ethics Description (podcaster-provided): Bioethics for the People Podcast is for anyone interested in bioethics. Wait, not sure what bioethics is? We are here to explore that question. Latest episode (2026-Jan-29 11:00 UTC): INKED BY FAITH: Introduction |
What's Left of PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 136 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 60 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Marxism and socialist strategy • critical theory and Frankfurt School • capitalism, exploitation, domination • liberalism, representation, state theory • history as narrative and historiography • race, colonialism, abolition • climate politics, ecological materialism • morality, ethics, religion Description (podcaster-provided): In What’s Left of Philosophy Gil Morejón (@gdmorejon), Lillian Cicerchia (@lilcicerch), Owen Glyn-Williams (@oglynwil), and William Paris (@williammparis) discuss philosophy’s radical histories and contemporary political theory. Philosophy isn't dead, but what's left? Support us at patreon.com/leftofphilosophy Latest episode (2026-Jan-28 17:00 UTC): 129 | Introducing: Marxism & Religion, Part I: Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Weird StudiesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 225 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 79 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): art criticism, philosophy, and cultural theory • horror/weird fiction and film analysis • tarot/esotericism and occult practice • myth, fairy tales, and Faerie • spirituality, conversion, and mysticism • media, technology, and reality-making • memory, walking, landscape, and the uncanny Description (podcaster-provided): Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." Latest episode (2026-Jan-28 15:30 UTC): Episode 205 – Discipline and Delight: On the Hierophant Card in the Tarot |
Philosophy on the FringesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 29 episodes 2023 to 2026 Median: 55 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophical analysis of fringe phenomena • prophecy, apocalypse, fate • conspiracy theories, secret societies • memory, false memories, identity • pseudoscience vs science • religion, secularism, afterlife • consciousness, hypnosis • ethics of tech, medicine, culture, sports Description (podcaster-provided): A couple of philosophy professors, Megan Fritts and Frank Cabrera, try to prove that you can do philosophy about almost anything. Join them as they explore the philosophical dimensions of topics on the outskirts of the academy. From Bigfoot to birthday parties, they take a Socratic approach to phenomena strange and mundane, asking listeners the question: What if we did philosophy on the fringes? Latest episode (2026-Jan-28 13:00 UTC): The Prophecies of Nostradamus |
AITEC Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 29 episodes 2023 to 2026 Median: 63 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): AI and technology ethics • generative AI impacts on learning, work, expertise • autonomy, manipulation, surveillance, biometrics, privacy • human–AI agency, intentions, identity, empathy • healthcare and bioethics • relationships, intimacy, simulation harms • philosophy of technology traditions Description (podcaster-provided): Welcome to AITEC Podcast, where we explore the ethical side of AI and emerging tech. Latest episode (2026-Jan-27 21:37 UTC): #28 Mathilda Marie Mulert: Sex Robots, Simulation, and the Question of Moral Harm |
Very Bad WizardsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 330 episodes 2012 to 2026 Median: 89 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): moral philosophy, piety, justice, shame, humility • cognitive science, consciousness, perception, predictive processing • skepticism, induction, metaphysics of time • religion, myth, sacred/profane • literature and film analysis • social psychology studies, AI/LLMs, metrics and value capture Description (podcaster-provided): Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Pizarro), who share a love for ethics, pop culture, and cognitive science, and who have a marked inability to distinguish sacred from profane. Each podcast includes discussions of moral philosophy, recent work on moral psychology and neuroscience, and the overlap between the two. Latest episode (2026-Jan-27 19:30 UTC): Episode 325: It Is Happening Again |
Philosophy For Our TimesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 536 episodes 2016 to 2026 Median: 35 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy debates and interviews • free will, determinism, responsibility • consciousness, neuroscience, unconscious • psychedelics, altered states, spirituality • language, narrative, rationality • politics: liberalism, Enlightenment, Marxism, values • meaning, ethics, wellbeing, culture, art Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophy for our Times is a free philosophy podcast bringing you the latest talks and debates from the world’s leading thinkers. We host weekly episodes on today’s biggest ideas in news, society, culture, politics, science and arts. Subscribe today to never miss an episode. Latest episode (2026-Jan-27 11:00 UTC): Freedom and Fate |
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 75 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 80 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): moral psychology, testimony, advice, responsibility • political philosophy: wokeness, moderation, socialism, Marxism, patriotism • free will, consciousness, skepticism • religion: God arguments, Sikh ethics • tech ethics: AI, surveillance • war, nukes, policing, speech, academia Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophical excursions into interesting, and often controversial, topics. Hosted by Spencer Case. Latest episode (2026-Jan-27 00:00 UTC): Good and Bad Advice |
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and IdeasProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 411 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 80 minutes Collections: Philosophy • Physics, Math, and Astronomy • Science Themes (AI-generated): Physics and cosmology (quantum, QFT, dark energy, neutrinos, exoplanets, multiverse) • Mind and consciousness • AI and neural nets • Evolution and complexity • Social science: polarization, misinformation, rationality • Universities, research, medicine • Math in music, cocktails Description (podcaster-provided): Ever wanted to know how music affects your brain, what quantum mechanics really is, or how black holes work? Do you wonder why you get emotional each time you see a certain movie, or how on earth video games are designed? Then you’ve come to the right place. Each week, Sean Carroll will host conversations with some of the most interesting thinkers in the world. From neuroscientists and engineers to authors and television producers, Sean and his guests talk about the biggest ideas in science, philosophy, culture and much more. Latest episode (2026-Jan-26 13:00 UTC): 342 | Rachell Powell on Evolutionary Convergence, Morality, and Mind |
Philosophy BitesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 400 episodes 2007 to 2026 Median: 16 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosopher interviews • ethics and moral psychology • AI/digital ethics, privacy, law, spying • democracy, conflict, identity politics • global traditions (Africana, Mexican, Japanese) • classics and major figures • animal minds, sentience • thought experiments, vagueness, decision-making • grief, loneliness, hope, authenticity, sex Description (podcaster-provided): David Edmonds (Uehiro Centre, Oxford University) and Nigel Warburton (freelance philosopher/writer) interview top philosophers on a wide range of topics. Two books based on the series have been published by Oxford University Press. We are currently self-funding - donations very welcome via our website http://www.philosophybites.com Latest episode (2026-Jan-24 04:47 UTC): Janet Radcliffe Richards on What is Philosophy? |
Žižek And So OnProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 160 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 46 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Žižek/Ljubljana School psychoanalysis • Lacan, Hegel, ideology critique • quantum history, retroactivity, catastrophe • capitalism, commodities, alienation, accelerationism • media/film/television, comedy/laughter • rumors, disavowal, apocalypse politics • religion/atheism, AI/technology Description (podcaster-provided): The podcast exploring the work of Slavoj Žižek & the Ljubljana School of Psychoanalysis Latest episode (2026-Jan-19 12:00 UTC): Quantum History w/ Slavoj Žižek |
thinking bodies: a feminist philosophy podcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 8 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 62 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Feminist philosophy concepts via conversations and crowdsourced clips • Trans philosophy–feminist connections • Trust and distrust • Purity/impurity and separation • Epistemic violence and silencing • Embodiment and feminine bodily comportment • Politics of emotional expression Description (podcaster-provided): thinking bodies is a feminist philosophy podcast for newcomers and lifelong learners of feminist philosophy. Drs Anna Mudde and Kristin Rodier crowd source voice clips from feminist philosophers (broadly construed) and use them to bring concepts to life. We are doing philosophy conversations differently, one episode at a time. Latest episode (2026-Jan-18 09:00 UTC): SE 02 E02 Field Notes: Featuring Andrea Pitts, Matthew J. Cull, Sanjula Rajat and Jules Wong |
Thoughts: Philosophy UntangledProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 75 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 39 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Expert-led student philosophy discussions • ethics and moral psychology • political philosophy: democracy, anarchism, civil disobedience, feminism, oppression • metaphysics, epistemology, logic, language • science links: maths, laws of nature • applied issues: war, digital care, medical violence, drugs • religion and art Description (podcaster-provided): A Podcast Created by Glasgow University Philosophy Students. In every episode, we explore a different philosophical topic with the help of an expert. Whether you're new to philosophy or already love the subject, we look forward to embarking on this philosophical journey together! Latest episode (2026-Jan-16 16:34 UTC): Ep.65 Fight the Bro-Ligarchy ft. Jo Littler |
Embrace The VoidProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 300 episodes 2017 to 2026 Median: 66 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy, political theory, meritocracy, capitalism • secularism/atheism, organizing, religious belief • misinformation, conspiracy thinking, skepticism • gender/trans debates, online masculinity, manosphere/incels • AI ethics, medicine • fascism, white Christian nationalism, social dominance Description (podcaster-provided): Welcome friends, to a podcast for a darker timeline. Maybe the darkest of all timelines. Definitely not one of the good timelines. Maybe it’s always been a dark timeline, maybe the Hadron collider screwed us over. Science may never know. What we do know is that we live in the void. The void, a place where a chittering mass of void crabs can infest a person suit and win the presidency. The void, a place where we're just clever enough to know that climate change is happening, but not quite clever enough to do anything about it. The void seems terrible and cruel, but it loves you, in its own ironic way. Latest episode (2026-Jan-13 16:25 UTC): The Score with C. Thi Nguyen |
Philosophy for the PeopleProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 138 episodes 2022 to 2026 Median: 58 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Catholic philosophical education • Thomistic metaphysics and epistemology • arguments for God, classical theism • problem of evil, divine hiddenness • Scripture interpretation • Christianity and evolution • Catholic moral doctrine debates • philosophy of mind, personhood Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophy for the People's mission is an educational program aimed at overcoming the paucity of serious, fair-minded, and accessible philosophical discourse available to a popular audience. Though we are ourselves dedicated to the Catholic intellectual tradition, we are likewise committed to exploring ideas from all rigorous traditions of philosophizing (scholastic, classical, analytic, and phenomenological). We pursue this mission by providing long-form guided readings of great texts, discussions with expert guests, our own open-ended philosophical discussions of issues and thinkers, live question and answer opportunities, in depth lecture courses, and our own articles and book-length writings. Philosophy for the People's pedagogical materials will be provided either without charge or for minimal cost to assure provision of broad access to first-rate philosophical education. Latest episode (2026-Jan-13 13:05 UTC): Aquinas's Five Ways Are Stronger Than You Think (w/ Dr. Rob Koons) |
The Contemplative Science PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 75 episodes 2022 to 2026 Median: 32 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): contemplative science bridging meditation, Buddhism and neuroscience • compassion training, mindfulness, wellbeing, ethics • consciousness, self, agency, predictive processing • pain, anxiety, grief, psychotherapy, somatics • psychedelics, nonduality, end‑of‑life care • meditation risks, dark retreats, spirituality and AI Description (podcaster-provided): What can cutting-edge science tell us about spiritual development? And how are ancient contemplative practices helping us to investigate the nature of well-being? On The Contemplative Science Podcast, host Dr. Mark Miller speaks with the real experts, from Monks to Neuroscientists, to get clear on how contemplative practices work and how they might help us improve our lives. Our diverse range of guests will cover everything from mindfulness and wisdom, to sex, death and enlightenment. Latest episode (2026-Jan-12 16:25 UTC): Where Science Meets Silence w/Brother Phap Linh |
The Labyrinth: critical theory, culture, and politicsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 35 episodes 2022 to 2026 Median: 27 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Critical theory takes on politics-as-spectacle • Internet radicalization, influencers, algorithmic narratives • Capitalism, consumption, self-help identity erosion • Right-wing media aesthetics, Trump-era power • AI/AGI, post-truth, control systems • Lacan/Deleuze, self, consciousness, desire Description (podcaster-provided): chaotically curious. tragically confused. simulated enigma. i write about the thing. Latest episode (2026-Jan-09 23:19 UTC): The New Radical Centrist |
Ethics and EducationProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 41 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 26 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Ethical dilemmas in K-12 and higher education • Teaching practices, trust, mentoring, classroom discourse • Education policy and justice: opportunity, admissions, costs, mobility, underfunding • Sex education, sexual citizenship, punishment, strikes, prisons • Equity, inclusion, HBCUs, social media Description (podcaster-provided): How should we be thinking about ethical questions in education? Conversations and features with philosophers and education researchers. From classroom dilemmas to policy decisions, K-12 through higher ed. Latest episode (2026-Jan-07 17:12 UTC): Philosophy With (and for) Children | (K-12) |
Plato's Pod: Dialogues on the works of PlatoProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 75 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 112 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Plato dialogue discussions • Laws/Republic politics, constitutions, justice • virtue education, harmony, soul • language/meaning of words • cosmology, Being/Becoming, motion • mathematics/geometry, measurement • leadership, tyranny • modern tech/AI, truth/images Description (podcaster-provided): Welcome to Plato's Pod, a podcast of discussions on the dialogues of Plato, the philosopher and geometer who wrote nearly 2,400 years ago. Hosted by amateur philosopher James Myers, the first four seasons of the podcast featured group discussions and some incredible insights on many of Plato's works. Now in our fifth season, we continue to probe the philosophy of Plato's dialogues, with invited guests discussing selected topics and applying the timeless philosophical principles to contemporary issues and circumstances. Latest episode (2026-Jan-05 01:59 UTC): Why Artificial Intelligence is Impossible |
Patterson in PursuitProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 204 episodes 2016 to 2026 Median: 34 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Practical philosophy and intellectual interviews • Platonism, metaphysics, forms, mind–world relations • Christianity, Catholicism, Trinity, divine love • Philosophy of math, paradoxes, discreteness • AI, consciousness, souls • Politics, hierarchies, rights • Science, mechanism, complexity • Health skepticism, sleep apnea Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophy in the real world. Interviewing intellectuals across the globe. Grappling with the biggest ideas. Latest episode (2026-Jan-04 11:00 UTC): Pure Reason and the Divinity of Love |
ElucidationsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 153 episodes 2009 to 2026 Median: 37 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy tutorials with experts • ethics and moral psychology • political philosophy and social justice • logic, metaphysics, epistemology • science/tech topics: statistics, AI, programming, quantum • education and lifelong learning Description (podcaster-provided): Elucidations is an unexpected philosophy podcast produced in association with Emergent Ventures. Every episode, Matt Teichman temporarily transforms himself back into a student and tries to learn the basics of some topic from a person of philosophical interest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Latest episode (2026-Jan-02 22:01 UTC): Episode 153: Sam Enright discusses lifelong learning |
