A curated collection of philosophy-related podcasts. Also see the SciPhi-Adjacent Podcast Collection.
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Updated: 2026-Jan-20 18:09 UTC. Podcasts listed: 214. Ordered by date of most recent episode (newest to oldest). AI-generated content is based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions.
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Across these podcasts, the dominant mode is long-form intellectual conversation and close reading, with many episodes centered on canonical texts, major thinkers, and arguments in moral, political, and religious philosophy. Listeners encounter sustained engagement with classical sources (especially ancient Greek and Roman traditions such as Stoicism and Platonism), medieval Christian philosophy, and modern figures ranging from Hume and Pascal to Freud, Arendt, and contemporary analytic and continental philosophers. Some episodes aim to defend or critique arguments for God, explore the nature of love and the good, or examine questions of free will, moral responsibility, and the relation between virtue, happiness, and pleasure.
A second major theme is applied ethics and public life. These podcasts frequently connect philosophical frameworks to contemporary disputes about civil disobedience, protest, punishment, immigration, sanctuary practices, institutional power, and the perceived dysfunction of governance. There is also attention to feminism, sexual violence, sex work, oppression, and structural violence, often combining conceptual analysis with legal, cultural, or historical context. Several conversations treat moderation versus radicalism, the rise of authoritarian or fascist politics, and the moral psychology of loyalty, crowds, and group identity.
Questions about mind and reality recur throughout, including consciousness (its definition, whether it is fundamental, and whether it requires biology), perception and attention, mental imagery, memory and false memory, and the status of artificial intelligence. Related episodes examine how technology shapes belief, taste, and self-understanding, including algorithmic recommendation systems, “AI hype,” hallucinations, and the use of chatbots as study tools.
Alongside academic philosophy, these podcasts often draw on literature, film, and art as philosophical material, discussing how narratives shape moral judgment, how art can affect belief systems, and how audiences should respond to ethically troubling artists. There is also a contemplative and spiritual thread—engaging mysticism, ritual, “higher” states of consciousness, and comparative traditions such as Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Indigenous temporalities, and Afro-Brazilian religions—typically framed as topics for interpretation, critique, or dialogue with science.
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The Nietzsche PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 248 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 93 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Nietzsche-focused philosophy • close readings of texts and aphorisms • truth, values, will to power, eternal return • influences: Heidegger, Adorno/Horkheimer, Klossowski • Chinese philosophy daoism/confucianism • cultural, political, psychology commentary 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-Jan-20 15:19 UTC): 130: Daemonic, part 1 - Ancient Spirits & The Pantheism Controversy |
OverthinkProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 157 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 57 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): accessible philosophy on everyday life • politics, law, power: treason, oligarchy, meritocracy, post-truth • gender/sexuality: masculinity, femininity, consent, trans identity, Foucault • emotions/sociality: loneliness, friendship, envy, confidence, burnout • culture/tech/environment: AI chatbots, hyperreality, degrowth, elements, travel, surfing 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-Jan-20 13:00 UTC): Manipulation |
Acid HorizonProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 276 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 63 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Critical theory and continental philosophy • Deleuze, Nietzsche, Hegel, Kant, Bataille, Fisher • Marxism, anarchism, communism, revolutionary history • Fascism, new right, techno-fascism, AI • Psychoanalysis, desire, subjectivity • Queer, gender, intersex politics • Mysticism, occult, myth • Digital culture, advertising, loneliness, Gaza genocide Description (podcaster-provided): Emerging from affinities with post-structuralism, abolitionism, biopolitics, communism, critical metaphysics, critical mysticism, and ontological anarchy, Acid Horizon is a philosophy and theory podcast committed to thought in motion and political struggle. While these are our grounding currents, each episode opens out onto a wider constellation: ethics, politics, phenomenology, decolonial thought, queer theory, post-psychoanalysis, disability/crip theory, anarchism, Marxism, feminism, and analyses of the emergence of the new right. Latest episode (2026-Jan-20 13:00 UTC): The Spectral Woman with Ciara Cremin |
The DissenterProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 1206 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 61 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): academic interviews • philosophy of mind, consciousness, cognition • ethics: medicine, political violence, death • sex work, porn, feminism, stigma, education • history: slavery, nationalism, Rome, Islam • economics, inequality, neoliberalism Description (podcaster-provided): My name is Ricardo Lopes, and I’m from Portugal. Thank you for visiting my podcast. Latest episode (2026-Jan-19 19:00 UTC): #1204 Sarah Dierna: The History and Theory of Antinatalism |
Sadler's LecturesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 500 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 15 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy lectures on classic texts • ethics and moral psychology • Stoicism in daily life • religion’s origins • virtue, love, friendship • anger and grief • political theory, Marxism, civil rights • medieval theology, Anselm, Aquinas • utilitarianism, egoism 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-Jan-19 16:15 UTC): Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae - Ecstacy As An Effect Of Love - Sadler's Lectures |
Practical StoicismProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 6 episodes 2026 Median: 10 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Practical Stoicism applied today • reading Seneca and Marcus Aurelius • moral progress, virtue as only good • dealing with difficult people compassionately • avoiding crowds, groupthink, unhealthy influences • habits, self-control, relapse prevention • pro-social ethics, responsibility, character development 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-Jan-19 15:24 UTC): Toxic Soil |
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and IdeasProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 410 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 80 minutes Collections: Philosophy • Physics, Math, and Astronomy • Science Themes (AI-generated): physics/cosmology: quantum foundations, field theory, neutrinos, dark energy, Big Bang, exoplanets • mind/philosophy: consciousness, meaning, rationality, probability • society/tech: AI/neural nets, misinformation, polarization, universities/research • culture/biology: music math, medicine/aging, microbes, oceans Description (podcaster-provided): Ever wanted to know how music affects your brain, what quantum mechanics really is, or how black holes work? Do you wonder why you get emotional each time you see a certain movie, or how on earth video games are designed? Then you’ve come to the right place. Each week, Sean Carroll will host conversations with some of the most interesting thinkers in the world. From neuroscientists and engineers to authors and television producers, Sean and his guests talk about the biggest ideas in science, philosophy, culture and much more. Latest episode (2026-Jan-19 13:00 UTC): 341 | Stewart Brand on Maintenance as an Organizing Principle |
Žižek And So OnProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 160 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 46 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Žižek and Ljubljana School readings • Lacanian psychoanalysis, desire, fantasy, disavowal • Hegel/Kant dialectics • capitalism critique: commodities, greed, waste • technology/AI, accelerationism • media: film, television, comedy, rumours • crisis/apocalypse ecology, biogenetics, intellectual property • theology/Christian atheism, politics (Trump) Description (podcaster-provided): The podcast exploring the work of Slavoj Žižek & the Ljubljana School of Psychoanalysis Latest episode (2026-Jan-19 12:00 UTC): Quantum History w/ Slavoj Žižek |
The Free Will ShowProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 116 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 42 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): free will and determinism debates • moral responsibility, blame, punishment • agency, intention, voluntariness • theology: divine freedom, foreknowledge, providence, evil, grace • addiction, mental disorders, neuroethics • law: mens rea, culpability, prisons, reparations 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-Jan-19 11:00 UTC): Episode 111: Divine Responsibility with Nathan Bray and Stephen Kershnar |
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 767 episodes 2009 to 2026 Median: 48 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophical text discussions • ethics and normativity • virtue, moral psychology, free will • group psychology, crowds, love • community and political philosophy, liberalism • feminism, sexual difference • just war theory • ancient Egyptian thought • pessimism, existential themes • pop culture, music, improv philosophy 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-Jan-19 05:34 UTC): Ep. 383: Freud on Love and the Primal Horde (Part Two) |
Why TheoryProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 210 episodes 2017 to 2026 Median: 77 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Continental philosophy & psychoanalysis • Lacan and Freud concepts • Hegel, Marx, Kant political thought • media/genre theory: TV episodes, endings, horror/heist/musicals • capitalism, alienation, public sphere • racecraft, euphemism, AI/ChatGPT, desire/anxiety/gaze/voice Description (podcaster-provided): Why Theory brings continental philosophy and psychoanalytic theory together to examine cultural phenomena. Latest episode (2026-Jan-19 00:10 UTC): Structural Violence |
Minds Almost MeetingProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 105 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 62 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Economist–philosopher dialogues • culture and modernity • politics: socialism, activism, woke, cancel culture • persuasion, disagreement, argument norms • elites, experts, prediction markets • rituals and social norms • love, romance, resentment • literature/pop culture touchstones (Plato, Kafka, Orwell, Taylor Swift) 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-Jan-18 23:46 UTC): War (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard) |
This Is The Way: Chinese Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 30 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 86 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Chinese philosophy themes • Confucian, Daoist, Mohist, Legalist texts • ethics and virtue cultivation • ritual, shame, family duty • partiality vs impartiality • good life, nonaction • political theory, law • language, logic, categories • Buddhism debates 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-Jan-18 23:00 UTC): Episode 30: Confucianism and Reverential Reading |
Philosophy Talk StartersProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 531 episodes 2015 to 2026 Median: 10 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy discussions on mind, consciousness, identity • Ethics, rights, virtue, social justice, gender, privacy • Science/tech: AI, computation, quantum, simulation • Culture and art: literature, Shakespeare, Borges, music, architecture • Climate action, trust, conspiracy thinking 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-Jan-18 20:00 UTC): Civil Disobedience |
HermitixProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 520 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 62 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): fringe philosophy, continental/Japanese thought • occultism, magic, esotericism • mysticism, nonduality, spirituality • Jung, psychoanalysis, bioenergetics • political theory, liberalism critiques • weird/experimental literature, book reviews • UFO/UAP, psychedelics 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-Jan-18 17:00 UTC): Renzo Novatore / Creative Nothing |
Robinson's PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 270 episodes 2022 to 2026 Median: 94 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): AI alignment, intelligence, ChatGPT impacts • consciousness theories, panpsychism, animal minds • quantum mechanics foundations, relativity, time, black holes • origin of life, astrobiology, aliens/UAPs • politics, Marxism, economics, geopolitics, human rights, Gaza/Israel-Palestine 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-Jan-18 17:00 UTC): 268 - Jeffrey Pfeffer: Power, Influence, and the Psychology of Institutions |
Within ReasonProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 135 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 79 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): philosophy of religion and Christianity • biblical history and textual criticism • arguments for/against God • consciousness and metaphysics • science, cosmology, quantum physics • ethics, existential meaning • AI existential risk and policy • culture, politics, language Description (podcaster-provided): For the curious. Latest episode (2026-Jan-18 15:35 UTC): #139 David Bentley Hart - All Things Are Full of Gods |
Seize the Moment PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 200 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 66 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): psychology and psychotherapy tools • existential meaning, stoicism, equanimity • trauma, anxiety, ADHD, psychosis • ethics and moral philosophy • race, gender, civil rights • labor, unions, inequality • US healthcare policy • misinformation, democracy, authoritarianism • climate, economy 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-Jan-18 15:29 UTC): Jack El-Hai - Were the Nazis Insane? The Psychiatrist Who Studied Hitler's Inner Circle | STM Podcast #249 |
History of Philosophy: India, Africana, ChinaProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 250 episodes 2015 to 2026 Median: 23 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Classical Chinese philosophy: Confucianism, Mohism, Daoism • ethics, virtue, ritual, family roles, moral cultivation • politics, war, governance, democracy • language, reasoning, skepticism, logic • yin-yang, nature, metaphysics • Africana philosophy, Cornel West, Afrocentricity, critical race theory 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-Jan-18 04:00 UTC): HPC 45. Practice Makes Perfect: Skill Stories in the Zhuangzi |
Select EpisodesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 82 episodes 2007 to 2026 Median: 51 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy discussions on science and weirdness of reality • mind, consciousness, perception • ethics and moral dilemmas • women philosophers and feminism • politics, liberalism, inequality • technology, AI, robots, VR • art, myth, religion Description (podcaster-provided): A selection of episodes from the program that questions everything... except your intelligence. Learn more and access the complete archive at www.philosophytalk.org. Latest episode (2026-Jan-18 00:00 UTC): This Week: Civil Disobedience |
Lucretius Today - Epicurus and Epicurean PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 316 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 51 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Epicurean philosophy via Lucretius and Cicero • pleasure vs absence of pain • virtue and happiness debates • confronting pain, grief, fear, death • emotions, desire, memory, divinity of soul • practical living guidance 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-Jan-17 18:28 UTC): Episode 316 - Happiness Is The Goal Of Life - A Life of Happiness Is A Life Of Pleasure |
