A curated collection of philosophy-related podcasts. Also see the SciPhi-Adjacent Podcast Collection.
Updated: 2026-May-03 17:12 UTC. Podcasts listed: 236. Ordered by date of most recent episode (newest to oldest). AI-generated content is based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions.
Collection summary covering past 30 days of combined episodes (AI-generated):
Across these podcasts, the dominant focus is philosophy as both an academic discipline and a practical tool for interpreting contemporary life. Many episodes feature interviews with philosophers, scientists, clinicians, and writers, using accessible conversation to introduce core problems in ethics, political philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind. Recurring topics include the meaning of equality and reciprocity, theories of well-being and ill-being, personhood and identity (including gender, sexuality, genetics, and social roles), and the moral psychology of shame, guilt, forgiveness, and self-understanding.
A substantial thread centers on technology’s social consequences, especially artificial intelligence. These discussions range from long-term existential-risk arguments and the feasibility of aligning advanced systems with human values to near-term concerns about deepfakes, verification and collapsing “ground truth,” AI in warfare, workplace automation, and the way convenience technologies can erode skills such as judgment and critical thinking. Several episodes examine governance responses, including standards, regulation, and institutional responsibility.
Another strong theme is public life under strain: debates about free speech and “speaking freely,” indoctrination, epistemic injustice, social cohesion, and the moral and legal categories surrounding violence, war crimes, nationalism, and democratic legitimacy. Bioethical and human-rights questions appear in topics like immigration detention, disability policy, reproductive equity, and population ethics.
Alongside contemporary issues, there is extensive engagement with historical and cross-cultural traditions: Greco-Roman philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Stoicism, Epicureanism), early modern debates, Chinese philosophy (Confucianism and Legalism), Indian materialism, and religious or spiritual perspectives. Some episodes connect philosophy to literature, film, and popular culture, using interpretation and criticism as entry points into broader conceptual questions.
Ethical MachinesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 88 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 48 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): AI ethics and governance • Responsible AI standards, ISO 42001, risk assessment • generative AI and agents • alignment, control, existential risk • autonomy, manipulation, social media • labor, meaning, education • military uses, surveillance, weapons • personhood, moral worth • misinformation, deepfakes Description (podcaster-provided): I have to roll my eyes at the constant click bait headlines on technology and ethics. Latest episode (2026-May-03 05:15 UTC): The Ethical Nightmare Challenge: Chapters 6-7 |
The Panpsycast Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 374 episodes 2016 to 2026 Median: 47 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy discussions • ethics and moral obligation • veganism and food systems • God, atheism, pantheism, non-dualism • global philosophies of religion (African, Afro-Brazilian, Jain) • meaning, love, mental health • aesthetics, comedy, sound • war, capitalism, secularisation 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-May-03 05:00 UTC): Episode 156, 'Epicurus – Worst Philosopher Ever?' with Jonny Thomson |
History of Philosophy Without Any GapsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 499 episodes 2010 to 2026 Median: 22 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Early modern European philosophy • Descartes and Cartesianism: dualism, method, physics, ethics, passions • Malebranche, Arnauld, ideas, occasionalism • Pascal’s Wager • skepticism, atomism • scholasticism, natural law, politics, religion • science, medicine, Inquisition • Republic of Letters, intellectual networks 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-May-03 04:00 UTC): HoP 492 Changing By Degrees: French Scholasticism |
Sadler's LecturesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 500 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 15 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): close readings of philosophical texts • Aristotle on language, propositions, truth • Plato on highest good, moral psychology, thumos • existentialism and ethics in de Beauvoir • pessimism in Zapffe • Shestov on positivism, Russian authors • Borges on literature, language, identity, immortality • Aquinas, Thomism, Christian philosophy debates 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-May-02 15:13 UTC): Aristotle, On Interpretation - Contrary and Contradictory Propositions - Sadler's Lectures |
Lucretius Today - Epicurus and Epicurean PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 331 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 51 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Epicurean philosophy via Lucretius and Cicero • pleasure vs virtue debates • pain, grief, emotions, death, happiness • epistemology: sensation, inference, dialectic • critiques of Platonism, Stoicism, Socrates • nature, emergence, divisibility 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-May-02 14:09 UTC): Episode 331 - The Self-Defeating Paradox of Radical Skepticism |
The DissenterProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 1241 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 61 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Academic interviews • Philosophy: meaning, well-being, indoctrination, social ontology • Ethics: reproduction, antinatalism, abortion, sex work, gene editing • Politics/economy: conservatism, socialism, central banks • Science/psychology: inquiry, consciousness, mental health, aging • Anthropology/history: human evolution, slavery, disease, literature, language • Climate and antiscience forces Description (podcaster-provided): My name is Ricardo Lopes, and I’m from Portugal. Thank you for visiting my podcast. Latest episode (2026-May-01 18:00 UTC): #1248 Carles Lalueza-Fox - Identity: What DNA Can Tell Us About Ourselves |
HermitixProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 548 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 62 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): fringe/continental philosophy, underappreciated thinkers • depth psychology, Jung, Lacan, psychosis • occultism, magic, esotericism, mysticism • literary criticism/book reviews, weird lit, modernism • media/technology theory • politics, fascism, liberalism critique 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-May-01 16:00 UTC): Synchronicity - Meaningful Coincidence (Jung Course Preview) |
ElucidationsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 155 episodes 2009 to 2026 Median: 37 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Conversational philosophy primers • ethics, virtue, emotions, good life • political philosophy: liberty, democracy, discrimination, open borders, free speech • gender, identity, social groups • science/tech: statistics, AI learning, programming, quantum • bioethics: brain death, pregnancy, memory biology • economics: housing, India’s development 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-May-01 15:23 UTC): Episode 155: Rebecca Lowe discusses speaking freely |
Conversations at the CenterProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 15 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 33 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy of science research conversations • social epistemology, misinformation, conspiracy theories • values in science, modeling, explanation, understanding • philosophy of medicine and pain • physics foundations: relativity, quantum, statistical physics • cognitive science: attention, perception, schizophrenia • evolutionary biology history, feminist/pragmatist perspectives 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-May-01 14:00 UTC): Conversations at the Center - Social Epistemology and Pluralistic Ignorance |
Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger BerkowitzProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 100 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 54 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Close readings of Hannah Arendt • power, authority, violence, war • revolution, constitutionalism, citizen assemblies • civil disobedience, consent, minorities • truth, lying, propaganda • totalitarianism, bureaucracy, polarization • friendship, joy, climate politics 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-May-01 11:00 UTC): The Emergency with George Packer | Bonus Episode |
Hotel Bar SessionsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 248 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 58 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): contemporary philosophy • politics, power, sovereignty • war ethics, violence, oppression • resistance, protest, anti-fascism • technology, AI, de-skilling, platforms • knowledge, expertise, interpretation • affect, panic, nostalgia, cringe • mind, drugs, intelligence • family, therapy, body privacy • time, possible worlds, tragedy, eternity Description (podcaster-provided): A podcast where the real philosophy happens. Latest episode (2026-May-01 09:00 UTC): De-Skilling |
The Gray Area with Sean IllingProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 761 episodes 2016 to 2026 Median: 61 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): philosophy-minded conversations on politics and democracy • culture wars, wokeness, free speech • technology, social media, AI risks and war • psychology of parenting, anxiety, forgiveness • climate, progress, inequality, attention economy 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-May-01 08:00 UTC): In defense of fatherhood |
Lives Well LivedProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 81 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 63 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): ethical living and meaning • happiness, “mattering,” wellbeing science • moral psychology, decision-making, biases • trauma, forgiveness, resilience • AI ethics and consciousness • animal minds, rights, activism • social justice, politics, climate • relationships, love, addiction, mindfulness 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-May-01 06:44 UTC): forgiving the unforgivable, with Holocaust survivor EDITH EGER |
Embrace The VoidProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 300 episodes 2017 to 2026 Median: 66 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy, ethics, and political theory • secularism, atheism, and community organizing • misinformation, conspiracies, and epistemology • AI, consciousness, and tech ethics • gender, masculinity, incels, trans issues • culture, games, 40k fandom politics 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-May-01 04:50 UTC): Epistemic Injustice with Aidan McGlynn |
Philosopher's ZoneProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 242 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 30 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy of ethics, politics, identity • AI and technology: friendship, authority, propaganda, reading • religion and moral psychology • feminism, race, nationalism, colonialism • education, art, aesthetics • disability, medicine, assisted dying • environment, climate, techno-utopias 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-Apr-30 23:00 UTC): Adam Smith, economics and moral philosophy |
AITEC Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 34 episodes 2023 to 2026 Median: 65 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): AI ethics and philosophy of technology • LLMs’ understanding, intentionality, theory of mind, speech acts • cognitive offloading, deskilling, education • manipulation, biometrics, surveillance • VR/simulated realities • tech, identity, relationships, healthcare bioethics Description (podcaster-provided): Welcome to AITEC Podcast, where we explore the ethical side of AI and emerging tech. Latest episode (2026-Apr-30 21:02 UTC): #33 Michael Gerlich: How AI is Stealing Your Ability to Think |
Dilemma PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 121 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 76 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Israel–Palestine, Zionism, Judaism, antisemitism debates • U.S. empire, Iran war, nuclear deterrence, propaganda • capitalism, inequality, oligarchy/Epstein power networks • resistance, violence/nonviolence, decolonization • surveillance, AI deepfakes, truth, journalism crisis • anarchism, nationalism, moral philosophy, free will/scientism Description (podcaster-provided): Solving the problems of what to do next with some of today's top thinkers and writers. Latest episode (2026-Apr-30 19:07 UTC): Deepfakes, AI Influencers, and Why Verification Is Failing |
