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Philosophy Podcasts (Ranked)

A list of episodes from the trailing year of selected podcast series with associated Twitter feeds.

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1.	HoP 303 - Don’t Picture This - Iconoclasm Is it idolatry to venerate an icon of a saint, or of Christ? The dispute leads the Byzantines to ponder the relation between an image and its object. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Jun-17)
2.	Montesquieu Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689-1755) whose works on liberty, monarchism, despotism, republicanism and the separation of powers were devoured by intellectuals across Europe and New England in the eighteenth century, transforming political philosophy and influencing the American Constitution. He argued that an indivi... (@BBCInOurTime, 2018-Jun-14)
3.	HAP 06 - Heated Exchanges - Philosophy in Egyptian Narratives and Dialogues Demands for ma’at (justice or truth) and a confrontation with the soul, in the Tale of the Eloquent Peasant and Dispute Between a Man and his Ba. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Jun-10)
4.	John Kaag on Henry David Thoreau and Walden Pond On July 4th 1845, David Henry Thoreau went to live in a small cabin near the shore of Walden Pond, in Massachussetts. He stayed there alone for two years, and wrote about his experiences in the book that became Walden. John Kaag, an expert on American Philosophy, author of American Philosophy: A Love Story, discusses Thoreau and Walden with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Sites p... (@philosophybites, 2018-May-20)
5.	HoP 302 - On the Eastern Front - Philosophy in Syriac and Armenian Eastern Christian philosophy outside of Constantinople, focusing on translation and exegesis in the languages of Syriac and Armenian. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Jun-03)
6.	Ep69 - Loving Life We are releasing this 69th episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast a little early, as there are a few spots left to join a philosophical canoe trip that Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio will be holding with Alejandro Strong of Apeiron Expeditions. We’ll be talking about John Lachs’s 1998 book, In Love with Life, so we invited John back on the show to talk about his boo... (@PhilosophyBB, 2018-Jun-12)
7.	HAP 05 - Father Knows Best - Moral and Political Philosophy in the Instructions Ethical reflection in ancient Egyptian grave inscriptions and in works of instruction, such as the Maxims of Ptahhotep and the Instructions named for Amenemope, Ani, and Merikare. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-May-27)
8.	Robert Wright on Why Buddhism is True Robert Wright believes that there are a number of key tenets of Buddhism which are both compatible with present day evolutionary theory, and accurate about our relationship with the world and with our own minds. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast he discusses Buddhism, reality, and the mind, with interviewer Nigel Warburton. We are very grateful for support for this episode from the... (@philosophybites, 2018-May-07)
9.	386: The Logic of Regret More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/logic-regret. A teenager decides, on a whim, to conceive a child. Even though we might say that this decision was irrational, she cannot regret it later, because raising the child eventually becomes the most important part of her life. Cases like this show how complicated regret is: that an action was irrational or wrong doesn’t necessarily imply... (@philtalkradio, 2018-Jun-18)
10.	The oblivion of India Indian philosophy has thousands of years of history behind it, yet Western philosophers have largely ignored it—and their assumptions about Indian philosophy may have influenced the Western philosophical canon. (@RadioNational, 2018-Jun-17)
11.	Episode 42 - Sabina Leonelli On Episode 42, Nick chats with Sabina Leonelli, Professor of Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Exeter, about how her desire not to choose between her various research interests led her to study philosophy of science, her early career projects "Understanding Scientific Understanding" and "How well do 'facts' travel?", the epistemic, social, and ethical dimensions... (@SciPhiPod, 2018-Jun-17)
12.	HoP 301 - The Empire Strikes Back - Introduction to Byzantine Philosophy We begin to look at the third tradition of medieval philosophy, in which the heritage of classical antiquity is preserved and debated by the Byzantines. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-May-20)
13.	Episode 40, 'Offensive Language' with Rebecca Roache Rebecca Roache is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London. Dr Roache specialises in practical ethics, logic, philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychiatry and early modern philosophy, but in this episode, we’ll be speaking to Rebecca specifically about the philosophy of language and swearing. In the words of Rebecca Roache: "With a little imagination, we can find ... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Jun-17)
14.	459: The Value of Care - Feminism and Ethics More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/value-care. We sometimes think of the domains of ethics and morality as divorced from feeling and emotion. You keep your promises because it maximizes good. But what if care were thought of as the bedrock of morality? While we know that more care work is performed by women, would a care-based approach to ethics be feminist, or merely feminine? What... (@philtalkradio, 2018-Jun-11)
15.	Knud Loegstrup and The Ethical Demand Danish philosopher Knud Loegstrup was a contemporary of Sartre, Arendt and Levinas—but his influence outside the world of Nordic philosophy has been limited. Scott Stephens speaks with Loegstrup’s two English translators about his masterwork The Ethical Demand, and about some unexpected resonances with English moral philosopher Iris Murdoch. (@RadioNational, 2018-Jun-10)
16.	Rationally Speaking #210 - Stuart Ritchie on "Conceptual objections to IQ testing" This episode features Stuart Ritchie, intelligence researcher and author of the book "Intelligence: All That Matters." Stuart responds to some of the most common conceptual objections to the science of IQ testing. (@Rspodcast, 2018-Jun-11)
17.	Ep65 - The Stories of Our Day 2: Westworld In this 65th episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio had the pleasure to talk with Dr. James South and Dr. Kimberly Engels about Westworld. We discuss topics including artificial intelligence and storytelling as well as the ethical and political questions that Westworld raises for us. Kimberly and James are the editors of Westworld and Phi... (@PhilosophyBB, 2018-May-31)
18.	Episode 192: "The Closing of the American Mind": Allan Bloom on Education (Part One) On Allan Bloom's 1987 best-selleing polemic. What is the role of the university in our democracy? Bloom thinks that today's students are conformist, relativistic, and nihilistic, and that great books and thinking for thinking's sake are the cure. Don't wait for part 2! Get the unbroken, ad-free Citizen Edition now; your Citizenship will also get you the follow-up discussion to be released soon. Pl... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Jun-11)
19.	HAP 04 - Pyramid Schemes - Philosophy in Ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptian figures and writings including the Pyramid Texts, Imhotep, and the “first monotheist” Akhenaten reflect on the nature of things and questions of morality. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-May-13)
20.	Episode 39, 'The Philosophy of Perception' with Bence Nanay Bence Nanay is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Antwerp and Research Associate in philosophy at the University of Cambridge. Nanay is also the principal investigator of the European Research Council project, Seeing Things You Don’t See: Unifying the Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience of Multimodal Mental Imagery. As well as publishing more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, Nanay... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Jun-10)
21.	458: Repugnant Markets – Should Everything Be For Sale? More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/repugnant-markets. We might ban buying or selling horse meat in the US not for the protection of horses, but because we find it morally repugnant. Yet this moral repugnance is clearly not universal, and on some level may even be arbitrary, given France's attitude towad horse meat. What role, if any, should moral repugnance play in determining the r... (@philtalkradio, 2018-Jun-04)
22.	Making differences We're all keen on diversity these days—as long as it stays within proper boundaries. When it comes to moral values though, diverse perspectives can make us uncomfortable—so how do we manage it, and how can we do better? (@RadioNational, 2018-Jun-03)
23.	Ep64 - Philosophy as Play In this 64th episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio had the pleasure to talk with three guests at the 2018 conference of the Public Philosophy Network in Boulder, CO, all hailing from Pacific Lutheran University: Matthew Salzano, Dr. Michael Rings, and Dr. Sergia Hay. We talked about “Philosophy as Play” with the three philosophers wh... (@PhilosophyBB, 2018-May-24)
24.	Edouard Machery, “Philosophy Within Proper Bounds” (Oxford UP, 2017) There are five people on the track and a runaway trolley that will hit them, and you are on a footbridge over the track with a large person whose body can stop the trolley in its tracks. Should you push… (@NewBooksPhil, 2018-Jun-15)
25.	Edouard Machery, “Philosophy Within Proper Bounds” (Oxford UP, 2017) There are five people on the track and a runaway trolley that will hit them, and you are on a footbridge over the track with a large person whose body can stop the trolley in its tracks. Should you push… (@NewBooksPhil, 2018-Jun-15)
26.	HoP 300b - The Relevance of Medieval Philosophy Today Peter King, Catarina Dutilh Novaes, and Russ Friedman discuss their approaches to medieval philosophy, and its contemporary relevance. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-May-06)
27.	Episode 191: Conceptual Schemes: Donald Davidson & Rudolf Carnap (Part Two) Finishing Davidson's "On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme" (1974) and moving on to Carnap's "Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology" (1950). Carnap claims that we talk about mathematical objects or subatomic particles or whatever, we're not really (contra Quine) making metaphysical claims. Ontological questions like "Are there really numbers?" are just pretentious nonsense. With guest Dusty Dallm... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Jun-04)
28.	Episode 38, ‘Philosophy in Everyday Life’ with Philosophy Now's Rick Lewis (Part II) Rick Lewis took his first degree in physics and philosophy of science at the University of Manchester, and later an MA in philosophy at the University of York. Making philosophy accessible and encouraging the person on the street to engage in philosophy in their everyday life was, and is, hugely important to Rick. That’s why in 1991 Rick founded the magazine Philosophy Now, of which, he has bee... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Jun-03)
29.	0G11: Full Metal Alchemist and Death The first rule of podcasting is the law of equivalent awesome. To obtain an awesome podcast, something of equal awesomeness must be lost: One paper on the philosophy of death: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/death/#ImmMis One article on the myths of immortality: http://www.senescence.info/physical_immortality_myths.html One pop culture survey of reasons not to bring people back from the dead.... (@0gPhilosophy, 2018-Jun-13)
30.	#28 The Experience Machine Dustyn and Whitney explore the classic thought experiment, the Experience Machine! For our sources, visit NoNarrowThing.com (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-Jun-13)
31.	Episode 41: Michael Strevens On Episode 41, Nick chats with Michael Strevens, professor in the Philosophy Department at New York University, about growing up in Auckland, New Zealand during the 1970s, how his mutual interests in computer science and how thought works lead to undergraduate work in formal logic and graduate study at Rutgers, how he transitioned after being denied tenure at Stanford, philosophy of... (@SciPhiPod, 2018-May-31)
32.	Pro-Choice Arguments for Pro-Life People Sarah and Zach talk to single issue abortion voters. Sarah puts forward an argument that being pro-life doesn't imply that one should always vote for pro-life candidates. The discussion covers all sorts of important questions along the way. - What should we make of the difference between 'immoral' and 'illegal'? - What does it mean to live in a secular democracy? - Why was the abortion is... (@thevimblog, 2018-Jun-07)
33.	383: The Ethics of Drone Warfare More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/ethics-drone-warfare. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, aka ‘drone,’ is increasingly the weapon of choice in America's military operations. Many laud its ability to maintain our global power while reducing human and financial costs. By the same token, however, this safe and secretive weapon may in turn cause civilians to disengage ever more from the... (@philtalkradio, 2018-May-28)
34.	Morals and the market Neoliberalism and human rights are often portrayed as standing in opposition to each other, with the fat cats at the big end of town pulling the economic levers. But neoliberalism and the discourse of modern human rights can actually be seen as close philosophical cousins. (@RadioNational, 2018-May-27)
35.	Rationally Speaking #209 - Christopher Chabris on "Collective intelligence & the ethics of A/B tests" This episode features cognitive psychologist Christopher Chabris discussing his research on "collective intelligence" and why people get so upset at companies like Facebook and OKCupid for doing experiments on their users, and whether that's fair. (@Rspodcast, 2018-May-28)
36.	NEM#74: Colin Moulding (XTC) Kills and Scatters the Editor As bassist/co-frontman for XTC, he released around 14 albums between 1978-2000, and for the first time since, he has a new release, the Great Aspirations EP now under the name TC&I. We discuss "Scatter Me" and "Kenny" from this 2017 release, plus "Say It" an 2002 XTC song, and conclude by listening to "Where Did the Ordinary People Go?" the final 2005 XTC single. Intro music: "Making Plans for... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-May-29)
37.	HAP 03 - Fertile Ground - Philosophy in Ancient Mesopotamia Do the cuneiform writings of Babylonian culture show that it had its own philosophy? (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Apr-29)
38.	Episode 191: Conceptual Schemes: Donald Davidson & Rudolf Carnap (Part One) On Davidson's "On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme" (1974) and Carnap's "Empiricism, Semantics and Ontology" (1950). What does it mean to say that we grasp the world through a conceptual scheme? Are schemes different between cultures or even individuals, such that we can't really understand each other? Davidson thinks that this doesn't make sense. We'll get to Carnap in part 2, but you needn't... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-May-28)
39.	Episode 38, ‘Philosophy in Everyday Life’ with Philosophy Now's Rick Lewis (Part I) Rick Lewis took his first degree in physics and philosophy of science at the University of Manchester, and later an MA in philosophy at the University of York. Making philosophy accessible and encouraging the person on the street to engage in philosophy in their everyday life was, and is, hugely important to Rick. That’s why in 1991 Rick founded the magazine Philosophy Now, of which, he has bee... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-May-27)