Stoic Coffee BreakProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 363 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 10 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Stoic philosophy for daily life • emotional regulation, calm under pressure • mental toughness, resilience, embracing fate • habits, goals, attention, planning • relationships, empathy, masculinity • interviews linking Stoicism with CBT, polyvagal theory, mental health Description (podcaster-provided): "Act on your principles, not your moods." A weekly meditation on how Stoic principles can help you be a better human. Latest episode (2026-Jan-17 02:00 UTC): 362 - Multi-Perspective Thinking: How to Make Better Decisions in 4 Steps |
SentientismProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 241 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 77 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Sentientism worldview: evidence, reason, compassion • animal ethics, veganism, factory farming critique • sentience and moral circle (animals, AI, microbes) • animal rights law, constitutions, zoos • activism, education, social change • climate, politics, culture, religion/naturalism debates 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-Jan-16 19:47 UTC): "The Mountain In The Sea" author Ray Nayler - Hugo & Locus award-winner - Sentientism 242 |
Political Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 208 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 71 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Political philosophy applied to current US/UK politics • fascism, far-right, anti-Trump coalitions • immigration, asylum ethics, ICE • democracy, legitimacy, courts, elections • liberalism vs socialism, unions • race, gender, bioethics • religion/Bible history • EU, ancient political thought Description (podcaster-provided): Podcast by Toby Buckle Latest episode (2026-Jan-16 18:10 UTC): Fascism & socialism with Matt McManus |
Thoughts: Philosophy UntangledProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 75 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 39 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): expert-led student philosophy discussions • ethics, rights, oppression, care • political theory: democracy, voting, anarchism, civil disobedience • metaphysics, laws of nature, physicalism • epistemology, truth, evidence • language, logic, maths • nature, war, grief, art Description (podcaster-provided): A Podcast Created by Glasgow University Philosophy Students. In every episode, we explore a different philosophical topic with the help of an expert. Whether you're new to philosophy or already love the subject, we look forward to embarking on this philosophical journey together! Latest episode (2026-Jan-16 16:34 UTC): Ep.65 Fight the Bro-Ligarchy ft. Jo Littler |
Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger BerkowitzProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 100 episodes 2023 to 2026 Median: 55 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Close readings of Hannah Arendt • freedom, revolution, founding institutions • thinking, willing, meaning vs truth • truth, propaganda, public trust • democracy reform: deliberation, citizen assemblies • totalitarianism, authoritarianism, tribalism • friendship, joy, humanities in dark times Description (podcaster-provided): This podcast offers close readings of Arendt’s books alongside engaging interviews and thought-provoking conversations in the spirit of Hannah Arendt, who thought loving the world means neither uncritical acceptance nor contemptuous rejection, but the unwavering facing up to and comprehension of that which is. Visit The Hannah Arendt Center online at hac.bard.edu. Latest episode (2026-Jan-16 12:00 UTC): The World in Time with Lapham's Quarterly | Bonus Episode |
Hotel Bar SessionsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 236 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 58 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): contemporary philosophy over drinks • power, oppression, resistance, civil obedience • democracy, sovereignty, totalitarianism • capitalism, tech platforms, AI, doomscrolling • identity, gender, privacy • trust, expertise, interpretation • pain, therapy, time, comedy Description (podcaster-provided): A podcast where the real philosophy happens. Latest episode (2026-Jan-16 10:00 UTC): MINIBAR: Algorithmic Nostalgia (with Leigh M. Johnson) |
Cows in the fieldProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 159 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 79 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): film criticism with philosophy lens • relationships, love, friendship, family • horror/sci‑fi themes: AI, identity, transformation • class, capitalism, ideology, politics • war, violence, masculinity • aesthetics, color, formal technique, realism • mythmaking, celebrity, crime Description (podcaster-provided): A movie podcast inspired by a Werner Herzog quote, “We have to articulate ourselves, otherwise we would be cows in the field.” Hosted by Justin Khoo (professor of philosophy at MIT) and Laura Khoo (art historian turned fundraiser). Latest episode (2026-Jan-16 05:00 UTC): 157. Body Heat (w/ Alex Kugelman) |
Lives Well LivedProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 72 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 64 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Ethical living, effective altruism, philanthropy • Happiness, wellbeing science, mindfulness, motivation • Moral philosophy, justice, disability ethics, empathy • Animal rights, human exceptionalism, animal cognition • Politics, climate, public health, food industry • Creativity, art, trauma, meaning, consciousness 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-Jan-15 05:44 UTC): (RE-RELEASE) YUVAL NOAH HARARI: knowing the truth about yourself |
Good Is In The DetailsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 184 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 46 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Practical philosophy & critical thinking • Ethics, law, justice, responsibility • AI, free will, consciousness, intimacy tech • Culture/media analysis (film, TV, music) • Gender, masculinity, dating, consent, asexuality • History, immigration, race • Psychology, wellbeing, self-help skepticism • Education, rhetoric, misinformation, paranormal belief Description (podcaster-provided): Good Is In The Details is a Philosophy podcast hosted by Gwendolyn Dolske, Ph.D and Rudy Salo. We believe that being curious and satisfying your curiosity is a pillar of happiness. Every episode features a discussion with an expert in Ethics, History, Culture, Epistemology, Sociology and more. Learn what you didn't know you didn't know, engage your Critical Thinking skills, and addi a philosophical lens to everyday topics . Join us in gaining a bit of wisdom, question the ordinary, thrive in areas of self-improvement, and laugh in between. Latest episode (2026-Jan-15 00:44 UTC): Everyday Philosophy and Wisdom from the Aztecs |
Philosopher's ZoneProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 239 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 28 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy of ethics, epistemology, aesthetics • Politics: nationalism, democracy, fascism, welfare, colonialism • Indigenous sovereignty, temporalities, literature • AI, post-truth, propaganda, conspiracy beliefs, trust • Gender, disability, animal rights, nature, science-culture tensions 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-Jan-14 23:00 UTC): Albert Camus, fascism and America |
The MinefieldProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 237 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 54 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): ethical dilemmas in modern life • democracy, protest, immigration, extremism, political decency • AI impacts: labour, education, translation, creativity, taste, algorithms • justice policy, youth crime • culture: art, beauty, comedy, literature, memoir • moral emotions: fear, despair, hope, joy, silence 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-Jan-14 17:00 UTC): Anna Funder on the ethical and aesthetic problem of monstrous artists |
Weird StudiesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 224 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 78 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): art-and-philosophy conversations • weird/uncanny aesthetics • horror and gothic literature/film • cosmic dread, liminality, reality/fiction blur • tarot and occult symbolism • religion, mysticism, conversion • media theory, technology, sound • creativity, memory, walking, culture and politics Description (podcaster-provided): Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." Latest episode (2026-Jan-14 15:30 UTC): Episode 204 – The Perilous Realm: J.R.R. Tolkien's 'On Fairy Stories' |
Closer To TruthProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 100 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 27 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Cosmology and quantum foundations • consciousness theories and transcendence • mathematics reality questions • global philosophy of religion: God, personhood, afterlife • evolution and human nature • AI, transhumanism, ethics • anomalies/psi, near-death experiences, skepticism • free will, emergence, creativity 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-Jan-14 12:00 UTC): Can Art Affect Belief Systems? |
What's Left of PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 135 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 60 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Radical philosophy, Marxism, critical theory • capitalism, exploitation, domination, labor • liberalism, representation, state, constitutionalism • moral theory, sympathy, virtue, nihilism • race, colonialism, utopia • climate politics, logistics, fascism, right-wing ideology • culture, aesthetics, education Description (podcaster-provided): In What’s Left of Philosophy Gil Morejón (@gdmorejon), Lillian Cicerchia (@lilcicerch), Owen Glyn-Williams (@oglynwil), and William Paris (@williammparis) discuss philosophy’s radical histories and contemporary political theory. Philosophy isn't dead, but what's left? Support us at patreon.com/leftofphilosophy Latest episode (2026-Jan-14 11:00 UTC): 127 | Hayden White's Forms of History |
The What Is Stoicism? PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 227 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 5 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Stoic philosophy in daily life • emotional regulation, judgments, assent • dichotomy of control, resilience, misfortune • moderation, temperance, rest • presence, time, mortality • wealth/status critique • empathy, community, leadership • practical exercises, interviews 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-Jan-14 07:45 UTC): We Suffer Most in Our Imagination |
Very Bad WizardsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 329 episodes 2012 to 2026 Median: 89 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): moral philosophy, ethics, skepticism, metaphysics • moral psychology, consciousness, attention, perception, neuroscience • classical texts and literature (Plato, Hume, Borges, Kafka, Freud) • film/TV analysis and pop culture • cultural evolution, justice, shame, metrics, AI impacts Description (podcaster-provided): Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Pizarro), who share a love for ethics, pop culture, and cognitive science, and who have a marked inability to distinguish sacred from profane. Each podcast includes discussions of moral philosophy, recent work on moral psychology and neuroscience, and the overlap between the two. Latest episode (2026-Jan-13 19:57 UTC): Episode 324: Irruption of the Sacred |
Embrace The VoidProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 300 episodes 2017 to 2026 Median: 66 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): political philosophy: liberal socialism, meritocracy, fascism • skepticism, conspiracy thinking, misinformation, science wars • secularism/atheism organizing, belief and disbelief • trans activism debates in secular spaces • masculinity, manosphere, incels • AI ethics, epistemology, moral realism/antirealism • pop-culture lenses (Warhammer 40k, Shoresy) Description (podcaster-provided): Welcome friends, to a podcast for a darker timeline. Maybe the darkest of all timelines. Definitely not one of the good timelines. Maybe it’s always been a dark timeline, maybe the Hadron collider screwed us over. Science may never know. What we do know is that we live in the void. The void, a place where a chittering mass of void crabs can infest a person suit and win the presidency. The void, a place where we're just clever enough to know that climate change is happening, but not quite clever enough to do anything about it. The void seems terrible and cruel, but it loves you, in its own ironic way. Latest episode (2026-Jan-13 16:25 UTC): The Score with C. Thi Nguyen |
Philosophy for the PeopleProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 138 episodes 2022 to 2026 Median: 58 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Catholic/Thomistic philosophy • arguments for God, natural theology • problem of evil, divine hiddenness • metaphysics of existence, causality, grounding • epistemology, knowledge value • Scripture interpretation, faith • evolution and Christianity • philosophy of mind, dualism Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophy for the People's mission is an educational program aimed at overcoming the paucity of serious, fair-minded, and accessible philosophical discourse available to a popular audience. Though we are ourselves dedicated to the Catholic intellectual tradition, we are likewise committed to exploring ideas from all rigorous traditions of philosophizing (scholastic, classical, analytic, and phenomenological). We pursue this mission by providing long-form guided readings of great texts, discussions with expert guests, our own open-ended philosophical discussions of issues and thinkers, live question and answer opportunities, in depth lecture courses, and our own articles and book-length writings. Philosophy for the People's pedagogical materials will be provided either without charge or for minimal cost to assure provision of broad access to first-rate philosophical education. Latest episode (2026-Jan-13 13:05 UTC): Aquinas's Five Ways Are Stronger Than You Think (w/ Dr. Rob Koons) |
Philosophy For Our TimesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 535 episodes 2016 to 2026 Median: 35 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy debates/interviews • politics: liberalism, neoliberalism, Marxism, Enlightenment, values • mind: consciousness, neuroscience, unconscious, free will • psychedelics, mental health, mindfulness • language, narrative, misinformation • metaphysics: nothingness, time, reality • ethics, religion, love • art, literature, beauty, fun, apocalypse, technology, AI Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophy for our Times is a free philosophy podcast bringing you the latest talks and debates from the world’s leading thinkers. We host weekly episodes on today’s biggest ideas in news, society, culture, politics, science and arts. Subscribe today to never miss an episode. Latest episode (2026-Jan-13 00:00 UTC): The search for higher states of consciousness | Philosopher Jessica Frazier |
The Contemplative Science PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 75 episodes 2022 to 2026 Median: 32 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): contemplative science bridging Buddhism, meditation, and neuroscience • compassion training, ethics, community care • mind/self, agency, consciousness, nonduality • mindfulness in healthcare/education • pain, trauma, grief, death • psychedelics, end-of-life therapy • AI, predictive processing Description (podcaster-provided): What can cutting-edge science tell us about spiritual development? And how are ancient contemplative practices helping us to investigate the nature of well-being? On The Contemplative Science Podcast, host Dr. Mark Miller speaks with the real experts, from Monks to Neuroscientists, to get clear on how contemplative practices work and how they might help us improve our lives. Our diverse range of guests will cover everything from mindfulness and wisdom, to sex, death and enlightenment. Latest episode (2026-Jan-12 16:25 UTC): Where Science Meets Silence w/Brother Phap Linh |