The Stoic Question: Philosophy and PsychologyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 76 episodes 2022 to 2026 Median: 55 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Stoic philosophy applied to modern psychology/CBT/REBT • anger, stress, anxiety, resilience • Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Socrates; history and texts • wisdom research, meditation practices • relationships, codependency, boundaries, autonomy • leadership, coaching, military/sports mindset • Buddhism comparisons • death and mortality Description (podcaster-provided): Donald Robertson, author of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor and How to Think Like Socrates, explores the meeting point of Stoicism, philosophy, psychology, psychotherapy, and the art of living through solo reflections and conversations with leading experts on anger, anxiety, resilience, self-improvement, and how to live well. Latest episode (2026-Apr-30 14:23 UTC): How can Stoicism Help Kids? |
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 62 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 26 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): history and philosophy of linguistics • interviews with linguists • linguistic relativity/Whorf • semantics, meaning, signs, concepts • structuralism, functionalism, phonetics/phonology • generative grammar controversies • sociolinguistics, typology, language contact/creoles • politics, ideology, public science • documentation, archiving, revitalization 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-Apr-30 14:00 UTC): Podcast episode 60: Penny Lee |
Good Is In The DetailsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 192 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 46 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Practical philosophy and critical thinking tools •Ethics, law, justice, public policy •Technology, AI, surveillance, free will, mind •Media literacy, local news, conspiracy •Love, sexuality, masculinity, wellbeing •Culture, film, music, history 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-Apr-30 05:21 UTC): Encore: The Philosophy of Star Wars. Eastern Wisdom, Attachment, and the Search for Happiness |
The MinefieldProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 250 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 54 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): ethical dilemmas in public life • democracy, authoritarianism, nationalism • social cohesion, hate speech, protest, immigration • war, self-defence, international law • AI, algorithms, wearable tech harms • art, taste, beauty, moral psychology 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-Apr-29 17:00 UTC): NDIS reforms may be necessary, but they’re also morally fraught |
Weird StudiesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 232 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 79 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Art/philosophy dialogues • Weird fiction, horror, uncanny cinema • Tarot and esoteric symbolism • Faerie, fairy tales, imaginal/daimonic • Paranormal research, mysticism, psychedelics • Time, labyrinths, meaning, reality/fiction boundaries • Media/technology theory • Memory, walking, creativity 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-Apr-29 14:30 UTC): Episode 211 – You've Always Been the Caretaker: On Kubrick's 'The Shining' |
Closer To TruthProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 300 episodes 2015 to 2026 Median: 26 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): consciousness theories, mind–brain problem, panpsychism/dualism • God and global philosophy of religion • afterlife, reincarnation, near-death experiences • AI intelligence, safety, transhumanism • cosmology, quantum foundations, mathematics • evolution, human nature, cognition • art, belief, transcendence 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-Apr-29 14:25 UTC): Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on The Mattering Instinct |
Acid HorizonProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 289 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 63 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Continental philosophy and critical theory • Marxism, communism, anarchism, abolition • Deleuze/Guattari, Hegel/Kant, Nietzsche, Bataille, Baudrillard • psychoanalysis, desire, subjectivity • digital media, AI, spectacle, late capitalism • queer/trans/intersex liberation • revolt, labor history, fascism/new right • mysticism/occult, aesthetics, music 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-Apr-29 14:00 UTC): David Foster Wallace & Mark Fisher: Irony, Sincerity, and Late Capitalism |
PlasticPills Critical Theory & PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 252 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 72 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): critical theory and philosophy readings • psychoanalysis (Freud, Lacan) • ideology, Marxism, capitalism • phenomenology and Buddhism • religion, myth, symbolism • fascism, cynicism, eugenics debates • media spectacle, hyperreality, contemporary politics and 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-Apr-29 13:50 UTC): The Philosophy of Looksmaxxing // 249 |
The What Is Stoicism? PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 242 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 5 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Stoic philosophy in daily life • dichotomy of control, present-moment attention • managing impressions, opinions, emotions • resilience through hardship, acceptance, mortality • virtues: wisdom, justice, courage, temperance • kindness, empathy, community • simplicity, wealth/status critique • practical exercises, aphorisms, journaling, listening 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-Apr-29 06:45 UTC): You Don’t Have to Form an Opinion |
Very Bad WizardsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 336 episodes 2012 to 2026 Median: 89 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): moral philosophy & ethics • moral psychology, cognition, neuroscience • classic texts (Plato, Hume, Freud, William James) • literature & myth (Borges, Kafka, O’Connor, Homer) • film/TV & pop culture • culture, religion, sacred/profane • skepticism, time, consciousness • social science methods, metrics, AI 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-Apr-28 19:14 UTC): Episode 331: Who's Your Law Daddy? (Plato's "Crito") |
Stoic Coffee BreakProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 377 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 10 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Stoic philosophy for daily living • managing fear, anger, anxiety, burnout • building habits, attention, time management • identity, self-worth, relationships • virtue, leadership, moral courage, empathy • critical thinking, skepticism, objectivity • interviews bridging therapy/CBT, polyvagal theory, addiction • fate, free will, resilience Description (podcaster-provided): "Act on your principles, not your moods." A weekly meditation on how Stoic principles can help you be a better human. https://stoic.coffee Latest episode (2026-Apr-28 18:22 UTC): How Fear Creates the Failure It Fears | 376 |
Philosophy For Our TimesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 548 episodes 2016 to 2026 Median: 35 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Contemporary philosophy debates •consciousness, mind–matter, free will •psychedelics, neuroscience, evolution •ethics: animals, values, good life •politics: liberalism, populism, Enlightenment, post-truth •language, culture, aesthetics 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-Apr-28 13:00 UTC): Overcoming evolution | Subrina Smith, Keith Frankish, Simon Baron-Cohen |
The Nietzsche PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 262 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 93 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Nietzsche-centered philosophy and cultural commentary • language, meaning, private language • skepticism, causality, free will • ancient Greek/Roman thought • Spinoza, Goethe, daemonology • Daoism, Confucian names • critical theory, politics, media 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-Apr-28 12:59 UTC): 139: Ludwig Wittgenstein - Philosophical Investigations, pt 2 |
OverthinkProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 171 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 57 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): accessible philosophy on everyday life • ethics, selfhood, emotion • gender/sexuality, race, consent, pornography • power, discipline, capitalism, care work, meritocracy, oligarchy • technology, AI, media, post-truth • phenomenology of illness, loneliness, togetherness 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-Apr-28 12:00 UTC): Butts |
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 784 episodes 2009 to 2026 Median: 49 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophical text discussions • Hegel’s Phenomenology: spirit, law, culture, wealth/power, alienation • ethics/virtue, Aquinas on God/mind • Freud on group psychology • Kierkegaard subjectivity • ontology (object-oriented) • Plato laws • media, music, improv talk 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-Apr-28 03:15 UTC): Ep. 390: Diderot Debates a Cynic (Part One) |
New Voices in the History of PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 31 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 40 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): underrepresented philosophers in Western history • women, Black, Indigenous, Chinese, Africana traditions • ethics, education, feminism, race, slavery, abolitionism • metaphysics, personhood, political philosophy • literature, mysticism, philosophy of science • research methods, canon critique 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-Apr-28 01:55 UTC): Season 5, Episode 4: Confucius and contemporary analytic metaphysics: Interview with Jennifer Wang |
The Contemplative Science PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 77 episodes 2022 to 2026 Median: 32 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): contemplative science bridging meditation and neuroscience • Buddhist philosophy, ethics, right view • predictive processing, active inference, agency • compassion training, psychotherapy, somatics • altered states: psychedelics, dark retreats • pain, grief, death, well-being 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-Apr-27 22:46 UTC): Minds, Models, and Invisible Beings w/ Zach Buck |
Political Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 221 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 71 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): fascism and far-right politics • liberal strategy, democratic decline, deliberation • immigration, asylum, ICE accountability • UK and US party dynamics, elections • trans rights, bigotry • constitutional courts, EU legitimacy • political theory and history (Plato, Rousseau, ancient law, Bible origins) Description (podcaster-provided): Podcast by Toby Buckle Latest episode (2026-Apr-27 16:27 UTC): Were fascism's cassandras victims of "epistemic injustice"? with Aidan McGlynn |
Love & PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 100 episodes 2023 to 2026 Median: 79 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy of love, care, paradox • cognitive science: embodiment, enaction, participatory sense-making • mind & consciousness, memory, cognitive maps • AI, technology ethics, posthumanism • complexity, Daoism, ecology • politics, conflict, agency, play, performance Description (podcaster-provided): It's reasonable to care. Exploring philosophical, scientific, technological & poetic spaces beyond either/or bounds. From the heart. Deeply researched. Mostly unscripted. Latest episode (2026-Apr-27 15:00 UTC): #85 Punk, Tech & Care: B. Scot Rousse on Being Human in the Age AI (Dreyfus, Flores, Heidegger, Kierkegaard) |
The Free Will ShowProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 123 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 42 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Free will debates: compatibilism vs libertarianism, determinism, alternative possibilities, agency structure, abilities • Moral responsibility: blame, forgiveness, moral luck, addiction, punishment, group/corporate responsibility • Theology, metaphysics, science, AI/neuroethics 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-Apr-27 10:00 UTC): Episode 118: Physics and Libertarian Free Will with Jeffrey Koperski |
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and IdeasProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 424 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 80 minutes Collections: Philosophy • Physics, Math, and Astronomy • Science Themes (AI-generated): Physics and cosmology (quantum gravity, field theory, Big Bang, exoplanets, neutrinos, multiverse) • Mind/brain and AI (connectomes, consciousness, cognition, neural nets) • Ethics, politics, surveillance, misinformation • Evolution, biology, social behavior • Probability, rationality, game theory • Culture, education, technology 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-Apr-27 10:00 UTC): 352 | Bing Brunton on Connecting the Connectome to the Body |
The Ancient Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 25 episodes 2026 Median: 26 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): ancient philosophy across Greece, Rome, China, India, Near East • Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, Plotinus, Buddhism • soul, causes, virtues, emotions • cosmology, astrology, conflagration • medicine, dissection, dreams, biology • biblical wisdom, Confucian dao 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-Apr-27 04:00 UTC): 25. Ecclesiastes |
SentientismProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 244 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 77 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): evidence-based philosophy • naturalism, reason, compassion • animal sentience and moral circle • veganism, factory farming critique • animal rights law, constitutions • spirituality/atheism dialogue • activism, education, messaging • AI/digital minds ethics • climate, ecology, justice 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-Apr-26 21:25 UTC): In Tune to Nature with Carrie Freeman - Sentientism episode X-post - 245 |
Philosophy TalkProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 646 episodes 2002 to 2026 Median: 50 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophical profiles and ideas • ethics and virtue, wellbeing, habits, addiction • mind, consciousness, mental action, mind sharing • politics, authority, representation, civil disobedience • science/AI, computation, quantum weirdness • art, literature, film, music • feminist, antiracist, global intellectual history Description (podcaster-provided): "The program that questions everything—except your intelligence." Philosophy Talk began as a weekly one-hour radio series and has been on the air for more than two decades. Latest episode (2026-Apr-26 19:00 UTC): Marcus Aurelius |
Why TheoryProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 217 episodes 2017 to 2026 Median: 77 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Continental philosophy and psychoanalysis applied to culture • Kant, Hegel, Marx, Freud, Lacan, Žižek • capitalism, alienation, structural violence, racecraft, public sphere • film/TV genre theory and auteurs • desire, gaze/voice, superego, symptom Description (podcaster-provided): Why Theory brings continental philosophy and psychoanalytic theory together to examine cultural phenomena. Latest episode (2026-Apr-26 18:30 UTC): Avarice |
Philosophize This!Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 246 episodes 2013 to 2026 Median: 29 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Beginner-friendly philosophy • Moral discourse, virtue ethics, modern emotivism • Self, authenticity, narrative • Existentialism, nihilism, rebellion, hope • Religion, Zen, mysticism • Language games • Politics, capitalism, ideology, democracy • Philosophical readings of literature/tragedy 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 (2026-Apr-26 17:24 UTC): Episode #246 ... The Myth of the Self-Made Person - Alasdair Macintyre |
The Ethical FrontierProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 92 episodes 2023 to 2026 Median: 53 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Ethics and moral philosophy interviews • Well-being/ill-being, meaning of life, death • Gender/sexuality and sex differences • Policing, immigration, free speech, protest • Animal rights • AI ethics, automation • Consent, medical ethics, assisted suicide • Prejudice, extremism Description (podcaster-provided): Interviews about ethics and other interesting topics. Latest episode (2026-Apr-26 14:58 UTC): #92 - The End of Binaries | Kevin Richardson |
Within ReasonProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 149 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 81 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): philosophy conversations • consciousness, self, brain • AI alignment, AGI risk, superintelligence • materialism, idealism, panpsychism, emergence • religion and atheism debates • Christianity/Bible scholarship • science, physics, cosmology • ethics, logic, stoicism • language change and social media Description (podcaster-provided): For the curious. Latest episode (2026-Apr-26 13:43 UTC): #153 If Anyone Builds It, EVERYONE Dies - AI Expert on Superintelligence |
History of Philosophy: India, Africana, ChinaProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 257 episodes 2015 to 2026 Median: 23 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Classical Chinese philosophy in Warring States era • Confucian ethics, ritual, virtue, moral cultivation, gender, democracy • Mohist impartial care, consequentialism, logic, language, religion • Daoism: Laozi/Zhuangzi, wuwei, skepticism, nature, humor • Legalism and Qin governance • Scholar interviews, historical-textual context 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-Apr-26 04:00 UTC): HPC 52. The Empire State: the Qin Dynasty |
The Podcaster's Guide to the ConspiracyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 358 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 46 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophical analysis of conspiracy theories • political scandals, state secrecy, propaganda • historical mysteries, disappearances, assassinations • religion/Vatican plots, prophecies • New Zealand/Australasia local conspiracies, secret tunnels • media, internet culture, Silicon Valley ideologies 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-Apr-26 01:17 UTC): Does M Remember? |
What's Left of PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 141 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 60 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Marxism and critical theory • capitalism, exploitation, domination • state, liberalism, representation • race, Black politics, civil rights • anticolonial and Indigenous liberation, Fanon • utopia, history, narrative • culture, morality, religion • labor strategy, prisons, ecology 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-Apr-25 10:00 UTC): 133 | Indigenous Struggles Beyond the Colonial Politics of Recognition: Glen Coulthard's Red Skin, White Masks |
The Academic ImperfectionistProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 132 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 19 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Perfectionism and self-criticism in academic work • Writing anxiety, procrastination, decision fatigue, habits, time management • Burnout, rest, resilience, hobbies • Self-worth, achievement, comparison, entitlement • Stoicism and philosophical perspectives • Coaching and therapy insights 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-Apr-24 12:00 UTC): #131: Your binary thinking is trying to tell you something |
Practical StoicismProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 19 episodes 2026 Median: 14 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Practical Stoicism applied to modern life • virtue ethics, roles, moral progress • justice beyond retribution • anger management, endurance/resilience • social pressure, speech vs silence • AI/work purpose • masculinity, sex work, war ethics • journaling, avoiding groupthink 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-Apr-24 10:43 UTC): We Must Say No To Thirsty Justice |
Cows in the fieldProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 166 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 79 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Film discussions with philosophers/critics • Themes: loneliness, friendship, love, masculinity, parenthood • Horror/sci‑fi/noir/crime/war genre analysis • Ethics, ideology, class, patriarchy, capitalism • Formal style, realism, effects, AI/media technology 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-Apr-24 04:00 UTC): 164. The Long Goodbye (w/ Tim Smartt) |
Working DefinitionProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 10 episodes 2025 to 2026 Median: 58 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophical working definitions • Political philosophy: liberalism, democracy, politics • Ethical concepts: equality, rights, forgiveness, happiness • Privacy, freedom, transparency • Connections to law, institutions, religion, and practical governance Description (podcaster-provided): The new philosophy podcast! Philosopher Rebecca Lowe talks with philosophical guests about philosophical concepts, with the aim of providing rigorous yet accessible rough working definitions. Latest episode (2026-Apr-23 13:15 UTC): Working Definition episode 10: Equality, with Teresa Bejan |
BJPS Short ReadsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 37 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 9 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy of science and causation • Bayesianism, imprecise probabilities, accuracy/coherence • scientific explanation, models, inference • research policy: funding, peer review, authorship • physics foundations: quantum, black holes, forces, electromagnetism • biology, cognition, animal minds, medicine, social epistemology Description (podcaster-provided): BJPS articles, but shorter. Also louder. Latest episode (2026-Apr-23 05:00 UTC): Correlation, Causation, and Choice |
Philosophy vs. ImprovProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 118 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 52 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy through improv scenes • argumentation, ethics, identity, authenticity • religion and atheism • truth, relativism, belief change • art, humor, storytelling, music • teaching, community, failure • politics, culture, everyday dilemmas Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophy vs. Improv Latest episode (2026-Apr-22 16:19 UTC): PvI#116: Full Bird Mode w/ BJ Lange |
Bioethics in the MarginsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 43 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 49 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Equity-focused bioethics • structural racism, colonialism, carceral and immigration systems • public health ethics, policy, advocacy • genomics myths and regulation • reproductive justice • gun violence • corporate power, philanthropy • disaster response ethics • community engagement, dignity, disability perspectives 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 (2026-Apr-21 01:18 UTC): Human Rights Violations in US Immigration Detention |
Philosophy BitesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 403 episodes 2007 to 2026 Median: 16 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): interviews with philosophers • ethics: animals, AI, digital privacy, rescue, longtermism, organ sales, spying • political philosophy: democracy, lottocracy, identity, decolonising • Africana/Latin American/Japanese thought • classical and modern figures • mind, emotion, grief, loneliness, authenticity • thought experiments, vagueness, decision-making 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-Apr-20 13:28 UTC): Chike Jeffers on Douglass and Du Bois |
Philosophy on the FringesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 31 episodes 2023 to 2026 Median: 55 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Fringe philosophy •consciousness, dreams, imagery •memory, false belief •occult, prophecy, conspiracies •science vs pseudoscience, placebo •religion, secularism, apocalypse •ethics in pop culture 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-Apr-20 12:00 UTC): Dreams |
Robinson's PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 277 episodes 2022 to 2026 Median: 95 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): AI alignment, existential risk, labor and institutions • quantum foundations, time, relativity, black holes, quantum computing • consciousness, philosophy of mind, animal minds • origin of life, astrobiology, aliens/UAP • geopolitics, US empire, Israel–Palestine, Iran, Ukraine, China • Marxist economics, tariffs, debt, capitalism 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-Apr-19 16:00 UTC): 275 - Nate Soares: AI Will Kill Us All If We Don’t Change Course |
This Is The Way: Chinese Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 33 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 85 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Chinese philosophy via close readings and scholar interviews • Confucian, Daoist, Mohist, Legalist debates • ethics, virtue, self-cultivation, ritual • politics, law, corruption, governance • music, emotion, language, logic, moral psychology 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-Apr-14 16:00 UTC): Episode 33: Carrots, Sticks, and Rituals |
Philosophers In SpaceProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 305 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 54 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): sci‑fi media through philosophy • ethics of personhood, creation, identity copies • AI alignment • paternalism, social control, conspiracy • fascism, colonialism, terrorism • queer/trans issues, feminism • virtue, altruism, meaning-making • ecological symbiosis/colonialism analogies 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-Apr-13 22:46 UTC): Starfleet Academy 1.5 and Purposeful Creation |
Plato's Pod: Dialogues on the works of PlatoProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 77 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 112 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Plato dialogue discussions •virtue, justice, education •constitutions, leadership, tyranny •reason, soul, motion, knowledge vs opinion •language, naming, truth/lying •cosmology, time, geometry •modern links: AI, technology, politics, science-philosophy integration 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-Apr-13 01:41 UTC): Alfred North Whitehead, Part 2: The Mathematician Who Added Plato to Modern Science |
Seize the Moment PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 200 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 66 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Psychology, psychotherapy, mental-health disorders, trauma resilience •Stoicism, existentialism, ethics, meaning •Identity and emotional literacy •Democracy, fascism, propaganda, rhetoric •Race, civil rights, labor organizing, justice reform •Healthcare and climate policy 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-Apr-12 19:22 UTC): Jonathan Vigliotti - Who Failed Los Angeles? The Real Story Behind the Fire" | STM Podcast #255 |