Microphilosophy with Julian BagginiProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 40 episodes 2011 to 2026 Median: 23 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophical conversations • habits for better thinking • ethics, anger, uncertainty, evidence • political philosophy: freedom, harmony, hierarchy, equality, anarchism • selfhood East–West, Confucianism, Buddhism • philosophy–science/AI/psychotherapy links • culture interviews (photography, music, cycling) Description (podcaster-provided): Diverse discussions with philosophers worth listening to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Latest episode (2026-Jan-01 00:01 UTC): An Interview with Martin Parr |
Philosophize This!Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 243 episodes 2013 to 2025 Median: 29 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Accessible philosophy through classic literature and major thinkers • ethics, justice, democracy, capitalism/ideology • selfhood, authenticity, nihilism, existentialism • religion, Zen/Kyoto School, mysticism • language, rhetoric, politics • technology, narration, modernity Description (podcaster-provided): Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world we live in are broken down and explained. Latest episode (2025-Dec-27 00:43 UTC): Episode #243 ... Hamlet - William Shakespeare |
Moral MazeProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 264 episodes 2015 to 2025 Median: 42 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Moral philosophy debates on news • politics, democracy, populism • truth, media, AI, privacy • culture wars, religion, identity • immigration, social cohesion • justice, punishment, welfare, inequality • family, masculinity, death, virtue ethics • climate, trade, war, global poverty Description (podcaster-provided): Combative, provocative and engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze Latest episode (2025-Dec-24 21:00 UTC): What Is Truth? |
Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 72 episodes 2022 to 2025 Median: 56 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Practical Stoicism for modern life • CBT/REBT, psychotherapy links • anger management, resilience, emotional regulation • relationships: boundaries, codependency, people-pleasing, autonomy • Marcus Aurelius/Socrates, Roman history • leadership, military, coaching • meditation, Buddhism • wisdom, mortality Description (podcaster-provided): Donald Robertson, the author of "How to Think Like a Roman Emperor", and a cognitive-behavioral therapist, talks about how to apply Stoicism in the modern world, discussing philosophy, psychology and self-improvement with guests from all walks of life. Available on Google and Apple podcasts. Latest episode (2025-Dec-24 15:23 UTC): The Rescuer Trap: The Ethics of Love |
Bioethics in the MarginsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 40 episodes 2021 to 2025 Median: 48 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): bioethics and medical humanities through social justice • structural racism, intersectionality, disability/LGBTQ ethics • immigrant/refugee rights, sanctuary, detention, institutional protections • gun violence, policing, carceral health, capital punishment • reproductive justice, genetics, public health, disaster policy, organizational ethics Description (podcaster-provided): Who we are: We are a collaborative of bioethics scholars interested in creating a more inclusive space to explore topics relevant to bioethics and the medical humanities while advancing equity and social change/restitution. Although we found our shared interests through our membership in the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Race Affinity Group, we are independent of ASBH and any other organization. The views expressed in this podcast are our own and the speakers and do not represent our employers, institutions, or professional societies. Mission: Bioethics in the Margins aims to include topics, guests and audiences who are not always highlighted in mainstream bioethics discourse. We will focus on structural inequity and the role bioethics can play in social change. We aim to move beyond traditional bioethics frameworks and intentionally draw on intersectionality, social justice, racial justice, disability ethics, women, LGBTQ ethics, and topics specific to Black, immigrant/refugee, Native American, Latinx populations. Latest episode (2025-Dec-23 02:00 UTC): Sanctuary Churches: A Moral Imperative |
Majesty of Reason Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 172 episodes 2021 to 2025 Median: 81 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy of religion debates • God’s existence arguments (fine-tuning, contingency, ontological, Pascal’s Wager) • problem of evil/hiddenness • free will, foreknowledge, Molinism • mind-body: physicalism vs dualism, souls • infinity paradoxes/Kalam • ethics: moral realism, evolutionary debunking, sexual ethics, effective altruism • academic philosophy skills, publishing, communication Description (podcaster-provided): A podcast that explains, analyzes, and evaluates philosophical issues. Buckle up for philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and philosophy of time. Latest episode (2025-Dec-21 20:30 UTC): Pascal's Wager: A Crash Course |
Short & CurlyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 177 episodes 2016 to 2025 Median: 21 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Kids philosophy and ethics dilemmas • fairness, responsibility, blame • truth, lying, privacy • rules, punishment, kindness • identity and thought experiments • art vs vandalism • money and inequality • animal ethics • friendships and emotions Description (podcaster-provided): Short & Curly is the fun and educational ABC Kids and Family podcast that makes philosophy and ethics easy, entertaining, and thought-provoking. Hosted by Molly Daniels, Carl Smith, and philosopher Eleanor Gordon-Smith, the show explores big questions for kids about right and wrong, fairness, truth, knowledge, logic, beauty, and art. Latest episode (2025-Dec-18 20:00 UTC): BITES – Being scared of spiders |
Interdisciplinary PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 61 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 76 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Interdisciplinary readings of Plato’s Cave • philosophy of truth, learning, education • art/film/image-thinking, visual politics • science/philosophy of science, denial/disinformation • technology/media distraction • climate crisis activism, ecology, geology, astrophysics • trauma, racism, spirituality, medicine Description (podcaster-provided): A course in interdisciplinarity by Mario Veen. In each episode I travel through Plato's Allegory of the Cave together with a guide. Together, we examine the question of what it means to learn, grow and develop in life on earth. We do so from a new perspective every time. You can use this course to study whatever interests you through the lens of philosophy, film, art, physics, spirituality and many more. All you need is the willingness to think things through and the openness to have your preconceived notions challenged. Latest episode (2025-Dec-17 17:55 UTC): 56- Fighting Fossil Fuel Propaganda with Genevieve Guenther |
Dare to know! | Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 41 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 85 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Expert interviews on philosophy • Kant scholarship • Chomsky, generative linguistics, mind/cognition • ethics, natural law, rule of law • social ontology, identity, open society • climate crisis, comparative East–West thought • philosophy of food, taste, eating, recipes • animal morality, evolution, human nature • corporate governance, sustainability Description (podcaster-provided): In this show we will try to explore deeply philosophical questions & the work of important philosophers. The aim is to have a philosophical dialogue with experts in their fields. Latest episode (2025-Dec-09 20:33 UTC): The Open Society in the Age of Identity - Frank Hindriks |
Then & Now: Philosophy, History & PoliticsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 111 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 24 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy and intellectual history • politics, democracy, populism, deep state • capitalism, oligarchy, consumerism, philanthrocapitalism • media ecosystems, Fox News, culture wars • tech critique: AI, internet privatization, surveillance, attention economy, social media, metaverse, automation • race, immigration, Israel/Palestine, Russia, nuclear age, free will, addiction Description (podcaster-provided): The Then & Now podcast: audio versions of the Youtube videos on philosophy, history, and politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Latest episode (2025-Dec-09 00:00 UTC): Dreams Beyond the Algorithm |
Five Minute PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 83 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 5 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Bite-sized introductions to philosophy • Epistemology, scepticism, self-knowledge, consciousness • Logic and analytic methods • Metaphysics: causation, possible worlds, idealism • Ethics and political philosophy • Aesthetics, art, fiction • Feminist/social theory, prejudice • Theology: God, secularism, pluralism Description (podcaster-provided): A philosophy podcast with simple five minute episodes, making philosophy accessible for people of all ages, backgrounds and experience! Latest episode (2025-Dec-08 13:13 UTC): Proof of the External World (Archie Fletcher) |
Ideas MatterProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 32 episodes 2021 to 2025 Median: 61 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy and political theory via major thinkers • Liberalism, post-liberalism, communitarianism, liberal socialism • Marxism, ideology, capitalism, unionism, revolution • Chinese thought: Confucianism, Daoism, cosmopolitanism • Ethics, truth, love, history, masculinity/manosphere Description (podcaster-provided): A podcast where two mates discuss philosophy, politics and intellectual history, because Ideas Matter. Latest episode (2025-Dec-06 03:52 UTC): What Post-Liberals Get Right (and Wrong) About Liberalism |
The London Lecture SeriesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 49 episodes 2022 to 2025 Median: 86 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy lectures on mental health/psychiatry, ethics and emotions, memory/trauma/forgiveness, identity and selfhood, race/decolonisation, public commemoration, technology’s impact on remembering, global/Asian philosophy, law and healthcare research Description (podcaster-provided): What is mental health? Can we make sense of psychosis? What’s the connection between mental health and concepts including race & evolution? Latest episode (2025-Nov-28 15:00 UTC): The You Turn, Naomi Eilan |
Theory & PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 457 episodes 2019 to 2025 Median: 40 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Accessible philosophical/theory explainers • Marxism, Black Marxism, political economy • Black feminist thought, gender/queer theory • Critical race, decolonial critique • Media/discourse analysis • Ethics, care, suicidism • Palestine history, law, politics Description (podcaster-provided): Welcome! My name’s David Guignion and I distill complicated philosophical and theoretical ideas for wide audiences. While ideas are important to help us understand the world, it is even more important to put ideas into action. Some of this channel’s key theoretical and pragmatic influences include, but are not limited to, Marxism, Decolonialization, Feminism, Gender and Queer theory, and Critical Race Theory. Latest episode (2025-Nov-01 08:00 UTC): Eunsong Kim's "The Politics of Collecting" (Interview) |
Parker's PenséesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 291 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 74 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy, theology, and metaphysics • Stoicism and Christianity • philosophy of mind: souls, dualism, panpsychism, consciousness • AI, deepfakes, simulation hypothesis • philosophy of religion: God, evil, morality • speculative fiction and Tolkien/Dune analysis • learning and practice: great books, commonplace notebooks Description (podcaster-provided): Become a Paid Subscriber to listen to ad free episodes: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/parkers-pensees/subscribe Latest episode (2025-Oct-24 12:18 UTC): Ep. 286 - Stoicism, Christianity, and Sports w/Dr. Michael Tremblay |
Philosophy? WTF??Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 100 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 22 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Accessible pub-chat philosophy • identity, selfhood, essence • memory and persistence over time • ageing • free will vs determinism, morality, genetics • existentialism, meaning, absurdity, authenticity • AI/ChatGPT, social media, creativity • culture, nation, land, politics Description (podcaster-provided): What is Philosophy? Why should we bother with it? Sit down with Danny and Dr. Mike in the comfort of their local pub, as they grapple with the big ideas in a unique and accessible way! Dive into our archive of earlier episodes here: https://castbox.fm/channel/id3766780?country=gb Send us an email: [email protected] Check out our article about the podcast here! Get into Mike and Danny's heads for free! https://blog.apaonline.org/2018/10/03/the-philosophy-wtf-podcast-philosophy-outside-academia/ Latest episode (2025-Oct-22 11:56 UTC): Episode 226: Human Identity Part Four |
The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of ScienceProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 75 episodes 2023 to 2025 Median: 27 minutes Collections: Philosophy • Science Themes (AI-generated): history/philosophy/social studies of science • scientific knowledge-making, experimentation, modelling, measurement • values, objectivity, trust, expertise • replication, disagreement, collaboration • science communication and public controversies • gender, fatherhood policy, psychiatry stigma Description (podcaster-provided): Leading scholars in History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (HPS) introduce contemporary topics for a general audience. Developed by graduate students from the HPS program at the University of Melbourne. Latest episode (2025-Oct-19 09:00 UTC): S5 E11 - Steven Shapin on the Social Life of Scientific Knowledge |
Mind to MindProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 3 episodes 2022 to 2025 Median: 112 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy of mind and cognitive science • theories of consciousness, representation, intentionality • introspection and first-person perspective • sensation vs perception, blindsight, colour experience • artificial agents, large language models, artificial consciousness • evolution, spirituality, mental health Description (podcaster-provided): Philosopher Keith Frankish interviews leading philosophers of mind and cognitive scientists Latest episode (2025-Oct-12 19:51 UTC): 3: Anna Strasser |
Upon ReflectionProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 17 episodes 2019 to 2025 Median: 34 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): reflective reasoning, intuition vs deliberation, measuring “reflection” • psychometrics of reflection/implicit bias tests • reflection’s links to philosophy, moral dilemmas, religiosity/apostasy • decision-making in AI systems, pandemic compliance, well-being networks Description (podcaster-provided): A podcast about what we think as well as how and why we think it. Latest episode (2025-Oct-08 16:00 UTC): Ep. 16: Strategic Reflectivism |
Proceedings of the Aristotelian SocietyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 183 episodes 2012 to 2025 Median: 53 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Academic philosophy talks • moral and political theory • Kantian ethics and method • free will, responsibility, agency • mind, perception, self-knowledge • epistemology, doubt, rationality • metaphysics, logic, vagueness • aesthetics, art, photography • history of philosophy, cross-cultural themes Description (podcaster-provided): The Aristotelian Society, founded in 1880, meets fortnightly in London to hear and discuss talks given by leading philosophers from a broad range of philosophical traditions. The papers read at the Society’s meetings are published in the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. The mission of the Society is to make philosophy widely available to the general public, and the Aristotelian Society Podcast Series represents our latest initiative in furthering this goal. The audio podcasts of our talks are produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company in conjunction with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London. Please visit our website to learn more about us and our publications: http://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk Latest episode (2025-Sep-29 18:30 UTC): 29/09/2025: Lucy O'Brien: Duddington and Our Awareness of Others’ Minds |
Thales’ WellProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 61 episodes 2018 to 2025 Median: 60 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Interviews on major philosophers • freedom, equality, ethics, selfhood • politics, capitalism, propaganda, post-truth • science and technology studies, AI, blockchain • literature, film, horror, writing • social issues: consent, violence, shame, gay rights Description (podcaster-provided): A podcast exploring Philosophy, Politics, Current Affairs, Literature and Film. Latest episode (2025-Sep-16 14:46 UTC): On Jacques Rancière with Stuart Blaney |
The Popperian PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 52 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 76 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Karl Popper’s philosophy • critical rationalism, falsificationism, demarcation problem • pancritical rationalism and W.W. Bartley • Popper’s debates with Kuhn, Feyerabend, Wittgenstein • open society, tolerance, liberalism • science: evolution, quantum foundations, medicine Description (podcaster-provided): Interviewing academics, professionals and other experts, The Popperian Podcast is a monthly podcast where Jed Lea-Henry looks into the philosophy and life of Karl Popper. Latest episode (2025-Sep-14 08:10 UTC): #52 – W.W. Bartley and his Critics |