Consciousness Live!Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 93 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 113 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy/neuroscience of consciousness • perception, sensory experience, representation • introspection, selfhood, imagination, memory, emotions • theories: IIT, GNW, global workspace, sensorimotor, illusionism • metaphysics: physicalism, panpsychism, biopsychism, solipsism, theism • AI, metacognition, psychedelics Description (podcaster-provided): Where the stream of consciousness goes over the edge. Latest episode (2026-Jan-12 09:59 UTC): Brian Cutter Live! |
The Gray Area with Sean IllingProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 739 episodes 2016 to 2026 Median: 62 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy-inflected interviews on democracy, institutions, ideology • technology and attention economy, AI, social media • climate solutions and energy • mental health, grief, hope, personality • inequality, free speech, extremism, education, culture 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-Jan-12 09:00 UTC): How we built a government that can’t build anything |
Walter Veit PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 49 episodes 2023 to 2026 Median: 44 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy of mind, consciousness science, animal sentience and welfare • evolution and natural selection, multicellularity, Darwinism, epigenetics • ethics of enhancement, genetic engineering, AI and smart farming • moral philosophy, effective altruism, meaning and nihilism • interviews with philosophers and scientists 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-Jan-12 05:36 UTC): What is consciousness? |
WHY? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday LifeProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 20 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 73 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): public philosophy on everyday life • ethics, dignity, love, emotions, “good enough” living • denial, self-deception, evil • privacy/oblivion • politics, democracy, Marx, Plato • peace/nonviolence, espionage • Indigenous thought • madness • virtual reality, AI • nature and fashion 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-Jan-11 12:00 UTC): Why Do People Deny Such Obvious Things |
The Panpsycast Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 366 episodes 2016 to 2026 Median: 47 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy of religion and concepts of God • ethics: morality’s source, divine command, sin, war, capitalism • non‑Western traditions: Jainism, Afro‑Brazilian Candomblé, Kyoto School • mind, mental health, aesthetics, humour, food, sound • classical texts, love, public debates 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-Jan-11 05:00 UTC): Episode 151, 'Afro-Brazilian Religions' with José Eduardo Porcher (Part I - Candomblé) |
History of Philosophy Without Any GapsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 491 episodes 2010 to 2026 Median: 22 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Early modern philosophy survey • Descartes and Cartesianism: dualism, method, passions, ethics • Pascal on faith and probability • Skepticism, atomism, science/medicine • Scholastic natural law, politics, economics • Reformation, Inquisition, global encounters 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-Jan-11 04:00 UTC): HoP 484 You Bet Your Life: Pascal’s Wager |
Philosophy vs. ImprovProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 111 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 52 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy blended with improv comedy • ethics, authenticity, identity, consent, community • debate and argumentation • truth, relativism, mysticism • humor theory • art, education, technology/AI • pop culture riffs and role-play scenes Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophy vs. Improv Latest episode (2026-Jan-10 18:03 UTC): PvI#109: Choose Your Own Failure w/ Rich Baker |
Philosophers In SpaceProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 300 episodes 2018 to 2026 Median: 53 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Sci‑fi/pop‑culture philosophy • ethics under uncertainty, survival, longtermism • personhood, consciousness, AI alignment • political violence, fascism, colonialism • gender, queer theory, masculinity, TERFs • social control, memetics, luck, virtue, ecology 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-Jan-10 16:52 UTC): Harrow the 9th pt. 2 and Ethics with Uncertainty |
New Books in PhilosophyProfile • RSS • Apple Podcasts 409 episodes 2011 to 2026 Median: 66 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Academic interviews on new philosophy books • philosophy of science reasoning • mind, cognition, AI, psychiatry • metaphysics, language, emotion, aesthetics • race, gender, Latinx/trans thought • democracy, censorship, political epistemology • environmental ethics, capitalism, Marxism • non-Western traditions, yoga, Buddhism 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-Jan-10 09:00 UTC): Kenneth Aizawa, "Compositional Abduction and Scientific Interpretation: A Granular Approach" (Cambridge UP, 2025) |
PlasticPills Critical Theory & PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 239 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 73 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Critical theory and philosophy • Lacanian/Freudian psychoanalysis • Ideology and Marxism (Althusser, Fisher, Capital) • Fascism, sovereignty, states of exception • Religion, metaphor, cults • U.S./Canadian politics, culture wars, AI psychosis • Continental thinkers (Derrida, Hegel, Bataille, Durkheim) 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-Jan-10 05:03 UTC): Stoicism at the End of the World // 236 |
The Labyrinth: critical theory, culture, and politicsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 35 episodes 2022 to 2026 Median: 27 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Critical theory takes on digital culture • online radicalization, influencers, algorithms • politics as spectacle, media narratives • conservative/right figures, alt-right dynamics • capitalism, consumption, self-help commodification • AI, control systems, post-truth • identity, desire, Lacan/Deleuze • film/pop-culture deconstructions 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 |
Moral MinorityProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 24 episodes 2024 to 2026 Median: 94 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): moral philosophy, moral foundations • metaethics, moral realism, normativity • existentialism, consciousness, self/other relations • critical theory, culture industry, fascism, antisemitism • Marxism, liberal socialism, political ethics • literature/film criticism, aesthetics, moral vision • religion, faith, mysticism 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-Jan-09 22:00 UTC): Nota Bene: The Moral Passion of David Foster Wallace's The Pale King with Hannah Smart Episode |
The Academic ImperfectionistProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 125 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 19 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Academic perfectionism and self-criticism • procrastination, motivation, willpower • writing process, research habits, time management • burnout, rest, hobbies • self-compassion, self-worth, entitlement, recognition • philosophical perspectives (Stoicism, Hume, Sartre, Goffman) • coaching and therapy insights • nature-based resilience 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-Jan-09 00:00 UTC): #124: Dr Dana Klisanin on wild willpower and drawing resilience from nature |
Dilemma PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 102 episodes 2019 to 2026 Median: 78 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Palestine/Israel, Zionism, Gaza war • empire, colonialism, decolonization • human rights, antisemitism discourse • capitalism, oligarchy, petrodollars, climate • resistance ethics: violence/nonviolence • anarchism, nationalism critique • surveillance, journalism, propaganda Description (podcaster-provided): Solving the problems of what to do next with some of today's top thinkers and writers. Latest episode (2026-Jan-07 18:08 UTC): From joining the US RANGERS after 9/11 and serving with Pat Tillman to War Resistance - Rory Fanning |
Ethics and EducationProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 41 episodes 2020 to 2026 Median: 26 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): ethical questions in education • classroom practice and philosophy pedagogy • K-12 inquiry and sex education • higher-ed trust, mentoring, aims • admissions, costs, inequality, social mobility • strikes, punishment, prisons • divisive concepts, HBCUs, faculty social media Description (podcaster-provided): How should we be thinking about ethical questions in education? Conversations and features with philosophers and education researchers. From classroom dilemmas to policy decisions, K-12 through higher ed. Latest episode (2026-Jan-07 17:12 UTC): Philosophy With (and for) Children | (K-12) |
Plato's Pod: Dialogues on the works of PlatoProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 75 episodes 2021 to 2026 Median: 112 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Plato dialogue discussions • virtue, justice, law, constitutions • leadership, tyranny, political harmony • soul, reason, motion, Forms • language, naming, meaning • cosmology, time, perception, geometry • technology, AI, ChatGPT, truth and images Description (podcaster-provided): Welcome to Plato's Pod, a podcast of discussions on the dialogues of Plato, the philosopher and geometer who wrote nearly 2,400 years ago. Hosted by amateur philosopher James Myers, the first four seasons of the podcast featured group discussions and some incredible insights on many of Plato's works. Now in our fifth season, we continue to probe the philosophy of Plato's dialogues, with invited guests discussing selected topics and applying the timeless philosophical principles to contemporary issues and circumstances. Latest episode (2026-Jan-05 01:59 UTC): Why Artificial Intelligence is Impossible |
Patterson in PursuitProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 204 episodes 2016 to 2026 Median: 34 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): applied philosophy • Platonism, Forms, metaphysics • Christianity, Trinity, Catholicism, divinity of love • philosophy of math, paradoxes, ultrafinitism, discrete calculus • AI, consciousness, souls • science/medicine epistemology, mechanisms, complexity • politics, rights, hierarchy, Marxism Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophy in the real world. Interviewing intellectuals across the globe. Grappling with the biggest ideas. Latest episode (2026-Jan-04 11:00 UTC): Pure Reason and the Divinity of Love |
ElucidationsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 153 episodes 2009 to 2026 Median: 37 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Introductory conversations with philosophers • ethics, virtue, emotions, good life • political philosophy: democracy, freedom, discrimination, immigration, housing • mind, self, death, pregnancy, gender • logic, statistics, AI, computing, science Description (podcaster-provided): Elucidations is an unexpected philosophy podcast produced in association with Emergent Ventures. Every episode, Matt Teichman temporarily transforms himself back into a student and tries to learn the basics of some topic from a person of philosophical interest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Latest episode (2026-Jan-02 22:01 UTC): Episode 153: Sam Enright discusses lifelong learning |
Philosophy BitesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 399 episodes 2007 to 2026 Median: 16 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Interviews with philosophers • ethics and moral psychology • AI/digital ethics, privacy, law • political philosophy, democracy, conflict, identity • race, colonialism, Africana/Mexican/Japanese philosophy • animal minds, sentience • Plato/Socrates/Aristotle, biographies • thought experiments, vagueness, decision-making • grief, loneliness, hope, sex, authenticity Description (podcaster-provided): David Edmonds (Uehiro Centre, Oxford University) and Nigel Warburton (freelance philosopher/writer) interview top philosophers on a wide range of topics. Two books based on the series have been published by Oxford University Press. We are currently self-funding - donations very welcome via our website http://www.philosophybites.com Latest episode (2026-Jan-01 18:57 UTC): Chike Jeffers on Africana Philosophy |
Love & PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 89 episodes 2023 to 2026 Median: 79 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy-of-mind & consciousness • embodied/enactive cognition, affect, sense-making • paradox beyond binaries • AI/neurotechnology ethics • memory/hippocampus & social brain synchrony • care, maintenance, politics of love • ecology, bioregionalism, complexity & Daoism Description (podcaster-provided): From the heart. Mostly unscripted. Exploring philosophical, scientific, technological & poetic spaces beyond either/or bounds. Living into the questions. Loving as knowing. Philosophy as a verb. Latest episode (2026-Jan-01 04:00 UTC): #80 Pure Consciousness with Thomas Metzinger |
Microphilosophy with Julian BagginiProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 40 episodes 2011 to 2026 Median: 23 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophical discussions and live salons • Thinking skills and intellectual virtues • Anger, uncertainty, deference, charity • Cross-cultural philosophy (Asian/Confucian) • Freedom, harmony, hierarchy, equality • Ethics, politics, identity • Science, AI, consciousness, animals • Religion, evil, existentialism • Art, music, cycling interviews Description (podcaster-provided): Diverse discussions with philosophers worth listening to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Latest episode (2026-Jan-01 00:01 UTC): An Interview with Martin Parr |
Philosophize This!Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 243 episodes 2013 to 2025 Median: 29 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): accessible philosophy via literature and major thinkers • ethics, justice, common good • nihilism, authenticity, selfhood • religion, Zen, mysticism, nothingness • language, rhetoric, ideology • technology, capitalism, democracy, political violence Description (podcaster-provided): Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world we live in are broken down and explained. Latest episode (2025-Dec-27 00:43 UTC): Episode #243 ... Hamlet - William Shakespeare |
Philosophy on the FringesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 28 episodes 2023 to 2025 Median: 55 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophical inquiry into fringe and everyday phenomena • skepticism, evidence, pseudoscience demarcation • memory/identity, consciousness • religion, secularism, apocalypse • paranormal, reincarnation, UFOs • ethics of medicine, tech, sports, dating, childhood, mortality 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 (2025-Dec-26 16:12 UTC): The Mandela Effect |
Moral MazeProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 264 episodes 2015 to 2025 Median: 42 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Moral philosophy debates • politics, democracy, populism • immigration, social cohesion • media, truth, online harms, privacy, AI • justice system, punishment, juries • welfare, inequality, trade, climate ethics • family, masculinity, fatherhood, fertility • war, humanitarian duties, death, gratitude Description (podcaster-provided): Combative, provocative and engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze Latest episode (2025-Dec-24 21:00 UTC): What Is Truth? |