WHY? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday LifeProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 20 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 75 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): accessible philosophy on everyday life • ethics, dignity, identity, denial, emotions • social mobility, education, justice • privacy, memory/forgetting • violence, banality of evil, peace • mind, madness, Freud • Marx, Plato, Indigenous thought • technology, AI, virtual reality • nature, environment • 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-Apr-12 10:00 UTC): Is Freud Still Relevant? |
Sutras & Stuff: A Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 31 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 15 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Indian philosophy through Sanskrit texts • Nyāya logic, debate, inference, expertise • Buddhist ethics, mind, compassion, metaphysics • Karma, mantra, loanwords in modern culture • Medicine, contagion, COVID-19 reasoning • Cross-cultural links: Chinese, European, ancient world • Aesthetics, figurative language, ritual injunctions 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 (2026-Apr-11 20:53 UTC): S3 E4: Christine Tan |
New Books in PhilosophyProfile • RSS • Apple Podcasts 415 episodes 2011 to 2026 Median: 66 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Scholarly interviews on contemporary philosophy books • philosophy of mind/cognition, neuroscience, AI ethics • political philosophy: justice, egalitarianism, democracy, representation, censorship • race, gender, decolonial/trans thought, aesthetics • philosophy of science, biology, ecology, environment • metaphysics, epistemology, language, religion 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-Apr-10 08:00 UTC): Kathryn Nave, "A Drive to Survive: The Free Energy Principle and the Meaning of Life" (MIT Press, 2025) |
Moral MazeProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 270 episodes 2015 to 2026 Median: 42 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Moral debates on public policy and culture wars • democracy, justice, welfare, inequality • foreign policy, war, immigration, social cohesion • technology, AI, social media, privacy • religion, education, climate ethics • personal virtues, masculinity, parenting, death Description (podcaster-provided): Combative, provocative and engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze Latest episode (2026-Apr-09 12:20 UTC): What is education for? |
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 77 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 80 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Contemporary philosophy debates •political polarization, wokeness, hate speech, academic freedom •applied epistemology, trust, expertise, skepticism •AI, surveillance, technology risks •war, nuclear ethics, foreign policy •policing, guns, law •God, free will, consciousness, death •gender, parenting, gaming •Singer-style moral duties, moral testimony Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophical excursions into interesting, and often controversial, topics. Hosted by Spencer Case. Latest episode (2026-Apr-07 21:00 UTC): The Iran War |
thinking bodies: a feminist philosophy podcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 9 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 64 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Feminist philosophy concepts via conversations and voice clips • Trans philosophy and transphobic violence stereotypes • Epistemic violence, silencing, dismissal of emotion • Embodiment and feminine bodily experience • Trust, purity/impurity, conference field notes 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-Apr-06 08:00 UTC): SE02 E03: Evil Deceivers and Make-Believers |
Radical PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 260 episodes 2015 to 2026 Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy interviews • feminist theory and activism • women’s/lesbian history, archives, separatism, communal living • ethics of AI, disruptive tech, science • emotions, illness, grief • animal ethics • art, music, logic • colonial/Indigenous Australian history Description (podcaster-provided): Food for Thought, let's get radical about philosophy! Latest episode (2026-Apr-01 07:00 UTC): Part 2 The role of dress in colonial Australian society - Dr Laura Jocic |
Moral MinorityProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 26 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 94 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Moral foundations and metaethics • existentialism, faith, responsibility • Marxism, critical theory, fascism, antisemitism • political theory: liberalism/socialism, democracy, friendship • moral-aesthetic criticism of literature and film • modernity, media, culture industry 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-Apr-01 06:00 UTC): Content of the Form: Hannah Smart on David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest |
Short & CurlyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 183 episodes 2016 to 2026 Median: 21 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Kids’ philosophy and ethics • Right and wrong, fairness, promises, forgiveness • Truth, lying, stereotypes • Responsibility and blame • Friendship, rules, exclusion • Art and beauty • Technology dilemmas • Animals and justice • Thought experiments, myths, fairy tales 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 (2026-Mar-31 20:15 UTC): A fairy tale by the campfire – is it okay to scare kids into being good? |
Philosophy for the PeopleProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 139 episodes 2022 to 2026 Median: 58 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Thomistic/Aquinas metaphysics and epistemology • arguments for God, divine simplicity, contingency/grounding • problem of evil, hiddenness, animal suffering • scripture interpretation and Bible basics • faith–science evolution • Catholic doctrinal debates • philosophy of mind/dualism, 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-Mar-31 13:27 UTC): Why Thomism Still Matters w/ Dr. Gaven Kerr |
The New ThinkeryProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 264 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 64 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): political philosophy history • close readings of Plato, Aristotle, Strauss, Heidegger, Kierkegaard • reason–revelation in Jewish/Islamic thought • virtue, ethics, natural right, education • literature, tragedy, poetry, film analysis • modernity, technology, culture, 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-Mar-31 09:00 UTC): Panel: David Bolotin's On Plato's Republic: The 1988 Lecture Notes |
Consciousness Live!Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 100 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 114 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy and science of consciousness • perception, mental imagery, imagination, representation • self-consciousness, introspection, metacognition • physicalism/dualism, illusionism, panpsychism/biopsychism, solipsism • IIT vs global workspace • brain dynamics, computation, memory, logic Description (podcaster-provided): Where the stream of consciousness goes over the edge. Latest episode (2026-Mar-27 14:17 UTC): Kenneth Williford Live! |
Philosophy In FilmProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 100 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 106 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophical themes in popular films • ethics and moral ambiguity • identity, power, authority • friendship, love, community • fate, free will, belief • war, class, masculinity • horror, paranoia, disinformation • truth, justice, resilience 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-Mar-24 12:00 UTC): Philosophy In Film - 103 - Stand by Me |
Brain in a VatProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 282 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 58 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy conversations and thought experiments • Free speech, censorship, academic freedom, campus politics • Ethics of sex, gender, identity, sex work • AI, surveillance, policing, digital afterlife • Religion, meaning, death • Political morality, patriotism, espionage, democracy • Applied ethics: animals, organ markets, parenting, violence, conspiracy theories Description (podcaster-provided): Thought experiments and conversations with philosophers. Hosted by Dr Jason Werbeloff and Mark Oppenheimer. Latest episode (2026-Mar-22 20:47 UTC): Free Speech, Hate Speech, and Mental Health | Chloe Carmichael |
Mysterium TremendumProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 180 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 12 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy of religion • divine hiddenness, God’s silence • evil, suffering, unbelief • faith and reason • classical and modern philosophers (Augustine, Pascal, Lewis, Sartre, Nietzsche, Hume, Descartes) • death, love, virtue, holidays • literature/poetry reflections Description (podcaster-provided): Mysterium Tremendum 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 (2026-Mar-21 06:21 UTC): Introducing Mysterium Tremendum |
Thoughts: Philosophy UntangledProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 77 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 39 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Student-led expert interviews • ethics, political philosophy, feminism, oppression • epistemology: truth, evidence, disinformation, bias • metaphysics, logic, philosophy of science/maths • language, mind, enactivism • rights, war, democracy, environment • art, grief, children, medical ethics 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-Mar-13 15:00 UTC): Ep. 67 Disinformation ft. Mona Simion |
Five Minute PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 84 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 5 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): bite-sized introductions to philosophy • metaphysics: laws, causation, possible worlds, idealism • epistemology: skepticism, external world, self-knowledge • mind: consciousness • logic, analytic method • ethics, virtue, liberty • aesthetics, fiction, art • social/political: ideology, standpoint, prejudice • religion/theology: God, pluralism, secularism Description (podcaster-provided): A philosophy podcast with simple five minute episodes, making philosophy accessible for people of all ages, backgrounds and experience! Latest episode (2026-Mar-12 20:23 UTC): Laws of Nature (Fred Collings) |
The London Lecture SeriesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 56 episodes 2022 to 2026 Median: 87 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Academic philosophy lectures • mental health, madness, psychiatry critiques • memory, forgetting, trauma • ethics: empathy, forgiveness, suicide, law • social/political philosophy: equality, democracy, feminism, race • technology/AI impacts • history, decolonising, cross-cultural thought 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 (2026-Mar-06 17:00 UTC): Wittgenstein and his impact upon Anglophone philosophy, Peter Hacker |
Select EpisodesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 83 episodes 2007 to 2026 Median: 51 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy discussions on ethics and well-being • women philosophers and feminist thought • political theory, liberalism, empire, inequality • art, architecture, literature, mythology • technology ethics: AI, robots, VR, driverless cars • epistemology, humility, cognitive bias • philosophy of science and cosmology 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-Mar-01 22:58 UTC): "Select Episodes" is ending |
Philosophy Talk StartersProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 537 episodes 2015 to 2026 Median: 10 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy concepts and debates • ethics, virtue, meaning, wellbeing • mind, identity, consciousness, perception • logic, paradox, metaphysics • politics, justice, gender, protest • art, literature, music, architecture • science, AI, simulation, climate, conspiracy beliefs 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-Mar-01 20:00 UTC): The End of the Starters |
Philosophically SpeakingProfile • RSS • Apple Podcasts 6 episodes 2026 Median: 35 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Political and social philosophy scholarship • Duties to global poor, future generations • AI predictive policing ethics • Discrimination law, privilege • Privacy rights and harmful questioning • Political lying and democratic harm Description (podcaster-provided): A show presenting the best new scholarship in political and social philosophy, featuring lively conversations with leading thinkers. Join hosts Jeffrey Howard and Emily McTernan as they explore some of the thorniest ethical questions of our time. Latest episode (2026-Feb-25 09:00 UTC): “Ineffective Altruism” with Leif Wenar |
Little Bad ThingProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 11 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 18 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): true confessional storytelling • moral dilemmas, regret, accountability • bystander inaction, vigilance • scams, theft, plagiarism, rule-following harms • relationships and sudden departures • human behavior in crisis settings 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 (2026-Feb-24 01:26 UTC): A FODI message from Stephen Fry |