40.	PREVIEWS-Ep 189: Authorial Intent (Part Three) Plus Identity Politics Listen here to a few highlights from two recent discussions between Mark and Wes: We chase down some issues from ep. 189, relating authorial intent to philosophy of language more generally, then we have some preliminary discussion about the possibility of a future identity politics episode. Get the full discussions by becoming a PEL Citizen or $5/month Patreon supporter. (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-May-26)
41.	Episode 141: Implicit Bias David and Tamler tackle the topic of implicit bias and the controversy surrounding the implicit association test (IAT). What is implicit bias anyway? Does it have to be linked to behavior in order to truly count as a "bias"? Has the IAT been overhyped as a reflection of individual or group prejudice? And why is the debate on this topic so depressing? Plus, some deep thoughts on the intellectual d... (@verybadwizards, 2018-Jun-05)
42.	Rewilding Most of us feel the itch of the primitive from time to time—to run without shoes, try a paleo diet, or just ditch the smartphone. The primitivist ideal exerts a seductive pull in tech-obsessed contemporary western society, but is the ideal based on a highly questionable set of philosophical assumptions? (@RadioNational, 2018-May-20)
43.	Larry Temkin on Obligations to the Needy How can we best help other people? Peter Singer has argued that we should give aid. Despite a lifetime spent believing this, Larry Temkin has started to question whether the effects of aid are beneficial. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast he discusses some qualms about Peter Singer's arguments. (@philosophybites, 2018-Apr-02)
44.	HoP 300a - The Relevance of Ancient Philosophy Today Rachel Barney, Christof Rapp, and Mark Kalderon join Peter to discuss the importance of ancient philosophy for today’s philosophers. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Apr-22)
45.	William A. Edmundson, “John Rawls: Reticent Socialist” (Cambridge UP, 2017) John Rawls is easily the most celebrated and influential political philosopher of the 20th Century, and his impact remains remarkably strong today. The central concepts with which his theory of justice begins are now components of the philosophical vernacular: The… (@NewBooksPhil, 2018-Jun-01)
46.	Episode 190: Film Analysis: "mother!" On Darren Aronofsky's philosophical 2017 film about humanity's relationship to nature. We discuss the philosophical content of the film (Gnosticism, anyone?) and explore the relation between meaning and the sensuous aspects of an artwork. Can a work be both allegorical and yet have fully fleshed out characters and the other elements that make a film feel real? This was a very polarizing film; how ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-May-21)
47.	NEM#73: David J Colors His Poetry David J. Haskins gained fame with Bauhaus in the late 70s/early 80s, gained more fame with Love and Rockets, and has since 1983 released around ten albums plus several EPs and other collaborations. We discuss "The Auteur (Redux / Reprise)" a 2018 single (featuring Rose McGowan and Emily Jane White), "Vaudeville Ghost Light" from Carpe Noctem (2016), credited to M.C. Nightshade and the Theatre Biza... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-May-21)
48.	The Politics of Public Philosophy Zach, Lila, and Adam get self-reflective and talk about public philosophy. What is it? What should it be? And what should we make of the attitude many ‘private’ philosophers take towards it? This episode digs into the political dimensions of public philosophy. Listen to the two previous episodes in the series. The episode is loosely based on this article by Zach: https://thevimblog... (@thevimblog, 2018-May-28)
49.	380: Neuroscience and Free Will More at philosophytalk.org/shows/neuroscience-and-free-will. We like to think of ourselves as rational agents who exercise conscious control over most of our actions and decisions. Yet in recent years, neuroscientists have claimed to prove that free will is simply an illusion, that our brains decide for us before our conscious minds even become aware. But what kind of evidence do these scient... (@philtalkradio, 2018-May-18)
50.	Episode 37, Religious Language (Part IV – Further Analysis and Discussion) Get 20% How The Light Gets In Festival 2018 using the discount code “PANPSYCAST20” at the final checkout page! Visit: https://hay.htlgi.iai.tv/?utmsource=panpsycast. Our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/panpsycast. Everything you could need can be found at www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Broadly speaking, the term 'religious language' refers ... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-May-20)
51.	0G10: Brave New world and Genetic Engineering, Part 2 Podcast genome editing complete. Newly synthesized entity contains: Beta level paper on Genetic Determinism: https://peh-med.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1747-5341-1-9 Beta Plus level paper on Genetic Engineering and Virtue Theory: http://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejsh/element/bwmeta1.element.desklight-c188f72b-ddd2-4f3e-ae0b-552fb8e64aee/c/6_kraj.pdf Alpha Plus level reminder to offer up intro qu... (@0gPhilosophy, 2018-May-30)
52.	Willful Acts Army veteran Jim McKelvey applied for his VA benefits and was denied for willful misconduct. Thirty years later, Julie Eldred was sent to prison for a willful violation of probation. Both challenged, both got to a Supreme Court with the promise to change the law of the land. The disease model of addiction has been litigated a handful of times in the history of American law. Every time the same iss... (@HiPhiNation, 2018-May-30)
53.	#27 Enlightenment Now with David Prestin David Prestin (nextcallings.com) joins Dustyn and Whitney to dive into Steven Pinker's new book Enlightenment Now - The Case for Reason, Science, and Progress. Is the world in a better state than it seems? If so, why does it feel so bad? For our sources, visit NoNarrowThing.com (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-May-30)
54.	387: In Praise of Love – Plato's Symposium Meets Bernstein's Serenade More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/praise-love-platos-symposium-meets-bernsteins-serenade. Plato’s Symposium is arguably the most memorable philosophical work ever written on the subject of love. It is also the inspiration for Leonard Bernstein’s gorgeous violin concerto, the Serenade. What would Plato think of Bernstein’s Serenade, especially given his criticism of art and po... (@philtalkradio, 2018-May-14)
55.	The freedom of the City May 1968 was a watershed moment in political philosophy, and its ripple effect continues. We follow the long trajectory of May '68—from the universities and streets of Paris fifty years ago, via the work of pioneering feminist Luce Irigaray, all the way to the 'New Municipalism' that’s transforming the political and social landscapes of cities around the world today. (@RadioNational, 2018-May-13)
56.	Bianca Bosker on Cork Dork Some books can change the way you experience the world. Bianca Bosker's Cork Dork is one of these. It tells how she trained her senses of smell and taste to become a sommelier, starting from a position of almost complete ignorance about wine. But more than that it is a book about experiencing the world more fully. For more episodes of Thinking Books, go to www.thinkingbooks.co (@philosophybites, 2018-Mar-25)
57.	HAP 02 - It’s Only Human - Philosophy in Prehistoric Africa Might philosophy be as old as humankind as we know it? We investigate the implications of findings concerning the origins of humankind in Africa. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Apr-15)
58.	Rationally Speaking #208 - Annie Duke on "Thinking in bets" This episode features Annie Duke, former pro poker player and author of the book Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts. Julia and Annie debate why people tend to ignore the role of luck in their decisions. (@Rspodcast, 2018-May-13)
59.	Episode 189: Authorial Intent (Barthes, Foucault, Beardsley, et al) (Part Two) Continuing on "The Death of the Author" by Roland Barthes (1967) and "What Is an Author?" by Michel Foucault (1969), and finally getting to “Against Theory” by Steven Knapp and Walter Benn Michaels (1982). What could it mean to say that a text, once written, speaks itself? We get into Foucault's critique of the cult of the author and the reader-centric types of analysis he proposes in its plac... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-May-14)
60.	Should we pay reparations for wrongs committed in the past? Are African Americans owed reparations for the enslavement of their ancestors? (@DavidEdmonds100, 2018-May-25)
61.	Episode 37, Religious Language (Part III - The Verification and Falsification Principles) Get 20% How The Light Gets In Festival 2018 using the discount code “PANPSYCAST20” at the final checkout page! Visit: https://hay.htlgi.iai.tv/?utmsource=panpsycast. Our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/panpsycast. Everything you could need can be found at www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Broadly speaking, the term 'religious language' refers ... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-May-13)
62.	Ep63 - Democracy and Public Exposure In this 63rd episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Dr. Mark Sanders on “Democracy and Public Exposure.” We ask Mark about democracy and public philosophical engagement, including some of the special projects that he runs in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mark specializes in American Pragmatism and social and political philosoph... (@PhilosophyBB, 2018-Apr-28)
63.	Episode 40: Michael Weisberg On Episode 40, Nick chats with Michael Weisberg, Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, about how a Creationism incident in his own backyard led to the development of the Laboratory for Understanding Science, "finding your thing" in graduate school, his book "Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World," debates surrounding 19th cent... (@SciPhiPod, 2018-May-11)
64.	457: Faith and Humiity More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/faith-and-humility. Some would argue that faith requires that one blindly—rather than rationally— believe. Faith in one ‘true’ religion often entails rejection of all others. Given this, can there ever be humility when it comes to religious faith? How unwavering should the faithful be when it comes to their religious convictions, attitudes,... (@philtalkradio, 2018-May-07)
65.	The fate of the Common Good The idea of the common good drove some of the most important social developments of the 20th century: Franklin D Roosevelt’s New Deal, civil rights, the United Nations, the European Union. Today, as western societies become more fragmented and organisations like the EU begin to fray at the edges, we ask whether nations and individuals are beginning to lose faith in the common good. (@RadioNational, 2018-May-06)
66.	HoP 299 - Robert Pasnau on Substance in Scholasticism Bob Pasnau joins Peter to discuss ideas about substance from Aquinas down to the time of Locke, Leibniz and Descartes. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Apr-08)
67.	Episode 140: Milgram's Mice Honor shmonor, David and Tamler return to their repugnant roots for this one. First, we pay an overdue homage to the great anonymous blogger and twitter-redeemer Neuroskeptic. We pick a few of our favorite pithy tweets and crazy science article links from his @neuro_skeptic twitter account. Topics include: How much would you pay for porn? Should we be stereotyping zoophiles? Animal or fist - how t... (@verybadwizards, 2018-May-22)
68.	Episode #118 ... A Basic Look At Post-Modernism Today we begin a lengthy conversation on the critiques of Post-modernism. (@iamstephenwest, 2018-May-21)
69.	Africana Philosophy Announcement New paperbacks and a new series! (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Apr-06)
70.	Episode 189: Authorial Intent (Barthes, Foucault, Beardsley, et al) (Part One) On four essays about how to interpret artworks: “The Intentional Fallacy” by W. K. Wimsatt and Monroe Beardsley (1946), "The Death of the Author" by Roland Barthes (1967), "What is an Author?" by Michel Foucault (1969), and “Against Theory” by Steven Knapp and Walter Benn Michaels (1982). When you're trying to figure out what, say, a poem means, isn't the best way to do that to just ask th... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-May-07)
71.	Episode 37, Religious Language (Part II – Thomas Aquinas and Ludwig Wittgenstein) Get 20% How The Light Gets In Festival 2018 using the discount code “PANPSYCAST20” at the final checkout page! Visit: https://hay.htlgi.iai.tv/?utmsource=panpsycast. Our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/panpsycast. Everything you could need can be found at www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Broadly speaking, the term 'religious language' refers ... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-May-06)
72.	Ep62 - Is the Church Killing God? In this 62nd episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview philosopher and Pentecostal Christian Dr. J. Aaron Simmons on his question: “Is the Church Killing God?” Aaron is associate professor of Philosophy at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. He works primarily in philosophy of religion and 19th and 20th Century Eur... (@PhilosophyBB, 2018-Apr-21)
73.	Ruth G. Millikan, “Beyond Concepts: Unicepts, Language, and Natural Information” (Oxford UP, 2018) Kant famously asked the question, how is knowledge possible? In her new book, Beyond Concepts: Unicepts, Language, and Natural Information (Oxford University Press, 2018), Ruth Garrett Millikan responds to this question from a naturalistic, and specifically evolutionary, perspective. Millikan, who… (@NewBooksPhil, 2018-May-15)
74.	0G9: Brave New World and Utilitarianism, Part 1 Oh Brave New Podcast, that has such accessible philosophies in it! Solid Animated Synopsis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raqVySPrDUE Hilariously bad live action version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek5vse2_Aq0 There are more things in Heaven and Earth Horatio than are dreamed of in your Utilitarianism. Whether tis nobler to be a pig satisfied or a Socrates dissatisfied. Aye, there's the r... (@0gPhilosophy, 2018-May-16)
75.	HAP 01 - Something Old, Something New - Introducing Africana Philosophy Chike Jeffers and Peter Adamson kick off the new series by explaining the scope and meaning of “Africana philosophy”. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Apr-01)
76.	#26 #NewsMatters Accurate, timely, localized and international - knowledge and facts are important, and ideally brought to us via journalistic entities and institutions. Given the value of journalism and news media to our lives and our society, is there an ethical obligation that falls on us to support them in return? For our sources, visit NoNarrowThing.com (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-May-16)
77.	Who are you? The question of exactly what constitutes identity is an old and much-contested one. Is personhood located in a community? A culture? A race? Or is it something singular and immanent, located somewhere in the deepest recesses of the individual? (@RadioNational, 2018-Apr-29)
78.	456: Are We Alone? More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/are-we-alone. News that life might exist or have existed on Mars or somewhere else in our universe excites many. But should we really be happy to hear that news? What are the philosophical implications of the possibility of extraterrestrial life? If life can blossom in our own cosmic backyard, then that means that the universe is most likely satura... (@philtalkradio, 2018-Apr-30)