The Podcaster's Guide to the ConspiracyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 352 episodes 2018 to 2025 Median: 46 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Humorous philosophical analysis of conspiracy theories • book/paper critiques • state secrets and espionage • political scandals and propaganda • religious/Vatican plots • mysterious disappearances, sabotage, assassinations • local NZ/Australian conspiracies, secret tunnels, hoaxes • media/podcast meta-discussion 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 (2025-Dec-24 19:00 UTC): The Return of the State Secrets II |
Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 72 episodes 2022 to 2025 Median: 56 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Stoicism applied to modern life • CBT/REBT links • anger management • resilience, leadership, coaching • relationships, codependency, boundaries, autonomy • empathy without burnout • Socratic method, skepticism • Roman/Greek history: Marcus Aurelius, death, plague, gladiators Description (podcaster-provided): Donald Robertson, the author of "How to Think Like a Roman Emperor", and a cognitive-behavioral therapist, talks about how to apply Stoicism in the modern world, discussing philosophy, psychology and self-improvement with guests from all walks of life. Available on Google and Apple podcasts. Latest episode (2025-Dec-24 15:23 UTC): The Rescuer Trap: The Ethics of Love |
Bioethics in the MarginsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 40 episodes 2021 to 2025 Median: 48 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): equity-centered bioethics • structural racism, colonialism, capitalism • immigrant/refugee policy, sanctuary, detention • reproductive justice, Black women’s health, genetics • disability ethics, homelessness, dignity • gun violence, policing, carceral health • disaster ethics, climate, One Health • organizational ethics, community engagement, censorship/privacy Description (podcaster-provided): Who we are: We are a collaborative of bioethics scholars interested in creating a more inclusive space to explore topics relevant to bioethics and the medical humanities while advancing equity and social change/restitution. Although we found our shared interests through our membership in the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Race Affinity Group, we are independent of ASBH and any other organization. The views expressed in this podcast are our own and the speakers and do not represent our employers, institutions, or professional societies. Mission: Bioethics in the Margins aims to include topics, guests and audiences who are not always highlighted in mainstream bioethics discourse. We will focus on structural inequity and the role bioethics can play in social change. We aim to move beyond traditional bioethics frameworks and intentionally draw on intersectionality, social justice, racial justice, disability ethics, women, LGBTQ ethics, and topics specific to Black, immigrant/refugee, Native American, Latinx populations. Latest episode (2025-Dec-23 02:00 UTC): Sanctuary Churches: A Moral Imperative |
The Ethical FrontierProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 82 episodes 2023 to 2025 Median: 53 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Applied ethics interviews • political ideology, moderation, democracy • free speech, protest violence, policing • immigration, refugees, ICE • death, assisted dying, brain death • well-being, meaning, hedonism • AI ethics • sex, gender, biology • racism, dehumanization, extremism Description (podcaster-provided): Interviews about ethics and other interesting topics. Latest episode (2025-Dec-22 17:24 UTC): #82 - Why It's Okay to be a Moderate | Marcus Arvan |
Bioethics for the PeopleProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 88 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 36 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Bioethics dilemmas in healthcare • AI in medicine: decision prediction, bias, diagnosis, mental health apps, clinical ethics algorithms • autonomy, capacity, surrogate conflict, DNR • research/trial ethics, allocation/scarcity • historic cases: eugenics, consent abuses, reproductive ethics Description (podcaster-provided): Bioethics for the People Podcast is for anyone interested in bioethics. Wait, not sure what bioethics is? We are here to explore that question. Latest episode (2025-Dec-21 12:30 UTC): Catching Up and Preview of New Project |
Philosophy In FilmProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 100 episodes 2019 to 2025 Median: 104 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophical analysis of popular films • Ethics, morality, justice, truth • Belief, faith, redemption • Authority, leadership, community • Identity, autonomy, power • Free will, fate, mortality • Fear, horror, existential risk • War, sacrifice, hope 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 (2025-Dec-20 00:26 UTC): Philosophy In Film - 100 - Miracle on 34th Street |
Short & CurlyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 177 episodes 2016 to 2025 Median: 21 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Kids’ philosophy and ethics • fairness, responsibility, rules, punishment • truth, lying, privacy • judging others, friendship, forgiveness • decision-making dilemmas • identity and dreaming • art, music, media • technology, money, animal ethics Description (podcaster-provided): Short & Curly is the fun and educational ABC Kids and Family podcast that makes philosophy and ethics easy, entertaining, and thought-provoking. Hosted by Molly Daniels, Carl Smith, and philosopher Eleanor Gordon-Smith, the show explores big questions for kids about right and wrong, fairness, truth, knowledge, logic, beauty, and art. Latest episode (2025-Dec-18 20:00 UTC): BITES – Being scared of spiders |
Interdisciplinary PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 61 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 76 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Interdisciplinary readings of Plato’s Cave • truth, perception, learning, development • philosophy of science, science communication, denial/disinformation • art/film/visual politics • technology, attention, social media • climate crisis, ecology, activism, rights of nature • geology/deep time, astrophysics • trauma, spirituality, education, medicine Description (podcaster-provided): A course in interdisciplinarity by Mario Veen. In each episode I travel through Plato's Allegory of the Cave together with a guide. Together, we examine the question of what it means to learn, grow and develop in life on earth. We do so from a new perspective every time. You can use this course to study whatever interests you through the lens of philosophy, film, art, physics, spirituality and many more. All you need is the willingness to think things through and the openness to have your preconceived notions challenged. Latest episode (2025-Dec-17 17:55 UTC): 56- Fighting Fossil Fuel Propaganda with Genevieve Guenther |
Then & Now: Philosophy, History & PoliticsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 111 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 24 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy and history of modernity • political theory: capitalism, populism, democracy, oligarchy • media ecosystems, Fox News, culture wars • technology critique: internet, social media, AI, surveillance capitalism • racism, immigration, Israel/Palestine, Russia • psychology: anger, addiction, burnout, attention economy Description (podcaster-provided): The Then & Now podcast: audio versions of the Youtube videos on philosophy, history, and politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Latest episode (2025-Dec-09 00:00 UTC): Dreams Beyond the Algorithm |
Five Minute PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 83 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 5 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Bite-sized intros to philosophy • Epistemology, skepticism, self-knowledge, logic • Metaphysics: idealism, possible worlds, causation • Ethics: virtue, duties, liberty • Aesthetics and art criticism • Existentialism • Feminist/social philosophy • Philosophy of religion/theology Description (podcaster-provided): A philosophy podcast with simple five minute episodes, making philosophy accessible for people of all ages, backgrounds and experience! Latest episode (2025-Dec-08 13:13 UTC): Proof of the External World (Archie Fletcher) |
Ideas MatterProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 32 episodes 2021 to 2025 Median: 61 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Political philosophy and intellectual history • Liberalism debates: post‑liberalism, communitarianism, liberal socialism, Rawls • Marxism/Leninism, capitalism, ideology, trade unionism • Chinese thought: Confucianism, Daoism, cosmopolitanism • Classic thinkers: Aristotle, Plato, Augustine, Machiavelli, Kant, Nietzsche, Freud • Culture, masculinity, manosphere Description (podcaster-provided): A podcast where two mates discuss philosophy, politics and intellectual history, because Ideas Matter. Latest episode (2025-Dec-06 03:52 UTC): What Post-Liberals Get Right (and Wrong) About Liberalism |
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 74 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 80 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Contemporary analytic philosophy conversations•political polarization, wokeness, free speech, academic freedom•ethics of policing, guns, war, nuclear weapons, foreign policy•AI risks, surveillance, technology harms•metaphysics: consciousness, free will, death, God•applied ethics: charity, parenting, gaming, genetic enhancement Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophical excursions into interesting, and often controversial, topics. Hosted by Spencer Case. Latest episode (2025-Dec-04 04:00 UTC): AI Dangers (The Dark Side of Technology, Part 3) |
History and Philosophy of the Language SciencesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 55 episodes 2019 to 2025 Median: 25 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): history of linguistics and language science • key thinkers and schools (Pāṇini, Saussure, Boas, Bloomfield, Chomsky) • structuralism, generativism, typology • sociopolitics, ideology, nationalism • documentation, archiving, language contact and revival 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 (2025-Nov-30 14:00 UTC): Podcast episode 53: Paul Kiparsky on Pāṇini |
The London Lecture SeriesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 49 episodes 2022 to 2025 Median: 86 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophical lectures on memory/forgetting, trauma, identity, commemoration • mental health, psychiatry critiques, madness, ethics • empathy, second-person relations • race, decolonisation • technology’s effects on memory • law, medicine, spirituality • cross-cultural philosophy, emotions, aesthetics, finance/climate Description (podcaster-provided): What is mental health? Can we make sense of psychosis? What’s the connection between mental health and concepts including race & evolution? Latest episode (2025-Nov-28 15:00 UTC): The You Turn, Naomi Eilan |
New Voices in the History of PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 28 episodes 2021 to 2025 Median: 41 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Underrepresented philosophers in history • women’s, Black, Indigenous, Africana thought • moral, political philosophy; slavery/abolition, rights, education • feminist theory, gender, race/racism • metaphysics, mysticism • literature as philosophy • research methods, teaching, academic challenges 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 (2025-Nov-11 00:39 UTC): Karoline von Günderrode's philosophy: Interview with Anna Ezekiel |
Brain in a VatProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 278 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 58 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy conversations, thought experiments • applied ethics: sex work, parenting, animal welfare, organ markets • political philosophy: democracy, patriotism, capitalism, wokeness • tech ethics: AI, surveillance, digital afterlife • metaphysics: identity, possible worlds, free will • speech, academic freedom, conflict, conspiracy theories Description (podcaster-provided): Thought experiments and conversations with philosophers. Hosted by Dr Jason Werbeloff and Mark Oppenheimer. Latest episode (2025-Nov-09 18:26 UTC): Facial Distortions and Prosopometamorphopsia | Brad Duchaine (Rebroadcast) |
Radical PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 257 episodes 2015 to 2025 Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy interviews • feminism, women’s history, lesbian archives/separatism, utopias • ethics of AI/technology, animals, research • philosophy of science: causation, genetics, cognition • emotions/illness: shame, vulnerability, grief, death • art/music, horror, climate listening Description (podcaster-provided): Food for Thought, let's get radical about philosophy! Latest episode (2025-Nov-05 07:00 UTC): Flying With Paper Wings- Sandy Jeffs Part 1 |
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 • Marxism, decolonial thought, feminism/queer theory, critical race theory • Close readings of major texts • Media propaganda, discourse analysis • Race, property, museums/collecting • Palestine, law, nationalism • Ethics, care, suicidism 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 interviews • Stoicism and Christianity • philosophy of religion: God, evil, souls • metaphilosophy and public philosophy • consciousness, panpsychism, AI/AGI, simulation hypothesis • science fiction/fantasy analysis: Tolkien, Dune, Starship Troopers • notebooks/commonplace books • politics/CRT, epistemology/deepfakes 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 • personal identity, essence, culture • memory and persistence over time • ageing and leisure • free will, determinism, morality, genetics • existentialism: meaning, absurdity, authenticity, misinformation • AI, ChatGPT, Turing test, creativity, social media power Description (podcaster-provided): What is Philosophy? Why should we bother with it? Sit down with Danny and Dr. Mike in the comfort of their local pub, as they grapple with the big ideas in a unique and accessible way! Dive into our archive of earlier episodes here: https://castbox.fm/channel/id3766780?country=gb Send us an email: [email protected] Check out our article about the podcast here! Get into Mike and Danny's heads for free! https://blog.apaonline.org/2018/10/03/the-philosophy-wtf-podcast-philosophy-outside-academia/ Latest episode (2025-Oct-22 11:56 UTC): Episode 226: Human Identity Part Four |
The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of ScienceProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 75 episodes 2023 to 2025 Median: 27 minutes Collections: Philosophy • Science Themes (AI-generated): history, philosophy, sociology of science • knowledge production, experimentation, modelling, measurement • trust, expertise, objectivity, values • replication, open science • science communication, controversies • gender equality, fatherhood policy • medicine, psychiatry, public health 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 • intentionality and representation • introspection and illusionism • sensation vs perception, blindsight • artificial agents, LLMs, artificial consciousness • digital ethics, online pollution • evolution and 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 reasoning theory and measurement • intuition vs reflection/dual-process thinking • psychometrics of reflection tests • links between reflection, philosophy, morality, religiosity • implicit bias debates • judgment/decision-making in humans and AI 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 |
The Philosopher & The NewsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 50 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 58 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy behind current affairs • ethics of war, political violence, regime change • populism, polarization, rhetoric, conspiracy • free speech, universities, media bias • climate justice, Anthropocene • AI, metaverse • abortion, guns, migration policy Description (podcaster-provided): Leading philosophers bring to the surface the ideas hidden behind the biggest news stories. Latest episode (2025-Oct-06 05:00 UTC): Does the left have a problem with political violence? |