Walter Veit PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 54 episodes 2023 to 2026 Median: 40 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): naturalistic philosophy bridging science and philosophy • consciousness and its evolution (Darwinian perspectives, critiques of panpsychism) • animal minds, cognition, sentience, welfare • existential nihilism and meaning • ethics of enhancement, genetic engineering, effective altruism 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-19 17:00 UTC): What to do with a meaningless life? |
Proceedings of the Aristotelian SocietyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 187 episodes 2012 to 2026 Median: 53 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Academic philosophy lectures • ethics, moral responsibility, justice • epistemology, evidence, deference, testimony • metaphysics, ontology, modality • mind, perception, selfhood • logic, decision theory • aesthetics, photography • philosophy of science • historical figures: Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, early moderns 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 (2026-Feb-16 19:33 UTC): 19/01/2026: Lewis Ross, Are Philosophers Absurd? Progress, Testimony & Dividing Labour |
Žižek And So OnProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 161 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 46 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Žižek/Ljubljana School psychoanalysis • Lacan, Hegel, ideology critique • quantum history/physics, retroactivity, catastrophe • capitalism critique: commodities, waste, alienation, immediacy • media/aesthetics: TV, film, comedy, laughter • rumors, disavowal, knowledge/belief • apocalypse/end-times politics: ecology, biogenetics, social division, AI, accelerationism Description (podcaster-provided): The podcast exploring the work of Slavoj Žižek & the Ljubljana School of Psychoanalysis Latest episode (2026-Feb-16 05:50 UTC): (UNLOCKED) SHORT SESSIONS: SUPERPOSITIONS & ENLIGHTENED DOOMSAYING |
Patterson in PursuitProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 205 episodes 2016 to 2026 Median: 34 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Real-world philosophy interviews and essays • Christianity/Catholicism, Trinity, Platonism, metaphysics of love • philosophy of mathematics, discrete calculus, paradoxes • AI, minds, souls, robots • truth, postmodernism, consciousness • politics, rights, hierarchies • Bitcoin origins/conspiracies • science/complexity, archaeology anomalies, sleep apnea Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophy in the real world. Interviewing intellectuals across the globe. Grappling with the biggest ideas. Latest episode (2026-Feb-12 14:14 UTC): Ep. 115 - Simon Dixon on Bitcoin, Epstein, and Whether BTC was Hijacked |
The Phlexible Philosophy Podcast, Hosted by Hamza KingProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 9 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 38 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): applied philosophy and public policy • victimhood and media narratives • humanitarian intervention and R2P • open society and liberalism • regional development economics • class privilege • climate displacement law • ethics of war • automation/work futures • space exploration ethics Description (podcaster-provided): A space between armchair and academic philosophy. Latest episode (2026-Feb-03 20:55 UTC): The Weaponisation of Victimhood, with Lilie Chouliaraki |
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 • war, regime change, international law • Trump/MAGA, polarization, rhetoric • political violence, extremism, conspiracies • free speech, universities, media bias • climate ethics, activism, Anthropocene • AI/ChatGPT, metaverse • bioethics: abortion, vaccines, gun culture, migration 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? |
Minds Almost MeetingProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 107 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 62 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Cross-tradition economist–philosopher debates • culture wars, woke, cancel culture, multiculturalism • values, persuasion, disagreement • politics, war, socialism, activism • education, elites/experts, prediction markets • ritual, romance, pop culture, literature, modernism 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) |
Bioethics for the PeopleProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 89 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 36 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Bioethics concepts • clinical ethics consultation • AI in healthcare ethics, bias, decision support • autonomy, capacity, surrogate decisions, DNRs • end-of-life, futility, palliative sedation • scarce-resource allocation • research ethics scandals • reproductive ethics, surrogacy • disability rights, prison health 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 |
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 cultural politics • internet algorithms influencers • spectacle performative identity vibes • capitalism consumerism self-help • radicalization alt-right conservatism • tech billionaires AI transhumanism • narcissism desire fragmentation • truth post-truth hyperreality narratives 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 • philosophy of education and teaching practices • trust, mentoring, classroom politics • equity, access, admissions, social mobility • sex education, punishment, strikes, charter schools, college-in-prison • teaching guides 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) |
Microphilosophy with Julian BagginiProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 40 episodes 2011 to 2026 Median: 23 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosopher interviews and live salons •How to think better: anger, deference, humility, charity, uncertainty, evidence •Political philosophy: anarchism, hierarchy/equality, freedom/harmony •Cross-cultural self, Confucianism, Buddhism •Ethics, evil, religion, science, AI, technology, art/music, aging 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 |
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, fine-tuning, miracles, Pascal’s Wager, ontological arguments • problem of evil, divine hiddenness, hell/universalism • mind-body: physicalism vs dualism, souls, mental causation • free will, foreknowledge, Molinism • infinity paradoxes, cosmology/Kalam • moral epistemology and applied ethics: debunking, effective altruism, sexual ethics, abortion voting • academic philosophy skills: publishing, argument analysis, YouTube outreach 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 |
Life From Plato's CaveProfile • 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, development • art/film and image-thinking • technology, social media, attention • science communication/denial, disinformation • climate crisis activism, ecology • trauma, memory, politics • mind, meditation, education • physics/cosmology, geology, biology • medicine/health professions education • spirituality, ethics 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-led philosophy dialogues • Kant scholarship: mind, autonomy, anthropology, religion, business ethics • Chomsky-focused language/cognition: generative grammar, semantics, evolution, neuroscience, moral cognition • law & jurisprudence: rule of law, natural law • social/political philosophy: open society, identity, media power • climate ethics & East–West comparative thought • animal morality & evolution • philosophy/science/aesthetics of food: taste, senses, gastrophysics, recipes, local food movements 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 • political theory: democracy, capitalism, Marx, populism, oligarchy • technology and power: AI, surveillance capitalism, internet/media ecosystems • attention, social media, addiction, burnout • war, racism, immigration, Israel/Palestine 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 |
Ideas MatterProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 32 episodes 2021 to 2025 Median: 61 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): political philosophy and intellectual history • liberalism vs post-liberalism, communitarianism, liberal socialism • Marxism/Lenin, capitalism critique, ideology • Chinese thought: Confucianism, Daoism, cosmopolitanism • classic texts: Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Machiavelli, Kant, Rawls, Nietzsche, Freud • masculinity/manosphere analysis 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 |
Theory & PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 457 episodes 2019 to 2025 Median: 40 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Accessible breakdowns of philosophy and critical theory texts • Marxism, Black Marxism, media propaganda • Black feminist thought, gender/queer theory • Decolonization, language, discourse analysis • Palestine, law, nationalism • Ethics, phenomenology, suicide studies 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 conversations • Stoicism and Christian thought • Metaphysics, mind, souls, free will • AI, information, deepfakes, machine consciousness • Simulation hypothesis, theories of everything • Science fiction/fantasy analysis • Reading, great books, commonplace notebooks • Public philosophy debates 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-style philosophy • human identity, selfhood, persistence and memory • ageing and mortality • free will vs determinism, morality, genetics and biology • existentialism: nihilism, absurdity, meaning, authenticity • AI, ChatGPT, Turing test, creativity, online life • culture, nation, consumerism and education 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 and philosophy of science • knowledge production, trust, expertise, values • experimentation, models, measurement • medicine, psychiatry, public health • science communication, open science, replication • gender, fatherhood policy • public controversies, ignorance, politics 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 interviews • Consciousness theories • Representation, intentionality, introspection • Phenomenal consciousness skepticism/illusionism • Sensation vs perception, blindsight • Artificial agents, large language models, artificial consciousness • Digital ethics, online pollution • Evolutionary psychology, spirituality 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 vs intuitive thinking • measuring reflection/Cognitive Reflection Test psychometrics • rationality and judgment • links between reflection, philosophy, and belief • implicit bias and debiasing • moral dilemmas/utilitarianism • AI “fast/slow” reasoning systems 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 |
Thales’ WellProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 61 episodes 2018 to 2025 Median: 60 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy interviews across ancient, continental, analytic traditions • freedom, equality, ethics, selfhood • politics, capitalism, propaganda, post-truth, conspiracy • science/technology/AI, ecology • literature, film, horror, writing, media • education, law, consent, social work 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 and biography • critical rationalism, falsification, induction debates • Bartley’s pancritical rationalism and critiques • demarcation, pseudoscience, conspiracy epistemology • open society, tolerance, liberalism • science foundations: evolution, quantum mechanics, 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): ethical theory and practical philosophy • moral discourse: virtue signaling, grandstanding, fanaticism • moral responsibility, free will, determinism, blaming AI • veganism, free-riding, meat ethics • emotions, anger, shame, grief • Confucian well-being • genetic parentage ethics • race, hope, democratic values • religion and human development • virtue, meaning, spirituality 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): philosophical reading-group discussions and interviews • consciousness debates: materialism, epiphenomenalism, hard problem, Mary thought experiment • anger, blame, forgiveness, outrage, empathy • moral responsibility, free will, determinism • moral luck, duty, pluralism • political philosophy: liberty, equality, Marx, rights, restorative justice • existentialist literature (Sartre, Camus, Dostoyevsky, Diderot) 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): moral philosophy in complex societies • AI ethics: alignment, copyright, authorship, education, workplace impacts, gendered robots • healthcare ethics: conscientious objection, devices, uterus transplant • food/animal ethics, sustainability • belief, emotion, conspiracy • race, religion, democracy, technology attention 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 of uncertainty and selfhood • race as social/scientific category • natural kinds, language, categorization • statistics, Bayesian modeling, machine learning • science skepticism, ethics, moral judgment • religion vs modernity • political history, ideology 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): Philosophy of neurodivergence and autism • Critiques of theory-of-mind deficit research • Replication failures, falsifiability, pseudoscience • Neurodiversity vs pathology paradigms, values in science • Double empathy, monotropism, interoception • Empathy types, measurement