79.	Rationally Speaking #207 - Alison Gopnik on "The wrong way to think about parenting, plus the downsides of modernity" Developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik explains why modern parenting is too goal-oriented. Alison and Julia discuss whether anything parents do matters, whether kids should go to school, and how kids learn discipline if you don't force them to do things. (@Rspodcast, 2018-Apr-30)
80.	Episode: 034 Andrea Pitts on Indigenous Resistance to Neoliberalism Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Andrea Pitts about neoliberalism, how it uniquely affects indigenous communities, projects of resistance, Latinx philosophy, and so much more. (@myishacherry, 2018-May-14)
81.	Episode: 034 Andrea Pitts on Indigenous Resistance to Neoliberalism Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Andrea Pitts about neoliberalism, how it uniquely affects indigenous communities, projects of resistance, Latinx philosophy, and so much more. (@myishacherry, 2018-May-14)
82.	NEM#72: Sarah McQuaid Kills Her Darlings Sarah has recorded five solo albums since 1997, starting with traditional folk songs, sometimes guitar instrumentals, and now focusing on originals that mix British and American folk in a style influenced by Joni Mitchell among others. She has lately pared back her songwriting to ensure that every note counts. We discuss the title track and "The Silence Above Us" from If We Dig Any Deeper It Could... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Apr-30)
83.	Episode 188: Discussing "Lysistrata" and Politics with Lucy and Emily (Part Two) Concluding our discussion of Aristophanes's play with Lucy Lawless and Emily Perkins. We focus on trying to connect its lessons to the here and now: Is Lysistrata's victory properly described as the ascension of some kind of "feminine spirit" over warlike values, and how does that actually relate to women's struggles now to attain positions of power? Listen to our performance and then part one of ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Apr-30)
84.	Episode 139: Honor, Identity, and Headbutts It took two tries (the first one led to a big non-productive fight), but David and Tamler end up with a good discussion of honor and its connection to identity, pride, and personal relationships. Why have we rejected honor in favor of dignity? What are the costs and benefits of doing that? How do people "find themselves" in an industrialized anonymous society? What should you do when someone insul... (@verybadwizards, 2018-May-12)
85.	Episode 37, Religious Language (Part I – The Via Negativa) Get 20% How The Light Gets In Festival 2018 using the discount code “PANPSYCAST20” at the final checkout page! Visit: https://hay.htlgi.iai.tv/?utmsource=panpsycast. Our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/panpsycast. Everything you could need can be found at www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Broadly speaking, the term 'religious language' refers ... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Apr-29)
86.	Episode 39 - Rachel Ankeny On Episode 39, Nick chats with Rachel Ankeny, Professor at the University of Adelaide in South Australia, about her experience with the Great Books Program at St. John's College in Santa Fe, the formation of the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP), the roles of models and cased-based reasoning in science, the importance of studying non-model organisms, her integrate... (@SciPhiPod, 2018-Apr-27)
87.	HoP 298 - Renaissance Men - Ramon Llull and Petrarch The Renaissance ideals of humanism and universal science flourish already in the medieval period, in the works of Petrarch and Ramon Llull. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Mar-25)
88.	The beauty imperative What does it mean when beauty moves from aesthetic choice to ethical ideal? The age-old belief that true beauty lies within is ever harder to sustain today. It was once sidelined as a 'women’s issue' but beauty is now taking its place as a subject for serious philosophical scrutiny. (@RadioNational, 2018-Apr-22)
89.	378: Heidegger More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/heidegger. Best known for his work Being and Time, Martin Heidegger has been hailed by many as the greatest philosopher of the twentieth century. He has also been criticized for being both nearly unreadable and a Nazi. Yet there is no disputing his seminal place in the history of Western thought. So what did Heidegger mean when he wrote about world... (@philtalkradio, 2018-Apr-23)
90.	Episode 188: Discussing "Lysistrata" and Politics with Lucy and Emily (Part One) We are rejoined by actresses Lucy Lawless and Emily Perkins to discuss Aristophanes's bawdy play. Listen to us perform it first. Supplementary readings included Jeffery Henderson's introduction to his 1988 translation of the play; "Sexual Humor and Harmony in Lysistrata" by Jay M. Semel (1981); and "The 'Female Intruder' Reconsidered: Women in Aristophanes' Lysistrata and Ecclesiazusae" by Helene ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Apr-23)
91.	Episode 38 - Alison Wylie On Episode 38, Nick chats with Alison Wylie, Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia and future President of the Philosophy of Science Association, about her formative experiences working as an advocationalist archaeologist throughout Saskatchewan, Canada, her turn toward exploring the philosophical issues being hotly debated in archaeology, when and how contex... (@SciPhiPod, 2018-Apr-22)
92.	Tocqueville: Democracy in America Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) and his examination of the American democratic system. He wrote De La Démocratie en Amérique in two parts, published in 1835 and 1840, when France was ruled by the July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe. Tocqueville was interested in how aspects of American democracy, in the age of President Andrew Jackson, could be applied to Europe as ... (@BBCInOurTime, 2018-Mar-22)
93.	Episode 36, The Daniel Dennett Interview (Part II - Philosophy of Mind) Our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/panpsycast. Everything you could need, including links to all of Daniel C. Dennett’s work, can be found at www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. In the words of A. C. Grayling, Professor "Daniel C. Dennett is perhaps the most distinguished philosopher in the world". In a 2013 study by Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Apr-22)
94.	HPI 62 - Kit Patrick on Philosophy and Indian History The host of the History of India podcast joins us for the final episode on India. Coming next: Africana philosophy! (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Mar-18)
95.	Ep61 - The Future of Community College Education In this sixty-first episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, the second that aired in 2018, co-hosts Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Dr. Cliff Harbour on “The Future of Community College Education,” the theme of his 2015 book, John Dewey and the Future of Community College Education. Dr. Harbour is Professor of Counseling and Higher Education at the Universi... (@PhilosophyBB, 2018-Apr-05)
96.	Christian B. Miller, “The Character Gap: How Good Are We?” (Oxford UP, 2018) My guest today is Christian Miller. Christian is A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University. He is a moral philosopher specializing on character, with special interest in the empirical study of the virtues and vices.… (@NewBooksPhil, 2018-May-01)
97.	0G8: Autofac and Self-Replicating Systems Podcast Delivery Contents: 1 mediocre Philip K. Dick adaptation by Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Philip-K-Dicks-Electric-Dreams/dp/B075NTXMN9 1 Brilliant Philip K. Dick short story that you need to read: https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1955-11/Galaxy_1955_11#page/n71/mode/2up 2 Philosophical readings on the risks of AI: https://nickbostrom.com/ethics/ai.html https://hackernoon.com... (@0gPhilosophy, 2018-May-02)
98.	Martin Luther King: political philosopher We don’t routinely think of political figures as philosophers, but when but comes to Martin Luther King maybe we should. King was a deep thinker with a remarkably coherent vision of the moral life and a bracing take on some of the fundamental questions of political philosophy. (@RadioNational, 2018-Apr-15)
99.	455: Trolling, Bullying, and Flame Wars - Humility and Online Discourse More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/trolling-bullying-and-flame-wars. Open up any online comments section and you’ll find them: internet trolls, from the mildly inflammatory to the viciously bullying. It seems that the ease of posting online leads many to abandon any semblance of intellectual humility. So can we have intellectual humility on an anonymous forum with little oversight... (@philtalkradio, 2018-Apr-16)
100.	#25 Factory Farms: A Confluence of Oppression with Christine Ball-Blakely Most people know that factory farms are unpleasant places. However, many don't realize the impact of factory farms on the people who live near them, including the degradation of the water, air, and even property values in nearby communities. Christine Ball-Blakely, lawyer and animal rights advocate, joins Dustyn and Whitney to talk about factory farms and their disproportionate impact on communiti... (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-May-02)
101.	Creed and Credences Dave has been hunting for the one decisive piece of scientific evidence that will settle one of Christianity's most challenging questions. On this episode we look at two stories of people trying to reconcile their religious and empirical beliefs about the world, and hear from a philosopher whose theory says that their attempts may be futile. Guest voices include Dave Woetzel, Laura Jean Truman, an... (@HiPhiNation, 2018-May-01)
102.	Rationally Speaking #206 - Kal Turnbull on "Change My View" Julia and Kal Turnbull discuss the culture of the subreddit Change My View, what makes it such an oasis for reasonable discussion on the Internet, and what we've learned about what motivates people to change their minds or not. (@Rspodcast, 2018-Apr-15)
103.	NEM#71: Aaron David Gleason Is a Wry Observer Aaron was born into show business, staring young in L.A. in the early 00's with All Hours, then went solo, moved to New York, became an actor, and has now released his first album in seven years, Wry Observer. We discuss the title track from that album plus "Brooklyn at Dawn" (the intro music is from that too: "The Last to Die in Battle"). Then we look back to "Box Office Stud" by All Hours (2004)... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Apr-16)
104.	"Lysistrata" w/ Lucy Lawless, Emily Perkins, Erica Spyres, Bill Youmans & Aaron Gleason The PEL Players return to perform a "cold read" of Aristophanes's play about using a sex strike to end war, first performed in 411 BCE. Jeffrey Henderson's translation makes this very accessible, and it's still really damn funny. Your hosts are joined by five real actors from TV, film, and Broadway. We will be following this up in ep. 188 with a full discussion of the play and the issues it raises... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Apr-16)
105.	Augustine's Confessions Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Augustine of Hippo's account of his conversion to Christianity and his life up to that point. Written c397AD, it has many elements of autobiography with his scrutiny of his earlier life, his long relationship with a concubine, his theft of pears as a child, his work as an orator and his embrace of other philosophies and Manichaeism. Significantly for the developm... (@BBCInOurTime, 2018-Mar-15)
106.	HoP 297 - The Prague Spring - Scholasticism Across Europe New ideas and and new universities in Italy and greater Germany including Vienna and Prague, where Jan Hus carries on the radical ideas of Wyclif. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Mar-11)
107.	Episode 36, The Daniel Dennett Interview (Part I - Philosophy of Religion) Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/panpsycast. Everything you could need, including links to all of Daniel C. Dennett’s work, can be found at www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. In the words of A. C. Grayling, Professor "Daniel C. Dennett is perhaps the most distinguished philosopher in the world". In a 2013 study by Gottlieb Duttweiler Inst... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Apr-15)
108.	Sarah Fine on the Right to Exclude Do states have a moral right to exclude people from their territory? It might seem obvious that states do have such a right, but Sarah Fine questions this in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. This episode of Philosophy Bites was sponsored by the Examining Ethics podcast from the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University. You can subscribe to Examining Ethics on iTunes o... (@philosophybites, 2018-Feb-14)
109.	PREVIEW-Episode 187: The Limits of Free Speech (Part Three) Three substantial chunks of a follow-up conversation to our free speech episode. Mark and Wes discuss Jordan Peterson on speech, organizations' promoting certain speech (as opposed to restricting), insults vs. arguments, offense vs. harm, "incoherence" arguments like Fish's, fundamental principles in ethics, and more. Get the full discussion by becoming a PEL Citizen or Patreon supporter. (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Apr-14)
110.	Thinking Out Loud Thinking Out Loud: The Sydney Lectures in Philosophy and Society aims to bring a leading international thinker to Western Sydney University annually to present a series of public lectures. This year Rosi Braidotti will present The Human in the Age of Technology and Climate Change. The idea of ‘human’ is undergoing rapid change. Some have termed this the age of the ‘post-human’, and it migh... (@RadioNational, 2018-Apr-09)
111.	Episode 37 - Quayshawn Spencer On Episode 37, Nick chats with Quayshawn Spencer, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, about growing up with the unspoken norms of social segregation in Nashville, Tennessee, the philosophical question that compelled a change in his career ambitions from biochemist to philosopher of biology, how he set out to write a book on the non-biological reality... (@SciPhiPod, 2018-Apr-12)
112.	The shadow of eugenics Eugenics is a science that seems to belong back in the darkest days of the 20th century. But today, 'newgenics' has people worried, as reproductive technologies make it increasingly possible to filter out certain genetic disorders. How does this colour our notion of what constitutes a 'desirable' or 'undesirable' human subject? (@RadioNational, 2018-Apr-08)
113.	454: Monstrous Technologies? More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/monstrous-technologies. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein raises powerful questions about the responsibilities of scientists to consider the impact of their inventions on the world. Are these questions as relevant now as they were 200 years ago? What insights, if any, should today’s technologists and disrupters glean from Shelley's story? What does i... (@philtalkradio, 2018-Apr-09)
114.	Episode 138: Memory, Pain, and Relationships (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) Award-winning screenwriter and medieval philosophy scholar Yoel Inbar joins us for a deep dive on the Charlie Kaufman/Michel GondREY masterpiece Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. When relationships go bad is it better to believe they never happened? What is the nature of memory, how is it constructed, and is it possible to zap them out existence with an Apple IIe? Will Tamler have a more opti... (@verybadwizards, 2018-Apr-24)