Proceedings of the Aristotelian SocietyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 183 episodes 2012 to 2025 Median: 53 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Academic philosophy talks • ethics, moral responsibility, Kantian method • mind, perception, self-knowledge, other minds • metaphysics, logic, vagueness, probability • political philosophy, race, equality, science-trust • aesthetics, art, photography • ancient/early modern traditions Description (podcaster-provided): The Aristotelian Society, founded in 1880, meets fortnightly in London to hear and discuss talks given by leading philosophers from a broad range of philosophical traditions. The papers read at the Society’s meetings are published in the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. The mission of the Society is to make philosophy widely available to the general public, and the Aristotelian Society Podcast Series represents our latest initiative in furthering this goal. The audio podcasts of our talks are produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company in conjunction with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London. Please visit our website to learn more about us and our publications: http://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk Latest episode (2025-Sep-29 18:30 UTC): 29/09/2025: Lucy O'Brien: Duddington and Our Awareness of Others’ Minds |
Thales’ WellProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 61 episodes 2018 to 2025 Median: 60 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy interviews • political theory, equality, freedom • continental/ancient thinkers • ethics, character, shame • science/technology studies: AI, posthumanism, blockchain • propaganda, conspiracy, post-truth • literature, film, horror, architecture, culture 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 life • critical rationalism, falsification, induction, demarcation/pseudoscience • Popper vs Kuhn, Feyerabend, Nietzsche • open society, tolerance, liberalism • Bartley’s pancritical rationalism • science foundations: evolution, quantum mechanics 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): Contemporary ethical theory debates • Virtue ethics: grandstanding, fanaticism, meaning • Moral responsibility: blame, free will, determinism, AI • Applied ethics: veganism, gamete donation • Emotions, grief, well-being • Confucianism, religion, race, hope, democracy Description (podcaster-provided): Critical Discussions of recent articles in ethics and practical philosophy. Latest episode (2025-Sep-12 16:32 UTC): Virtue Signaling, Grandstanding, and Judging Others |
Plato's CaveProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 84 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 84 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Academic philosophy discussions • consciousness debates: hard problem, Mary, epiphenomenalism, materialism • moral psychology: anger, blame, forgiveness, empathy, meekness • free will, determinism, responsibility, neuroscience, law • political theory: liberty, equality, Marx, rights, restorative justice • existentialist literature analyses 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) |
A Million Little GodsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 35 episodes 2015 to 2025 Median: 41 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy and culture studies • uncertainty, skepticism, epistemology • selfhood and consciousness • race as social/scientific category • linguistics and categorization • statistics, Bayesian modeling, machine learning • politics, history, ideology, religion (Aquinas/Marx/Hegel) 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): Neurodivergence philosophy • Autism “mind-myths” • Theory of mind critique • Replication failures, pseudoscience, Popper/Lakatos • Research values: pathology vs neurodiversity • Double empathy problem, monotropism, interoception • Empathy types, testing, development • Empathy, morality, deliberate 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 • healthcare access, physician shortages, AI impacts • race concepts and race-based clinical algorithms • research ethics, IRBs, risk, pediatric studies • pandemic policy: surveillance, pathogen research, resource allocation • end-of-life care, MAID • social norms, oppression, standpoint epistemology • moral expertise, nudging, ethics education • existential risk, longtermism, moral status of animals and AI • democratic participation in health policy 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? |
The New ThinkeryProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 262 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 64 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Political philosophy and intellectual history • Close readings of Plato, Aristotle, Strauss, Kant, Kierkegaard, medieval Islamic thought • Literature, poetry, tragedy, film analysis • Ethics, virtue, justice, reason–revelation • Liberal education, humanities debates, modernity critique 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 (2025-Jun-25 09:00 UTC): Summer Break at The New Thinkery |
Examining EthicsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 97 episodes 2015 to 2025 Median: 30 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Moral philosophy tools • Rules versus discretion, obedience, civil disobedience • Democracy, civic life, equality, policing • Climate ethics, wildlife, environmental justice • Technology bias, trust, surveillance, misinformation • Moral psychology, emotions, forgiveness, offense, swearing, comedy • Race, gender, disability, reproduction, immigration • Philanthropy, care ethics, institutions • Ethics education, ethics bowls, games Description (podcaster-provided): Examining Ethics is an ethics podcast produced by The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University. Everybody wrestles with questions about ethics. Some of those questions are easy to figure out. Should I murder someone? No! But other questions are more difficult to answer. Examining Ethics doesn’t provide answers to these ethical dilemmas, but instead leaves listeners with tools and ideas from some of the biggest names in moral philosophy and ethics. Academic philosophy and ethics can sometimes be difficult to understand, and our accessible, open-minded content bridges the gap between scholars and everyone else. Examining Ethics is hosted and produced by Christiane Wisehart. Latest episode (2025-Jun-02 21:53 UTC): Barry Lam: The Case for Discretion |
Owls at DawnProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 100 episodes 2019 to 2025 Median: 97 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy, ethics, politics, religion • Marxism, liberalism, nihilism, theology • war/Palestine, elections, rebellion • AI art, money, consumerism • culture criticism: film, TV, music, sports gambling, internet discourse 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 • ancient texts (Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus, Cicero) • virtue, happiness, indifferents • ethics, moral dilemmas • emotions: anger, forgiveness, desire, embarrassment • resilience, self-mastery, attention, metacognition • wealth, risk, politics • Stoicism vs Buddhism/Epicureanism/Nietzsche 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/science, law/AI, social ontology • Academic life: PhD admissions, publishing, mentoring, accessibility, 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): philosophy survey • ancient/modern thinkers • ethics: virtue, duty, utilitarianism • political theory: justice, sovereignty, democracy • economics: markets, planning, consumption • mind: perception, consciousness • history, education, religion 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): Philosophy of New York City life • Urban existentialism, meaning, city “soul” • Rights to/ of the city • Urban development, space, ecology • Local politics, mayoral races • Democracy, elections, civic engagement • Food justice and hunger Description (podcaster-provided): The Phi on New York podcast deciphers the words that city's philosophers (and other prophets) have written on the subway walls. Through in-depth conversations about the ideas, issues, and challenges that shape lives of New Yorkers, we try to understand what the city is and what it might become. Latest episode (2025-Mar-13 00:59 UTC): Meaning in the City: Shane Epting on Urban Existentialism |
Ethics in Action PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 39 episodes 2018 to 2025 Median: 57 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): applied ethics debates • brain‑computer interfaces, neurorights, brain data privacy • AI consciousness, governance, regulation • disability, autonomy, agency • work future: meaningful work, idleness, UBI • geopolitics: Ukraine, NATO, Middle East • public memory, racism, education, polarization 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): Practical philosophy discussions • Selfhood across ancient, modern, existentialist views • Plato’s Symposium, love and beauty • Moral philosophy: virtue, relativism, character • Political philosophy and property • War ethics • God, religious experience • Eastern traditions, Stoicism 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 philosophical lenses •authenticity, memory, humor, time, postmodernism •punk, music criticism, comedy, wrestling, games, sports •feminism, epistemic violence •AIDS/HIV, sexuality, scandals •science, climate change, technology, place, urbanism 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 readings and commentary • self-improvement through virtue, mindfulness, self-reflection • emotional control, calm, inner peace • resilience, overcoming adversity • leadership lessons from Marcus Aurelius • providence, rational order of nature Description (podcaster-provided): Marcus Aurelius wrote Meditations in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. These memos survive and continue to inspire others to this day. These writings take the form of quotations varying in length from one sentence to long paragraphs. He explicates the Stoic philosophy that the only way a man can be harmed by others is to allow his reaction to overpower him. He shows no particular religious faith in his writings, but seems to believe that some sort of logical, benevolent force organizes the universe in such a way that even "bad" occurrences happen for the good of the whole. Latest episode (2024-Dec-20 10:25 UTC): Discussion of The Power of Self-Reflection - Marcus Aurelius' Guide to Inner Peace |
Mind ChatProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 28 episodes 2021 to 2024 Median: 116 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): consciousness debates: panpsychism, illusionism, materialism, dualism, idealism • hard problem, phenomenal consciousness, self • perception/predictive processing, extended mind • free will, agency, determinism • physics–mind links, emergence • reality, simulation, scientific realism • psychedelics, mystical experience • IIT, neuroscience of smell Description (podcaster-provided): Philip Goff is a philosopher who thinks consciousness pervades the universe. Keith Frankish is a philosopher who thinks consciousness* doesn't even exist. From their very different perspectives, Keith and Philip interview leading scientists and philosophers of consciousness, engaging and debating in a friendly way in pursuit of truth. Mind Chat aims to be highly accessible, allowing those with no background in science and/or philosophy to get a grip on the cutting edge of the field. Latest episode (2024-Dec-10 18:30 UTC): Andy Clark: The Experience Machine |
Out of the TowerProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 10 episodes 2020 to 2024 Median: 38 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy’s role in tech • Ethical, legal, social impacts of emergent technologies • Bridging academia and lay audiences • Corporate culture and workplace spirituality • VR-based wellness and trauma healing • NFTs and digital art • Satire, politics, emotional life in pandemic • Disability inclusion through adaptive sports Description (podcaster-provided): Podcast by Out of the Tower Latest episode (2024-Dec-08 00:00 UTC): Ep. 10 - Serenity through VRenity: Driving Wellness with VR |
SCI PHI PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 101 episodes 2017 to 2024 Median: 79 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy of science interviews • Scientific methodology, Bayesianism, induction, causation • Models, idealization, abstraction • Collaboration, values, ethics, ignorance • Medicine, psychiatry, neuroscience • Evolution, genomics, physics, AI, astrophysics • Public trust, policy, longtermism 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 and political philosophy • wealth inequality, taxation, housing, medicine pricing, UBI • democracy, voting, strikes, refugees • religion and moral authority • work, happiness, meaning • AI risks, understanding • censorship, media narratives • existentialism, skepticism, films 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 careers beyond academia • applying ethics, phenomenology, Stoicism, existentialism to work • tech/metaverse/UX, AI humanity • leadership, team habits, coaching, conscious capitalism • politics/ideology, culture wars • climate, government, finance, immigration justice Description (podcaster-provided): What is the value of philosophy in everyday life and work? Latest episode (2024-Oct-01 14:22 UTC): Episode #41: From Google to Meta and Back: Aaron Kagan on “Study Abroad” in the Metaverse |
Red Letter PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 179 episodes 2018 to 2024 Median: 12 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy of religion • divine hiddenness, silence, unbelief • problem of evil, suffering • God, faith, reason, skepticism • classic thinkers (Augustine, Pascal, Lewis, Hume, Descartes) • death, love, virtue, holidays, literature, culture Description (podcaster-provided): Red Letter Philosophy is a philosophy of religion podcast exploring the depths of the human heart, the exaltations of the soul, and the mystery of God. Latest episode (2024-Sep-30 09:00 UTC): Where Is God? |
Microdosing PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 34 episodes 2020 to 2024 Median: 9 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Classical philosophy lectures • Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Plotinus • Hellenistic schools: Stoicism, Epicureanism • Ethics: utilitarianism, Kantian duty • Metaphysics: forms, substance, soul • Logic, critical thinking, syllogisms • Rhetoric and persuasion theory • Greek myth seers, divination 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, digital minds’ moral status/rights • transhumanism, human enhancement, embryo selection, posthuman dignity • existential risk, vulnerable world, information hazards, governance • meaning in post-labor utopia, simulation/doomsday arguments, cosmic norms, metaethics 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) |
Conversations at the CenterProfile • Site • RSS 8 episodes 2024 Median: 29 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy of science interviews • Science and values debates • Relativity, quantum theory, statistical physics • History/philosophy of biology, evolutionary biology archives • Philosophy of medicine • Cognitive science: attention, perception, schizophrenia • Center programs and conferences 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 (2024-Jul-22 13:00 UTC): Conversations at the Center: Edouard Machery and PSP8 students |
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 conversations • ethics: suffering, charity, animal rights, violence • metaphysics/epistemology: Plato–Aristotle, Forms, idealism, postmodernism • mind: consciousness, sensation, memory, personhood • technology/AI • aesthetics: music • relationships: love, friendship • education: teaching, grades • politics/war • interpretation/understanding 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 • Great Books, classics, modern novels • Poetry analysis and readings • love, virtue, meaning, happiness • sin, grace, suffering, evil, redemption • satire, tragedy, existential angst • liberal education, humanities debates Description (podcaster-provided): Podcast by Sacred and Profane Love Latest episode (2024-Jun-21 19:53 UTC): Episode 71: Dana Gioia on the Tragic Thought of Seneca |
The Public PhilosopherProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 17 episodes 2012 to 2024 Median: 41 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Public moral philosophy debates • AI ethics, automation, human judgment • democracy, voting, free speech limits • borders, immigration, national identity, patriotism • inequality, welfare, fair pay • climate responsibility • state and private morality • justice, sexual violence • education access Description (podcaster-provided): Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel examines the thinking behind a current controversy. Latest episode (2024-Jun-11 08:32 UTC): The Ethics of AI |