Ethical Theory ReviewProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 12 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 57 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Practical ethics debates • virtue signaling, fanaticism, blame and moral responsibility • AI accountability • veganism and free-riding • moral emotions, grief • Confucian well-being • gamete donation ethics • race, hope, religion, meaning Description (podcaster-provided): Critical Discussions of recent articles in ethics and practical philosophy. Latest episode (2025-Sep-12 16:32 UTC): Virtue Signaling, Grandstanding, and Judging Others |
Plato's CaveProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 84 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 84 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): academic philosophy readings/interviews • consciousness debates: materialism, epiphenomenalism, hard problem, Mary • anger, blame, forgiveness, outrage, empathy • moral responsibility, free will, determinism • political philosophy: Marx, liberty, equality, restorative justice Description (podcaster-provided): I'm Jordan Myers and I'm a PhD student studying philosophy at USC. Plato's Cave is my attempt to exit... well, the cave. It's a philosophy podcast meant to help me guide my ascent to the real world, the truth, the place where life is worth living; and apparently that means giving up a regular job with good pay to pursue the security of the academic job market - the philosophy job market nonetheless! Join me on my journey as I cover philosophical works and speak with the best philosophical minds I can convince to come on the show! Latest episode (2025-Aug-31 11:00 UTC): Ep. 78 - Identity Arguments for Materialism: David Papineau (Consciousness pt. 5) |
In the CAVE: An Ethics PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 38 episodes 2022 to 2025 Median: 26 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Applied ethics and moral agency • AI governance: alignment, education, authorship, copyright, creativity • Technology and society: attention economy, social media radicalisation, virtual-world morality, gendered robots • Bioethics: healthcare refusal, devices, reproduction, animals • Food/environment ethics: milk, meat, conservation biotech • Belief, memory, emotion, loneliness, race, law, democracy Description (podcaster-provided): In the CAVE: An ethics podcast, is back with Season 7 of the show! Join your hosts, Professor Paul Formosa and Distinguished Professor Wendy Rogers, from the Macquarie University Ethics and Agency Research Centre, as they explore a range of philosophical topics focused on the question of how we can live well as moral agents in an ethically complex world. Latest episode (2025-Aug-26 18:30 UTC): Special Episode: AI, Copyright, and Model Collapse, with Professor Alain Strowel |
A Million Little GodsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 35 episodes 2015 to 2025 Median: 41 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy, uncertainty, selfhood, consciousness • Race as social construct; genetics, eugenics, data, Bayesian stats, machine learning • Language/linguistics, natural kinds, epistemology • Politics, history, ideology, religion—Marx, Hegel, Aquinas, Perón-era Argentina • Moral judgment in culture/art Description (podcaster-provided): A Million Little Gods: A podcast on the consolation of uncertainty. It's about being of two—or more—minds about things and being okay with that. Hosted by Aaron Gowen of the Institute for English and American Studies at the University of Hamburg. amillionlittlegods.com Latest episode (2025-Aug-08 20:17 UTC): Book 3: Introduction – Part Two |
NeuroDivingProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 8 episodes 2023 to 2025 Median: 35 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): autism philosophy • theory of mind “deficit” critique • empathy and morality • autistic lived experience • psychometric testing limits • pseudoscience/replication debates • neurodiversity vs pathology paradigms • alternative models: double empathy, monotropism, interoception • values in science Description (podcaster-provided): a philosophy podcast about neurodivergence Latest episode (2025-Aug-07 10:00 UTC): Episode 7: "Deliberative Empathy" |
Bio(un)ethicalProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 22 episodes 2023 to 2025 Median: 81 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Bioethics debates in medicine, science, public health • healthcare access, workforce, doctor shortages, AI • race concepts and race-based medical algorithms • research ethics, IRBs, pediatric risk • pandemics, resource allocation, pathogen research • end-of-life care, MAID • social norms, standpoint epistemology, democracy in policy • gene editing ethics, moral expertise, animal/AI moral status, existential risk Description (podcaster-provided): The podcast where we question existing norms in medicine, science, and public health. Latest episode (2025-Jul-14 18:00 UTC): #21 Bryan Carmody: Are doctor shortages real? |
Examining EthicsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 97 episodes 2015 to 2025 Median: 30 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Accessible moral philosophy tools • rules vs discretion, obedience, civil disobedience • democracy, deliberation, civic solitude • technology bias, surveillance, trust, misinformation • climate justice • race, gender, disability, reproduction, immigration • emotions, forgiveness, offense, swearing, humor • philanthropy, care, cities, wildlife, moral circle including animals and AI • ethics education, Ethics Bowl Description (podcaster-provided): Examining Ethics is an ethics podcast produced by The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University. Everybody wrestles with questions about ethics. Some of those questions are easy to figure out. Should I murder someone? No! But other questions are more difficult to answer. Examining Ethics doesn’t provide answers to these ethical dilemmas, but instead leaves listeners with tools and ideas from some of the biggest names in moral philosophy and ethics. Academic philosophy and ethics can sometimes be difficult to understand, and our accessible, open-minded content bridges the gap between scholars and everyone else. Examining Ethics is hosted and produced by Christiane Wisehart. Latest episode (2025-Jun-02 21:53 UTC): Barry Lam: The Case for Discretion |
Owls at DawnProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 100 episodes 2019 to 2025 Median: 97 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy, ethics, political theory • Marxism, liberalism, nihilism, rebellion • religion/theology, Calvin, Job • war and geopolitics (Israel–Palestine, Ukraine) • culture criticism: film, TV, music • tech/economy: money, debt, AI art, NFTs, streaming • sports and gambling Description (podcaster-provided): Two dudes from SoCal who studied philosophy, politics, and religion around the globe who decided to start a podcast where we could bullshit with impunity. Latest episode (2025-May-27 04:58 UTC): "Was Marx a Moral Philosopher?" - OaD Ep. 195 |
Stoa Conversations: Stoicism AppliedProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 183 episodes 2022 to 2025 Median: 52 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Stoic philosophy applied • virtue, resilience, self-mastery • ethics debates (Cicero, Epicureans, Aristotle) • Epictetus practices: impressions, desire, anger/forgiveness • Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Cynics • decision-making, risk, wealth • mindfulness, metacognition, Buddhism parallels Description (podcaster-provided): Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay discuss how to build resilience, develop virtue, and make sense of the world through Stoic philosophy. Latest episode (2025-May-13 05:00 UTC): Wrestling with Stoic Ethics: Cicero's On Ends V (Episode 183) |
The Philosopher's NestProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 61 episodes 2022 to 2025 Median: 23 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Graduate philosophy student interviews • Research overviews across ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, law/AI • Academic life: PhD applications, publishing, teaching, job market, mentoring • Professional culture issues, diversity, disability, harassment Description (podcaster-provided): The Philosopher's Nest is a podcast created by Kyle van Oosterum and Lewis Williams, two graduate students in philosophy at the University of Oxford. Our podcast is dedicated to showcasing the work, insights, and experiences of graduate students in philosophy. In each episode we talk with a different graduate philosophy student about their research and their views on the discipline of philosophy as it is practised today. Latest episode (2025-May-12 11:08 UTC): S3E13 - Bonus Episode: What was the Highlight of your PhD? |
In Our Time: PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 157 episodes 1998 to 2025 Median: 42 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): History of philosophy: ancient to modern thinkers • Ethics: virtue, duty, utilitarianism, moral psychology • Political philosophy: justice, sovereignty, democracy, tyranny • Mind and metaphysics: consciousness, mind–body, phenomenology • Economics and social theory: markets, planning, consumption Description (podcaster-provided): From Altruism to Wittgenstein, philosophers, theories and key themes. Latest episode (2025-Apr-24 09:15 UTC): Maurice Merleau-Ponty |
Phi on New YorkProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 9 episodes 2021 to 2025 Median: 63 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophical perspectives on New York City • urban existential meaning • rights to the city • civic soul and identity • urban development, space, ecology • local politics, elections, democracy reforms • regulation • social justice: #MeToo, food insecurity and hunger Description (podcaster-provided): The Phi on New York podcast deciphers the words that city's philosophers (and other prophets) have written on the subway walls. Through in-depth conversations about the ideas, issues, and challenges that shape lives of New Yorkers, we try to understand what the city is and what it might become. Latest episode (2025-Mar-13 00:59 UTC): Meaning in the City: Shane Epting on Urban Existentialism |
Ethics in Action PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 39 episodes 2018 to 2025 Median: 57 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): applied ethics, politics, technology • brain-computer interfaces, neuroethics, neurorights, brain data privacy, AI • disability and user-centered design • work futures, capitalism, meaningful work, UBI • war and diplomacy • public memory, racism, polarization • governance, mental health ethics Description (podcaster-provided): Part of UMass Boston’s Philosophy Department, the Applied Ethics Center promotes research, teaching, and awareness of ethics in public life. In this podcast, Applied Ethics Center Director Nir Eisikovits hosts conversations on the intersection of ethics, politics, and technology. Latest episode (2025-Feb-18 21:24 UTC): Neural Decoding: A Conversation with Stephen Rainey |
Open Door PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 100 episodes 2021 to 2025 Median: 58 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Accessible philosophy discussions • self and identity • love and beauty aesthetics • virtue ethics and moral relativism • political philosophy • Stoicism Marcus Aurelius • God and religious experience • Eastern traditions Taoism Buddhism Confucianism Hinduism Description (podcaster-provided): Andrew has a degree in philosophy, Taylor is working on a degree in philosophy, and Mr. Parsons taught philosophy to them both. Together they explore philosophy and its application to life, so come along! The door is always open. Open Door Philosophy on Open Door Philosophy on Instagram @opendoorphilosophyOpen Door Philosophy website at opendoorphilosophy.comContact us via email at [email protected] Latest episode (2025-Feb-11 06:00 UTC): Ep. 96 The End |
Peter Westmoreland PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 30 episodes 2024 Median: 43 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): 1990s pop culture through philosophy • authenticity, memory, time, humor, postmodernism • sex, AIDS, feminism, epistemic violence • science, climate change, technology, place, neoliberalism • music, punk, comedy, sports, Orlando, scandals Description (podcaster-provided): Host Peter Westmoreland entertains philosophy and pop culture ideas with guests and friends. Latest episode (2024-Dec-25 11:00 UTC): Exile in 90sville | Season Finale |
The Meditations of Marcus AureliusProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 25 episodes 2021 to 2024 Median: 15 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Stoic philosophy from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations • self-improvement, self-reflection, mindfulness, virtue • managing reactions, calm, inner peace • resilience, adversity, daily practice • leadership lessons • worldview of rational, benevolent order Description (podcaster-provided): Marcus Aurelius wrote Meditations in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. These memos survive and continue to inspire others to this day. These writings take the form of quotations varying in length from one sentence to long paragraphs. He explicates the Stoic philosophy that the only way a man can be harmed by others is to allow his reaction to overpower him. He shows no particular religious faith in his writings, but seems to believe that some sort of logical, benevolent force organizes the universe in such a way that even "bad" occurrences happen for the good of the whole. Latest episode (2024-Dec-20 10:25 UTC): Discussion of The Power of Self-Reflection - Marcus Aurelius' Guide to Inner Peace |
Mind ChatProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 28 episodes 2021 to 2024 Median: 116 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Consciousness debates: panpsychism, illusionism, materialism, dualism, idealism • hard problem, IIT, predictive processing, perception • reality metaphysics: simulation, physics constraints, scientific realism • free will, agency • psychedelics, mystical experience, religion Description (podcaster-provided): Philip Goff is a philosopher who thinks consciousness pervades the universe. Keith Frankish is a philosopher who thinks consciousness* doesn't even exist. From their very different perspectives, Keith and Philip interview leading scientists and philosophers of consciousness, engaging and debating in a friendly way in pursuit of truth. Mind Chat aims to be highly accessible, allowing those with no background in science and/or philosophy to get a grip on the cutting edge of the field. Latest episode (2024-Dec-10 18:30 UTC): Andy Clark: The Experience Machine |
Out of the TowerProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 10 episodes 2020 to 2024 Median: 38 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy’s role in tech • Ethics, law, and social impacts of big tech • Digital art and NFTs • Virtual reality for wellness and trauma healing • Satire, politics, and humor • Corporate culture, spirituality, and inclusion Description (podcaster-provided): Podcast by Out of the Tower Latest episode (2024-Dec-08 00:00 UTC): Ep. 10 - Serenity through VRenity: Driving Wellness with VR |
SCI PHI PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 101 episodes 2017 to 2024 Median: 79 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy of science interviews • Scientific methodology, rationality, induction, Bayesianism, causation • Models, idealization, explanation • Science–values, ethics, policy, public trust • Case studies: medicine/psychiatry, AI, neuroscience, evolution, physics/astronomy, chemistry, deep past Description (podcaster-provided): SCI PHI is a weekly philosophy of science podcast featuring interviews with prominent and up-and-coming philosophers of science who engage with scientists in interesting ways. Latest episode (2024-Nov-26 19:54 UTC): Episode 101: David Thorstad |
BJPS Short ReadsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 32 episodes 2021 to 2024 Median: 9 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy of science and epistemology • scientific explanation, inference, models, realism • probability, Bayesian decision-making under uncertainty • physics foundations: quantum, black holes, time’s arrow • social epistemology, peer review, funding fairness • mind-reading, computation, biology/medicine concepts Description (podcaster-provided): BJPS articles, but shorter. Also louder. Latest episode (2024-Nov-21 06:00 UTC): Exploitative Informing |
The Morality of Everyday Things: An Everyday Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 83 episodes 2020 to 2024 Median: 44 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Everyday moral philosophy and political theory • wealth inequality, taxes, UBI, housing • work, happiness, meaning, suffering • democracy and voting ethics • media narratives, censorship, religion • AI understanding and risks • bioethics, medicine pricing, vaccines, euthanasia • sportswashing, strikes, refugees, personal relationships Description (podcaster-provided): The Morality of Everyday Things is a philosophy podcast (top 0.1% most listened to, in fact!) that guides you through the moral questions we may all wonder in life, from "Should billionaires exist?" to "Is God a good thing?" Join Jake and Ant, two friends who studied philosophy, politics, and economics at Oxford before founding Stasher.com together, as they still find time to enjoy philosophy in their sparetime when they break down the key arguments on these and other everyday ethical issues. Latest episode (2024-Oct-24 09:45 UTC): What is happiness? What form matters? Part 1 - Season teaser drop! |
Wisdom at WorkProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 43 episodes 2020 to 2024 Median: 77 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Practical philosophy in work and life • Career reinvention beyond academia • Philosophers in tech, business, government • Ethics, ideology, polarization • AI and humanity • Habits, teams, leadership • Climate policy, immigration • Counseling, coaching, wellbeing Description (podcaster-provided): What is the value of philosophy in everyday life and work? Latest episode (2024-Oct-01 14:22 UTC): Episode #41: From Google to Meta and Back: Aaron Kagan on “Study Abroad” in the Metaverse |