115.	NEM#70: Amy Annelle's Natural Environments Amy has recorded nine albums of emotionally stark but often artistically decorated original folk music, punctuated by cover tunes like the opening music here, Townes Van Zandt's "Buckskin Stallion Blues," which appeared in the film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. We discuss "Mouth to Mouth" from The Autopilot Knows You Best (2000), "The Nightjar’s Blues" from The Cimarron Banks (2010... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Apr-09)
116.	Episode 187: The Limits of Free Speech (Part Two) Continuing our free form discussion, trying to make sense of Stanley Fish's “There’s No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It’s a Good Thing, Too” (1994) and other potential rationales for prohibiting hate speech. How might the same sentence or idea be used in different speech acts, some of which might be legitimately censured but others not? Listen to part one first, or get the Citizen Editio... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Apr-09)
117.	HPI 61 - What Happened Next - Indian Philosophy After Dignaga A whirlwind tour of developments in Indian philosophy after Dignāga and a few words about the contemporary relevance of the tradition. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Mar-04)
118.	Episode 35, Sexual Ethics (Part IV - Further Analysis and Discussion) Our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/panpsycast. Email RecoverMe: [email protected] Everything else you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Sexual ethics is the study of human sexuality and sexual behaviour. In a word, it seeks to understand and evaluate the moral conduct of relationships and sexual activities from a philosop... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Apr-08)
119.	Episode 105: R. A. Briggs discusses epistemic decision theory How do we tell what the best strategies for changing our beliefs on the basis of new evidence might be? (@ElucidationsPod, 2018-Apr-20)
120.	Oh, the Humanities We often hear that the academic Humanities and social sciences are in crisis—underfunded, out of touch with the job market, hamstrung by political correctness and moral relativism. So why study philosophy? And could a good dose of scientific method help to solve the problem—if indeed there is one? (@RadioNational, 2018-Apr-01)
121.	379: The Ethics of Whistleblowing with Edward Snowden More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/snowden. You might think we each have a moral duty to expose any serious misconduct, dishonesty, or illegal activity we discover in an organization, especially when such conduct directly threatens the public interest. However, increasingly we are seeing whistleblowers punished more harshly than the alleged wrongdoers, who often seem to get off scot-free.... (@philtalkradio, 2018-Apr-02)
122.	0G7: Altered Carbon and the Mind/Body Problem This week we're spinning up our stacks for some endless psychological torture. That's right, it's episode one of Altered Carbon and the Mind/Body problem. Weekly reading: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dualism/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to joi... (@0gPhilosophy, 2018-Apr-18)
123.	Rationally Speaking #205 - Michael Webb on "Are ideas getting harder to find?" This episode features economist Michael Webb, who recently co-authored a paper titled "Are ideas getting harder to find?" It demonstrates that the number of researchers it takes to produce a technological innovation has gone up dramatically over time. (@Rspodcast, 2018-Apr-02)
124.	Alexus McLeod, “Philosophy of the Ancient Maya: Lords of Time” (Lexington Books, 2018) The ancient Maya are popularly known for their calendar, but their concept of time and the metaphysics surrounding that conception are not. In Philosophy of the Ancient Maya: Lords of Time (Lexington Books, 2018), Alexus McLeod reconstructs an ancient Mayan… (@NewBooksPhil, 2018-Apr-16)
125.	#24 Take Five: Aliens, Ted Nugent, and Celeb Politicians Dustyn and Whitney examine five topics from the internet, some of which are hot takes...hence Take Five. It's a bad name and they know it. Topics include: aliens, Ted Nugent, and celebrities-as-politicians. For our sources, visit NoNarrowThing.com (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-Apr-18)
126.	Is Life Without Meaning? Do you ever get the feeling that life is meaningless? (@DavidEdmonds100, 2018-Apr-17)
127.	Sun Tzu and The Art of War Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas attributed to Sun Tzu (544-496BC, according to tradition), a legendary figure from the beginning of the Iron Age in China, around the time of Confucius. He may have been the historical figure Sun Wu, a military adviser at the court of King Helu of Wu (who reigned between about 514 and 496 BC), one of the kings in power in the Warring States period of Chine... (@BBCInOurTime, 2018-Mar-01)
128.	HoP 296 - Morning Star of the Reformation - John Wyclif John Wyclif refutes nominalism and inspires the Lollard movement, which anticipated Reformation thought with its critique of the church. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Feb-25)
129.	Episode 35, Sexual Ethics (Part III - Homosexuality) Our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/panpsycast. Email RecoverMe: [email protected] Everything else you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Sexual ethics is the study of human sexuality and sexual behaviour. In a word, it seeks to understand and evaluate the moral conduct of relationships and sexual activities from a philosop... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Apr-01)
130.	Thinking small Understanding the human condition has been the province of many disciplines, but you wouldn’t necessarily expect microbiology to be among them. Think again! (@RadioNational, 2018-Mar-25)
131.	453: Adorno and the Culture Industry More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/culture-industry. What's your favorite movie? Did you watch that season finale last night? No spoilers! Popular cultures pervades modern life. But what if pop culture was actually more pernicious than we ordinarily think? Could it be systematically deceiving us—eroding our ability to think for ourselves and fight for change? That's what the 20th ... (@philtalkradio, 2018-Mar-26)
132.	Episode 187: The Limits of Free Speech (Part One) A free-form discussion drawing on Stanley Fish's “There’s No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It’s a Good Thing, Too” (1994), Joel Feinberg’s “Limits to the Free Expression of Opinion” (1975), and other sources. What are the legitimate limits on free speech? Feinberg delves into the harm and offense principles. Fish argues that every claim to free speech has ideological assumptions act... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Mar-29)
133.	NEM#69: Craig Wedren Catch-Up: "Safe Home/Fadeland" On NEM#15, Craig introduced us to his songwriting style: How a hardcore aesthetic informs even his most syntho creations, and how whimsicality and beauty can coexist harmoniously. Craig has since then released the Adult Desire album, and returns to talk to us about the song "Safe Home/Fadeland" and about the Adult Desire 360 VR application. Intro: "Amnesian Wedding March." Outro: "I Was a Soldier.... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Mar-28)
134.	HPI 60 - The Buddha and I - Indian Influence on Islamic and European Thought The impact of ancient Indian thought upon the Muslim scholar al-Bīrūnī and upon European thinkers like Hume, Hegel, and Schopenhauer. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Feb-18)
135.	Episode 137: Are Buddhists Afraid to Die? (with Shaun Nichols) Why are we always attracted to people who mock us, resist our advances, and play hard to get? Maybe because it’s extra satisfying when you finally get them to… appear on your podcast. In our first live episode (recorded in San Antonio), the philosopher Shaun Nichols joins us to discuss his recent article “Death and the Self”. You might think that Buddhist conceptions of the self as illusor... (@verybadwizards, 2018-Apr-10)
136.	Ep60 - Existentialism and Romantic Love In this sixtieth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, the first that aired in 2018, we interview Dr. Skye Cleary on “Existentialism and Romantic Love,” the theme and title of her 2015 book. Dr. Cleary not only has her PhD in philosophy, but also a Master’s degree in Business Administration. She teaches at Columbia University, Barnard College, and The City College of ... (@PhilosophyBB, 2018-Mar-10)
137.	Episode 186: J.L. Austin on Doing Things with Words (Part Two) Continuing on How to Do Things with Words (lectures from 1955), covering lectures 5-9. Austin tries and fails to come up with a way to grammatically distinguish performatives from other utterances, and so turns to his more complicated system of aspects of a single act: locutionary, illocutionary, perlocutionary. In doing so, he perlocutionarily blows our minds. Listen to part one first, or get the... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Mar-26)
138.	Episode 35, Sexual Ethics (Part II - Extramarital Sex) Our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/panpsycast. Email RecoverMe: [email protected] Everything else you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Sexual ethics is the study of human sexuality and sexual behaviour. In a word, it seeks to understand and evaluate the moral conduct of relationships and sexual activities from a philosop... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Mar-25)
139.	Philosophy for children: the why and the how Children are natural philosophers—so why don’t we routinely teach them how to do philosophy? Some issues around that debate were aired at a recent public panel hosted by the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia. (@RadioNational, 2018-Mar-18)
140.	NEM#68: Billy James (Ant-Bee): Experimenting with Idols Billy now does press for many of his idols, but began as a drummer in music school and started Ant-Bee in the late '80s, as a Zappa-esque improv live act and as a Beach Boys–psychedelic solo recording effort. He's released four albums, increasingly featuring his clients. We discuss two tracks from Electronic Church Muzik (2011): "Flutter-Bye, Butter-Flye" (feat. Michael Bruce) and "The Language ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Mar-22)
141.	Rationally Speaking #204 - Simine Vazire on "Reforming psychology, and self-awareness" Simine Vazire is a professor of psychology, the author of the blog, "Sometimes I'm Wrong," and a major advocate for improving the field of psychology. (@Rspodcast, 2018-Mar-19)
142.	HoP 295 - The Most Christian Doctor - Jean Gerson Jean Gerson’s role in the political disputes of his day, the spread of lay devotion and affective mysticism, and the debate over the Romance of the Rose initiated by Christine de Pizan. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Feb-11)
143.	0G6: Arrival and Sapir-Whorf Incoming Alien Language Translation: (Event-Podcast-Source Material-Arrival Film) (Idea-Topic-Sapir/Whorf-Language-Experience) (After Dark-Free Will-Sexy Timelessness) End of Translation. (This would have been much easier if Thomas would have just let me teach y'all Heptapod B) Weekly reading: http://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/whorf.scienceandlinguistics.pdf Supplemental readings: https://www.smith... (@0gPhilosophy, 2018-Apr-04)
144.	Gloria Origgi, “Reputation: What it is and Why it Matters” (Princeton UP, 2018) We all put a great deal of care into protecting, managing, and monitoring our reputation. But the precise nature of a reputation is obscure. In one sense, reputation is merely hearsay, a popular perception that may or may not… (@NewBooksPhil, 2018-Apr-02)
145.	#23 A Tech Utopia? Will technology, and our tech leaders, bring about utopia? Or are their promises just another marketing gimmick? Can we trust the richest of the rich to look out for the rest of us? For our sources, visit NoNarrowThing.com (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-Apr-04)
146.	Episode 186: J.L. Austin on Doing Things with Words (Part One) On How to Do Things with Words (lectures from 1955). What's the relationship between language and the world? Austin says it's not all about descriptive true-or-false statements, but also includes "performatives" like "I promise…" and "I do" (spoken in a wedding) that are actions unto themselves. They can't be true or false, but they can be "unhappy" if social conventions aren't fulfilled (e.g., ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Mar-19)
147.	Eric Schwitzgebel on Scepticism How do I know I'm not dreaming? This sort of question has puzzled philosophers for thousands of years. Eric Schwitzgebel discusses scepticism and its history with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. This episode of Philosophy Bites was sponsored by the Examining Ethics podcast from the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University. You can subscribe to Examin... (@philosophybites, 2018-Jan-11)
148.	Episode 35, Sexual Ethics (Part I - Premarital Sex) Our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/panpsycast. Email RecoverMe: [email protected] Everything else you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Sexual ethics is the study of human sexuality and sexual behaviour. In a word, it seeks to understand and evaluate the moral conduct of relationships and sexual activities from a philosop... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Mar-18)
149.	Steve Fuller on post-truth For many of us, 'post-truth' means a culture where appeals to prejudice and emotion trump rational policy discussion. But for Steve Fuller, post-truth is just a by-product of the institutionalisation of knowledge—including scientific knowledge. (@RadioNational, 2018-Mar-11)
150.	452: How to Humbly Disagree More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/how-humbly-disagree. People like to argue, especially Philosophy Talk listeners! But no matter how hard we try to resolve disputes through rational discourse, sometimes we may still disagree about important issues. One response to this predicament is simply to agree to disagree. But should the mere fact of disagreement lower our confidence in our v... (@philtalkradio, 2018-Mar-12)
151.	HPI 59 - Looking East - Indian Influence on Greek Thought Did Indian ideas play a role in shaping ancient Greek philosophy? (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Feb-04)
152.	Listener Qs #1 We wanted to say thank you for the overwhelming support, and to do that we've mixed in two things we think you will enjoy. Hearing us thank you each personally alternating with answering your in depth patron questions on episodes 1-5. For those we didn't get to yet, we will definitely do more of these so please keep posting your questions and help us find more patrons so we can do more bonus conte... (@0gPhilosophy, 2018-Mar-28)
153.	#22 A Moral Document "Budgets are moral documents," policymakers say. What does this mean? Should we evaluate our governmental, and personal, budgets ethically? Does the way we spend money reveal our true ethical commitments? For our sources, visit NoNarrowThing.com (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-Mar-28)
154.	Episode 185: Ethics in Homer's "Odyssey" Feat. Translator Emily Wilson (Part Two) Continuing with Emily Wilson on her translation of the Greek epic poem. We discuss the "oikos" or estate, built on violence, and its connection to "xenia," or hospitality, which serves to forge military alliances. Also: status distinctions and the role of the gods in the text. Listen to part one first, or get the ad-free, unbroken Citizen Edition. Please support PEL! End song: "Tiny Broken Boats" ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Mar-12)
155.	The Self and Survival In ordinary life, it is usually not hard to know who you are and who you used to be. For a small group of children around the world, their knowledge seems to conflict with what modern science believes is possible. On this episode, we tell stories of unusual childhood memories to examine the nature of the self, and what needs to survive in order for a person to survive. We delve into the strange ph... (@HiPhiNation, 2018-Mar-27)