Condensed MatterProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 38 episodes 2021 to 2024 Median: 11 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Metaphysics and philosophy of science paper discussions • modality (possibility/necessity, possible worlds, Quine) • laws of nature, Humeanism, grounding • quantum measurement • naturalized metaphysics methodology • biology/biochemistry (function, individuality, realization) • AI singularity safety • panpsychism • time, symmetry, explanation 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 dialectics, Being–Nothing–Becoming, Spirit • consciousness, mind–body, unconscious, Jungian archetypes • meaning, synchronicity, semiotics • free will, identity, freedom • religion, God, theodicy • science debates: Big Bang, cyclic cosmos, AI, Fermi paradox • language, Wittgenstein • politics, law, free speech, tribalism, war Description (podcaster-provided): Gregory Novak explores philosophy, psychology, and science with an emphasis on Hegel. For seekers and scholars alike. Latest episode (2024-Apr-14 20:00 UTC): 081 - The Fermi Paradox - Are We Alone in the Universe? Can Rationality Ever be Alone? |
Uehiro Oxford InstituteProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 133 episodes 2009 to 2024 Median: 47 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Practical ethics seminars • Bioethics: consent, capacity, end‑of‑life, conscientious objection • AI, mental privacy, neurotechnology • Public/global health research ethics, poverty, vaccines • Political ethics: democracy, propaganda, law/policy • Animal and gene‑editing ethics Description (podcaster-provided): A selection of seminars and special lectures on wide-ranging topics relating to practical ethics brought to you by the Uehiro Oxford Institute. Latest episode (2024-Mar-28 09:35 UTC): The Vagueness of Demandingness Objections |
Doing PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 4 episodes 2024 Median: 45 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): original philosophy essays and interviews • truth theories: correspondence, pragmatism, deflationism, pluralism • epistemic rationality: personal vs shared inquiry • testimony, peer disagreement, philosophical progress • intellectual tastes and naturalism critique Description (podcaster-provided): Doing Philosophy is a podcast for original philosophy. Its episodes are philosophical essays, but then in the medium of sound. They contain interviews with leading names in the field, such as Huw Price, Crispin Wright, and Sanford Goldberg. Doing Philosophy is created and hosted by Tom Kaspers, who recently obtained his Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of St Andrews. If you like this format, and you want your own work to be featured on this podcast, please do get in touch. For more information, go to https://tomkaspers.com or send an email to [email protected]. Latest episode (2024-Mar-07 00:00 UTC): 4. The Personal Nature of Philosophy with Sanford Goldberg and Crispin Wright |
ReductioProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 37 episodes 2019 to 2024 Median: 46 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Accessible philosophy interviews, narratives, thought experiments • political philosophy: liberalism, Rawls, ideal theory, civil disobedience, climate protests • ethics: animals/food, cost-benefit valuation • identity, consciousness, perception • aesthetics, urban life, technology/economics • philosophical fiction/audio texts 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): AI/LLM ethics and governance • value alignment, control, responsibility gaps • moral status/rights of robots • human–robot relationships, trust, anthropomorphism • surveillance, privacy, social credit • technology-driven moral/value change and futures, transhumanism • tech impacts on education, healthcare, work, policing, games, academia Description (podcaster-provided): Interviews with experts about the philosophy of the future. Latest episode (2023-Dec-20 10:58 UTC): TITE 10 - Bonus Episode: Audience Q and A |
Sutras & Stuff: A Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 30 episodes 2020 to 2023 Median: 15 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Indian philosophy via Sanskrit texts • loanwords karma/mantra • Nyāya reasoning, debate, epistemology • Buddhist thought, self, compassion, craving • philosophy-meets-modern culture, ethics, medicine/COVID, aesthetics, language, cross-cultural comparisons Description (podcaster-provided): In this informal bite-sized podcast, we'll talk about a range of ideas found in Indian philosophy, along with their connections to the modern day. Your host is a philosopher who reads Sanskrit texts and thinks about how the modern and premodern are intertwined. Latest episode (2023-Dec-11 16:10 UTC): S4 E3: Mantra |
Egg Timer PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 148 episodes 2020 to 2023 Median: 9 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): bite-sized philosophy • political philosophy, liberty, inequality, democracy • ethics and law, organ donation, self-defense, future generations • epistemology and cognitive bias • metaphysics, time, numbers • game theory, decision puzzles • commons, population, evolution • literature themes: 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/GCSE philosophy revision • metaphysics of mind: dualism, physicalism, functionalism, AI • epistemology: scepticism, perception, reason, Gettier • philosophy of religion: God, evil, arguments, religious language • ethics: Kant, utilitarianism, virtue, metaethics, applied issues (animals, sex, war, business, abortion, euthanasia) 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, and epistemology • philosophy of mind, consciousness, free will, neuroscience • linguistics: semantics, language evolution, possible worlds • mathematics: infinity, set theory, Gödel, twin primes • computation: algorithms, P=NP, complexity, quantum computing • religion: 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 philosophy and classics • Socratic method, questioning, irony, civility • Stoicism (Seneca, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius), resilience, emotions • virtue ethics, justice, courage • leadership, politics, civic culture • logic, fallacies, cognitive therapy links Description (podcaster-provided): Join us as we explore the world of Greek classics and philosophy, and their relevance to modern life. Episodes published bi-weekly, featuring interviews with renowned authors and academics in the fields of philosophy and classics. Show hosted by Plato's Academy Centre, a nonprofit organization based in Athens, Greece. Latest episode (2023-Sep-20 14:36 UTC): Spencer Klavan: Civic Friendship & Politics as an Act of Love |
The UnMute PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 74 episodes 2015 to 2023 Median: 39 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Social-political philosophy interviews • Forgiveness, revenge, self-forgiveness, reconciliation • Justice: reparations, discrimination, refugees, housing, health, education • Feminism, decolonial/Indigenous thought, race • Moral psychology: empathy, grief, hope, character, habits Description (podcaster-provided): I talk with diverse philosophers about the social and political issues of our day. We learn. We laugh. We plot revolutions. Latest episode (2023-Sep-01 14:06 UTC): Episode 71: Kate Norlock on Self-Forgiveness |
Damn the Absolute!Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 25 episodes 2020 to 2023 Median: 49 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Pragmatist philosophy • truth, uncertainty, anti-dogmatism • democracy, polarization, deliberation • racism, economic injustice, community healing • postmodernism/metamodernism, literary culture • science as metaphor, mind • ethics, religion, expertise • climate, commons, localism, animal flourishing • education reform, parenting, Stoicism, Buddhism Description (podcaster-provided): Hosted by Jeffrey Howard, editor-in-chief of Erraticus, Damn the Absolute! is a show about our relationship to ideas. Latest episode (2023-Aug-03 11:10 UTC): S2E05 Americans Don’t Know How to Sing the Blues w/ Brad Elliott Stone & Jacob Goodson |
Prindle Institute for Ethics PodcastsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 3 episodes 2023 Median: 55 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): ethical issues in climate justice and environmental responsibility • Indigenous philosophy perspectives • protest ethics and methods • historical case studies • ethics of achievement and how achievements are defined 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 takes on current affairs • politics and democracy • war in Ukraine • free speech, hate and comedy ethics • climate change, reparations and justice • technology, AI, crypto • public health and culture/sport controversies Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophers chat about the week’s news. Sometimes serious, sometimes funny. A host of tangents. Hosted by Simon Kirchin (University of Leeds, UK) with a galaxy of stars. Latest episode (2023-May-24 10:21 UTC): PTOTN - Phil and Comedy special |
Hi-Phi NationProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 64 episodes 2016 to 2023 Median: 48 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Narrative journalism with philosophy • AI impacts on music, love, grief • ethics of gig-work algorithms • criminal justice, policing, punishment • animal rights, protest • gender metaphysics • democracy, speech • religion, self, bioengineering • monsters, art memorials Description (podcaster-provided): Hi-Phi Nation is philosophy in story-form, integrating narrative journalism with big ideas. We look at stories from everyday life, law, science, popular culture, and strange corners of human experiences that raise thought-provoking questions about things like justice, knowledge, the self, morality, and existence. We then seek answers with the help of academics and philosophers. The show is produced and hosted by Barry Lam of UC Riverside. Latest episode (2023-May-16 04:00 UTC): Rise of the Music Machines |
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 47 episodes 2020 to 2023 Median: 44 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Political philosophy classics explained • Plato’s Republic and Apology • ancient Greek politics, democracy, Sparta • liberal democracy critiques • war ethics, drones • free speech, rhetoric • work, inequality, meritocracy • tech shaping desire • moral psychology, utilitarianism 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 • Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks • antiblackness, gaze, language, non-being • masculinity, violence, desire • liberation, negation, responsibility • literature/film analyses • diaspora, identity, culture, world-making Description (podcaster-provided): Podcasted process pieces from my course Black Existentialism. The course introduces one of the most important and potent mid-century intellectual movements - the existentialist movement - through a series of black Atlantic thinkers. Our keystone will be Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks, which is arguably the most important work of Black existentialism from this period. Across the semester we will see why existentialism, with its focus on the ambiguities and ambivalences of lived-experience, had such a deep impact on Black thinkers across the diaspora. We will see these existentialist insights register in literature, philosophy, and film. Old and new. Latest episode (2023-Apr-27 20:18 UTC): Jenkins on Masculinity, Touch, and Vulnerability |
DialexiconProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 36 episodes 2022 to 2023 Median: 50 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Accessible philosophy interviews • contemporary injustices, race, feminism, transness • democracy, law, evidence • ethics: bioethics, abortion, animal rights, healthcare • social epistemology, misinformation, trust • mind/cognition: consciousness, computation, emotions, depression, AI bias • philosophy education/outreach Description (podcaster-provided): A podcast dedicated to promoting philosophical education and deep reflection. We invite philosophers from around the globe to discuss philosophy in the context of contemporary injustices – all at an easy-to-understand and digestible level. New episodes weekly on Friday. Latest episode (2023-Mar-27 02:34 UTC): How to Fix a Democracy: Making Margins Matter with Professor Daniel Wodak |
Philosophy Casting CallProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 23 episodes 2021 to 2023 Median: 39 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Contemporary philosophy interviews • Interdisciplinarity across humanities, science, media • Ethics: AI, global health, healthcare • Trans health, gender justice • Disability/crip studies, anti-ableism • Race, Black feminist thought, decolonial/anti-colonial politics • Public pedagogy, archives, social media rhetoric 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): Ethics frameworks: utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics • Moral dilemmas: trolley problems, action vs inaction, altruism guilt • Wisdom and virtue • Transhumanism, biotechnology, ending suffering • Philosophy education for children • Gender disparities in academia research Description (podcaster-provided): The Philosophists - Declan & Simon - look to inject some philosophy into your day. So if you're looking for meaning, morality, or just a bit of mayhem then tune in for their unique blend of shorter and longer conversations. Often with the help of some very special guests. This project may or not succeed, but what's the worst that could happen? Listen & find out! Latest episode (2023-Feb-28 03:00 UTC): Ep 8 - The Challenges Women Researchers Face - Part 1 (with Mohammad Hosseini and Shiva Sharifzad) |
Phi FicProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 47 episodes 2016 to 2023 Median: 82 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophical discussions of classic and modern literature • ethics and moral psychology • ambition, power, class, romance • modernism and narrative form • poetry readings and interpretation • occasional translator/author context Description (podcaster-provided): Dicussions of literature from a philosophical perspective. Latest episode (2023-Feb-13 03:58 UTC): Stendhal's Red and Black (Le Rouge et le Noir) - Phi Fic Ep. 46 |
Philosophy | Ethics Short Story DiscussionsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 77 episodes 2019 to 2023 Median: 38 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Ethical philosophy via speculative fiction • AI, autonomy, surveillance • war, genocide, justice, punishment • rights, identity, religion, belief • inequality, labor, scarcity • family, coercion, abuse • suicide, mortality, memory • art and morality 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: Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Seneca • Virtue ethics, resilience, emotions, freedom • Relationships: love, marriage, family • Politics, leadership, environmentalism • Comparisons: Epicureanism, Aristotelianism, Confucianism, Buddhism, existentialism • Translating classics, modern applications (therapy, prisons, bullying) 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 analysis • political/social philosophy • race, antiblackness, colonialism, Indigenous sovereignty • abolition, incarceration, mutual aid • capitalism, imperialism, neoliberalism, labor • Anthropocene, climate politics • feminist/posthuman science studies, biopolitics • psychoanalysis, democracy, pedagogy Description (podcaster-provided): Tune in to the Always Already Podcast for indulgent conversations about critical theory (in the broadest read of the term!). Our podcast consists of two episode streams. The first is a discussion of texts spanning critical theory, political theory, social theory, and philosophy. We work through and analyze main ideas, underlying assumptions, connections with other texts and theories, and occasionally delve into the great abyss of free association, ad hoc theory jokes, and makeshift puns. The second stream, entitled Epistemic Unruliness, consists of interviews and discussions with activists, artists, and academics whose “disobedient” work builds upon the themes of that arise in the texts we discuss and in our ongoing podcast conversations.