Red Letter PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 179 episodes 2018 to 2024 Median: 12 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy of religion • divine hiddenness, silence, unbelief • evil, suffering, death, mystery • faith and reason • God, truth, reality, existence • readings of major philosophers and writers • holiday-themed reflections Description (podcaster-provided): Red Letter Philosophy is a philosophy of religion podcast exploring the depths of the human heart, the exaltations of the soul, and the mystery of God. Latest episode (2024-Sep-30 09:00 UTC): Where Is God? |
Microdosing PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 34 episodes 2020 to 2024 Median: 9 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Classical philosophy survey • Plato/Socrates/Aristotle • Hellenistic schools: Stoicism, Epicureanism, Plotinus • ethics: utilitarianism, Kantian duty, relativism • logic: syllogisms, propositions • rhetoric: Aristotle, Bitzer, Booth • Greek divination/seers and piety Description (podcaster-provided): I will discuss some of the great philosophers and their ideas on ethics and metaphysics. Classcial philosphy is always my starting point; Plato and Aristotle will start things, but I will discuss various Hellenistic schools, and more modern thinker such as Mill , Kany, Nietzsche, and Whitehead. Latest episode (2024-Sep-21 21:20 UTC): Divination |
Radio BostromProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 29 episodes 2022 to 2024 Median: 44 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): AI ethics, safety, governance • digital minds’ moral status/rights • existential risk, information hazards, vulnerable world • transhumanism, human enhancement, embryo selection • metaethics, bias reduction heuristics • future meaning, utopia, cosmic norms • simulation, doomsday, Fermi paradox Description (podcaster-provided): Audio narrations of academic papers by Nick Bostrom. Latest episode (2024-Aug-08 11:26 UTC): AI Creation and the Cosmic Host (2024) |
For the Love of Sophia!Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 122 episodes 2019 to 2024 Median: 51 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Public philosophy discussions • metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, political philosophy • Plato, Aristotle, idealism, postmodernism • suffering, charity, animal rights • consciousness, sensation, memory, personhood • technology, AI • love, friendship, music • education, grading, teaching Description (podcaster-provided): A philosophy podcast made by two professors from NJ. An extension of the Public Philosophy Project -- a community-building and educational organization dedicated to spreading philosophical discussion beyond academia and into everyday life. For questions or suggestions for future episodes: [email protected]. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/publicphilosophyproject Latest episode (2024-Jul-20 01:10 UTC): Summer Hiatus Update |
Sacred and Profane LoveProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 84 episodes 2019 to 2024 Median: 67 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Literature, poetry, and classic texts • Philosophy and theology of love, virtue, sin, grace • Sacred/profane aesthetics, art, truth, beauty • Close readings of Western canon and modern novels • Liberal education, Great Books, humanities debates Description (podcaster-provided): Podcast by Sacred and Profane Love Latest episode (2024-Jun-21 19:53 UTC): Episode 71: Dana Gioia on the Tragic Thought of Seneca |
The Public PhilosopherProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 17 episodes 2012 to 2024 Median: 41 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Public moral and political philosophy debates • AI ethics, automation, human judgment • democracy, voting, free speech • borders, immigration, national identity • inequality, welfare, fair pay • climate responsibility • state and private morality • justice, sexual violence • education access Description (podcaster-provided): Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel examines the thinking behind a current controversy. Latest episode (2024-Jun-11 08:32 UTC): The Ethics of AI |
Condensed MatterProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 38 episodes 2021 to 2024 Median: 11 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Metaphysics and philosophy of science • modality, possible worlds, necessity • laws of nature, Humeanism, grounding • quantum measurement, symmetries, time • naturalized metaphysics • functions, individuality in biology • AI singularity, panpsychism Description (podcaster-provided): Condensing recent work in metaphysics and the philosophy of science down to what matters. Hosted by Dr Sam Kimpton-Nye, research associate on the MetaScience project (ERC, Horizon 2020, grant agreement No 771509; www.metascience.xyz) at the Unversity of Bristol. Music: NaturesEye from Pixabay. Art: Francesca Smith Latest episode (2024-Jun-04 09:00 UTC): 37: "Why Being Necessary Really Is Not the Same As Being Not Possibly Not", Dana Goswick |
The Cunning of GeistProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 81 episodes 2020 to 2024 Median: 24 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Hegelian philosophy (dialectics, Being–Nothing–Becoming, Spirit) • consciousness, mind–body, free will • Jungian psychology (archetypes, shadow, synchronicity, personality) • theology/metaphysics (God, creation, purpose) • science/AI/cosmology • language, politics, freedom, war history Description (podcaster-provided): Gregory Novak explores philosophy, psychology, and science with an emphasis on Hegel. For seekers and scholars alike. Latest episode (2024-Apr-14 20:00 UTC): 081 - The Fermi Paradox - Are We Alone in the Universe? Can Rationality Ever be Alone? |
Uehiro Oxford InstituteProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 133 episodes 2009 to 2024 Median: 47 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): practical ethics seminars • moral theory, demandingness, moral expertise • autonomy, consent, decision-making capacity • bioethics: healthcare, dying, dementia, global health • AI, privacy, propaganda, democracy • neuroscience, responsibility • genetics, gene editing, animal ethics Description (podcaster-provided): A selection of seminars and special lectures on wide-ranging topics relating to practical ethics brought to you by the Uehiro Oxford Institute. Latest episode (2024-Mar-28 09:35 UTC): The Vagueness of Demandingness Objections |
Doing PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 4 episodes 2024 Median: 45 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): original philosophy essays and interviews • theories of truth: correspondence, pragmatism, deflationism, pluralism • epistemic rationality: personal vs shared inquiry • testimony, peer disagreement, philosophical progress Description (podcaster-provided): Doing Philosophy is a podcast for original philosophy. Its episodes are philosophical essays, but then in the medium of sound. They contain interviews with leading names in the field, such as Huw Price, Crispin Wright, and Sanford Goldberg. Doing Philosophy is created and hosted by Tom Kaspers, who recently obtained his Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of St Andrews. If you like this format, and you want your own work to be featured on this podcast, please do get in touch. For more information, go to https://tomkaspers.com or send an email to [email protected]. Latest episode (2024-Mar-07 00:00 UTC): 4. The Personal Nature of Philosophy with Sanford Goldberg and Crispin Wright |
ReductioProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 37 episodes 2019 to 2024 Median: 46 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Accessible philosophy interviews, stories, thought experiments • Political philosophy: liberalism, Rawls, ideal theory, disobedience • Ethics: animals/food, trolley problem, cost-benefit • Personal identity, consciousness, ghosts • Economics, technology, urban life, climate activism • Audio readings, philosophical fiction Description (podcaster-provided): A seasonal podcast that brings the ideas and tools of philosophy to everyone. Featuring interviews with professional philosophers, personal stories, and lots of fun thought experiments. We'll start with about 5 episodes per season. Latest episode (2024-Feb-02 18:54 UTC): 34 - Andrew does Improv - Liberalism |
Philosophical DisquisitionsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 60 episodes 2020 to 2023 Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy of future technology • AI/robot ethics: moral agency, moral status, responsibility gaps • value alignment, control, AI risk/pauses • human–machine relationships • surveillance, privacy, social credit • automated decision-making • GPT impacts on education, economy, healthcare Description (podcaster-provided): Interviews with experts about the philosophy of the future. Latest episode (2023-Dec-20 10:58 UTC): TITE 10 - Bonus Episode: Audience Q and A |
Sutras & Stuff: A Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 30 episodes 2020 to 2023 Median: 15 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Indian philosophy via Sanskrit texts • loanwords (karma, mantra) in modern culture • Nyāya reasoning, debate, knowledge, expertise • Buddhism (Nagarjuna, Shantideva, Yogācāra) • ritual commands, religion, toleration • aesthetics, figurative language • medicine, contagion, COVID-19 Description (podcaster-provided): In this informal bite-sized podcast, we'll talk about a range of ideas found in Indian philosophy, along with their connections to the modern day. Your host is a philosopher who reads Sanskrit texts and thinks about how the modern and premodern are intertwined. Latest episode (2023-Dec-11 16:10 UTC): S4 E3: Mantra |
Egg Timer PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 148 episodes 2020 to 2023 Median: 9 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Bite-sized philosophy • classic thinkers and texts • ethics and political philosophy • liberty, democracy, inequality • dystopia/totalitarianism themes • knowledge, skepticism, metaphysics • decision theory, game theory, cognitive bias • commons, population, evolution, bioethics Description (podcaster-provided): A podcast where philosophical ideas are scrambled up in about five to ten minutes. From ancient philosophy to contemporary approaches and everything in between, if you are looking for accessible, interesting, and relevant philosophy served up fast then you are in the right spot. New episode dished out weekly. Check out the egg timer philosophy website at: www.eggtimerphilosophy.com Latest episode (2023-Dec-04 10:55 UTC): 147: Thomas Malthus on Population |
Philosophy Gets SchooledProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 42 episodes 2022 to 2023 Median: 69 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): student-focused philosophy • metaphysics of mind: dualism, physicalism, functionalism, AI • epistemology: knowledge, scepticism, perception • philosophy of religion: arguments, divine attributes, evil, religious language • ethics: normative theories, metaethics, applied issues Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophy podcast aimed at school students. Fun, informative, engaging. Philosophers at universities and schools talk about loads of questions and topics that come up in Philosophy, Ethics and Political Theory - A-Levels / IB / Highers and even GCSE. Hosted by Simon Kirchin, University of Leeds and Director of the British Philosophical Association. Timetable of topics: https://stkirchin.wixsite.com/mysite/schools-podcast (Music by Alex Grohl) Latest episode (2023-Nov-21 12:08 UTC): PGS - Property Dualism |
Philosophical TrialsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 15 episodes 2020 to 2023 Median: 53 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Analytic philosophy interviews and debates • logic, epistemology, metaphysics • philosophy of language: semantics, vagueness, possible worlds, language evolution • philosophy of mind: consciousness, AI • mathematics: set theory, infinity, primes • computation: algorithms, complexity, P=NP, quantum computing • religion: atheism, Christianity • neuroscience of free will • memory and attention Description (podcaster-provided): My name is Tedy Nenu and I am the host of the 'Philosophical Trials' podcast. This is a place where philosophers, mathematicians, linguists and other bright individuals share with us fascinating aspects of their work. Whether you are interested in the nature of mathematical reality or how language works, there will be an episode here that caters to your interests. Latest episode (2023-Nov-18 18:00 UTC): Robert Sapolsky vs Kevin Mitchell: The Biology of Free Will | Episode 15 |
Philosophy and ClassicsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 24 episodes 2022 to 2023 Median: 14 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Ancient Greek/Roman philosophy and classics • Socrates and the Socratic Method • critical thinking, definitions, contradictions, fallacies • Stoicism (Seneca, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius) • virtue ethics, resilience, emotions • civility, politics, leadership, community Description (podcaster-provided): Join us as we explore the world of Greek classics and philosophy, and their relevance to modern life. Episodes published bi-weekly, featuring interviews with renowned authors and academics in the fields of philosophy and classics. Show hosted by Plato's Academy Centre, a nonprofit organization based in Athens, Greece. Latest episode (2023-Sep-20 14:36 UTC): Spencer Klavan: Civic Friendship & Politics as an Act of Love |
The UnMute PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 74 episodes 2015 to 2023 Median: 39 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): social/political philosophy interviews • forgiveness, revenge, reconciliation, repair • moral emotions: regret, grief, empathy, hope • justice themes: racism, sexism, discrimination, decolonialism • democracy, representation, institutions • housing, health, education, prisons, refugees • identity, love, character, habits Description (podcaster-provided): I talk with diverse philosophers about the social and political issues of our day. We learn. We laugh. We plot revolutions. Latest episode (2023-Sep-01 14:06 UTC): Episode 71: Kate Norlock on Self-Forgiveness |
Damn the Absolute!Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 25 episodes 2020 to 2023 Median: 49 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Pragmatist philosophy, anti-dogmatism • truth, language, inquiry, uncertainty • democracy, polarization, trust • race, racism, beloved community, trauma • science as metaphor, mind • ethics, Stoicism, Buddhism • climate, commons, localism • education alternatives Description (podcaster-provided): Hosted by Jeffrey Howard, editor-in-chief of Erraticus, Damn the Absolute! is a show about our relationship to ideas. Latest episode (2023-Aug-03 11:10 UTC): S2E05 Americans Don’t Know How to Sing the Blues w/ Brad Elliott Stone & Jacob Goodson |
Prindle Institute for Ethics PodcastsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 3 episodes 2023 Median: 55 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Ethical analysis of climate justice and environmental responsibility • Indigenous philosophy perspectives • Morality of protest tactics and civil disobedience • Historical case studies of dissent • Concepts and ethics of achievement Description (podcaster-provided): Ethics podcasts hosted by the Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University. Latest episode (2023-Aug-01 13:51 UTC): Climate Justice with Kyle Whyte |
Philosophy Takes On The NewsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 26 episodes 2022 to 2023 Median: 70 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophical discussion of current affairs • ethics, politics, democracy • war in Ukraine • free speech and comedy • elections, monarchy, constitutional reform • climate justice, reparations • AI, chatbots, crypto • human rights, protest, hate, gender issues • Covid debates Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophers chat about the week’s news. Sometimes serious, sometimes funny. A host of tangents. Hosted by Simon Kirchin (University of Leeds, UK) with a galaxy of stars. Latest episode (2023-May-24 10:21 UTC): PTOTN - Phil and Comedy special |
Hi-Phi NationProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 64 episodes 2016 to 2023 Median: 48 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Narrative philosophy and ethics • AI in music, romance, grief • criminal justice, punishment, policing algorithms • gender metaphysics • animal rights, zoopolis • free will, addiction • war costs • democracy, speech • art, memorials, music aesthetics Description (podcaster-provided): Hi-Phi Nation is philosophy in story-form, integrating narrative journalism with big ideas. We look at stories from everyday life, law, science, popular culture, and strange corners of human experiences that raise thought-provoking questions about things like justice, knowledge, the self, morality, and existence. We then seek answers with the help of academics and philosophers. The show is produced and hosted by Barry Lam of UC Riverside. Latest episode (2023-May-16 04:00 UTC): Rise of the Music Machines |
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 47 episodes 2020 to 2023 Median: 44 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): political philosophy explainers • Plato’s Republic/Apology, ancient Greece • democracy, tyranny, justice, education • liberal democracy critiques • war ethics, drones • elites, work power • rhetoric, speech • tech shaping desire • utilitarianism, moral psychology Description (podcaster-provided): Good in Theory is a podcast about political philosophy and how it can help us understand the world today. Want to know what's in Plato's Republic or Hobbes's Leviathan but don't want to read them? This is your pod. I explain my favourite books in political theory in enough detail that you’ll feel like you read them yourself. Deep but not heavy. No experience needed. Latest episode (2023-May-11 04:00 UTC): 46 - Athenian democracy and Plato w/ Graham Culbertson (Everyday Anarchism Podcast) |