limits, morality, deliberate empathy practice 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 • Health policy and democratic decision-making • Pandemic preparedness, surveillance, resource allocation • Research ethics, IRBs, risk limits, pediatric studies • Race concepts and algorithms • End-of-life/MAID • Gene editing • AI, existential risk, moral expertise 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 interviews • Rules, discretion, accountability • Democracy, deliberation, obedience, civil disobedience • Tech ethics: bias, trust, surveillance, misinformation • Climate justice, reparations, wildlife • Identity, race, gender, disability, motherhood • Forgiveness, offense, swearing, emotions • Ethics education, ethics bowl, intellectual virtues • Philanthropy, humanitarianism, policing, immigration 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 and moral/political theory •religion, theology, nihilism •current affairs: elections, Israel–Palestine, Ukraine •ethics of art, AI, capitalism, money •culture critiques: film, TV, music, sports, 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 ethics, happiness, indifferents • Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Cicero • managing emotions, anger, forgiveness • metacognition, impressions, dichotomy of control • resilience, desire, discipline • moral dilemmas, politics, wealth 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 areas: ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, law/AI ethics, political philosophy • Academic life: PhD applications, publishing, teaching, disability, harassment, job market, wellbeing 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 and political thought • Ancient Greek/Roman ethics, justice, rhetoric, law • Enlightenment liberalism, sovereignty, democracy • Modern moral philosophy, virtue ethics, intention • Phenomenology, perception, authenticity, time • Mind–body, consciousness, panpsychism • Economics: mercantilism, markets, consumption, planning • Religion and reason: deism, Augustine, Islamic thought • Science history: astronomy, biology, method • Education, feminism, culture and art theory 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): Urban philosophy and existential meaning • New York politics, governance, and elections • Rights to the city, civic participation, democratic reform • Development, space, ecology • Social justice: food insecurity, hunger • Culture, leadership, city identity 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 in public life • brain-computer interfaces, neurotechnology, neurorights, brain data privacy • AI and consciousness • disability, agency, autonomy • technology and work futures • political conflict, governance, public memory, 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 applied to life • self and identity across ancient, modern, existentialist views • Plato on love and beauty • ethics: virtue, moral relativism, war • political philosophy • God and religious experience • Eastern traditions • key philosophers and women thinkers 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): 90s pop culture through philosophy • music/punk/comedy/wrestling/sports • authenticity, memory, time, humor • feminism, sex, AIDS/PrEP • science, climate change, technology/NAFTA • politics, scandals, urban planning • literature/film analysis 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 audiobook chapters and reflections • self-discipline, virtue, duty, mindfulness • inner peace, calm, resilience, adversity • leadership lessons from Marcus Aurelius • practical daily-life applications, self-reflection and personal growth Description (podcaster-provided): Explore the timeless reflections on self-discipline, duty, and the nature of existence suggested by the philosophical musings of a Roman emperor. This podcast taps into the contemplative essence of stoic philosophy, exploring themes of introspection and personal growth. Each week, listeners are introduced to a new complete audiobook, offering a broad spectrum of philosophical reflections, historical contexts, and diverse narrative styles. This rotating collection ensures a fresh perspective every time, inviting curiosity and insight from different epochs and thinkers. With new books added weekly, there's always something new to learn and ponder. Check out more shows at solgoodmedia.com. 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): philosophy and science of consciousness • panpsychism, illusionism, materialism, dualism, idealism • hard problem, knowledge argument • perception and predictive processing • free will and agency • psychedelics, simulation, reality and physics constraints 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 in tech and society • ethics, law, social impacts of big tech • virtual emotions and pandemic values • VR wellness and trauma healing • NFTs and art markets • satire and politics • workplace spirituality and culture • disability climbing 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): interviews with philosophers of science • scientific methodology, explanation, causation, induction • models, idealization, bounded rationality, Bayesianism • values, ethics, policy, public trust • case studies: medicine, psychiatry, neuroscience, AI, physics, biology, evolution 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 |
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 ethics •Wealth, taxes, UBI, housing, medicine pricing •Democracy, voting, strikes, refugees •Meaning, happiness, suffering, work •AI, NFTs, censorship, news media •God, skepticism, existentialism 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 applied to work and life • Philosopher career reinvention beyond academia • Ethics, AI, ideology, authenticity, Stoicism • Business/tech UX, metaverse, consulting, finance • Public policy, climate, community dialogue 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 |
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; soul, substance, causality, Forms•Hellenistic schools: Stoicism, Epicureanism, Plotinus•Ethics: utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics; relativism•Logic and critical thinking•Rhetoric and persuasion theory•Greek myth divination and seers 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, superintelligence creation, alignment, cosmic norms • transhumanism, human enhancement, posthuman dignity, embryo selection • existential risk, vulnerable world, information hazards, global governance • digital minds’ moral status/rights • meaning in post-work utopia • doomsday/simulation/anthropic reasoning, 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 dialogues • ethics: suffering, charity, animal rights, violence • metaphysics: Plato/Aristotle, Forms, idealism • mind: consciousness, qualia, sensation, memory • politics/war • technology/AI • art/music • love/friendship • education/grades/teaching • postmodernism, analytic–continental divide 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, philosophy, theology conversations • close readings of classic/modern novels, poetry, tragedy, satire • themes: love, virtue, sin, grace, redemption, suffering, truth, beauty • Great Books, liberal education, humanities debates • faith and contemporary culture 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 philosophy via audience debate • AI and automation ethics • democracy, voting, free speech • borders, immigration, national identity • inequality, welfare, fair pay, education access • state and private morality • climate justice • collective guilt • sexual violence laws 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: possibility, necessity, possible worlds, counterpossibles • laws of nature: Humeanism, governing, explanation • grounding, realism, disagreement • metaphysics–science links: quantum measurement, symmetries, time • functions in biology/biochemistry, individuality • AI singularity and safety • mind and panpsychism • feminism, social kinds 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 and dialectics (being–nothing–becoming, sublation) • consciousness, mind/body, Jungian psychology • meaning, synchronicity, memory • God, spirit, creation, cosmology • science debates, AI, evolution, free will • society, politics, freedom, war, tribalism 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): Moral theory: demandingness, moral expertise, mediocrity•Bioethics: consent, capacity, dementia, assisted dying•Neuroethics: mind-reading, brain–machine interfaces, agency•Tech & society: AI, propaganda, fake news•Public health, animal ethics, gene editing 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): Philosophy essays and interviews • truth theories: correspondence, pragmatism, deflationism, pluralism • epistemic rationality: personal vs shared inquiry • testimony and peer disagreement • philosophical progress and methodology 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): Philosophy interviews, narratives, thought experiments • Political philosophy: liberalism, Rawls, justice, identity politics • Ethics: animal rights, food, cost-benefit inequality, civil disobedience • Metaphysics/mind: personal identity, consciousness, ideal theory, ghosts • Technology, capitalism, urban life, climate protest 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 emerging technology • AI/LLM alignment, control, sentience, moral status • human–robot relationships • responsibility gaps, autonomy, regulation • surveillance, social credit, policing • education, healthcare, economy impacts • value change, moral progress, identity, transhumanism 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 |
Egg Timer PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 148 episodes 2020 to 2023 Median: 9 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Bite-sized philosophy • Political theory and liberty • Ethics: law, self-defense, organ donation, future generations • Knowledge and skepticism (Descartes, Gettier) • Metaphysics (monads, time) • Bias, decision puzzles, game theory • Commons, scarcity, population • Literature lenses (1984, Camus) 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): A-level philosophy revision • philosophy of mind debates (dualism, physicalism, functionalism, zombies, Mary) • epistemology (scepticism, perception, Gettier) • philosophy of religion (arguments, attributes, evil, language) • ethics (Kant, utilitarianism, virtue, metaethics, applied topics) 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): philosophy, logic, epistemology, metaphysics • language evolution, semantics, possible worlds • philosophy of mind, consciousness, AI • free will neuroscience • math foundations, infinity, Gödel, set theory • algorithms, complexity, P=NP, quantum computing • religion debates, atheism, Christianity 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): Greek classics and philosophers • Socratic method, questioning, irony • Stoicism, Seneca, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius • resilience, emotions, CBT parallels • civility, rational discourse, politics, leadership • logic fallacies, critical thinking 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): political/social philosophy conversations • forgiveness, revenge, reconciliation, repair • justice: reparations, discrimination, prisons, refugees, housing, health, education • feminism, decolonialism, race • moral psychology: empathy, habits, character, hope, grief, love 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 and inquiry • Truth, language, skepticism, post/postmodern theory • Democracy, deliberation, trust, polarization • Race, historical trauma, beloved community • Ethics, religion, Buddhism, Stoicism • Science metaphors, mind, lived experience • Climate, commons, localism, agriculture • 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): climate justice and environmental ethics • Indigenous philosophy perspectives • ethics of protest tactics and dissent • moral evaluation of achievement and success 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 analysis of current affairs • ethics and politics: democracy, legitimacy, mandates, constitutional reform • war in Ukraine, sanctions, resistance • free speech, hate, comedy • climate justice, reparations • tech/media: AI, WhatsApp, Twitter, crypto • public health/Covid • gender, rights, sport, culture 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: 45 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Narrative philosophy via journalism • AI and algorithms shaping work, policing, music, grief, love • justice, punishment, mens rea, retribution • animal rights and environmental ethics • altruism, philanthropy • identity, consciousness, religion, monsters • democracy, speech, protest, design 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 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 classics explained • Plato’s Republic/Apology, ancient Greece democracy • justice, virtue, education, rhetoric • critiques of liberal democracy, meritocracy, work power • markets, utilitarian ethics • war, drones, global order, technology shaping desire 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 via Black Atlantic thinkers • antiblackness, colonialism, diaspora, identity • Fanon on language, gaze, non-being, recognition, futurity • masculinity, violence, vulnerability • culture, expressive life, world-making • liberation, negation, responsibility 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 and electoral reform • social epistemology, trust, misinformation, fake news • race, feminism, reparations, transness • AI ethics and bias • consciousness, cognition, computation • law, evidence, burdens of