Latest episode (2023-Jan-09 18:31 UTC): Interview: Dr. Vincent Lloyd on Black Dignity and the Struggle Against Domination — Epistemic Unruliness 38 |
Living PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 41 episodes 2021 to 2022 Median: 56 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Applied philosophy in everyday life • career “second lives” and change • ethics, rights, disability, abortion law • technology, cryptocurrency • trauma, medicine, emotions • interpretation, translation, misinformation • animals, nature, climate • creativity, music, leadership, work meaning 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 dialogues defining big concepts • metaphysics: being, time, matter, numbers • mind: consciousness, dreams, memory, mental health • ethics and social life: virtue, love, friendship, gender, slurs • culture: art, poetry, punk, criticism, conspiracy theories, money, war, breakfast Description (podcaster-provided): “What Is X?” has been described as “a cross between a Platonic dialogue and ‘The Price Is Right.’” It combines dialectical inquiry of the sort perfected by Socrates and his interlocutors with a distinctly ludic spirit. Here’s how it works: For each episode, host Justin E. H. Smith invites on a guest distinguished in their field (or occasionally a “regular” person who really likes to talk). Smith asks the guest to answer a question of the form “What is X?” (for example, “What is beauty?” “What is nature?” “What are dreams?”), after which the two partners in dialogue undertake a Socratic inquiry into the nature of X, in search of a definition that satisfies both of them. There are three possible outcomes: agreement, disagreement, and aporia (Greek for “dead end”), each with its own sound effect: if we arrive at agreement, a church bell will chime; disagreement is signaled by a bleating goat; if aporia is the best we can do, we will hear naught but a gust of wind. Rigorous but freewheeling, fun and serious at once, accessibly highbrow, these conversations model rational inquiry in a new way, providing answers for truth-seekers... or perhaps just more questions. /// Host: Justin E.H. Smith (justinehsmith.substack.com) /// Presented by The Point Magazine (thepointmag.com) Latest episode (2022-Dec-14 23:00 UTC): What Is Being? | Kris McDaniel |
Lux & Flux: The History and Philosophy of Physics PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 20 episodes 2020 to 2022 Median: 23 minutes Collections: Philosophy • Physics, Math, and Astronomy • Science Themes (AI-generated): history & philosophy of physics • ancient Greek natural philosophy (Presocratics, metaphysics, logic) • early cosmology, atoms, elements, time & change • Babylonian math/astronomy • modern physics origins (photoelectric effect, quantized light) • solar spectroscopy & spectroscopes • diversity in STEM/Nobel statistics • women in scientific history 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 interviews • Covid-19 and pandemic ethics • lockdowns, liberty restrictions, privacy/contact tracing • vaccine allocation, nationalism, child vaccination • triage and scarce medical resources • healthcare worker duties/PPE • inequality and social justice • zoonoses, factory farming, animal ethics • AI moral obligations Description (podcaster-provided): Thinking Out Loud provides audio-podcasts based on a series of videos produced by Katrien Devolder in which she talks to leading philosophers from around the world on topics related to practical ethics. The podcast and videos are meant for a non-specialist audience. You can watch the videos on the Practical Ethics Channel. Katrien is a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. Latest episode (2022-Oct-04 10:51 UTC): When does (or did) the Covid-19 pandemic end? |
Five QuestionsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 81 episodes 2020 to 2022 Median: 26 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosopher interviews • personal motivations, intellectual life • ethics, responsibility, autonomy • epistemology, knowledge, testimony • mind, perception, time • language, meaning, metaphor • political philosophy, justice, public policy • 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 • Epictetus/Seneca themes • virtue, character, self-control • impressions vs judgments • what’s in our control • handling insults, grief, loss • non-attachment to wealth, reputation • citizenship, relationships, conversation • 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 cognitive science • neuroscience of consciousness, qualia, pain, attention • AI and language models, neural networks, simulation/mind uploading • metaphysics of time, physics foundations • transhumanism, immortality, religion/Buddhism, naturalism 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): applied moral philosophy interviews • responsibility, justice, autonomy in healthcare • discrimination, microaggressions, lookism • privacy, surveillance, AI/robots • democracy, citizenship, reparations • human–animal ethics • love, meaning, aggression Description (podcaster-provided): David Edmonds interviews leading philosophers about moral issues that affect us 24/7. Latest episode (2022-Jul-06 00:00 UTC): The Pivotal Generation |
Inaplicables - Tu podcast de Filosofía de la CienciaProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 20 episodes 2021 to 2022 Median: 32 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): filosofía de la ciencia • método científico, demarcación ciencia‑pseudociencia • realismo/antirrealismo • ética y prácticas científicas • causalidad, explicación • mente y conciencia • salud, covid • cambio climático • epistemología feminista • biología evolutiva, cuántica, holobiontes 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, moral responsibility, deference • Political philosophy: democracy, voting, protest, epistocracy • Art, fiction, poetry and moral vision • Epistemology: knowledge, testimony, self-knowledge • Philosophy of mind • History, diversity, comparative/Chinese Daoism • Empathy and long-term responsibility to future generations 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): anthropology and philosophy on meaning • morality and human nature via evolution and culture • identity, race, gender, sex, love • ritual, religion, death • politics, free speech, racism • 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: rights, health, punishment, addiction • emotions: anger, grief, empathy • communication: conversation, misinformation, expertise • art, beauty, religion, comedy, literature • mind, logic, time, space travel • animals, environment, food, work, travel Description (podcaster-provided): Science, politics, and culture from a philosophical perspective Latest episode (2022-Feb-18 14:43 UTC): A Right to Health? |
Little Bad ThingProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 11 episodes 2020 to 2022 Median: 18 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): True confession-style stories • Moral dilemmas, regret, guilt • Everyday wrongdoing: scams, theft, plagiarism • Bystander inaction and vigilante impulse • Relationships and abrupt breakups • Ethics in aid and authority decisions • Social unrest consequences Description (podcaster-provided): True stories each week of the things we wish we hadn't done. Smart, dark, wry, and surprising, this is a show for anyone who's made a big decision or regretted a small one. Hosted by philosopher Eleanor Gordon-Smith and produced by The Ethics Centre. Latest episode (2022-Feb-15 06:00 UTC): FODI: The In-Between trailer |
Free Will MattersProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 17 episodes 2020 to 2021 Median: 13 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Free will debates • human agency and responsibility • philosophy of action, intentions, skills, self-control • consciousness and mind • causation, mental causation, dispositions • ethics, moral psychology, law • disability, theology, religion 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, relativism, free will/determinism) • Quantum mechanics interpretations and “reality” • Consciousness and mind–body problem • Evolutionary psychology, tribalism, cognitive bias • Mindfulness/meditation and ethics • Religion/spirituality, comparative theology • Culture wars, free speech, effective altruism, education/time management 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 readings and commentary • Socratic method, logic, argument analysis • justice vs injustice • political philosophy, ideal state and constitutions • soul psychology and virtue • Forms and the Good • law, morality, death 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): Informal philosophy and science conversations • language, definitions, meaning, consciousness • epistemology and “modes of inquiry” • cultural evolution, memes, systems theory • sociopolitical change, ideology • critiques of gurus, nonfiction writing Description (podcaster-provided): Most hustlers won’t wait to put off to tomorrow what they can do today. Not us! We can’t wait to put off to tomorrow what we can do today. We’re overripe fruit of the late bloom. Dawdlers. But all things must come to a partial end and this is partially it! ...a whimper into the abyss... Latest episode (2021-Nov-19 00:13 UTC): E47: On Margin Haunting - Quo Bros, Margin Haunters, & Secular Gurus |
Out of the VatProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 10 episodes 2019 to 2021 Median: 32 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophers’ research and lives • philosophy of mind and consciousness • perception and olfaction • epistemology and self-knowledge • phenomenology and Heidegger • philosophy of science, causation, quantum mechanics • ethics, public policy, bioethics, expertise, AIDS denialism 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 philosophy texts • Critical theory (Marcuse, Debord) • Totalitarianism, ideology, propaganda, surveillance (Arendt) • Marxism/Communist Manifesto, proletariat • Nietzsche, Aristotle metaphysics • Camus novels: plague, ethics, suffering, Covid-19 parallels 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): Contemporary philosophy interviews • Feminist and queer theory • Gender identity, pronouns, trans theory • Care ethics, social reproduction, transformative justice • Anti-racism, whiteness, Eurocentrism • Public philosophy, activism, BLM • Media studies, writing • Migration, islamophobia 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 • Adorno on jazz, capitalism, musical originality • Political philosophy of the state: absolutism, liberalism, Marxism, fascism • Music and ideology, persuasion, cultural warfare • Expert interviews Description (podcaster-provided): A look at a range of philosophy topics and making them simple as well as relevant to the present day. Topics include philosophy of music, political philosophy, philosophy of language and others. Some of the podcasts are in the form of guest interviews with experts in some of these areas. Latest episode (2021-Sep-21 20:00 UTC): More on The Philosophy of Constructed Languages - Interview with Prof. Timothy Williamson |
Philosophers on MedicineProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 17 episodes 2019 to 2021 Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy of medicine • Health/disease concepts, realism • Disease causation, classification (DSM) • Evidence-based medicine, consensus • Clinical judgment • Public health uncertainty, COVID-19 • Race in epidemiology • Vaccine hesitancy, trust • Overdiagnosis • Delusions, pregnancy metaphysics 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 and consciousness theories • Quantum mechanics foundations, interpretations, information, computing • Free will, morality, meaning of life • Philosophy of science, realism, skepticism • Spirituality, mysticism, psychedelics, paranormal • Science, literature, personal intellectual journeys Description (podcaster-provided): The mind-body problem, which Buddha, Socrates and many modern scientists have sought to solve, encompasses riddles such as consciousness, free will, morality and the meaning of life. In this podcast, science journalist John Horgan, talks to leading mind-body theorists about their views and often, about their personal lives. The show is an outgrowth of a book of the same title, available for free at mindbodyproblems.com. Latest episode (2021-Aug-05 16:30 UTC): Consolations of Physics (John Horgan & Sabine Hossenfelder) |
CAN YOU PHIL IT?Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 25 episodes 2021 Median: 6 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Accessible philosophy via key thinkers • happiness, desire, coercive positivity • normality, health/disease, disability, eugenics • work vs leisure • cancel culture, online criticism • love, friendship • time, consciousness/metaphysics • public philosophy and jargon decoding 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 |
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 philosophy via key thinkers • democracy, state, liberty, justice • revolution, capitalism, markets • feminism, patriarchy, sexual politics • slavery, colonialism, oppression • morality, hypocrisy • leadership, violence • utopia, 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 • vaccination mandates, allocation, trials • modeling and evidence for lockdowns • global poverty, vaccine intellectual property • debt crises, property law • work, care labor, nursing, childcare • business responsibility • race, 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): social justice and systemic racism • US elections, democracy, and political violence • economic inequality, wealth gap, and economic violence • reparations debates • policing and racialized violence • youth and hip-hop activism • coalition-building for equitable policy 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 • technology ethics • philosophy, morality, politics • surveillance, social media, metrics • AI, robots, control problem • virtual agents, simulations, digital afterlife • justice, punishment, race • grief, memory, relationships • celebrity, pop culture 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 into epistemology, metaphysics, and moral realism • Academic culture, grading, humanities, expertise • Free speech, censorship, activism, identity politics, gender debates • Politics, liberalism, democracy, Marxism • Pop-culture criticism (comics, Marvel, Star Trek) 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) |
London Philosophy TalkProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 4 episodes 2020 to 2021 Median: 82 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Informal academic philosophy interviews • philosophy of language and mind: reference, belief ascriptions • ethics: trolley problems, moral intuitions • political philosophy: voting rights, electorate competence • aesthetics/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 philosophy Q&A • ethics of being child-free • personal identity, cloning • aliens and meaning of life • authenticity vs self-improvement • psychology of horror enjoyment • love, desire, harm • ego and motivation • concepts and definitions debates 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): philosophy–physics interviews • quantum metaphysics, many-worlds modal realism • emergent quantum spacetime, entanglement, decoherence, AdS/CFT, strings • black holes, thermodynamics, information paradox • consciousness, animal cognition, evolution Description (podcaster-provided): Here, I interview some of the leading thinkers in modern natural philosophy. I'm your host, Dr. Siddharth Muthukrishnan. I originally trained in theoretical physics, before deciding that my interests were more conceptual and foundational, and switched to philosophy. Conversations will span science and philosophy and perhaps other topics as well. Latest episode (2020-Sep-16 19:12 UTC): Alastair Wilson on Quantum Modal Realism |
Thinking BooksProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 4 episodes 2017 to 2020 Median: 19 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): author interviews on thinking • learning from failure, feedback • creativity and efficiency from disorder • sensory training and wine tasting • children’s story about a girl-robot Description (podcaster-provided): Nigel Warburton interviews a range of authors about their books about thinking Latest episode (2020-Sep-01 15:08 UTC): David Edmonds on Undercover Robot |
Wonder CupboardProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 18 episodes 2018 to 2020 Median: 53 minutes Collections: Philosophy • Science Themes (AI-generated): history and philosophy of science • origins of scientific ideas and methods • social impacts of technology • health, medicine, and biology debates • aesthetics in theories and nature • science culture and symbols 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): Everyday philosophy for leadership • education reform, gender, inclusion • democracy, activism, human rights, protest, transitional justice • religion, God, suffering, Buddhism • environmental ethics, climate policy, outdoors • pop culture ethics, AI • moral character • intellectual property law 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 • Agency, free will, responsibility • Reactive vs objective attitudes • “Ought implies can,” original sin Description (podcaster-provided): Welcome to Premise Podcast. This is your host Angelos Sofocleous. Latest episode (2020-Jul-10 07:54 UTC): #20 Friedrich Nietzsche | Dr Matthew Bennett |