Black ExistentialismProfile • RSS • Apple Podcasts 22 episodes 2023 Median: 21 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Black existentialism • Fanon and antiblackness: gaze, language, non-being • diaspora, colonization, Négritude • race, identity, responsibility • Black masculinity, violence, vulnerability • literature/film analysis • liberation, resistance, world-making Description (podcaster-provided): Podcasted process pieces from my course Black Existentialism. The course introduces one of the most important and potent mid-century intellectual movements - the existentialist movement - through a series of black Atlantic thinkers. Our keystone will be Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks, which is arguably the most important work of Black existentialism from this period. Across the semester we will see why existentialism, with its focus on the ambiguities and ambivalences of lived-experience, had such a deep impact on Black thinkers across the diaspora. We will see these existentialist insights register in literature, philosophy, and film. Old and new. Latest episode (2023-Apr-27 20:18 UTC): Jenkins on Masculinity, Touch, and Vulnerability |
DialexiconProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 36 episodes 2022 to 2023 Median: 50 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Contemporary philosophy interviews • democracy, law, justice • ethics: bioethics, animal rights, virtue • race, feminism, critical theory • epistemology: misinformation, evidence, social belief • mind/cognition: consciousness, computation, emotions • AI ethics, bias, artificial consciousness • philosophy education/outreach Description (podcaster-provided): A podcast dedicated to promoting philosophical education and deep reflection. We invite philosophers from around the globe to discuss philosophy in the context of contemporary injustices – all at an easy-to-understand and digestible level. New episodes weekly on Friday. Latest episode (2023-Mar-27 02:34 UTC): How to Fix a Democracy: Making Margins Matter with Professor Daniel Wodak |
Philosophy Casting CallProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 23 episodes 2021 to 2023 Median: 39 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Interdisciplinary philosophy interviews • Marginalised thinkers • Bioethics and global health justice • Trans healthcare, AI ethics • Disability, ableism, archival ethics • Decolonial environmentalism, waste colonialism • Philosophy of race, Black feminism • Pedagogy, class, epistemic injustice • Social media rhetoric, algorithm hygiene • Aesthetics, narrative medicine Description (podcaster-provided): Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Well, this is not about them! Philosophy Casting Call is where Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril, your friendly neighbourhood philosopher, interviews professors, grad students, and non-academics to find out what philosophy looks like now and try to shine a spotlight on thinkers, topics, and themes that are historically marginalised in academic philosophy. This includes women, LGBTQIA, disabled, and BIPOC people who are out there, getting their philosophy on, and who deserved to be cast as philosophers in our culture. Latest episode (2023-Mar-09 13:42 UTC): Sh*tposting and Algorithm Hygiene w/Jess Rauchberg |
The PhilosophistsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 8 episodes 2021 to 2023 Median: 46 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Practical ethics debates • utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics • trolley problems, action vs inaction • moral obligation, charity • wisdom as virtue • philosophy for children education • transhumanism, biotechnology ending suffering • gender disparities in academia research Description (podcaster-provided): The Philosophists - Declan & Simon - look to inject some philosophy into your day. So if you're looking for meaning, morality, or just a bit of mayhem then tune in for their unique blend of shorter and longer conversations. Often with the help of some very special guests. This project may or not succeed, but what's the worst that could happen? Listen & find out! Latest episode (2023-Feb-28 03:00 UTC): Ep 8 - The Challenges Women Researchers Face - Part 1 (with Mohammad Hosseini and Shiva Sharifzad) |
Phi FicProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 47 episodes 2016 to 2023 Median: 82 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophical readings of classic literature • ethics, ambition, power, psychology • modernism and existential themes • poetry close-reading • satire and social critique • science fiction and horror motifs • translation and historical context Description (podcaster-provided): Dicussions of literature from a philosophical perspective. Latest episode (2023-Feb-13 03:58 UTC): Stendhal's Red and Black (Le Rouge et le Noir) - Phi Fic Ep. 46 |
Philosophy | Ethics Short Story DiscussionsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 77 episodes 2019 to 2023 Median: 38 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophical short-fiction ethics debates • AI and autonomy • government control vs liberty • justice and punishment • bioethics, genetics, medical scarcity • war, violence, and evil • belief, religion, and identity • family, memory, and mortality Description (podcaster-provided): Named “TOP 20 PHILOSOPHY PODCAST” for 2022! Latest episode (2023-Jan-29 15:51 UTC): E71. "Season Five Recap" - After Dinner Conversation editor Kolby answers listener questions. |
Philosophy as a Way of LifeProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 37 episodes 2021 to 2023 Median: 59 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Practical philosophy as daily practice • Stoicism and ancient thinkers (Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Cicero) • Virtue ethics, emotions, resilience • Relationships, politics, leadership • Comparing traditions: Epicureanism, Aristotelianism, Buddhism, Confucianism, existentialism • Modern applications and translations/adaptations Description (podcaster-provided): Join Rob Colter and Massimo Pigliucci for a series of engaging conversations, sometimes with special guests, on what it means to practice philosophy as a way of life. New episodes out on the second Friday of every month. Full index at https://philosophyasawayoflife.blog/philosophy-for-life-podcast/ Latest episode (2023-Jan-12 09:52 UTC): 37. Robin Waterfield on Epictetus |
Always Already Podcast, a critical theory podcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 80 episodes 2016 to 2023 Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Critical theory text discussions • Political/social philosophy • Race, antiblackness, racial capitalism • Colonialism/settler sovereignty • Abolition, prisons, mutual aid • Neoliberalism, labor • Biopolitics, psychoanalysis • Anthropocene/ecology • Feminist/posthuman theory • Activist-academic interviews Description (podcaster-provided): Tune in to the Always Already Podcast for indulgent conversations about critical theory (in the broadest read of the term!). Our podcast consists of two episode streams. The first is a discussion of texts spanning critical theory, political theory, social theory, and philosophy. We work through and analyze main ideas, underlying assumptions, connections with other texts and theories, and occasionally delve into the great abyss of free association, ad hoc theory jokes, and makeshift puns. The second stream, entitled Epistemic Unruliness, consists of interviews and discussions with activists, artists, and academics whose “disobedient” work builds upon the themes of that arise in the texts we discuss and in our ongoing podcast conversations.
Latest episode (2023-Jan-09 18:31 UTC): Interview: Dr. Vincent Lloyd on Black Dignity and the Struggle Against Domination — Epistemic Unruliness 38 |
Living PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 41 episodes 2021 to 2022 Median: 56 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): applied philosophy themes • career and life transitions • ethics, justice, rights • technology, cryptocurrency, disinformation • disability, trauma, medicine • animals, climate, nature • interpretation, translation, understanding others • creativity, leadership, work, well-being Description (podcaster-provided): What is your second-life? Living Philosophy is dedicated to exploring the inspiring second lives of people who have successfully made significant changes to their careers and lives through self-reflection, insight, and practice. Listen also to our Public Philosophy podcasts, which you can find by topic and the bespoke logo artwork. Hosted by Dr Todd S. Mei, former Head of Philosophy at the University of Kent (UK), and founder, consultant, and freelance author at Philosophy2u.com. Latest episode (2022-Dec-17 20:00 UTC): Philosophy of Gastronomy with Kelly Donati |
What Is X?Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 25 episodes 2021 to 2022 Median: 62 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Socratic-style conversations defining concepts • metaphysics: being, time, matter, consciousness • ethics and social life: virtue, love, friendship, gender • language and culture: humor, slurs, authorship, criticism, art, poetry • politics and society: war, conspiracy theories, money • mind: dreams, memory, mental health • mathematics: numbers Description (podcaster-provided): “What Is X?” has been described as “a cross between a Platonic dialogue and ‘The Price Is Right.’” It combines dialectical inquiry of the sort perfected by Socrates and his interlocutors with a distinctly ludic spirit. Here’s how it works: For each episode, host Justin E. H. Smith invites on a guest distinguished in their field (or occasionally a “regular” person who really likes to talk). Smith asks the guest to answer a question of the form “What is X?” (for example, “What is beauty?” “What is nature?” “What are dreams?”), after which the two partners in dialogue undertake a Socratic inquiry into the nature of X, in search of a definition that satisfies both of them. There are three possible outcomes: agreement, disagreement, and aporia (Greek for “dead end”), each with its own sound effect: if we arrive at agreement, a church bell will chime; disagreement is signaled by a bleating goat; if aporia is the best we can do, we will hear naught but a gust of wind. Rigorous but freewheeling, fun and serious at once, accessibly highbrow, these conversations model rational inquiry in a new way, providing answers for truth-seekers... or perhaps just more questions. /// Host: Justin E.H. Smith (justinehsmith.substack.com) /// Presented by The Point Magazine (thepointmag.com) Latest episode (2022-Dec-14 23:00 UTC): What Is Being? | Kris McDaniel |
Lux & Flux: The History and Philosophy of Physics PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 20 episodes 2020 to 2022 Median: 23 minutes Collections: Philosophy • Physics, Math, and Astronomy • Science Themes (AI-generated): History/philosophy of physics • Ancient Greek natural philosophy (Presocratics, metaphysics, paradoxes) • Early cosmology/astronomy & logic • Atomism, elements, time • Modern physics origins: spectroscopy, photoelectric effect, quantum theory • Diversity in STEM/Nobel statistics Description (podcaster-provided): A podcast looking at the wonderful world of physics through the lenses of history and philosophy! Latest episode (2022-Dec-02 16:50 UTC): Bonus 5: You Are My Sun-Line (Intelligent Speech Conference 2022) |
Thinking Out Loud: leading philosophers discuss topical global issuesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 17 episodes 2020 to 2022 Median: 14 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Practical ethics debates • Covid-19 pandemic boundaries • Vaccine allocation, hesitancy, nationalism • Lockdowns and liberty • Privacy and contact-tracing apps • Medical triage, scarce resources, healthcare worker duties • Inequality, corruption, racism • Zoonoses, factory farming, animal ethics • AI moral obligations Description (podcaster-provided): Thinking Out Loud provides audio-podcasts based on a series of videos produced by Katrien Devolder in which she talks to leading philosophers from around the world on topics related to practical ethics. The podcast and videos are meant for a non-specialist audience. You can watch the videos on the Practical Ethics Channel. Katrien is a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. Latest episode (2022-Oct-04 10:51 UTC): When does (or did) the Covid-19 pandemic end? |
Five QuestionsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 81 episodes 2020 to 2022 Median: 26 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosopher interviews via five personal questions • backgrounds, influences, and intellectual lives • ethics, autonomy, responsibility • epistemology, perception, mind • language, meaning, metaphysics, time • political philosophy, justice, equality • philosophy of science, quantum theory Description (podcaster-provided): I ask philosophers five questions about themselves. Latest episode (2022-Oct-04 05:00 UTC): Kieran Setiya |
Stoic MeditationsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 1094 episodes 2017 to 2022 Median: 2 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Stoic reflections on virtue and character • managing impressions and judgments • control vs externals • resilience amid loss, insults, adversity • moderation with money, wealth, busyness • relationships, conversation, citizenship • acceptance of fate, living with nature Description (podcaster-provided): Occasional reflections on the wisdom of Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers with Prof. Massimo Pigliucci. Complete index by author and source at https://massimopigliucci.org/stoic-podcast/. (cover art by Marek Škrabák; original music by Ian Jolin-Rasmussen). Latest episode (2022-Aug-23 10:00 UTC): 1094. The Olympics have already started! |
Space Time MindProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 100 episodes 2014 to 2022 Median: 86 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Neuroscience-informed philosophy of mind • theories of consciousness, qualia, attention, pain • AI and language models • transhumanism, mind uploading, digital afterlives • metaphysics of time and physics foundations • naturalism, religion, psychedelics Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophy professor Pete Mandik tackles topics ranging from the neuroscience of consciousness to the philosophical foundations of physics. Latest episode (2022-Jul-15 03:59 UTC): Episode 40: Crungus Among Us (with Alex Kiefer) |
Philosophy 247Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 50 episodes 2016 to 2022 Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Moral and political philosophy interviews • responsibility, justice, autonomy in health • discrimination, microaggressions, lookism • privacy, AI/robots, superintelligence • democracy, citizenship, reparations • animals, enhancement, work, love, aggression Description (podcaster-provided): David Edmonds interviews leading philosophers about moral issues that affect us 24/7. Latest episode (2022-Jul-06 00:00 UTC): The Pivotal Generation |
Inaplicables - Tu podcast de Filosofía de la CienciaProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 20 episodes 2021 to 2022 Median: 32 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Filosofía de la ciencia: método científico, demarcación ciencia/pseudociencia, realismo vs antirrealismo, ética y prácticas científicas, causalidad y explicación, incertidumbre y creatividad, ciencia del clima, feminismo, medicina y salud, mente y conciencia, cognición animal, biología evolutiva, física cuántica Description (podcaster-provided): Con Laura Nuño de la Rosa, Vanessa Triviño y Cristina Villegas. Latest episode (2022-May-25 18:31 UTC): Inaplicables 3x05 | ¿Es la ciencia siempre neutral? Hoy hablamos con Ramón Feenstra y Laura Bernal de ética científica |
Common Room PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 12 episodes 2020 to 2022 Median: 50 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Long-form accessible philosopher interviews • ethics and moral psychology: evil, empathy, moral deference • political philosophy: democracy, protest, civic duties • epistemology: knowledge, testimony, self-knowledge • mind and inquiry • philosophy–literature: fiction, poetry, Iris Murdoch • history, diversity, comparative/Chinese philosophy, Daoism • Schopenhauer on boredom, loneliness, compassion Description (podcaster-provided): A podcast by Toby Tremlett featuring long-form interviews with philosophers. Latest episode (2022-Mar-18 14:59 UTC): 12| The Philosophy of Evil — with David Bather Woods |
The Meaning of...Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 24 episodes 2017 to 2022 Median: 56 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Finding meaning via anthropology/philosophy • morality, human nature, evolution • race/racism, gender/sex, #metoo • death, religion, love, identity • free speech, politics/polarisation • culture, art, music, play, science fiction • COVID rituals/community tension Description (podcaster-provided): The Meaning of Life explores how we find meaning in the modern world, hosted by anthropologist Dr Monty Badami and philosopher Dr Tim Dean. Latest episode (2022-Mar-01 04:03 UTC): How We Became Human special part 1 |
Forum for PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 100 episodes 2020 to 2022 Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy of science, politics, culture • ethics and rights: health, punishment, work, addiction, misinformation, vaccination skepticism • emotions: anger, grief, empathy • art, beauty, religion, comedy, fantasy, sci‑fi • mind, communication, time, space travel • philosophers’ lives and literature discussions Description (podcaster-provided): Science, politics, and culture from a philosophical perspective Latest episode (2022-Feb-18 14:43 UTC): A Right to Health? |
Little Bad ThingProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 11 episodes 2020 to 2022 Median: 18 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): True personal confessions • regret, guilt, moral ambiguity • ethical dilemmas and consequences • obedience, bystander inaction, vigilantism • scams, theft, plagiarism • relationships, impulsive departures • power, responsibility, repairing harm Description (podcaster-provided): True stories each week of the things we wish we hadn't done. Smart, dark, wry, and surprising, this is a show for anyone who's made a big decision or regretted a small one. Hosted by philosopher Eleanor Gordon-Smith and produced by The Ethics Centre. Latest episode (2022-Feb-15 06:00 UTC): FODI: The In-Between trailer |