156.	Episode 136: The Good Life (with Laurie Santos) From Very Bad Wizards to Megyn Kelly Today back to Very Bad Wizards, Laurie Santos has traveled the typical trajectory of the celebrity academic. Laurie joins us to talk about her cult status after creating the most popular course in Yale University history: Psychology and the Good Life. Why are we so bad at predicting what will make us happy? What makes it so hard to do the things we know are goo... (@verybadwizards, 2018-Mar-27)
157.	Episode 34, The Peter Singer Interview (Part II) Please visit our Patreon page and show your support! That’s www.patreon.com/panpsycast. Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Peter Singer is often described as the world's most influential philosopher. Professor Singer is currently the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values a... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Mar-11)
158.	Episode 36 - Armin Shulz On Episode 36, Nick chats with Armin Shulz, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas and Visiting Fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, about leaving Germany at fifteen to study abroad in the United States Pacific Northwest, studying (and returning to teach) at the London School of Economics, how helping behavior is adap... (@SciPhiPod, 2018-Mar-09)
159.	HoP 294 - Isabel Davis on Sexuality and Marriage in Chaucer Peter is joined by Isabel Davis to discuss marriage, sex and chastity in Chaucer, focusing on the Wife of Bath’s speech. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Jan-28)
160.	Extended minds, predictive processes, and Andy Clark Andy Clark is a big name in what’s known as embodied and extended cognition. The theory positions the mind beyond the brain. If accurate, his ideas will have radical practical consequences well beyond the philosophy of mind. (@RadioNational, 2018-Mar-04)
161.	Rationally Speaking #203 - Stephen Webb on “Where is Everybody? Solutions to the Fermi Paradox. The universe has been around for billions of years, so why haven't we seen any signs of alien civilizations? This episode features physicist Stephen Webb, who describes some of the potential solutions to the puzzle. (@Rspodcast, 2018-Mar-05)
162.	0G5: Twilight Zone and the Chinese Room Imagine a premise so implausible, it makes you question the very nature of personhood. Now imagine a thought experiment so implausible, it makes you question your own mind. The Twilight Zone ep1.7 The Lonely and the Chinese Room, they go together like Rob'ts and consciousness. Weekly reading: cogprints.org/7150/1/10.1.1.83.5248.pdf Weekly video: https://vimeo.com/141205172 Support us at Patreo... (@0gPhilosophy, 2018-Mar-21)
163.	Episode 35 - Steven French On Episode 35, Nick chats with Steven French, Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds, about his early interests in "geeky" hobbies, new music, and a motorcycle sport called "Speedway," his intense graduate school days under Heinz Post that ended at 4am in a pitch-black room debating Popper, taking his first permanent academic job at the University of Campinas... (@SciPhiPod, 2018-Mar-05)
164.	Ep59 - Finding Peace In this fifty-ninth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, we interview Dr. Annie Davis Weber yet again, this time on the subject of "Finding Peace" with Buddhism. This episode is different and special, as the very first wholly live episode, recorded while on the air live on WRFL Lexington, 88.1 FM in Lexington, Kentucky. The episode aired and was recorded on December 18th, ... (@PhilosophyBB, 2018-Feb-16)
165.	#21 Wolverine Gets Old: "Logan," Aging, and Heroism What's it like when someone with superpowers begins to age? What does it say about our own views on aging and mortality? We explore these questions, as well as the connection between heroism and the body. For our sources, visit NoNarrowThing.com (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-Mar-21)
166.	NEM#67: RHEMA's Marc Jackson and Jeffrey Casey: Original Gangastas of Techno RHEMA as a six-piece band produced an album called Voyage of the Rock Aliens that accompanied their appearance in the film of that name. The band then broke up, but songwriters Marc and Jeffrey continued to work together on various projects, and have finally now produced a proper album as RHEMA called Shine, drawing on their '80s roots but incorporating modern electronic music textures. We discuss... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Mar-05)
167.	Episode 185: Ethics in Homer's "Odyssey" Feat. Translator Emily Wilson (Part One) On the classic Greek epic poem, written ca. 750 BC and translated by our guest Emily Wilson in 2018. Does this story of "heroes" have anything to teach us about ethics? Wilson wrote an 80-page introduction to her new translation laying out the issues, including "hospitality" as a political tool, the value for status and identity of one's home (including your family and slaves), and the tension bet... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Mar-05)
168.	HPI 58 - Amber Carpenter on Animals in Indian Philosophy An interview with Amber Carpenter about the status of nonhuman animals in ancient Indian philosophy and literature. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Jan-21)
169.	Episode 34, The Peter Singer Interview (Part I) Please visit our Patreon page and show your support! That’s www.patreon.com/panpsycast. Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Peter Singer is often described as the world's most influential philosopher. Professor Singer is currently the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values a... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Mar-04)
170.	Cicero Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas developed by Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC) to support and reinvigorate the Roman Republic when, as it transpired, it was in its final years, threatened by civil wars, the rule of Julius Caesar and the triumvirates that followed. As Consul he had suppressed a revolt by Catiline, putting the conspirators to death summarily as he believed the Republic was ... (@BBCInOurTime, 2018-Jan-25)
171.	Episode #116 ... Structuralism and Mythology pt. 1 Today we begin talking about the initial projects of structuralism. (@iamstephenwest, 2018-Mar-18)
172.	Episode #117 ... Structuralism and Mythology pt. 2 Today we continue to talk about the projects of Structuralism. (@iamstephenwest, 2018-Mar-18)
173.	The philosophy of parenting—part 4 An authentic life will risk heartbreak for the highs—sounds like parenting. Matt Beard presents his final foray into the bewildering modern world of children, parents and families. (@RadioNational, 2018-Feb-25)
174.	Menachem Fisch, “Creatively Undecided: Toward a History and Philosophy of Scientific Agency” (U Chicago Press, 2017 ) Thomas Kuhn upset both scientists and philosophers of science when he argued that transitions from one scientific framework (or “paradigm”) to another were irrational: the change was like a religious conversion experience rather than a reasoned shift from one theory… (@NewBooksPhil, 2018-Mar-15)
175.	451: Misogyny and Gender Inequality More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/misogyny. With the recent #MeToo viral campaign, along with the wave of prominent male figures toppled for being serial sexual harassers or worse, the topic of misogyny has come into sharp focus. But what exactly is misogyny? And how does it differ from sexism? What set of beliefs or attitudes makes someone a misogynist? And why does misogyny persi... (@philtalkradio, 2018-Feb-26)
176.	Episode 34 - Jackie Sullivan On Episode 34, Nick chats with Jackie Sullivan, Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, a member of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, and an associate member of the Brain and Mind Institute at the University of Western Ontario, about how a challenging early home life pushed her to study existentialism and philosophy, finding a supportive environment in the History and... (@SciPhiPod, 2018-Feb-28)
177.	#20 "The Push," Manipulation, and Murder Netflix's new addition, "The Push" forces a difficult question: can you push an otherwise normal person to the point of killing someone? Dustyn and Whitney explore the philosophical questions around complying to authority, resisting the crowd, and how well we know ourselves. Fair warning: spoilers abound! For our sources, visit NoNarrowThing.com (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-Mar-14)
178.	Are we becoming too preoccupied with beauty? Society expects us to conform to standards of beauty more than ever - says Heather Widdows. (@DavidEdmonds100, 2018-Mar-13)
179.	HoP 293 - The Good Wife - Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages Medieval attitudes towards homosexuality, sex and chastity, and the status of women. Authors discussed include Aquinas, Catherine of Siena, and Chaucer. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Jan-14)
180.	Ep58 - Posthumanism and the Media In this fifty-eighth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, we interview J. J. Sylvia of Fitchburg State University about “Post-Humanism and the Media.” J.J. is an assistant professor in Communications Media at Fitchburg State University. Since 2014, he's been a HASTAC Scholar and in 2015 he received North Carolina State University's Award for Excellence in Classroom Tea... (@PhilosophyBB, 2018-Feb-07)
181.	Episode 184: Pascal on the Human Condition (Part Two) Continuing on Pascal's Pensées. More on our human desire and how God is supposed to address that, plus Pascal's views on political philosophy, the relation between faith, reason, and custom... and finally the wager! Why not just be a skeptic? Is Pascal right that people suck? Listen to part 1 first or get the unbroken, ad-free, Citizen Edition now. Please support PEL! End song: "44 Days" by Dutch... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Feb-25)
182.	Episode 135: Utilitarianism and Moral Identity David and Tamler take a break from complaining about psychological studies that measure utilitarianism to complain about the moral theory itself. We talk about one of the most famous critiques of utilitarian theories from Bernard Williams. Does utilitarianism annihilate our integrity--our unity--as people? Would trying to maximize well-being fracture our identities, and swallow up our projects, mo... (@verybadwizards, 2018-Mar-13)
183.	Episode 033: Adrienne Martin on Hope Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Adrienne Martin about the nature of hope, why we should hope in humanity, differences and connections between hope, faith, and motivation, and much more. (@myishacherry, 2018-Mar-12)
184.	Episode 033: Adrienne Martin on Hope Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Adrienne Martin about the nature of hope, why we should hope in humanity, differences and connections between hope, faith, and motivation, and much more. (@myishacherry, 2018-Mar-12)
185.	Episode 33, Yujin Nagasawa and 'The Problem of Evil for Atheists' (Part II) Please visit our Patreon page and show your support - www.patreon.com/panpsycast! Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. For more Information on Yujin Nagasawa, please visit: www.yujinnagasawa.co.uk. Yujin’s latest book: Yujin Nagasawa, Miracles: A Very Short Introduction - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Miracles-Very-Shor... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Feb-25)
186.	450: The Fifth (Mostly) Annual Dionysus Awards More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/5th-mostly-annual-dionysus-awards. Josh and Ken talk to philosophers, film critics, and listeners in presenting their fifth (mostly) annual Dionysus Awards for the most philosophically compelling movies of the past year. Categories include: • Most Searing Depiction of Humankind's Propensity to Dehumanize the Other • Most Philosophically ... (@philtalkradio, 2018-Feb-20)
187.	Philip Pettit on Robustly Demanding Goods What is a robustly demanding good, and what has that got to do with friendship and love? Find out in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast in which Nigel Warburton interviews Princeton Professor Philip Pettit about this topic. (@philosophybites, 2017-Dec-10)
188.	The philosophy of parenting—part 3 Every parent knows the guilt that comes from being a ‘bad parent’—after you’ve lost your temper, given in to a tantrum and spoiled your precious little angel! It might affect how the child grows up, but how to work that out? (@RadioNational, 2018-Feb-18)
189.	Rationally Speaking #202 - Bryan Caplan on "The Case Against Education" In this episode, economist Bryan Caplan argues that the main reason getting a college degree is valuable is because of signaling, and not because college teaches you useful knowledge or skills. (@Rspodcast, 2018-Feb-19)
190.	HPI 57 - Learn by Doing - Tantra Philosophy is put into practice in Kashmir Śaivite Tantra and Buddhist Tantra. (@HistPhilosophy, 2018-Jan-07)
191.	0G4: Star Trek: TNG and AI Personhood Philosopher's log, showdate 02272018. We've encountered Season 2, Episode 9 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and are currently studying it for clues to the nature of artificial personhood. Attempts to address the subject have failed, so we've turned to a thought experiment from 20th century earth; the Turing Test. Weekly reading: https://www.csee.umbc.edu/courses/471/papers/turing.pdfhttps://e... (@0gPhilosophy, 2018-Mar-07)
192.	The Politics of Anti-intellectualism In the second installment of the What Philosophy Owes Society series, Zach and Justin discuss a putative American epidemic, anti-intellectualism. But what is anti-intellectualism? Why is it brought up so often? Why is it as prevalent as it is? Could it be that it’s a hopelessly vague concept, deployed mainly to reinforce politico-epistemic (!) power dynamics, all with the effect of obscuring the... (@thevimblog, 2018-Mar-01)
193.	Episode 184: Pascal on Human Nature (Part One) On Blaise Pascal's Pensées (1670). Is it rational to have religious faith? You're likely familiar with "Pascal's Wager," but our wretchedness is such that we can't simply choose to believe and won't be argued into it. Pascal thinks Christianity is the only religion to accurately describe the human condition. Don't wait for part 2! Get the unbroken, ad-free Citizen Edition now. Please support PEL!... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Feb-19)
194.	#19 Bigfoot (The Philosophy of) Bigfoot. Sasquatch. Yeti. Skunk Ape. Is it rational to believe in our friend of the forest? We break down the evidence. For our sources, visit NoNarrowThing.com (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-Mar-07)
195.	Episode 33, Yujin Nagasawa and 'The Problem of Evil for Atheists' (Part I) Please visit our Patreon page and show your support - www.patreon.com/panpsycast! Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. For more Information on Yujin Nagasawa, please visit: www.yujinnagasawa.co.uk. Yujin’s latest book: Yujin Nagasawa, Miracles: A Very Short Introduction - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Miracles-Very-Shor... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Feb-18)
196.	NEM#66: Arrica Rose's Dreamy Dramas Arrica has released five albums and 3 EPs of floaty, poetic, California rock since 2006. We discuss "Whole Lotta Lows" and "X-Ray Eyes" from Low as the Moon (2017) and "When the Clouds Hang This Low" from Let Alone Sea (2011). We conclude by listening to "On and On" by Deer County from Low Country (2016). Intro music: "Sail Away" from Antebellum (2010). For more, visit arricarose.com. Hear more Na... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Feb-17)
197.	The philosophy of parenting—part 2 Brothers, sisters, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, those weird second cousins you never talk to… how might we define family—and why it matters. (@RadioNational, 2018-Feb-11)