proof • bioethics, healthcare justice, animal ethics • philosophy education and 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): Contemporary, marginalized-focused philosophy interviews • Interdisciplinarity across bioethics, anthropology, history, media studies • Disability/crip scholarship, anti-ableism • Trans health, AI ethics, global health justice • Race, decolonial, feminist epistemology • Social media rhetoric, archival ethics, pedagogy 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): Ethical theory debates: utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics • Moral dilemmas: trolley problem, action vs inaction • Wisdom and virtue • Transhumanism, biotechnology, ending suffering • Philosophy education for children • Gender disparities for women researchers in academia 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 literary discussion • classic novels, poetry, short stories • ethics, ambition, psychology, identity • modernism, satire, dystopia, sci‑fi, horror • historical context • close reading, translation, author influences 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 discussions • ethics dilemmas • AI, rights, autonomy • government control, surveillance • war, genocide, utilitarian tradeoffs • medicine scarcity, bioethics, gene editing • crime, punishment, memory • religion, belief, evil 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: Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca • virtue ethics, emotions, resilience • relationships: love, marriage, family • politics, leadership, civic duty • comparisons: Epicureanism, Aristotelianism, Confucianism, Buddhism, existential authenticity • modern applications and interpretation/translating classics 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 • race, antiblackness, racial capitalism • colonialism, settler states, sovereignty • Marxism, neoliberalism, labor • abolition, incarceration, mutual aid • Anthropocene, ecology • feminist/posthuman theory, biopolitics • epistemology, pedagogy • psychoanalysis, cultural critique 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): Career and life transitions through self-reflection •Applied philosophy: ethics, justice, rights, disability •Technology, cryptocurrency, media disinformation •Mind-body health: trauma, medicine, emotions, grief •Nature, animals, climate change •Interpretation, translation, communication •Creativity, music, leadership, performance, sport, resilience 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 dialogues defining big concepts • philosophy, metaphysics, ethics • mind and consciousness, time, dreams, memory • language and culture: slurs, humor, conspiracy theories, punk • art, poetry, criticism, authorship • social life: love, friendship, gender • money, war, matter, numbers, mental health 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 natural philosophy: Babylonians, Presocratics (Thales, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Zeno, atomists) •Cosmology, time, motion paradoxes •Light/quantum: photoelectric effect, spectroscopy •Equity in STEM, Nobel diversity, women in science 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 with philosophers•Covid-19 pandemic ethics: vaccines, prioritisation, treatment triage, lockdowns, PPE duties•privacy risks of contact-tracing apps•inequality, corruption, racism in healthcare access•zoonoses, factory farming, animal ethics•moral questions about AI agents 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 • Personal intellectual biographies • Moral and political philosophy • Epistemology and social epistemology • Philosophy of mind and perception • Metaphysics, time, freedom, responsibility • Philosophy of language, meaning, context • 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 philosophy reflections • managing impressions, judgments, control vs externals • virtue, character, self-restraint, endurance • coping with grief, insults, adversity • wealth, busyness, priorities • friendship, conversation, citizenship, cosmopolitan duty • fate, nature, tranquillity 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): Philosophy of mind and consciousness • Neuroscience of perception, pain, attention, self • AI and language models • Physicalism vs qualia debates • Time, physics, information paradoxes • Transhumanism, mind uploading, digital afterlives • Religion, Buddhism, 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 philosophy interviews • responsibility, justice, autonomy in health • discrimination, microaggressions, lookism • democracy, disagreement, citizenship, reparations • privacy, tech, AI, robots • animals, sport, war, self-defence • meaning, love, addiction, psychedelics 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 y demarcación • realismo vs antirrealismo • ética y malas prácticas científicas • causalidad, explicación e incertidumbre • ciencia y sociedad: cambio climático, salud/Covid • mente, conciencia y cognición animal • feminismo en ciencia • biología, evolución, cuántica, creatividad y literatura (Borges) 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 philosopher interviews • ethics: evil, compassion, moral deference • political philosophy: democracy, voting, protest, epistocracy • epistemology: testimony, self-knowledge, knowledge • philosophy of mind • art/literature, poetry, listening • history/comparative philosophy, Daoism • longtermism, future generations, empathy 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): Meaning-making in modern life • philosophy and anthropology perspectives • evolved morality, human nature • race, racism, identity, gender, sex • violence, death, love • religion, ritual • free speech, cultural appropriation • pandemic and politics • art, music, play, science fiction 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 of rights, health, punishment, empathy • mind, emotion, grief, addiction • communication, misinformation, expertise • aesthetics, art, music, comedy, literature • animals, food, environment • space, time, travel, cities • history of philosophy, key thinkers Description (podcaster-provided): Science, politics, and culture from a philosophical perspective Latest episode (2022-Feb-18 14:43 UTC): A Right to Health? |
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 control • moral responsibility • action, intentions, consciousness • causation and mental processes • ethics, law, theology • psychology/neuroscience perspectives • disability, social influences 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, time/space • evolution, consciousness, mind-body problem • meditation/mindfulness, cognitive bias, tribalism, conflict • religion/spirituality, comparative theology • culture-war discourse, free speech • effective altruism, time management • sex differences, anthropology • 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 dialogue walkthroughs • Socratic method, logic, definitions • justice, virtue, piety • law, moral realism • trial and death of Socrates • Forms and Good • philosopher-kings • city–soul analogy, constitutions, tyranny • allegories (sun, cave) 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 conversations • definitions/semantics • consciousness and philosophy of mind • cognitive science (analogy, combinatorialism) • cultural evolution, memes, systems theory • politics, revolutions, capitalism • critiques of gurus/nonfiction writing • big-picture futurity, meaning, fairness, depression 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): Philosopher interviews • philosophy of mind, perception, olfaction • consciousness and panpsychism • phenomenology, Heidegger • philosophy of science, causation, quantum mechanics • ethics, beauty norms • public policy, expertise, denialism • bioethics, utopias • philosophers’ lives and hobbies 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 classic philosophy and literature • Critical theory: Marcuse, Debord • Totalitarianism, ideology, propaganda, surveillance • Marxism: bourgeoisie, proletariat, communism, Hegel • Nietzsche, Aristotle • Camus, ethics, Covid-19 lockdown themes 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 contemporary philosophy conversations • feminist, queer, trans theory; gender and sexuality studies • global philosophy, canonicity, Eurocentrism, whiteness • activism, BLM, anti-racism • care ethics, social reproduction, transformative justice • media, writing, algorithms, phenomenology 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 • critical theory and Adorno on jazz • political philosophy of the state: absolutism, liberalism, Marxism, fascism • music’s ideological and political influence • 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 themes • concepts of health, disease, causation, realism • evidence-based medicine, expert consensus, uncertainty • public health and COVID-19 • race in epidemiology • overdiagnosis • psychiatry classification, delusions • clinical judgment, AI • pregnancy metaphysics • vaccine hesitancy, public trust • narrative/precision medicine 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 theories • Quantum mechanics foundations, interpretations, information, computing • Free will, reality, knowledge limits • Philosophy of science, progress, expertise • Spirituality, Buddhism, Stoicism, psychedelics, paranormal, morality 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, desire, and coercive positivity • Public philosophy and jargon decoding • Normality, health, disability, eugenics • Work versus leisure • Cancel culture and online criticism • Friendship and love • Time, consciousness, metaphysics and science-informed philosophy 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, instrumental rationality, uncertainty • probability interpretations • quantum mechanics foundations and many-worlds • arguments about God, theory virtues • sensory experience metaphysics • animal sentience, welfare • mathematical philosophy, logic • ethics, public policy, pandemics 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? |
Searching For ItProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 26 episodes 2019 to 2021 Median: 30 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): meaning of life, existentialism, absurdity, suicide • philosophers: Camus, Sartre, Schopenhauer, Nagel, Susan Wolf • Buddhism, meditation, mindfulness, Nirvana • ethics: altruism, effective altruism, animal rights, poverty • big questions: origins of universe, simulation theory, time travel, Fermi paradox, immortality, mind uploading • literature-led living deliberately (Thoreau, Kerouac) Description (podcaster-provided): Our search for 'it' will explore the most insightful thoughts from philosophy, literature, and elsewhere that provide a meaning or purpose to our lives. Each episode will uncover a new idea or way of life that brings us closer to transcendence. You don't need to have a degree in philosophy to listen to this podcast - just an open mind and a desire to learn more about the meaning behind human existence. Latest episode (2021-May-16 15:30 UTC): E25 Thanks for Listening |
Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEASProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 27 episodes 2020 to 2021 Median: 46 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): modern political thought via classic texts • state, sovereignty, leadership • democracy, liberalism, markets • justice, liberty, inequality • revolution, class, utopia • feminism, patriarchy • slavery, colonialism, nonviolence • morality, hypocrisy • technology, machines • crises shaping 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, evidence for lockdowns • equity: race, poverty, global distribution • work, care labor, nursing, childcare • business duties • debt, property law, inequality 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): racial justice and systemic racism • reparations and wealth gap • elections, voting rights, democratic accountability • political and economic violence • policing and state repression • social movements and student activism • hip hop, culture, coalition-building • imperialism, migration, racialized politics 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 analysis • tech ethics and philosophy • surveillance, social media, metrics • AI, robots, virtual minds, control problem • digital afterlife, grief, memory • justice, punishment, race, dehumanization • politics, celebrity, masculinity 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): philosophical inquiry across epistemology, metaphysics, morality • academic culture: grading, expertise, humanities, activism • free speech, censorship, deplatforming • gender, feminism, trans debates • liberalism, democracy, conservatism, Marxism • pop-culture critique (film, sci‑fi, comics, wrestling) 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 judgment, ineffability, ultimate reality • Buddhism’s relation to science and secular modernity • critiques of Western Buddhism • feminist and Black feminist readings • women, Zen, Mahāyāna texts, modern Korea 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 academic philosophy discussions • philosophy of language and mind: reference, belief ascriptions • ethical intuitions and trolley problems • political philosophy: voter competence, restricted suffrage • 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 • personal identity, cloning • ethics of child-free choices • meaning of life, aliens • authenticity vs self-improvement • fear and horror enjoyment • love, suffering, ego and motivation • categorization and definitions 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): interviews on foundations of