Free Will MattersProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 17 episodes 2020 to 2021 Median: 13 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Free will debates • human agency and consciousness • intentions, planning, practical reason • causation, mental causation, dispositions • moral responsibility and moral psychology • self-control, deception, grit • neuroscience and cognitive science • religion, theology, disability ethics Description (podcaster-provided): The problem of free will has been at the center of many discussions in western philosophy for the last 20 centuries. But in recent years the problem has reappeared in a fresh form. There are new and exciting developments in the field that make this a fascinating topic of conversation. For this podcast we have invited various philosophers who work in free will. Philosophy might be a daunting thing, but with their help we will get to know better the what, the how and the why of free will. Welcome. Latest episode (2021-Dec-13 20:51 UTC): E8 Myrto Mylopolous |
MeaningofLife.tvProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 31 episodes 2021 Median: 60 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy debates (Kant, determinism, free will) • quantum mechanics interpretations, reality, information, cosmology • consciousness and mind-body problem • evolution, cognitive biases, tribalism, meditation/mindfulness • religion/spirituality, comparative theology • culture-war discourse, free speech • effective altruism, time management, education/grading Description (podcaster-provided): Conversations about philosophy, science, religion and spirituality Latest episode (2021-Nov-29 18:35 UTC): Kant Stop Critiquin' (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & David Ottlinger) |
Understanding PlatoProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 22 episodes 2021 Median: 17 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Plato’s dialogues and Socratic method • definitions of piety, virtue, justice • trial, obedience to law, moral knowledge • recollection and reasoning • ideal state, philosopher-kings, Forms and Good • Allegory of Cave • constitutions and souls, tyranny Description (podcaster-provided): Do you need help understanding the great books of philosophy? In his podcasts, Professor Laurence Houlgate reads and discusses the classic works of Plato, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Stuart Mill, and David Hume. His short readings are based on his acclaimed Smart Student's Guides to Philosophical Classics series (learn more at www.houlgatebooks.com). The episodes begin with the dialogues of Plato and will continue week by week through each chapter of Understanding Plato. For those who want to read along, a digital or print copy of the book can be purchased at Amazon.com at this address: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I5GAIJI Latest episode (2021-Nov-23 01:00 UTC): Republic Book IX EP 22 (Final Episode) Tyranny and the Tyrannical Soul |
The Dawdler's PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 89 episodes 2018 to 2021 Median: 62 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy and science discussions • epistemology, language, meaning, consciousness • systems thinking, evolution, cultural change, religion • critique of gurus, nonfiction writing norms • society, politics, revolutions, American Dream • cognition, analogy, human origins Description (podcaster-provided): Most hustlers won’t wait to put off to tomorrow what they can do today. Not us! We can’t wait to put off to tomorrow what we can do today. We’re overripe fruit of the late bloom. Dawdlers. But all things must come to a partial end and this is partially it! ...a whimper into the abyss... Latest episode (2021-Nov-19 00:13 UTC): E47: On Margin Haunting - Quo Bros, Margin Haunters, & Secular Gurus |
Out of the VatProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 10 episodes 2019 to 2021 Median: 32 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophers’ research and lives • philosophy of mind, consciousness, panpsychism • perception and senses: smell, illusion • phenomenology, Heidegger • philosophy of science: causation, quantum mechanics • ethics, public policy, expertise, bioethics Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophers’ work and philosophers’ lives, both inside and outside of philosophy. Brought to you by the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, LSE, and the Forum for Philosophy. Latest episode (2021-Nov-10 12:54 UTC): Out of the Vat #10 – Ann-Sophie Barwich |
Dissecting Philosophy with Dr McDonaldProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 140 episodes 2019 to 2021 Median: 42 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Close readings of philosophical texts • Critical theory: Marcuse, Debord • Totalitarianism and propaganda: Arendt • Marxism/communism interviews • Nietzsche, Aristotle metaphysics • Camus novels: plague, guilt, ethics • Culture, language, ideology, modern society Description (podcaster-provided): Dr Andrew McDonald with several years of teaching experience at the University of Dundee takes listeners through a close reading of philosophical texts that allow us to delve into a deeper understanding of them. It is friendly to those new to philosophy and gives easy to understand examples throughout. Latest episode (2021-Nov-01 06:00 UTC): Episode 122| Herbert Marcuse One Dimensional Man | One Dimensional Philosophy |
UNBOUNDProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 11 episodes 2020 to 2021 Median: 75 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): boundary-pushing philosophy conversations • feminist, queer, trans theory • race, whiteness, Eurocentrism, global philosophy • care ethics, social reproduction, transformative justice • activism, BLM, migration, islamophobia • media, algorithms, writing, research methods Description (podcaster-provided): This is Unbound, the podcast that tries to nudge the boundaries of philosophy. Latest episode (2021-Sep-27 16:41 UTC): Episode 10 - Kelly Gawel |
PhilosophyCastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 7 episodes 2021 Median: 25 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy of language and constructed languages • Music philosophy: jazz, Adorno, ideological music • Political philosophy of the state: absolutism, liberalism, Marxism, fascism • Contemporary relevance • Expert interviews Description (podcaster-provided): A look at a range of philosophy topics and making them simple as well as relevant to the present day. Topics include philosophy of music, political philosophy, philosophy of language and others. Some of the podcasts are in the form of guest interviews with experts in some of these areas. Latest episode (2021-Sep-21 20:00 UTC): More on The Philosophy of Constructed Languages - Interview with Prof. Timothy Williamson |
Philosophers on MedicineProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 17 episodes 2019 to 2021 Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy of medicine • health/disease concepts and realism • causation and classification (DSM) • evidence-based medicine, consensus, uncertainty • clinical judgment • race in epidemiology • overdiagnosis • COVID-19 policy • vaccine hesitancy, trust • pregnancy metaphysics • delusions Description (podcaster-provided): For the deepest problems in healthcare, philosophy is the best medicine. In this podcast series, Jonathan Fuller, MD, PhD (University of Toronto) speaks to philosophers about their work on medicine and healthcare. You will hear from philosophers on the meaning and reality of disease, on their skeptical worries about evidence-based medicine, on current movements and controversies that shake medicine to its philosophical foundations. Visit our website at www.philosophersonmedicine.com. Latest episode (2021-Aug-28 19:47 UTC): Philosophy of Medicine on COVID-19 |
MeaningofLife.tv: Mind-Body ProblemsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 16 episodes 2019 to 2021 Median: 60 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Mind-body problem • consciousness, free will, morality, meaning • quantum mechanics foundations, interpretations, reality • philosophy of science, truth, progress, expertise • neuroscience theories • panpsychism/idealism/spiritual frameworks • psychedelics, mysticism, paranormal • personal intellectual journeys Description (podcaster-provided): The mind-body problem, which Buddha, Socrates and many modern scientists have sought to solve, encompasses riddles such as consciousness, free will, morality and the meaning of life. In this podcast, science journalist John Horgan, talks to leading mind-body theorists about their views and often, about their personal lives. The show is an outgrowth of a book of the same title, available for free at mindbodyproblems.com. Latest episode (2021-Aug-05 16:30 UTC): Consolations of Physics (John Horgan & Sabine Hossenfelder) |
CAN YOU PHIL IT?Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 25 episodes 2021 Median: 6 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophical explorations of happiness and desire • Love, friendship, and relationships • Work versus leisure • Time and consciousness • Normality, health, disability and eugenics • Public philosophy and “cancel culture” debates Description (podcaster-provided): This is an interdisciplinary podcast which uses a philosophical lens to explore any topic: death, time, consciousness, desire, sex and gender, perception, language, truth, art and beauty, love, friendship, happiness or technology. We will critically decipher philosophical jargon and ideas to help our listeners grasp various contributions to the greatest, or the most seemingly trivial, questions of humankind. Latest episode (2021-Jul-14 17:51 UTC): Public Philosophy + Barry Lam |
Portugal Street Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 9 episodes 2021 Median: 56 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Expert-led philosophy deep dives • decision theory, rationality, uncertainty • probability interpretations • quantum mechanics foundations, many-worlds • metaphysics of perception • animal sentience • arguments about God • mathematical philosophy, logic • ethics and pandemic policy Description (podcaster-provided): The Portgual Street Philosophy Podcast is the official podcast of the LSE SU Philosophy Society. Each episode, we take a deep dive into a particular philosophy topic, in conversation with leading experts on the subject. By having focused explorations of these topics, we hope to provide accessible introductions and a pathway into the philosophical literature for interested students of all backgrounds. Latest episode (2021-Jun-27 19:25 UTC): 9. Sean Carroll | What is the correct interpretation of quantum mechanics? |
Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEASProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 27 episodes 2020 to 2021 Median: 46 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Political philosophy through key thinkers • State, sovereignty, liberty • Democracy, leadership, liberalism • Justice, inequality, markets • Revolution, class, colonialism, slavery • Feminism, patriarchy, sexual politics • Morality, hypocrisy • Technology, machines, utopia/dystopia • Crises shaping political ideas Description (podcaster-provided): A new series of talks by David Runciman, in which he explores some of the most important thinkers and prominent ideas lying behind modern politics – from Hobbes to Gandhi, from democracy to patriarchy, from revolution to lock down. Plus, he talks about the crises – revolutions, wars, depressions, pandemics – that generated these new ways of political thinking. From the team that brought you Talking Politics: a history of ideas to help make sense of what’s happening today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Latest episode (2021-May-08 23:00 UTC): History of Ideas Q and A |
Pandemic EthicsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 14 episodes 2020 to 2021 Median: 38 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Covid-19 ethics and public policy • vaccine mandates, trials, allocation, intellectual property • pandemic modeling and evidence for lockdowns • care work, nursing, childcare, essential workers’ risk • inequality, race, poverty • business responsibility • debt, property law, economic recovery, future of work Description (podcaster-provided): A discussion of the defining ethical challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, featuring world-renowned experts in ethics, public health, law, economics, public policy, and beyond. Hosted by Joshua Preiss, Director of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) at Minnesota State University, Mankato and the author of Just Work for All: The American Dream in the 21st Century (Routledge 2021). Visit pandemic-ethics.com for more information on recent and upcoming episodes. Latest episode (2021-May-04 08:00 UTC): Should Vaccination Be Mandatory? |
A Pod Called QuestProfile • Site • RSS 12 episodes 2020 to 2021 Median: 60 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Social justice and systemic racism • US elections, democracy, political violence • Reparations and wealth gap/economic violence • Policing and state repression • Youth and student activism • Hip hop/culture in politics • Imperialism, migration, racism in Britain/US Description (podcaster-provided): A Pod Called Quest is a podcast taking on everything that people concerned about injustice care about from the wealth gap to voting rights, to police brutality, to reparations, to health and well-being, to climate change, to state repression and much more. Sage and Science want listeners to think with them about problems of injustice, just futures, and evidence-based solutions. Derrick Darby (aka Sage) is a philosopher. Christian Davenport (aka Science) is a political scientist and sociologist. Join our quest to impose logic as well as data on the struggle for justice in America and globally. Give us your time, we give you power, wealth, and culture. Latest episode (2021-May-03 03:00 UTC): Episode 12 – A Pod Called Quest Goes to Dartmouth |
BLACK MIRROR REFLECTIONSProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 22 episodes 2020 to 2021 Median: 54 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Black Mirror–inspired philosophy • technology ethics • surveillance, social media, digital redlining • AI, robots, superintelligence control • virtual worlds, simulations, games • punishment, justice, race • celebrity, politics • memory, grief, digital afterlives Description (podcaster-provided): Thinking through the technology, philosophy, morality, and politics of Black Mirror Latest episode (2021-Mar-05 12:00 UTC): "Smithereens" (with special guest, James Buchanan "Bru" Wallace) |
MeaningofLife.tv: SophiaProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 100 episodes 2014 to 2021 Median: 60 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): contemporary philosophy debates • epistemology, metaphysics, realism, truth, persons • moral realism, harm principle, moral obligation • free speech, censorship, academic freedom, activism • gender, feminism, trans politics • education grading, humanities • politics, liberalism, democracy • pop-culture analysis, comics, sci‑fi, films • Covid modeling Description (podcaster-provided): Knowledge, Reality, Truth, Morality … Daniel Kaufman, David Ottlinger, Robert Gressis, and their guests explore the rich universe of philosophical investigation and inquiry. Latest episode (2021-Feb-18 17:00 UTC): Questioning the Practice of Grading in Schools (Robert Gressis & Kevin Currie-Knight) |
The Buddhist Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 6 episodes 2020 to 2021 Median: 39 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Buddhist metaphysics and epistemology • existential judgement and ineffability • Buddhism’s engagement with Western philosophy and science • critiques of modern secular Western Buddhism • feminist and Black feminist aesthetics • women in Buddhism, Zen, Mahāyāna body transformation Description (podcaster-provided): A podcast about Buddhist Philosophy. Latest episode (2021-Jan-15 12:25 UTC): Episode 6 Can we make existential judgements? |
London Philosophy TalkProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 4 episodes 2020 to 2021 Median: 82 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Informal expert philosophy discussions • Philosophy of language and mind: reference, belief ascriptions • Ethics: trolley problems, moral intuitions • Political philosophy: voter competence, suffrage restrictions • Philosophy of fiction: imaginative resistance Description (podcaster-provided): This is a podcast, directed at the philosophically curious, students, as well as fellow academics, in which I, Florian Steinberger, a philosopher at Birkbeck College, University of London, have informal philosophical discussions with experts in a range of different topics. Among them are the philosophy of fiction, the status of moral intuitions, as well as questions surrounding reference in the philosophy of language and whether many of us are too incompetent to deserve a right to vote, and much more. Future episodes will also take a philosophical angle on topics ranging from the sciences and the arts to dog training and martial arts. Latest episode (2021-Jan-03 21:37 UTC): Episode 004 - Alex Grzankowski on Reference and Attitude Ascriptions |
Armchair OpinionsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 8 episodes 2020 Median: 58 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Public-question philosophy discussions • ethics of child-free choice • personal identity, cloning • aliens and meaning • self-improvement, authenticity • psychology of fear in horror • love, pain, desire • ego and motivation • definitions, categories (hot dog) Description (podcaster-provided): Armchair Opinions is a blog where qualified philosophers – the Armchair Philosophers – answer questions asked by the public. Here, on the podcast, we take a closer look at some of those answers. Hosted by Alex Impey and Armchair Philosophers Carl Messenger and James Brown. Latest episode (2020-Oct-19 05:00 UTC): Is it wrong to be child-free by choice? |
Natural PhilosophersProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 4 episodes 2020 Median: 116 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Science–philosophy interviews • Foundations of quantum mechanics, many-worlds, modal realism • Emergent spacetime, entanglement, decoherence, AdS/CFT, string theory • Black holes, thermodynamics, information paradox • Consciousness, animal cognition, evolution Description (podcaster-provided): Here, I interview some of the leading thinkers in modern natural philosophy. I'm your host, Dr. Siddharth Muthukrishnan. I originally trained in theoretical physics, before deciding that my interests were more conceptual and foundational, and switched to philosophy. Conversations will span science and philosophy and perhaps other topics as well. Latest episode (2020-Sep-16 19:12 UTC): Alastair Wilson on Quantum Modal Realism |