198.	449: James Baldwin and Social Justice More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/james-baldwin. Sometimes, we struggle to tell the truth -- especially when it's the truth about ourselves. Why did James Baldwin, a prominent Civil Rights-era intellectual and novelist, believe that telling the truth about ourselves is not only difficult but can also be dangerous? How can truth deeply unsettle our assumptions about ourselves and ou... (@philtalkradio, 2018-Feb-12)
199.	Episode 104: Seth Yalcin discusses the question-sensitivity of belief In this episode, Seth Yalcin argues that every belief we have is implicitly framed as the answer to a question, and that at different times we're considering different questions. (@ElucidationsPod, 2018-Mar-04)
200.	Ep57 - Philosophy Outdoors In this fifty-seventh episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, Anthony and Eric talk with Dr. Alejandro Strong, about “Philosophy Outdoors,” especially about the company he started, Apeiron Expeditions. Alex’s philosophical work specializes especially in environmental philosophy. He founded an “L3C” company, Apeiron Expeditions. According to the company Web site, “... (@PhilosophyBB, 2018-Jan-26)
201.	HoP 292 - Say it With Poetry - Chaucer and Langland Philosophical themes in Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” and “Troilus and Criseyde,” as well as Langland’s “Piers Plowman.” (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Dec-31)
202.	0G3: Futurama and Mereology Good news, everyone! On this weeks episode we're diving into Futurama and into Fry himself. We're breaking down ep3.4 Parasites Lost and discussing the classic philosophical problem, the Ship of Theseus. After Dark, we rally sympathy for symbiote rights. #AllWormsMatter Weekly reading: https://io9.gizmodo.com/humans-with-amplified-intelligence-could-be-more-powerf-509309984 https://en.wikipedia.or... (@0gPhilosophy, 2018-Feb-28)
203.	Episode 183: Mill on Liberty (Part Two) Continuing on John Stuart Mill's On Liberty. We discuss "partial truths," whether "truth will out," whether we can discard some "experiments in living" as established failures, how Mill compares to Nietzsche, education, "barbarians," and more. Listen to part 1 first, or get the unbroken, ad-free Citizen Edition. End song: "Flavor" by Tori Amos with strings by John Philip Shenale, interviewed on Na... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Feb-12)
204.	What Does Philosophy Owe Society? From Breaking Bad to Ken Burns, good things come in series. Accordingly, the Vim is here with not just one, but four articles and hence four episodes on "What Philosophy Owes Society". These episodes are Zach Biondi's j'accuse against the aloof philosophical establishment. In this first part, Zach is joined by Lila, Adam, and Justin to discuss the 'O' in 'WPOS'—that is, "owe". What is the duty o... (@thevimblog, 2018-Feb-22)
205.	Cover Me Softly When Lori Lieberman was 19 years old, she went to a concert of a singer she didn't know, and ended up writing a poem that would become one of the greatest cover songs of all time. This week we are going to look at the art of covering in popular music, and how that art marked the conversion from a classical model of musical aesthetics to a contemporary one. Popular music in the modern era is metaph... (@HiPhiNation, 2018-Feb-28)
206.	#18 Sweating the Small Stuff Philosophers talk a lot about big ethical transgressions: murder, cheating, trolley problems, etc. What about the real-life choices you actually have to make every day? Dustyn and Whitney explore the small ethical transgressions people commit all the time. How bad is it to steal from the self check-out line? Can you lie to kids to make them behave? What about googling someone before a first date? ... (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-Feb-28)
207.	Episode 32, Meta-Ethics (Part IV - Further Analysis and Discussion) Please visit our Patreon page and show your support! (www.patreon.com/panpsycast) This episode is proudly sponsored by The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast. For information, please visit www.partiallyexaminedlife.com. Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Meta-ethics is the attempt to understand the metaphys... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Feb-11)
208.	Episode 134: Digital Outrage It's been 5 years since Molly Crockett has been guest on VBW. During that time she's completed a post-doc at University College, London and become a professor at Yale University. And we're...well, we're still doing the podcast. Today Molly joins us to talk about moral outrage in the age of social media. Has the outrage changed now that we express so much of it online? Does it contribute to polariz... (@verybadwizards, 2018-Feb-27)
209.	The philosophy of parenting—part 1 Should you have kids? Don’t look for sage advice—part 1 of a 4-part series. (@RadioNational, 2018-Feb-04)
210.	HPI 56 - Who’s Pulling Your Strings? - Buddhaghosa Buddhaghosa, a major figure in the history of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, argues against the need for a self to control and coordinate mental activities. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Dec-24)
211.	Rationally Speaking #201 - Ben Buchanan on "The Cybersecurity Dilemma" In this episode, Ben Buchanan (postdoctoral fellow at Harvard studying cybersecurity and statecraft) explores how the escalation dilemma plays out in the realm of cybersecurity. (@Rspodcast, 2018-Feb-05)
212.	Ep56 - Inclusion and Philosophy In this fifty-sixth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, Anthony and Eric talk with Grace Cebrero, a rising star in philosophy, a graduate of Mount Saint Mary’s University, and an alumna of the Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute. We talk with Grace about “Inclusion and Philosophy.” Grace has worked as a research intern for a professor at MSMU and has bee... (@PhilosophyBB, 2018-Jan-19)
213.	Philosophy of Taxes In the long-awaited follow up to the Vim's previous episode on taxes, Justin and Zach go back to first principles and discuss the philosophy of taxation. This seemingly innocent topic spreads is tendrils from Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan and the justification of government itself to riveting economic ideas such as how decreasing marginal utility might justify progressive taxation. Listen and be enlig... (@thevimblog, 2018-Feb-16)
214.	Episode 183: Mill on Liberty (Part One) Discussing John Stewart Mill's On Liberty (1859). If we disapprove of certain behaviors, when is it okay to prohibit them legally? What about just shaming people? Mill's "harm principle" says that we should permit anything (legally and socially) unless it harms other people. But what constitutes "harm"? And how can we discourage someone from, e.g., just being drunk all the time? Mark, Wes, and Dyl... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Feb-04)
215.	TEASER-Episode 182: Reflections on PEL 2017 (Part Two) The PEL guys get personal and political and tell you in brief about things like Planet of the Apes, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and Vine Deloria Jr. in the second half of our year-in-review discussion. Here you get a taste. You can only hear the meat with the full, ad-free episode, posted for PEL Citizens (see partiallyexaminedlife.com/support!) or at patreon.com/partiallyexaminedlife. (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Feb-04)
216.	#17 The Opioid Crisis and Harm Reduction with Leo Beletsky Professor of Law and Health Sciences, Leo Beletsky joins Dustyn and Whitney to talk about the opioid crisis and the philosophy of harm reduction: a controversial strategy aimed at saving lives. For sources relevant to our discussion, visit NoNarrowThing.com (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-Feb-21)
217.	Episode 32, Meta-Ethics (Part III - Emotivism) Please visit our Patreon page and show your support! (www.patreon.com/panpsycast) This episode is proudly sponsored by The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast. For information, please visit www.partiallyexaminedlife.com. Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Meta-ethics is the attempt to understand the metaphys... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Feb-04)
218.	HoP 291 - Alle Maner of Thyng Shall be Welle - English Mysticism Julian of Norwich’s Shewings and the Cloud of Unknowing lay out challenging paths to knowledge of, and union with, God. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Dec-17)
219.	The value of thought experiments Drop those test tubes, take off your lab coat, pull up a comfy chair and think your way to scientific truth. (@RadioNational, 2018-Jan-28)
220.	448: Frantz Fanon and the Violence of Colonialism More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/frantz-fanon. Frantz Fanon is a thinker who has inspired radical liberation movements in places ranging from Palestine to South Africa to the United States. Most famous for his work "The Wretched of the Earth," Fanon is often understood as a proponent of revolutionary violence. But is this a fair characterization of Fanon, or is it an oversimplific... (@philtalkradio, 2018-Jan-29)
221.	Katalin Farkas on Knowing a Person Philosophers talk about 'knowing how' and 'knowing what'. But what is involved in knowing a person? Katalin Farkas discusses this question with David Edmonds in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. This episode was sponsored by the Examining Ethics podcast from the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University. (@philosophybites, 2017-Nov-06)
222.	Karen Neander, “A Mark of the Mental: In Defense of Informational Teleosemantics” (MIT Press, 2017) The two biggest problems of understanding the mind are consciousness and intentionality. The first doesn’t require introduction. The latter is the problem of how we can have thoughts and perceptions that about other things for example, a thought about a… (@NewBooksPhil, 2018-Feb-15)
223.	Episode 182: Reflections on PEL 2017 (Part One) To what extent has our podcast changed in reaction to current politics? Mark, Seth, Wes, and Dylan reflect back on our year, discuss how we select texts, and give some thumbnail sketches of potential topics. Also, does authorial intent matter, and how to talk philosophically about works that aren't philosophical texts. Attention: Only the first 45 min of this discussion will be posted on the blog ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Jan-29)
224.	HPI 55 - Doors of Perception - Dignaga on Consciousness Dignāga argues that all perception is accompanied by self-awareness. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Dec-10)
225.	0G2: Rick and Morty and Possible Worlds Source material: Rick and Morty season 1 episode 8 Rixty Minutes Ooooweeee, this week we’re breaking down some Rick and Morty and how the multiverse is really the ravings of a lunatic. Plus, after hours we convince all you versers to believe in god. Oh geez. Weekly Readings: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/possible-worlds/ (especially section 2.1) https://philosophy.stackexchange.com... (@0gPhilosophy, 2018-Feb-14)
226.	0G1: Black Mirror and The Experience Machine Source material: Black Mirror Season 4 Episode 1: USS Callister We break down one of the most popular episodes of Black Mirror and consider our first great thought experiment, Nozick’s experience machine. Then, after hours, Thomas breaks out the wet blankets for everyone. Weekly Readings: http://rintintin.colorado.edu/~vancecd/phil3160/Nozick1.pdf Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.... (@0gPhilosophy, 2018-Feb-14)
227.	Episode 33 - Zoe Drayson On Episode 33, Nick chats with Zoe Drayson, Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of California, Davis, about leaving high school at seventeen to work full-time as a horoscope writer at a teenage magazine, returning to study under Tim Williamson at the University of Edinburgh, spending several years in academic publishing at Routledge on the philosophy list, going from... (@SciPhiPod, 2018-Jan-27)
228.	Episode 32, Meta-Ethics (Part II - Intuitionism) Please visit our Patreon page and show your support! (www.patreon.com/panpsycast) This episode is proudly sponsored by The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast. For information, please visit www.partiallyexaminedlife.com. Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Meta-ethics is the attempt to understand the metaphys... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Jan-28)
229.	NEM#65: Jherek Bischoff Risks Every String Jherek started off as bassist in the late '90s for the Seattle art rock bands The Dead Science and Parenthetical Girls, and has released about five solo albums (and other things) since 2006, the last two being full-on orchestral works. We discuss the title track from Cistern (2016), "The Nest" featuring Mirah from Composed (2012), and "Blackstar," featuring Anna Calvi, from a David Bowie tribute w... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Jan-27)
230.	Are there benefits to Psychedelic Drugs? An intellectual trip with Ole Martin Moen. (@DavidEdmonds100, 2018-Feb-13)
231.	#16 Hitler's Art, "Literally," and the Next Generation Multiple topics! Rapid fire! It's very exciting. Also, there's some odd interference on Dustyn's mic, but it's brief and intermittent. Sorry! For our sources, visit NoNarrowThing.com (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-Feb-14)
232.	Fuelling free will Alfred Mele has four years and four million dollars trying to get to the bottom of free will. He learnt that it was like petrol. (@RadioNational, 2018-Jan-21)
233.	447: Fractured Identities More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/fractured-identities. Despite tremendous strides made towards civil and political rights in the United States, discrimination and exclusion based on race, class, gender, and sexuality are still pervasive. As a result, individuals seen as "the other" often experience a painful inner fracturing W.E.B. Du Bois called "double consciousness." So, how do... (@philtalkradio, 2018-Jan-22)
234.	Rationally Speaking #200 - Timothy Lee on "How much should tech companies moderate speech?" This episode features tech and policy journalist Timothy Lee, discussing a question that's increasingly in the spotlight: How much should tech companies be actively moderating their users' speech? (@Rspodcast, 2018-Jan-22)
235.	HoP 290 - Martin Pickavé on Emotions in Medieval Philosophy Martin Pickavé returns to the podcast to talk about theories of the emotions in Aquinas, Scotus and Wodeham. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Dec-03)
236.	Episode 181: Hannah Arendt on the Banality of Evil (Part Two) Continuing on Eichmann in Jerusalem, on how ordinary people can do--or acquiesce to--horrific things. How do people rationalize this? What can we apply from this to ourselves? Also, how was genocide a new type of crime, and what's the best rationale for punishing it? We talk justice, revenge, and ways that we too might be morally mass-confused. Listen to part one first or get the unbroken, ad-free... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Jan-22)
237.	Episode 32, Meta-Ethics (Part I - Naturalism) Please visit our Patreon page and show your support! (www.patreon.com/panpsycast) This episode is proudly sponsored by The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast. For information, please visit www.partiallyexaminedlife.com. Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Meta-ethics is the attempt to understand the metaphys... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Jan-21)
238.	Carlo Rovelli and his quantum problem Carlo Rovelli on the desperate need for some conceptual engineering to dig quantum thinking out of a deep black hole. (@RadioNational, 2018-Jan-14)