Theory TalkProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 1 episodes 2020 Median: 71 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Contemporary philosophy discussions • Futurity, mind science, social organization, transcendental computation • Laruelle, critique of philosophical belligerence 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 |
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: virtue, happiness, desire, wisdom, justice, friendship • Plato: knowledge, Forms, politics, lawmaking, education, ideal city • Descartes: certainty, God, mind-body, free will • Hume: ideas, causation, miracles • Mill: liberty, free speech, state interference 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 self-improvement • Modern dilemmas: humility, doubt, failure, love, money, creativity, discovery • Ethics, skepticism, meaning, habits • Identity, oppression, feminism, civic resistance • Science vs pseudoscience, technology, neuroscience • Work, branding, success, legacy Description (podcaster-provided): Equal parts philosophy and self-help (with a dash of humor thrown in for taste), The Happier Hour aims to make philosophy useful for the rest of us. Each episode explores a modern-day dilemma, via the lens of the greatest philosophers of all time, and often with special guests in the hot seat who know about stuff. Like the joy that comes from a strong drink at half the price, this show is for curious minds who want to know more about philosophy, without going back to school. Join your host Monica McCarthy, because it's time to get happier! Latest episode (2019-May-28 09:00 UTC): #054 Humility Q&A: Self-Care, Self-Promotion, And The Myth of Being Self-Made |
New Narratives in the History of PhilosophyProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 8 episodes 2018 to 2019 Median: 28 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Interviews on women philosophers • early modern philosophy • Émilie du Châtelet, Mary Astell, Margaret Cavendish, Anne Conway • metaphysics, value theory, influence networks • canon expansion projects, image culture research 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 nonclassical systems • Grounding, consequence, truth semantics • Philosophy of science and laws of nature • Causation and conditionals • Foundations/ontology of mathematics • Decision theory • Quantum physics/metaphysics • Formal ethics, social choice, norms 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 |
Re:thinkingProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 3 episodes 2018 Median: 48 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy–technology intersections • economic growth, liberalism, ethics • Silicon Valley and society • consciousness, mind–body problem, philosophy of science • prediction markets, futarchy • behavioral economics, self-deception Description (podcaster-provided): Re:thinking is an interdisciplinary podcast exploring ideas at the intersection of philosophy and technology. Latest episode (2018-Oct-31 15:00 UTC): Ep 6 - Tyler Cowen on Economic Growth, Liberalism, and Philosophy |
Philosophy SitesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 4 episodes 2016 to 2018 Median: 19 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Philosophers’ places and artifacts • Thoreau at Walden Pond • Bentham’s auto-icon at UCL • Marx’s Soho years • Wittgenstein’s grave • biography, culture, design, 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): applied ethics & philosophy interviews • markets & moral limits (love, organs, time) • cultural heritage & language preservation • sports ethics & fandom harms • reparations for injustice • ethics of advice • procreation amid climate change 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): Analytic philosophy on practical ethics • equality: treatment, status, opportunity • feminism and sex equality • fair legal/social frameworks • ideology and political correctness • reproductive technology’s ethical implications Description (podcaster-provided): The annual public Uehiro Lecture Series captures the ethos of the Uehiro Centre, which is to bring the best scholarship in analytic philosophy to bear on the most significant problems of our time, and to make progress in the analysis and resolution of these issues to the highest academic standard, in a manner that is also accessible to the general public. Philosophy should not only create knowledge, it should make people’s lives better. Latest episode (2017-Aug-24 11:06 UTC): 2013 Annual Uehiro Lecture (3): Equal Opportunity |
The Philosopher's ArmsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 23 episodes 2012 to 2017 Median: 27 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Pub-recorded philosophy debates • moral dilemmas, thought experiments • free will, blame, hypocrisy, lying, hate speech • justice/fairness, exploitation, equality • identity, vagueness, induction, enhancement, happiness/reality Description (podcaster-provided): Matthew Sweet examines philosophical problems with a live audience in a pub Latest episode (2017-Feb-28 11:35 UTC): Swearing |
Journal of Practical EthicsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 3 episodes 2014 to 2017 Median: 10 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): practical ethics scholarship • immigration and global justice • class privilege and inequality • war ethics, justification for 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): History of philosophy and big questions • Knowledge, perception, consciousness, identity • Love, altruism, morality, conscience • Justice, law, toleration, politics • Science, falsification • Technology and humanity • Religion, origins, creation myths Description (podcaster-provided): Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of key philosophers and their theories. Latest episode (2015-Aug-07 11:15 UTC): Neuropsychologist Paul Broks on Wittgenstein |
Practical Ethics BitesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 9 episodes 2014 to 2015 Median: 18 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Practical ethics for UK philosophy students • Sexual orientation and homosexuality • Embryo moral status, genetic engineering, sex selection • Abortion rights conflicts • Just war and violence • Free will and moral responsibility • Virtue ethics • Euthanasia legality Description (podcaster-provided): Practical Ethics Bites is a series of audio podcasts on practical ethics targeted specifically at pupils studying philosophy in UK schools. It is produced by the team behind the popular podcast Philosophy Bites, David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton. Philosophy Bites has had over 21 million downloads. David Edmonds is a Senior Research Associate at Oxford’s Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and all the interviewees are academics linked to the Uehiro Centre. The series aims to be a free educational resource for teachers. Each interview is around 20 minutes long. Latest episode (2015-Jul-14 08:46 UTC): Can you choose to be gay? |
A Romp Through Philosophy for Complete BeginnersProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 5 episodes 2014 Median: 82 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophical method: logic and argument evaluation • Descartes’ cogito • moral and political philosophy: freedom vs equality, deontology vs utilitarianism • epistemology: Gettier problems, knowledge • metaphysics: possible worlds, unactualised possibles • philosophy of science: objective facts and theory-building Description (podcaster-provided): In this series of podcasts Marianne Talbot uses some famous arguments in the history of philosophy to examine philosophy as a discipline. By harnessing participants’ intuitions on both sides of the various arguments she encourages her audience actually to do philosophy. In listening to these podcasts you can yourself learn how to do philosophy, not by listening to someone else do it, but by starting to do it for yourself. Latest episode (2014-Nov-11 15:57 UTC): Questions and Answers Session |
Philosophy NowProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 41 episodes 2011 to 2014 Median: 49 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Accessible philosophy discussions • major thinkers (Kant, Hume, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Socrates, Hegel) • mind, consciousness, free will, metaphysics • ethics, politics, human rights, medicine • science/quantum debates • religion, feminism, education, literature, transhumanism Description (podcaster-provided): Podcasts from philosophynow.org, home of the most widely read philosophy magazine in the world, Philosophy Now. Latest episode (2014-Jun-29 19:00 UTC): The Mental Universe Debate |
Power Structuralism in Ancient OntologiesProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 58 episodes 2012 to 2014 Median: 51 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): powers/dispositions metaphysics • process vs substance ontology • causation, grounding, persistence • emergence, reduction • modality, necessity, determinism • relations, structure vs quality • Aristotle, Stoics, Empedocles, Galen • perception, agency, ethics, political philosophy Description (podcaster-provided): Exploring various aspects of modern and ancient metaphysics as they relate to the hypothesis that powers (or dispositions) are the sole elementary building block in ontology. Latest episode (2014-May-07 14:24 UTC): Two Concepts of Emergence |
The Philosophy PodcastProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 22 episodes 2008 to 2013 Median: 19 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Audio renditions of classic philosophy • Political and social theory • Enlightenment, reason, skepticism, epistemology • Ethics and aesthetics • Metaphysics, logic, philosophy of history • Theology and arguments for God 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 philosophical foundations • God’s essential and accidental attributes • arguments for God: ontological, cosmological, design • religious experience and 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 |
A Romp Through the Philosophy of MindProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 5 episodes 2012 Median: 82 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): philosophy of mind overview • mind–brain relationship • critiques of identity theory • non-reductive physicalism challenges • alternatives to physicalism, dualism • reframing key questions • 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 medicine • neuroscience, brain chemistry, moral judgment • responsibility and mental disorder • organ markets and donation • healthcare resource allocation • consent and trust in doctors • genetic engineering, enhancement, designer babies • end‑of‑life ethics, moral status (embryos, coma) 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): Political philosophy of multiculturalism • historical origins and evolution • liberalism vs cultural difference • toleration, recognition, respect • free speech and offence • intervention in minority practices • welfare state tensions • political obligation and law compliance • emotions and disgust bias 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): Academic philosophy lectures • Ancient Greek philosophy as way of life • Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, Epicureans, Skeptics, Plotinus • Reasons, normativity, expressivism • Logic’s normative role, revisability • Epistemology, metaphysics • A priori scrutability, Carnap vs Quine • Philosophy of mind: externalism, phenomenal knowledge, knowledge argument, self-locating belief 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 daily life • thought experiments and dilemmas • personal identity, consciousness, self-awareness • Descartes: doubt, knowledge, mind–body dualism • faith vs evidence, 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 justice theories • Plato on law, self-interest, retribution • Kantian ethics • Utilitarianism: classical vs modern • Distributive justice (Rawls) • Libertarian justice, taxation debates (Nozick) Description (podcaster-provided): Although what constitutes justice may vary depending on culture or historical context, all forms of justice are built on a foundation of moral assumptions that include ideas about ethics, fairness and the law. Philosophers have often debated the nature of both morality and justice and their relationship with each other and in this collection we explore some of the most influential ideas on the topics from Kant to Bentham and investigate problems such as can inequalities be justified, provided they are to the benefit of the worst off? Latest episode (2011-Jun-13 21:37 UTC): Plato on justice and self interest |
Kant's Critique of Pure ReasonProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 8 episodes 2011 Median: 42 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason • limits of sense and reason • a priori synthetic judgments • space, time, analogies of experience • categories and transcendental deduction • self, unity of apperception • idealism, outer/inner sense • paralogisms, antinomies, transcendental ideas 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 classics: Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant • beauty, taste, aesthetic judgment • interpreting literature • emotional expression in music • philosophical questions about art’s nature and definition 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 • early modern history: Aristotle–Galileo–Descartes–Kant • knowledge, justification, Gettier • scepticism, induction • perception: primary/secondary qualities, idealism, realism • mind–body dualism • free will, determinism, responsibility • personal identity, memory, brain/person distinctions 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): argument identification and structure • deductive vs inductive reasoning • validity, truth, and soundness • setting out arguments logic-book 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: self, determinism, experiential monism • freedom, free will, moral responsibility • value monism vs dualism • nature, perception, culture • genealogy of guilt, Christian morality Description (podcaster-provided): Keynote speeches and special session given at the international conference 'Nietzsche on Mind and Nature', held at St. Peter's College, Oxford, 11-13 September 2009, organized by the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford. Latest episode (2009-Dec-23 12:42 UTC): Nietzsche Source. Scholarly Nietzsche editions on the web |
Philosophy for BeginnersProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 5 episodes 2008 to 2009 Median: 92 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Introductory philosophy lectures • logic, argument, symbolic logic • metaphysics, epistemology, knowledge • philosophy of mind and language: rationality, consciousness, expression • ethics, political philosophy, justice • history of philosophy from Pre-Socratics to present Description (podcaster-provided): Philosophy has been studied for thousands of years. It involves the use of reason and argument to search for the truth about reality - about the nature of things, ethics, aesthetics, language, the mind, God and everything else. This series of five introductory lectures, aimed at students new to philosophy, presented by Marianne Talbot, Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, will test you on some famous thought experiments and introduce you to some central philosophical issues and to the thoughts of some key philosophers. Latest episode (2009-Jan-09 14:36 UTC): Philosophy of language and mind |
Interviews with PhilosophersProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 5 episodes 2008 Median: 31 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Oxford philosopher interviews • metaphysics definitions and enduring questions • reason, rationality, normative ethics • global catastrophic risk and simulation theory • applied ethics, biosciences, human enhancement • Aristotle’s ethics Description (podcaster-provided): A selection of short interviews with Oxford philosophers (part of the series of 'Interviews with Oxonians'). Latest episode (2008-Sep-12 18:13 UTC): Adrian Moore on Metaphysics |
Philosophy: The ClassicsProfile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 18 episodes 2007 to 2008 Median: 15 minutes Collection: Philosophy Themes (AI-generated): Classic philosophy book summaries • ethics: duty, utilitarianism, virtue, happiness • political theory: liberty, state power, social contract • epistemology/metaphysics: skepticism, mind–body, reality • religion: design argument critiques 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): Survey of political philosophy • justice, liberty, rights • state origins, social contract, consent • property, slavery, markets/usury • democracy, monarchy, constitutionalism • revolution, resistance • equality, distributive justice, welfare • war, colonialism, peace federation • utilitarianism, natural law, anarchism/libertarianism 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 |