Thinking BooksProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 4 episodes 2017 to 2020 Median: 19 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Author interviews on thinking • Learning from failure and feedback • Creativity and efficiency from disorder • Sensory training, wine tasting, experiencing the world • Children’s fiction about a girl-robot Description (podcaster-provided): Nigel Warburton interviews a range of authors about their books about thinking Latest episode (2020-Sep-01 15:08 UTC): David Edmonds on Undercover Robot |
Meta Treks: A Star Trek Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 98 episodes 2015 to 2020 Median: 86 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Star Trek–based philosophy analysis • ethics and moral dilemmas • metaphysics of mind, identity, time, dimensions, alternate universes • political philosophy: utopianism, war, equality, property • religion, knowledge, narrative, cultural virtues Description (podcaster-provided): Meta Treks is a Trek.fm podcast dedicated to a deep examination of the philosophical ideas found in Star Trek. In each episode, Zachary Fruhling and Mike Morrison take you on a fascinating journey into the inner workings of Star Trek storytelling, deeper into subspace than you've ever traveled before. Latest episode (2020-Aug-17 13:00 UTC): 98: Geordi's Pedagogically Esoteric PowerPoint Presentations |
Wonder CupboardProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 18 episodes 2018 to 2020 Median: 53 minutes Collections: Philosophy • Science Themes (AI-generated): history and philosophy of science • origins of scientific ideas, methods, and language • science and society: power, culture, fashion, holidays • medicine and biology: viruses, vaccines, psychology • everyday technologies: cooling, ice, air conditioning, sunbathing • aesthetics and “beauty” in science and nature • math and metaphysics: numbers, simulation hypotheses Description (podcaster-provided): Wonder Cupboard asks what science is, how it works, and how it came to be. Elena Falco and Ian Bridgeman present a new topic on the history and philosophy of science every episode. Latest episode (2020-Jul-31 12:00 UTC): 018 – Sunbathing |
Philosophy Bakes Bread, Radio Show & PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 94 episodes 2015 to 2020 Median: 63 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Public philosophy interviews • education reform, gender, inclusion • democracy, leadership, polarization • Jane Addams, Dewey, pragmatism • ethics: character, rights, justice • religion, suffering, meaning • environment, climate policy • media, AI, pop culture Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophy Bakes Bread is a radio show and podcast that showcases the importance of philosophy for everyday life and for leadership. The saying goes that "philosophy bakes no bread." We disagree and co-hosts Dr. Eric Thomas Weber and Dr. Anthony Cashio invite engaging philosophers as guests for interviews about various ideas and conflicts that matter to people in real life, beyond the academy. Latest episode (2020-Jul-24 13:47 UTC): Ep89 - BC17 - Education and Gender |
Premise PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 3 episodes 2020 Median: 50 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophical dialogues with academics • Nietzsche: Übermensch, self-overcoming, morality, “God is dead” • ethics of war, peace, foreign policy, justice • agency, free will, responsibility, reactive attitudes, “ought implies can”, original sin Description (podcaster-provided): Welcome to Premise Podcast. This is your host Angelos Sofocleous. Latest episode (2020-Jul-10 07:54 UTC): #20 Friedrich Nietzsche | Dr Matthew Bennett |
Theory TalkProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 1 episodes 2020 Median: 71 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): contemporary philosophy, critical thinking • futurity, philosophy’s belligerence • Laruelle • mind science, transcendental computation • emerging social organization Description (podcaster-provided): Theory Talk is a philosophy podcast and critical thinking jam session, featuring in-depth discussions of contemporary thought and thinkers. The show is produced by Joseph Weissman and Taylor Adkins. Latest episode (2020-Apr-01 13:00 UTC): Ep. 74: Futurality |
Ethics Lab PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 10 episodes 2018 to 2020 Median: 21 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy, ethics, and science commentary • Intellectual virtues and vices, close-mindedness, liberatory virtues • Populism analysis • Environmental ethics • Intellectual property rights • Gene drives in mosquitoes • AI, workforce ethics • Fake news ethics Description (podcaster-provided): Exploring news and views on philosophy, ethics, and science. Latest episode (2020-Jan-28 19:25 UTC): Ethics Lab Podcast Episode 10, November 13, 2019: Interview with Alan Hazlett |
Philosophy by the BookProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 73 episodes 2015 to 2019 Median: 15 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Text-by-text philosophy summaries • Aristotle’s ethics: virtue, happiness, friendship, justice, desire, wisdom • Plato on ideal states, lawmaking, education, knowledge, Forms, pleasure vs reason • Descartes, Hume, Mill: skepticism, mind-body, God, liberty, free speech Description (podcaster-provided): Each week we read through, summarize, and explain a different text in Philosophy. Latest episode (2019-Jul-23 22:24 UTC): Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics Book 10: Philosophy by the Book Episode 71 |
The Happier HourProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 54 episodes 2018 to 2019 Median: 26 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Practical philosophy for modern dilemmas • Humility, doubt, failure, legacy, rebellion, love • Ethics, money, work, creativity • Identity, oppression, civic engagement • Science vs pseudoscience • Habits, self-actualization, storytelling • Travel, nostalgia, revelry, self-care Description (podcaster-provided): Equal parts philosophy and self-help (with a dash of humor thrown in for taste), The Happier Hour aims to make philosophy useful for the rest of us. Each episode explores a modern-day dilemma, via the lens of the greatest philosophers of all time, and often with special guests in the hot seat who know about stuff. Like the joy that comes from a strong drink at half the price, this show is for curious minds who want to know more about philosophy, without going back to school. Join your host Monica McCarthy, because it's time to get happier! Latest episode (2019-May-28 09:00 UTC): #054 Humility Q&A: Self-Care, Self-Promotion, And The Myth of Being Self-Made |
New Narratives in the History of PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 8 episodes 2018 to 2019 Median: 28 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Interviews on women in early modern philosophy • Émilie du Châtelet, Mary Astell, Anne Conway, Margaret Cavendish • metaphysics, value theory, influence networks • projects expanding the philosophical canon • image culture contexts Description (podcaster-provided): A series of short interviews with people interested in women philosophers. Learn something, get excited, find out how to learn more. Developed by the New Narratives in the History of Philosophy Project Latest episode (2019-May-16 20:27 UTC): Episode 8: Katherine Brading and Anne-Lise Rey on Emilie du Chatelet |
MCMP – Mathematical Philosophy (Archive 2011/12)Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 250 episodes 2011 to 2019 Median: 50 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): mathematical philosophy using logic/mathematics • laws of nature, Humeanism, dispositionalism, causation • grounding, truth, semantic dependence • nonclassical logic, consequence, negation • foundations/ontology of mathematics • decision theory, social choice, formal ethics • philosophy of science, realism, quantum field theory Description (podcaster-provided): Mathematical Philosophy - the application of logical and mathematical methods in philosophy - is about to experience a tremendous boom in various areas of philosophy. At the new Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, which is funded mostly by the German Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, philosophical research will be carried out mathematically, that is, by means of methods that are very close to those used by the scientists. Latest episode (2019-Apr-22 19:51 UTC): Modality and Categories |
MCMP – Metaphysics and Philosophy of LanguageProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 18 episodes 2014 to 2019 Median: 51 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Mathematical philosophy, logic and metaphysics • Formal semantics: compositionality, opacity, quotation, conditionals • Structuralism and realism (measurement, magnitudes, structural realism) • Existence, modality, laws of nature • Truth relativism • Philosophy of medicine: disease ontology • Arguments about God’s existence Description (podcaster-provided): Mathematical Philosophy - the application of logical and mathematical methods in philosophy - is about to experience a tremendous boom in various areas of philosophy. At the new Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, which is funded mostly by the German Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, philosophical research will be carried out mathematically, that is, by means of methods that are very close to those used by the scientists. Latest episode (2019-Apr-19 00:05 UTC): Do Modus Ponens and Tollens Really Leak? Remarks from a Linguistic Semanticist |
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MCMP – Philosophy of Science Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 86 episodes 2013 to 2019 Median: 47 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Mathematical philosophy of science • formal models in epistemology, causation, probability • belief revision, induction, Bayesian updating • scientific explanation, understanding, confirmation • physics foundations: relativity, quantum theory, statistical mechanics, symmetries, quantum gravity • emergence, reduction, modeling in social/neuro sciences Description (podcaster-provided): Mathematical Philosophy - the application of logical and mathematical methods in philosophy - is about to experience a tremendous boom in various areas of philosophy. At the new Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, which is funded mostly by the German Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, philosophical research will be carried out mathematically, that is, by means of methods that are very close to those used by the scientists. Latest episode (2019-Apr-18 23:57 UTC): How Almost Everything in Space-time Theory Is Illuminated by Simple Particle Physics: The Neglected Case of Massive Scalar Gravity |
Dialogues: a philosophy podcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 13 episodes 2018 Median: 18 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Ethical and political philosophy • Justice, equality, redistribution • Climate adaptation and sea-level rise • Immigration, identity, culture • Responsibility in organisations • Consumer complicity in injustice • Consent and autonomy • Procreation and parenting ethics • Insect consciousness Description (podcaster-provided): Snodger Media produces the Dialogues Podcast, and other radio works. Latest episode (2018-Nov-29 20:00 UTC): Dialogues 13 Colin Klein |
Re:thinkingProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 3 episodes 2018 Median: 48 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy-technology intersections • economics and moral case for growth • liberalism, Silicon Valley • consciousness, mind-body problem, philosophy of science • prediction markets, futarchy • self-deception, social decision-making Description (podcaster-provided): Re:thinking is an interdisciplinary podcast exploring ideas at the intersection of philosophy and technology. Latest episode (2018-Oct-31 15:00 UTC): Ep 6 - Tyler Cowen on Economic Growth, Liberalism, and Philosophy |
Philosophy SitesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 4 episodes 2016 to 2018 Median: 19 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophers’ places and material traces • Thoreau at Walden Pond • Bentham’s auto-icon at UCL • Marx’s Soho years • Wittgenstein’s grave • culture, design, death contexts Description (podcaster-provided): Nigel Warburton interviews a range of experts on places associated with philosophers. Latest episode (2018-May-20 15:54 UTC): John Kaag on Henry David Thoreau and Walden Pond |
Open QuestionsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 7 episodes 2017 Median: 22 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Applied ethics debates • markets and moral limits • cultural heritage and language preservation • sports spectatorship harms • reparations for injustice • advice ethics • procreation amid climate change • philosopher perspectives Description (podcaster-provided): A podcast about ethics from the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto. Latest episode (2017-Dec-22 20:35 UTC): What Can Money Buy? |
Uehiro Lectures: Practical solutions for ethical challengesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 6 episodes 2017 Median: 52 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Practical ethics and analytic philosophy • Equality: treatment, status, opportunity • Feminism and sex equality • Fair legal/social frameworks for gender relations • Reproductive technology’s moral impacts • Ideology, political correctness, public-debate fallacies Description (podcaster-provided): The annual public Uehiro Lecture Series captures the ethos of the Uehiro Centre, which is to bring the best scholarship in analytic philosophy to bear on the most significant problems of our time, and to make progress in the analysis and resolution of these issues to the highest academic standard, in a manner that is also accessible to the general public. Philosophy should not only create knowledge, it should make people’s lives better. Latest episode (2017-Aug-24 11:06 UTC): 2013 Annual Uehiro Lecture (3): Equal Opportunity |
The Philosopher's ArmsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 23 episodes 2012 to 2017 Median: 27 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Live pub discussions of philosophical puzzles • ethics: lying, hypocrisy, hate speech, exploitation, sex equality • free will, weakness of will • moral dilemmas, justice/fairness • identity, fakes, robots • induction, happiness/reality Description (podcaster-provided): Matthew Sweet examines philosophical problems with a live audience in a pub Latest episode (2017-Feb-28 11:35 UTC): Swearing |
Journal of Practical EthicsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 3 episodes 2014 to 2017 Median: 10 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Moral and political philosophy • Immigration and collective ownership of Earth • Class privilege and fairness • Ethics of war • Justification of killing in armed conflict • Author interviews on recent journal papers Description (podcaster-provided): The Journal of Practical Ethics, an open access journal in moral and political philosophy (and related areas), published by the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, located at the University of Oxford. In this series, an author from each issue of the journal presents an overview of their paper in conversation with Dave Edmonds of Philosophy Bites. Latest episode (2017-Feb-07 10:38 UTC): Humanity’s Collective Ownership of the Earth and Immigration |
A History of IdeasProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 60 episodes 2014 to 2015 Median: 12 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): History of philosophy • Knowledge, perception, consciousness • Love, altruism, parenting • Selfhood, identity, memory • Justice, law, punishment • Ethics, conscience, brain • Politics, markets, toleration • Technology, human evolution • Origins, cosmology, creation myths Description (podcaster-provided): Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of key philosophers and their theories. Latest episode (2015-Aug-07 11:15 UTC): Neuropsychologist Paul Broks on Wittgenstein |
Practical Ethics BitesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 9 episodes 2014 to 2015 Median: 18 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Practical ethics for UK students • sexuality and sexual orientation • genetic engineering and embryo moral status • abortion rights • sex selection • just war and violence • free will and moral responsibility • virtue ethics • euthanasia legality Description (podcaster-provided): Practical Ethics Bites is a series of audio podcasts on practical ethics targeted specifically at pupils studying philosophy in UK schools. It is produced by the team behind the popular podcast Philosophy Bites, David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton. Philosophy Bites has had over 21 million downloads. David Edmonds is a Senior Research Associate at Oxford’s Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and all the interviewees are academics linked to the Uehiro Centre. The series aims to be a free educational resource for teachers. Each interview is around 20 minutes long. Latest episode (2015-Jul-14 08:46 UTC): Can you choose to be gay? |
A Romp Through Philosophy for Complete BeginnersProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 5 episodes 2014 Median: 82 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Introductory philosophy via classic arguments and thought experiments • Logic and argument evaluation • Knowledge and Gettier problems • Metaphysics of possible worlds • Moral theories, freedom vs equality • Philosophy of science, objective facts • Audience Q&A Description (podcaster-provided): In this series of podcasts Marianne Talbot uses some famous arguments in the history of philosophy to examine philosophy as a discipline. By harnessing participants’ intuitions on both sides of the various arguments she encourages her audience actually to do philosophy. In listening to these podcasts you can yourself learn how to do philosophy, not by listening to someone else do it, but by starting to do it for yourself. Latest episode (2014-Nov-11 15:57 UTC): Questions and Answers Session |