239.	#15 The Self-Improvement Machine with Chris Partridge Why are there so many books, apps, and systems devoted to self-optimization? Are they helping us improvement where it matters? If we're getting better, why does it feel so bad? Chris Partridge joins Dustyn and Whitney to discuss the motivations and pains behind endless self-improvement. For our sources, visit NoNarrowThing.com (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-Feb-07)
240.	371: The Art of Non-Violence More at philosophytalk.org/shows/art-non-violence We all hope for peace. Yet in the face of violence, it often seems the only recourse is more violence. Advocates of non-violence claim it’s not necessary to respond to war in kind, and that responding violently, even in self-defense, just perpetuates the cycle of violence. So how can we practice non-violence under the direct threat of violen... (@philtalkradio, 2018-Jan-15)
241.	Episode 032: Kyle Whyte on Indigenous Resilience and Environmental Change Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Kyle Whyte about climate injustice, settler colonialism, anthropogenic environmental change, Indigenous resilience, and much more. (@myishacherry, 2018-Feb-05)
242.	Episode 032: Kyle Whyte on Indigenous Resilience and Environmental Change Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Kyle Whyte about climate injustice, settler colonialism, anthropogenic environmental change, Indigenous resilience, and much more. (@myishacherry, 2018-Feb-05)
243.	Episode 133: Death and Dreams David and Tamler talk about the nature of death. Is being dead a bad thing? If so, what makes it bad? How can anything be bad for a subject that no longer exists? We didn't have a problem with oblivion for the thirteen billion years before we were born, why fear it now? Plus, a discussion about the "it was all a dream" trope in TV and film. Why is it so infuriating in some works but not others? (@verybadwizards, 2018-Feb-06)
244.	HPI 54 - Graham Priest on Logic and Buddhism Graham Priest joins Peter to discuss non-classical logic and its connections with Buddhist patterns of reasoning. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Nov-26)
245.	Bart Streumer, “Unbelievable Errors: An Error Theory about All Normative Judgments” (Oxford UP, 2017) It’s intuitive to think that statements of the form “lying is wrong” ascribe a property—that of wrongness—to acts of the type lying. In this way, one might think that statements of this kind are much like statements of… (@NewBooksPhil, 2018-Feb-01)
246.	Episode 181: Hannah Arendt on the Banality of Evil (Part One) On Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (1963). Are we still morally culpable if our entire society is corrupt? Arendt definitely thinks so, but has a number of criticisms of the handling of the 1961 trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. The Israelis were committed to the view that Eichmann was a monster, when the reality, says Arendt, is more frightening. Don't wait for pa... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Jan-15)
247.	NEM#64: Mike Huberty (Sunspot): Rock from the Other Side Mike fronts a hard-working Madison power trio in the glam rock vein that's put out 7 albums and 7 EPs since 2000. He also runs (and records a new song every week for) a podcast about the occult. We discuss "Sulfur" from The Wilderness of Almost Was and Never Were (2017), "Saturday Night Gospel" from Dangerous Times (2014), and "Prozac Girl" from Loser of the Year (2003). We conclude by listening t... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Jan-14)
248.	Episode 31, Ludwig Wittgenstein with Prof. Richard Gaskin (Part II - Philosophical Investigations) This episode is proudly supported by the New College of the Humanities. To find out more about the college and their philosophy programmes, please visit www.nchlondon.ac.uk/panpsycast. Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Ludwig Wittgenstein was an Austrian-British philosopher whose work focused on the philosophy of ... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Jan-14)
249.	Stones rolling and the joy of ordinary objects The structure of the universe is written in stone—maybe. Dana Goswick talks metaphysics. (@RadioNational, 2018-Jan-07)
250.	Ep55 - Evaluating Public Philosophy In this fifty-fifth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, Anthony and Eric talk about “Evaluating Public Philosophy,” in an episode based upon their recently co-authored paper, titled “Lessons Learned Baking Bread.” In this episode and in our paper, Anthony and Eric propose four criteria by which public philosophy can be evaluated: substance, accessibility, inviting... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Dec-21)
251.	HoP 289 - A Wing and a Prayer - Angels in Medieval Philosophy Be surprised by how many philosophical problems arise in connection with angels (how many can dance on the head of a pin is not one of them). (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Nov-19)
252.	446: Philosophy of Retirement More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/philosophy-retirement. Many of us look forward to retirement, that time in life when we stop working for a living. But what exactly is retirement and why do we retire? Does retirement always mean an end to work, or can it sometimes just mean a shift to a different kind of work? Ought we retire for purely selfish reasons, such as to give ourselves m... (@philtalkradio, 2018-Jan-08)
253.	#14 Black Mirror: "White Christmas" and Cruelty Dustyn and Whitney use the Black Mirror episode, "White Christmas," to ask the questions: what's so creepy about pick up artistry? Can an AI be a person? Can you enslave yourself? Would it be ethical to "block" someone in real life like we do on social media? Check out our sources at NoNarrowThing.com (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-Jan-31)
254.	Rationally Speaking #199 - Jessica Flanigan on "Why people should have the right to self-medicate" This episode features Jessica Flanigan, professor of normative and applied ethics, making the case that patients should have the right to take pharmaceutical drugs without needing to get a prescription from a doctor. (@Rspodcast, 2018-Jan-08)
255.	Episode #115 ... Structuralism and Context Today we talk about the origins of Structuralism. (@iamstephenwest, 2018-Jan-28)
256.	Episode 180: More James's Psychology: Self and Will (Part Two) Concluding on William James's Psychology, the Briefer Course (1892). We briefly cover emotions and spend the bulk of our time on will. James’s introspective method allows us to distinguish reflex or coerced actions from voluntary, free-seeming ones, and gives us the vocabulary to attribute moral virtue to those who have enough willpower to keep those inconvenient truths in mind (if you eat this,... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Jan-08)
257.	HPI 53 - Follow the Evidence - Dignaga’s Logic Dignāga’s trairūpya theory, which sets out the three conditions required for making reliable inferences. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Nov-12)
258.	Ep53 - Kneeling and Civil Protest In this fifty-third episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, we interview Dr. Arnold Farr about “Kneeling and Civil Protest,” concerning the conflicts that have arisen in the last few months about football star Colin Kaepernick and many others who followed his example. Arnold is a professor of philosophy at The University of Kentucky. He authored Critical Theory and Democr... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Dec-14)
259.	Episode 31, Ludwig Wittgenstein with Prof. Richard Gaskin (Part I - Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus) This episode is proudly supported by the New College of the Humanities. To find out more about the college and their philosophy programmes, please visit www.nchlondon.ac.uk/panpsycast. Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Ludwig Wittgenstein was an Austrian-British philosopher whose work focused on the philosophy of ... (@ThePanpsycast, 2018-Jan-07)
260.	Awesome ethics and the art of mushroom blading Forget the meaning of life; an ethical definition of awesome is far more important. (@RadioNational, 2017-Dec-31)
261.	Episode 32 - Tim Maudlin On Episode 32, Nick chats with Tim Maudlin, Professor of Philosophy at New York University, about being advised by his Yale undergraduate professor, "not even if you were Immanuel Kant would I suggest you go to graduate school in philosophy," how he "accidentally" wrote several books including Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity, Truth and Paradox, The Metaphysic Within Physics, and... (@SciPhiPod, 2018-Jan-04)
262.	#13 Black Mirror: "Nosedive" and Yelp for People Dustyn and Whitney talk about the Black Mirror episode "Nosedive" and get into what makes Yelp-for-People so horrifying. Whitney recommends the book Halsey Street by Naima Coster and the album If All I Was Was Black by Mavis Staples. Dustyn recommends the film A Ghost Story. Find links to these recommendations and our sources at NoNarrowThing.com (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-Jan-24)
263.	Episode 132: Emotional Willpower (with David DeSteno) What's the best way to build self-control, patience, productivity, and delayed marshmallow eating? For decades psychologists and economists have told us to develop traits like willpower and grit. But psychologist David DeSteno describes a better, easier, and more effective path--the emotions. We talk to David about his new (not-self-help) book "Emotional Success," which argues that the emotions of... (@verybadwizards, 2018-Jan-23)
264.	Freedom and Hostile Design Some acts of expression are awesome, while others suck, and one philosopher has a new theory about the difference. Using this theory as a guide, we look at some of the suckiest things that ever sucked in urban design, and the street artists and compassionate vandals who are trying to fight them. We use these stories to investigate how public spaces are becoming less free and more coercive. Guest v... (@HiPhiNation, 2018-Jan-23)
265.	HoP 288 - Men in Black - The German Dominicans Dietrich of Freiberg, Berthold of Moosburg, John Tauler and Henry Suso explore Neoplatonism and mysticism. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Nov-05)
266.	Ep52 - Against the Common Core In this fifty-second episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, we interview Dr. Nicholas Tampio, author of Common Core: National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy. Nicholas is Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University. In addition to his forthcoming book, he has also authored a book titled Kantian Courage, and another titled Deleuze's Politic... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Dec-09)
267.	Episode 180: More James's Psychology: Self and Will (Part One) On Psychology, the Briefer Course (1892), chapters on "The Self," "Will," and "Emotions." Continuing from ep. 179, we talk about the "Me" (the part of me that I know) vs. the "I" (the part of me that knows), including personal identity. James thinks that emotions are just our experience of our own physiology. Finally, we tackle will, veering into ethics, free will, and more. Don't wait for part 2!... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Jan-01)
268.	NEM#63: Revisiting Bradley Skaught, Jeff Heiskell, Steve Petrinko: 2017 Year-end Extravaganza To celebrate year #2, previous guests return: Bradley (see #32) talks "Duet" from Take Out the Poison, Jeff (see #5) presents "Still Life with Broken Heart" from Emotional Terrorism, and Steve (see #6) discusses "Wind of Change" from A Tribute to the Bee Gees '66 to '78. Finally, hear Tyler Hislop (see #24) about his "Wounds and Nihilism (Feat. Mark Lint)." Opening music: "Dawning on Me" by Mark ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2018-Jan-01)
269.	445: The Examined Year - 2017 More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/examined-year-2017. What ideas and events took shape over the past twelve months that challenged our assumptions and made us think about things in new ways? Join Ken and Josh as they celebrate the examined year with a philosophical look back at the year that was 2017, featuring a roundtable discussion with host emeritus John Perry, as well as... (@philtalkradio, 2017-Dec-27)
270.	Enid Blyton—the moral of the story She might not be in vogue these days, but for one Cambridge philosopher Enid Blyton is serious moral business. (@RadioNational, 2017-Dec-24)
271.	Episode 30, Friedrich Nietzsche with Mark Linsenmayer and Gregory Sadler (Part II) This episode is proudly supported by New College of the Humanities. To find out more about the college and their philosophy programmes, please visit www.nchlondon.ac.uk/panpsycast. Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. The Partially Examined Life: www.partiallyexaminedlife.com. Gregory B. Sadler on YouTube: www.youtub... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Dec-31)
272.	363: What's Next? Death and the Afterlife More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/whats-next-death-and-afterlife. The question of what happens to us after we die remains as mysterious now as it always was. Some think that death amounts to total annihilation of the self; others adhere to certain religious traditions, which teach that the immaterial soul (and, in some traditions, the resurrected body) can ultimately survive death.... (@philtalkradio, 2017-Dec-25)
273.	Sam Cowling, “Abstract Entities” (Routledge, 2017) Here’s a true sentence: The number seven is odd. What’s philosophically odd about the sentence is that it seems to imply that there must be numbers, including the number seven just as the truth of The Statue of Liberty is… (@NewBooksPhil, 2018-Jan-15)
274.	Roger Scruton on Human Nature Are human beings fundamentally different from the rest of the animal world? Can what we essentially are be captured in a biological or evolutionary description? Roger Scruton discusses the nature of human nature with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. (@philosophybites, 2017-Aug-29)
275.	HPI 52 - Under Construction - Dignaga on Perception and Language The great Buddhist thinker Dignāga argues that general concepts and language are mere constructions superimposed on perception. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Oct-29)
276.	Robot Love Can robots fall in love? (@DavidEdmonds100, 2018-Jan-16)
277.	#12 The City: History vs Development Whitney and Dustyn explore the tension between historical preservation and development. Then they focus on the classic question: would you accept a duel on the moon? For our sources, visit NoNarrowThing.com (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-Jan-17)
278.	Episode 179: William James's Psychology (Part Two) Continuing on Psychology, the Briefer Course (1892), completing "The Stream of Thought" and covering the chapter on "Habit." James thinks that psychologists focus too much on those parts of consciousness that get picked out by substantive words. He describes habit as part of a general natural pattern that things that happen once tend to create pathways for themselves in surrounding material to all... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Dec-25)
279.	Ep51 - What Philosophers Owe Society In this fifty-first episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, we interview UCLA philosophy graduate student and co-founder of the Vim Blog Zach Biondi about "What Philosophers Owe Society," the subject of a set of essays that he wrote for the Vim. Zach caught our attention with three essays that he wrote for the Vim Blog, which were released in part in the effort to define wha... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Nov-29)
280.	HoP 287 - Down to the Ground - Meister Eckhart The scholastic and mystic Meister Eckhart sets out his daring speculations about God and humankind in both Latin and German. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Oct-22)