physics and philosophy • quantum metaphysics (Everett, modal realism) • emergent spacetime, entanglement, decoherence • AdS/CFT, string theory • black hole thermodynamics, information paradox • consciousness and 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 • Books about thinking and perception • Learning from failure and feedback • Creativity and efficiency via disorder • Sensory training (smell, taste) • Children’s robot fiction 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 through philosophy • ethics and moral dilemmas • identity, consciousness, mind-body • metaphysics: time, dimensions, modal realism • utopianism, politics, war • religion, mysticism, secrecy • virtue ethics, equality, education 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 09:00 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 • How science works, realism vs instrumentalism • Scientific culture and symbols (lab coats, language) • Public health and biology (vaccines, viruses) • Everyday technologies and climate control (ice, A/C, sunbathing) • Beauty in nature and theories • Mathematics and numbers • Pseudoscience, hypnosis, cosmology debates 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 policy, progressive schooling, gender • democracy, leadership, inclusion • feminism, peace activism, Jane Addams • environmental ethics and climate policy • religion, God, suffering • rights, justice, civil protest • law, copyright • media, AI, posthumanism • meaning, love, character, mindfulness 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): Contemporary philosophy interviews • Nietzsche: Übermensch, self-overcoming, morality, “God is dead” • Ethics of war, peace, foreign policy, justice • Agency, free will, responsibility, reactive vs objective attitudes, “ought implies can” 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 and critical thinking • Futurity and the future • Philosophy of mind and cognition • Emerging social organization • Transcendental computation • Laruelle and critiques of philosophy 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 and applied ethics • Intellectual virtues/vices, close-mindedness, liberatory virtues • Populism as global phenomenon • Environmental ethics • Intellectual property rights • Gene drives in mosquitoes • AI and 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): Classic philosophy text walkthroughs • Aristotle ethics: happiness, virtue, courage, justice, wisdom, desire • Friendship and self-care • Plato on knowledge, Forms, reality • Ideal states, laws, education, constitutions • Liberty, speech, state interference • Skepticism, miracles, God, mind–body, free will 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, love, rebellion, money, creativity, discovery • ethics, identity, oppression, civic engagement • science vs pseudoscience, neuroscience, technology • habits, meaning, self-improvement, career change 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): Women philosophers in early modern history • Interviews with scholars and projects expanding the philosophical canon • Émilie du Châtelet, Mary Astell, Margaret Cavendish, Anne Conway • Metaphysics, value theory, influence networks, image culture 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): formal logic and grounding • laws of nature, Humeanism, dispositionalism • causation, conditionals, counterfactuals • philosophy of physics: quantum theory, realism • foundations of mathematics, set theory • decision theory, social choice, formal ethics • paradoxes, nonclassical logics 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 • structuralism/structural realism, dependence, inter-theory relations • formal semantics: compositionality, opacity, quotation, conditionals • realism debates: measurement, magnitudes, abstract objects • modality, laws of nature, Putnam model theory, truth relativism, God’s existence, disease ontology 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 of causation, probability, induction, belief revision • scientific explanation and understanding • reduction, emergence, intertheory relations • physics foundations (relativity, QM, statistical mechanics, quantum gravity) • modeling methods (big data, simulations, model selection) 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 dilemmas in modern life • distributive justice, equality, redistribution • climate adaptation justice, sea-level rise • immigration and national identity • consumer complicity in injustice • organisations’ wrongdoing, responsibility • consent norms • group rights, future self constraints • procreation and parenting ethics • morality, shame, respect • 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 • economic growth and liberalism • ethics of prosperity and aggregation • Silicon Valley and society • consciousness and mind–body problem • philosophy of science • prediction markets, futarchy, self-deception economics 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’ locations and artifacts •Expert interviews •Thoreau at Walden Pond •Bentham’s auto-icon •Marx’s Soho life •Wittgenstein’s grave, design, culture, death 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): ethics and everyday dilemmas • markets and moral limits • cultural heritage and language preservation • sports spectatorship harms • reparations and past injustices • advice and responsibility • climate change and procreation 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 • Legal and social frameworks for gender relations • Reproductive technology’s ethical impact • Public debate, ideology, political correctness 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 |
Ex Nihilo: A Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 1 episodes 2017 Median: 80 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophical discussions of current events and pop culture • classic philosophy texts and Plato references • perennial questions about Western civilization, culture, and identity Description (podcaster-provided): Ex Nihilo is a philosophy podcast hosted by two students earning PhDs in philosophy. It's like a conversation at your local bar, only with more references to Plato. Topics range from philosophical issues involved in current events and pop culture to perennial questions or classic texts. Latest episode (2017-Jul-23 18:56 UTC): Episode 1: What is Western Civilization? |
The Philosopher's ArmsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 23 episodes 2012 to 2017 Median: 27 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Pub-recorded philosophy debates • Moral dilemmas, thought experiments • Free will, weakness of will • Lying, hypocrisy, blame • Justice, fairness, free-riding, exploitation • Speech harms, hate speech • Equality, discrimination • Identity, fakes, robots • Induction, vagueness, trolley problems 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 paper overviews • immigration and collective ownership of Earth • class privilege and fairness • ethics of war and justified killing 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): Philosophy and history of ideas • Knowledge, perception, consciousness, identity • Language and other minds • Science and falsification • Love, altruism, parenting • Justice, law, tolerance, markets • Technology and humanity • Origins, creation myths • Morality, conscience, virtue ethics • Evolution and language 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 •sexuality and orientation •reproductive ethics: abortion, embryos, genetic engineering, sex selection •just war •free will and responsibility •virtue ethics •euthanasia law 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): beginner philosophy • argument analysis • Descartes’ cogito • epistemology, Gettier problems • metaphysics, possible worlds • moral theory: utilitarianism, deontology • freedom vs equality • philosophy of science, objective fact • audience questions 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): philosophical debates and interviews • major thinkers: Kant, Hume, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Socrates, Hegel, Schopenhauer • mind, consciousness, free will, quantum metaphysics • meta-ethics, lying, medical ethics, human rights • science limits, education, religion, feminism, literature, capitalism, psychotherapy 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): powers/dispositions metaphysics • causation, production, grounding, persistence • emergence and reduction • process vs substance ontology • modality, necessity, laws, quidditism • structure, relations, mechanisms • Aristotle, Stoicism, Marcus Aurelius, Empedocles, Galen • perception, agency, ethics, politics 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): Classic philosophy audiobooks and lectures • epistemology and skepticism • ethics and reason • political philosophy and economics • enlightenment thinkers • logic and metaphysics • philosophy of history • theology and God • mortality and existential pessimism 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 philosophy • divine attributes: essential vs accidental • arguments for God: cosmological, ontological, 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 beyond • being and event • ethical implications of dissolving reality • academic philosophy themes 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 • physicalism and mind–brain identity theory critiques • non-reductive physicalism problems • dualism alternatives • questioning framing of mind–brain debates • audience Q&A 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, brain chemistry, and moral judgment • responsibility amid psychiatric disorders • organ sales and transplantation policy • resource allocation in healthcare • trust and informed consent • genetic engineering, enhancement, designer babies • euthanasia, life-support decisions, moral status of embryos and patients 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 debates and history • liberalism versus cultural difference • toleration, recognition, political equality • intervention in lifestyles • free speech, offence • welfare state compatibility • political obligation of minorities • disgust and prejudice 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 academic philosophy lectures • ancient Greek philosophy as way of life • Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, Epicurus, Skeptics, Plotinus • reasons, normativity, motivation, expressivism • logic, rational revisability • a priori scrutability, Carnap–Quine • mind, content externalism, phenomenal knowledge, 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 in everyday life • thought experiments and dilemmas • personal identity and selfhood • consciousness, self-awareness, mind–body dualism • Descartes: doubt and knowledge • faith vs reason, problem of evil • abortion ethics • political obligation, consent, civil disobedience 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 • Rawls on distributive justice, bias, inequality • Nozick libertarian justice, taxation, 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: limits of reason and experience •a priori forms: space, time, synthetic judgments •categories, judgment, transcendental deduction •self-consciousness, unity of apperception, refuting idealism •paralogisms, antinomies, discipline of reason 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 philosophy • Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant • beauty, taste, aesthetic judgement • literary interpretation • emotion in music • defining and understanding 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 • scepticism, induction, knowledge (justification, Gettier, internalism/externalism) • perception (sense-data, realism, idealism) • mind-body dualism • free will, determinism, moral responsibility • personal identity, memory, persons and brains 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 basics • Recognizing and analyzing arguments • Deductive vs inductive reasoning • Validity, truth, and soundness • Setting arguments in formal logic style • Evaluating argument strength • Common fallacies and misleading reasoning 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, language, signs, interpretation • metaphysics: determinism, experiential monism, selfhood • freedom, free will, moral responsibility • value monism vs dualism • nature, perception, cultural mediation • genealogy of guilt, Christianity, self-cruelty 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 overview • logic, argumentation, symbolic logic • metaphysics and epistemology: reality, existence, knowledge • philosophy of mind and language: rationality, consciousness, expression • ethics and political philosophy: morality, 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 and questions • rationality, reasons, normative question • global catastrophic risks, simulation theory • applied ethics, human enhancement, biosciences • 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): Classic philosophy summaries and critiques • Ethics: duty, virtue, utilitarianism, happiness • Political philosophy: liberty, state power, social contract • Epistemology/metaphysics: skepticism, causation, induction, mind-body, reality • Philosophy of religion: design argument, miracles 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): Political philosophy survey • Liberty, justice, morality • state forms, social contract • natural law and rights • property, slavery, consent • war, peace, colonialism • utilitarianism • equality vs freedom • constitutionalism, revolution • libertarianism, anarchism 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 |
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