Philosophy NowProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 41 episodes 2011 to 2014 Median: 49 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): accessible philosophy discussions • major thinkers: Kant, Hume, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Socrates, Hegel • ethics/meta-ethics, lying, rights, medical ethics • mind/brain, consciousness, free will • science limits, quantum mechanics • religion, Buddhism, feminism • education, literature, capitalism, transhumanism Description (podcaster-provided): Podcasts from philosophynow.org, home of the most widely read philosophy magazine in the world, Philosophy Now. Latest episode (2014-Jun-29 19:00 UTC): The Mental Universe Debate |
Power Structuralism in Ancient OntologiesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 58 episodes 2012 to 2014 Median: 51 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Metaphysics of powers/dispositions • causation, necessity, modality, grounding • emergence, process vs substance ontology • structure and relations (structuralism, quidditism) • Aristotle/Empedocles/Stoics/Galen on perception, ethics, politics, medicine • free will, agency Description (podcaster-provided): Exploring various aspects of modern and ancient metaphysics as they relate to the hypothesis that powers (or dispositions) are the sole elementary building block in ontology. Latest episode (2014-May-07 14:24 UTC): Two Concepts of Emergence |
The Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 22 episodes 2008 to 2013 Median: 19 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Audio readings and lectures on classic philosophy • epistemology and skepticism • ethics and practical reason • political philosophy and social contract • Enlightenment and history of ideas • logic, metaphysics, God, meaning and existence Description (podcaster-provided): With The Philosophy Podcast, LearnOutLoud.com will showcase audio renditions of classic philosophy from such greats as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Nietzsche and much more. For more audio and video material tailored to the lifelong learner, please feel free to visit www.learnoutloud.com Latest episode (2013-Sep-07 03:00 UTC): The Communist Manifesto |
Philosophy of ReligionProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 8 episodes 2012 Median: 41 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Western monotheism overview • divine attributes: essential vs accidental properties • arguments for God: ontological, cosmological, design, religious experience, miracles • arguments against: problem of evil • faith and Pascal’s Wager Description (podcaster-provided): This series of eight lectures delivered by Dr T. J. Mawson at the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 2011, introduces the main philosophical arguments pertaining to the Western monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Each lecture has an associated hand-out (two for the first lecture). Latest episode (2012-May-02 13:48 UTC): 8. Faith and Pascal's Wager |
PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 6 episodes 2011 to 2012 Median: 70 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): University’s 21st-century role • Gifford lectures • Gianni Vattimo on “end of reality” • phenomenology • being and event • ethics and moral implications of dissolving reality Description (podcaster-provided): The study of philosophy at Glasgow builds on a prestigious history that includes the achievements of great thinkers such as Francis Hutcheson, Adam Smith and Thomas Reid. We have expertise in metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, logic, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of science, ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy, philosophy of religion, and the history of philosophy. Latest episode (2012-Apr-25 17:50 UTC): Being and Event (The End of Reality) |
A Romp Through the Philosophy of MindProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 5 episodes 2012 Median: 82 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy of mind overview • Mind–brain relationship debates • Critiques of identity theory and physicalism • Non-reductive physicalism challenges • Dualism and alternatives • Reframing core questions • Audience Q&A discussions Description (podcaster-provided): The mind is a fascinating entity. Where, after all, would we be without it? But what exactly is it? These days many people believe the mind simply is the brain. Descartes would have disagreed profoundly. He recommended a dualism of substance. Modern philosophers are again finding various forms of dualism attractive because the problems with physicalism are so intractable. One such problem is whether the mind, like the brain, is located in space (specifically inside the head). But does philosophy have anything sensible to say about the mind? Surely today it is scientists we should be listening to? Come and find out why this is – and always will be – false. Latest episode (2012-Apr-10 12:24 UTC): Part 5: Questions and Answers |
Bio-Ethics BitesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 10 episodes 2011 to 2012 Median: 18 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Bioethics debates on emerging medical technologies • neuroscience and brain chemistry shaping morality and responsibility • organ markets and healthcare resource allocation • trust, consent, and regulation • cloning, genetic engineering, designer babies • moral status, end‑of‑life decisions Description (podcaster-provided): Bioethics is the study of the moral implications of new and emerging medical technologies and looks to answer questions such as selling organs, euthanasia and whether should we clone people. The series consists of a series of interviews by leading bioethics academics and is aimed at individuals looking to explore often difficult and confusing questions surrounding medical ethics. The series lays out the issue in a clear and precise way and looks to show all sides of the debate. Latest episode (2012-Feb-03 11:25 UTC): Neuroscience Can Tell Us About Morality |
Multiculturalism Bites - AudioProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 20 episodes 2011 Median: 18 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Multiculturalism history and debates • liberalism and cultural difference • toleration and recognition • intervention and political obligation • welfare state compatibility • free speech and offence • moral psychology of disgust Description (podcaster-provided): Multiculturalism is one of the most vexing political issues of our day. How can people with very different values and customs live alongside each other? What is the history of multiculturalism? What are the arguments for and against its various forms? Has it failed? Does it have a future? The Open University's Nigel Warburton interviews ten leading thinkers about the meaning and implications of multiculturalism. David Edmonds introduces each episode. Latest episode (2011-Jul-08 03:10 UTC): Tariq Modood on The History of Multiculturalism |
John Locke Lectures in PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 27 episodes 2008 to 2011 Median: 60 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Annual philosophy lectures • Ancient Greek philosophy as way of life: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, Epicureans, Skeptics, Plotinus • Normativity, reasons, expressivism • Logic’s normative role, revisability • World-construction, a priori scrutability, Carnap–Quine • Mind, phenomenal knowledge, externalism, content, knowledge argument Description (podcaster-provided): The John Locke Lectures are among the world's most distinguished lecture series in philosophy. The series began in 1950 and are given once a year. Latest episode (2011-Jul-06 18:09 UTC): 2011 Lecture 4: Platonism as a Way of Life |
Exploring Philosophy - AudioProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 22 episodes 2011 Median: 12 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Applied philosophy to everyday life • thought experiments • personal identity • faith vs evidence • problem of evil • abortion ethics • consciousness and self-awareness • political obligation, civil disobedience • Descartes, doubt, knowledge • mind–body dualism Description (podcaster-provided): Have you ever considered what being conscious actually means? By choosing to live in a particular state are you consenting to be subject to all its laws? For some there’s an assumption that philosophy might not be relevant to modern life but Dr. Nigel Warburton, senior lecturer in Philosophy at The Open University argues that many of us today are faced with philosophical questions such as these as we live our lives in the twenty first century. In this collection we ask academics to discuss these questions in addition to other important philosophical issues and concepts such as the morality of abortions and the reconciling a world with evil and a good God. Latest episode (2011-Jun-13 21:48 UTC): Philosophy in the real world |
Philosophy: Justice and Morality - AudioProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 10 episodes 2011 Median: 13 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Moral philosophy and theories of justice • Plato on law, self-interest, motivation • Utilitarianism (classical vs modern) • Kantian ethics • Rawlsian distributive justice, bias, inequality • Nozick libertarian justice, taxation and forced labour Description (podcaster-provided): Although what constitutes justice may vary depending on culture or historical context, all forms of justice are built on a foundation of moral assumptions that include ideas about ethics, fairness and the law. Philosophers have often debated the nature of both morality and justice and their relationship with each other and in this collection we explore some of the most influential ideas on the topics from Kant to Bentham and investigate problems such as can inequalities be justified, provided they are to the benefit of the worst off? Latest episode (2011-Jun-13 21:37 UTC): Plato on justice and self interest |
Kant's Critique of Pure ReasonProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 8 episodes 2011 Median: 42 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason • limits of knowledge • a priori categories, synthetic judgments • space and time forms of experience • transcendental deduction • self, apperception • refuting idealism • paralogisms, antinomies • metaphysics and science Description (podcaster-provided): A lecture series examining Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. This series looks at German Philosopher Immanuel Kant's seminal philosophical work 'The Critique of Pure Reason'. The lectures aim to outline and discuss some of the key philosophical issues raised in the book and to offer students and individuals thought provoking Kantian ideas surrounding metaphysics. Each lecture looks at particular questions raised in the work such as how do we know what we know and how do we find out about the world, dissects these questions with reference to Kant's work and discusses the broader philosophical implications. Anyone with an interest in Kant and philosophy will find these lectures thought provoking but accessible. Latest episode (2011-Mar-16 16:09 UTC): The discipline of reason: The paralogisms and Antinomies of Pure Reason. |
Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art lecturesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 8 episodes 2011 Median: 54 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Western aesthetics and philosophy of art • Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant on art, beauty, taste • literary interpretation • musical emotion expression • theories defining art Description (podcaster-provided): Lecture series on Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art. The first part of the series focuses on some of the most important writings on art and beauty in the Western philosophical tradition, covering Plato, Aristotle, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant. The second part of the series focuses on questions about understanding works of art and about the nature of art. This part examines the interpretation of literature, the expression of emotion in music, and the definition of art Latest episode (2011-Mar-15 16:40 UTC): 8. Defining Art |
General PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 33 episodes 2010 Median: 12 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Intro philosophy lectures • history from Aristotle to Kant • empiricism, scepticism, induction • knowledge/justification, Gettier, internalism/externalism • perception: primary/secondary qualities, idealism, realism • mind–body dualism • free will, determinism, responsibility • personal identity, memory, consciousness, brain/person distinction Description (podcaster-provided): A series of lectures delivered by Peter Millican to first-year philosophy students at the University of Oxford. The lectures comprise of the 8-week General Philosophy course, delivered to first year undergraduates. These lectures aim to provide a thorough introduction to many philosophical topics and to get students and others interested in thinking about key areas of philosophy. Taking a chronological view of the history of philosophy, each lecture is split into 3 or 4 sections which outline a particular philosophical problem and how different philosophers have attempted to resolve the issue. Individuals interested in the 'big' questions about life such as how we perceive the world, who we are in the world and whether we are free to act will find this series informative, comprehensive and accessible. Latest episode (2010-Dec-01 15:57 UTC): 8.4 Persons, Humans and Brains |
Critical Reasoning for BeginnersProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 6 episodes 2010 Median: 68 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): critical reasoning fundamentals • identifying and analyzing arguments • deductive vs inductive reasoning • validity, truth, and evaluating argument strength • setting arguments out logically • common logical fallacies Description (podcaster-provided): Are you confident you can reason clearly? Are you able to convince others of your point of view? Are you able to give plausible reasons for believing what you believe? Do you sometimes read arguments in the newspapers, hear them on the television, or in the pub and wish you knew how to confidently evaluate them? Latest episode (2010-Mar-18 11:02 UTC): Evaluating Arguments Part Two |
Nietzsche on Mind and NatureProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 7 episodes 2009 Median: 57 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Nietzsche scholarship and digital editions • mind, consciousness, language, interpretation • metaphysics: determinism, experiential monism, self critique • freedom, sovereign individual, responsibility • value monism vs dualism • nature experience, soul • genealogy of guilt, Christianity Description (podcaster-provided): Keynote speeches and special session given at the international conference 'Nietzsche on Mind and Nature', held at St. Peter's College, Oxford, 11-13 September 2009, organized by the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford. Latest episode (2009-Dec-23 12:42 UTC): Nietzsche Source. Scholarly Nietzsche editions on the web |
Philosophy for BeginnersProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 5 episodes 2008 to 2009 Median: 92 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Introductory philosophy lectures • logic, argument, symbolic logic • metaphysics, epistemology, knowledge • language, mind, rationality, consciousness • ethics, political philosophy, justice • history of philosophy from Pre-Socratics to present Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophy has been studied for thousands of years. It involves the use of reason and argument to search for the truth about reality - about the nature of things, ethics, aesthetics, language, the mind, God and everything else. This series of five introductory lectures, aimed at students new to philosophy, presented by Marianne Talbot, Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, will test you on some famous thought experiments and introduce you to some central philosophical issues and to the thoughts of some key philosophers. Latest episode (2009-Jan-09 14:36 UTC): Philosophy of language and mind |
Interviews with PhilosophersProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 5 episodes 2008 Median: 31 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Oxford philosopher interviews • metaphysics definitions, enduring questions • reason, rationality, normativity • global catastrophic risk, simulation theory • applied ethics, bioscience, human enhancement • Aristotle’s ethics Description (podcaster-provided): A selection of short interviews with Oxford philosophers (part of the series of 'Interviews with Oxonians'). Latest episode (2008-Sep-12 18:13 UTC): Adrian Moore on Metaphysics |
Philosophy: The ClassicsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 18 episodes 2007 to 2008 Median: 15 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Guided summaries and critiques of classic philosophy works •Ethics: duty, utilitarianism, virtue, happiness •Political theory: liberty, social contract, state power •Knowledge and reality: skepticism, empiricism, causation •Religion and God arguments Description (podcaster-provided): Author Nigel Warburton reads from his book Philosophy: The Classics which is an introduction to 27 key works in the history of Philosophy Latest episode (2008-Jul-21 19:51 UTC): Soren Kierkegaard - Either/Or |
The History of Political Philosophy: From Plato to RothbardProfile • RSS • Apple Podcasts 10 episodes 2007 Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): History of political philosophy • Liberty vs authority • Justice theories • Natural law and rights • Social contract and consent • Property and slavery debates • Classical liberalism and anarchism • War, revolution, constitutionalism • Equality and redistribution Description (podcaster-provided): In this ten-lecture course sponsored by Steve Berger and Kenneth Garschina, intellectual historian David Gordon guides students through a survey of the greatest thinkers, and evaluates these scholars by their arguments for and against the idea of Liberty.Download the complete audio of this event (ZIP) here. Latest episode (2007-Jun-09 05:00 UTC): 10. Robert Nozick and Murray Rothbard |