281.	Robot dogs dream of consciousness A convincing artificially intelligent dog might sniff, bark, and roll around—but before we build a successful K-9, we might need to re-evaluate intention and volition as properties of the human mind. And to fathom those we probably need to better understand our dreams. We present two thinkers coming at the consciousness question in their own unique way. (@RadioNational, 2017-Dec-17)
282.	Episode 30, Friedrich Nietzsche with Mark Linsenmayer and Gregory Sadler (Part I) This episode is proudly supported by New College of the Humanities. To find out more about the college and their philosophy programmes, please visit www.nchlondon.ac.uk/panpsycast. Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. The Partially Examined Life: www.partiallyexaminedlife.com. Gregory B. Sadler on YouTube: www.youtub... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Dec-24)
283.	NEM#62: Anthony Phillips: Private Pieces, Soundtrack Parts, and Prog Rock Anthony was the original guitarist and a key songwriter in Genesis from '67–'70, released some prog rock albums in the '70s, then shifted largely to a mix of acoustic guitar pieces and synth soundscapes, often for soundtracks. We discuss "Nocturne" from Seventh Heaven (2012, with Andrew Skeet), "From the Jaws of Death - Touching the Face of God" from Wildlife (recorded 1999) and "Magdalen" from ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Dec-21)
284.	#11 Blue Ruin: The Ethics of Vengeance with Chris Partridge Comedy writer Chris Partridge (@narc_twain) joins Dustyn and Whitney to explore the ethical questions at the heart of the film, Blue Ruin: must we avenge the ones we love? Does pursuing vengeance make your a life a blue ruin? Is violence outside of self-defense ever justified? To see more from Chris, check out cpartridge.com or follow him on Twitter: @narc_twain For our sources, visit NoNarrowTh... (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-Jan-10)
285.	Tim Harford on Messy Sometimes disorder can be a source of efficiency and creativity. Tim Harford explores some cases where lack of planning and order has been a boon in this interview with Nigel Warburton, based on Tim's recent book Messy. (@philosophybites, 2017-Jul-30)
286.	HPI 51 - Change of Mind - Vasubandhu and Yogacara Buddhism Vasubandhu’s path to Yogācāra Buddhism, a form of idealism which holds that nothing can be mind-independent. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Oct-15)
287.	Episode 103: Brian Leiter explains why we should think about Marx In this episode, we talk to Brian Leiter about why the writings of Karl Marx are helpful for understanding the current situation of the working and middle class in America, the 2016 Presidential election, and related topics! (@ElucidationsPod, 2018-Jan-09)
288.	Episode 131: I Have No Genitals and I Must Scream David and Tamler break down two episodes (with full spoilers) from the new season of Charlie Brooker's bleaker-than-bleak Netflix series Black Mirror. First up, "The USS Callister," a Star Trek parody that becomes a meditation on fandom, humiliation, and cowardly revenge. Next we talk about "Black Museum" - could it be the final episode of Black Mirror? Should it be? After four seasons of indicti... (@verybadwizards, 2018-Jan-09)
289.	Episode 179: William James's Introspective Psychology (Part One) On The Principles of Psychology (1890) chapters 1 & 7, and Psychology, the Briefer Course (1892), the chapters on "The Stream of Thought," "Habit," and some of "The Self." Can we talk about the mind in a way that is both scientific and also does justice to our everyday experiences? James thought his method, which involved both introspection and physiology, yielded more accurate descriptions of the... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Dec-18)
290.	Anil Seth on the Real Problem of Consciousness The Hard Problem of consciousness is the difficulty of reconciling experience with materialism. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast, in conversation with Nigel Warburton, Anil Seth, a neuroscientist, explains his alternative approach to consciousness,which he labels the 'Real Problem. Anil is a Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellow. (@philosophybites, 2017-Jul-19)
291.	Parental guidance recommended The nature of Family could be more than a Christmas puzzle. (@RadioNational, 2017-Dec-10)
292.	Episode 29, Stephen Law and 'The Evil-God Challenge' (Part II) This episode is proudly supported by New College of the Humanities. To find out more about the college and their philosophy programmes, please visit www.nchlondon.ac.uk/panpsycast. Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Dr Stephen Law is a Reader in philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London, and editor of th... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Dec-17)
293.	444: Can Speech Kill? More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/can-speech-kill. Free speech is one of the core tenets of our democracy. We’re inclined to think that more speech is always better. Although the Supreme Court has outlined some minor restrictions to our right to free speech, the most courts are willing to admit is that speech can lead to violence—it cannot itself do violence. But is it possible... (@philtalkradio, 2017-Dec-11)
294.	Matthew Syed on Black Box Thinking How can we learn from failure? In this episode of the Thinking Books podcast, Matthew Syed, author of Black Box Thinking discusses the importance of feedback from the world in a wide range of contexts. (@philosophybites, 2017-Jul-05)
295.	Rationally Speaking #198 - Timur Kuran on “Private Truths and Public Lies" In this episode, economist Timur Kuran explains the ubiquitous phenomenon of "preference falsification" -- in which people claim to support something publicly even though they don't support it privately -- and describes its harmful effects on society. (@Rspodcast, 2017-Dec-11)
296.	Michael Puett on Ritual in Chinese Philosophy Why does apparently trivial ritual play such an important part in some ancient Chinese philosophy? Michael Puett, co-author of The Path, explains in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. This episode of Philosophy Bites was sponsored by the Examining Ethics podcast from the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University. You can subscribe to Examining Ethics on iTunes or listen to... (@philosophybites, 2017-Jun-26)
297.	Ep50 - Transitional Justice In this fiftieth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, we interview Dr. Colleen Murphy of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign about her recent book on "Transitional Justice." Colleen's recent book is titled The Conceptual Foundations of Transitional Justice. This project is an extension of her work from a prior book, A Moral Theory of Political Reconciliation. Co... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Nov-18)
298.	HoP 286 - On the Money - Medieval Economic Theory Changing ideas about money, just price, and usury, up to the time of Buridan, Oresme, and Gregory of Rimini. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Oct-08)
299.	Kieran Setiya, “Midlife: A Philosophical Guide” (Princeton UP, 2017) Middle-agedness is a curious phenomenon. In many ways, one is at one’s peak and also at the early stages of decline. There is much to do, but also dozens of paths irretrievably untaken. Successes, but also regrets. It’s no wonder… (@NewBooksPhil, 2018-Jan-01)
300.	#10 Philosophy for Children with Jana Mohr Lone Jana Mohr Lone, director and founder of University of Washington's Center for Philosophy for Children and president of the Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO) joins Dustyn and Whitney to discuss philosophy for children: what does philosophical education for children look like? How does it change students? What would a world be like where everyone was a little more philosophical? ... (@NoNarrowThing, 2018-Jan-03)
301.	NEM#61: Richard X. Heyman Is Incognito (Yet a Cornerstone) Richard garnered early fame as drummer for -60s New Jersey garage band The Doughboys and has put out 11 albums, largely as a one-man band, since 1988. We discuss the title tracks from Incognito (2017) and Cornerstone (1998) and “Agnostic’s Prayer” from Tiers and Other Stories (2011). End song: "And Then" from Incognito. Intro: "Falling Away" from Hey Man! (1990). Learn more at richardxheyman... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Dec-11)
302.	HPI 50 - Marie-Hélène Gorisse on Jain Epistemology We’re joined by Marie-Hélène Gorisse for a look at the Jain theory of knowledge. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Oct-01)
303.	Episode 178: Nietzsche as Social Critic: Twilight of the Idols (Part Two) Continuing on Nietzsche's 1888 book. Is there any ground from which we could judge life as a whole to be good or bad? Is N. more about saying "yes" to life or saying "no" to all the numerous things that piss him off? We also talk Becoming, whether producing great art is more important than being nice to everyone, and whether Nietzsche is ultimately someone we'd want to hang around. End song: "Obli... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Dec-10)
304.	Envy has its reasons Since the Ancient Greeks the philosophy of emotion has held that envy is irrational. As such it’s a non-starter in the conversation about economic redistribution: you can’t destroy someone’s advantage simply because you feel aggrieved that they have more than you. Case closed? Not so fast—envy might be considered one of the seven deadly sins but perhaps that’s not reason enough against a... (@RadioNational, 2017-Dec-03)
305.	443: Midlife and Meaning More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/midlife-and-meaning. At some point or another, the midlife crisis comes for us all. But what is it really about? Is it a sense of our mortality, the fear of not achieving what we hoped to, or the sinking feeling that we’ve been spending our whole adult lives chasing our tails? And what is the solution: a new car, a new life goal, or the choice to... (@philtalkradio, 2017-Dec-04)
306.	Episode 29, Stephen Law and 'The Evil-God Challenge' (Part I) This episode is proudly supported by New College of the Humanities. To find out more about the college and their philosophy programmes, please visit www.nchlondon.ac.uk/panpsycast. Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Dr Stephen Law is a Reader in philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London, and editor of th... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Dec-10)
307.	Ep54 - BC11 - Super Cute PBB Promo This fifty-fourth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast is our eleventh "breadcrumb” so far, this time featuring only a humorous radio spot that we recorded for the station, WRFL, to play throughout the week to promote the show. We had a lot of fun making this little promo, which features Weber's 3-year-old son Sam. If you'd enjoy a chuckle, give this, our shortest breadcr... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Nov-08)
308.	HoP 285 - Dominik Perler on Medieval Skepticism The medievals were too firm in their beliefs to entertain skeptical worries, right? Don’t be so sure, as Peter learns from Dominik Perler. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Sep-24)
309.	Episode 31 - Robyn Bluhm On Episode 31, Nick chats with Robyn Bluhm, Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy and Lymann Briggs College at Michigan State University, about her transition from doing a Bachelors in Translation, to studying behavioral neuroscience, to gradate work in the philosophy of science, spending three years doing functional neuroimaging in psychiatry, becoming a leading exper... (@SciPhiPod, 2017-Dec-04)
310.	Episode 178: Nietzsche as Social Critic: "Twilight of the Idols" (Part One) On Friedrich Nieztsche's 1888 book summarizing his thought and critiquing the founding myths of his society. He defends "spiritualized" instinct and frenzied creativity, but also Napoleon and war. We try to figure out what kind of social critic he'd be today. Would we actually like him? Sponsors: Get up to $50 off a DNA kit at 23andme.com/pel. Visit MUBI.com/PEL for 30 days of free curated movies,... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Dec-04)
311.	#9 The Good Art of Bad People (Guest: Lane Eagles) In light of the prominence of sexual assault allegations against artists, art historian Lane Eagles joins Dustyn and Whitney as they navigate the difficult question: how does our relationship to art change when we know its creator did bad things? Are we allowed to enjoy the works? Are we allowed to purchase them? Visit NoNarrowThing.com for our sources. (@NoNarrowThing, 2017-Dec-27)
312.	A tale of two universes Philosophy and modern physics: a case of the irrelevant versus the impractical? (@RadioNational, 2017-Nov-26)
313.	Episode 130: Dehumanization and Disintegration (with Paul Bloom) In this Very Special Boxing Day edition of the podcast, Tamler and David welcome back honorary Third Wizard Paul Bloom to discuss his latest article in the New Yorker about dehumanization and cruelty. Is it really the case that we dehumanize in order to harm others? Or does most violence actually require us to view others as fundamentally human, agentic, and capable of true suffering? But first, w... (@verybadwizards, 2017-Dec-26)
314.	HPI 49 - Well Qualified - the Jains on Truth Does the Jain theory of seven predications (saptabhaṇgī) land them in self-contradiction, or help them to avoid it? (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Sep-17)
315.	Ep49 - Public Philosophy and Polarization In this forty-ninth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, we interview Matt Yglesias on the subject of "Public Philosophy and Polarization." Before starting his career as a pundit, writer, and philosophical blogger, Matt majored in Philosophy in his undergraduate studies. Matt is a Senior Correspondent and a co-founder of Vox.com, which he started with Ezra Klein and Meliss... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Nov-03)
316.	Episode 28, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (Part IV) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. The Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle’s (384 – 322 BC) best-known work on ethics. The work consists of ten books and is understood to be based on Aristotle’s lecture notes. These notes were never intended for publication. Sometimes his notes are merely cues to talk more genera... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Dec-03)
317.	Kant's Categorical Imperative Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how, in the Enlightenment, Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) sought to define the difference between right and wrong by applying reason, looking at the intention behind actions rather than at consequences. He was inspired to find moral laws by natural philosophers such as Newton and Leibniz, who had used reason rather than emotion to analyse the world around them and had id... (@BBCInOurTime, 2017-Sep-21)
318.	Episode #114 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 7 - The Great Refusal Today we talk about Herbert Marcuse's concepts of The Great Refusal and The New Sensibility. (@iamstephenwest, 2017-Dec-23)
319.	Episode 031: Serene Khader on Cross-Border Feminist Solidarity Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Serene Khader about transnational feminism, solidarity, neoliberalism and women in the global south, writng advice, and so much more. (@myishacherry, 2017-Dec-21)
320.	Episode 031: Serene Khader on Cross-Border Feminist Solidarity Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Serene Khader about transnational feminism, solidarity, neoliberalism and women in the global south, writng advice, and so much more. (@myishacherry, 2017-Dec-21)
321.	Ep48 - BC10 - How to Read Philosophy? The Answer Might Surprise You This forty-eighth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast is our tenth “breadcrumb” episode so far, this time with Dr. Nancy McHugh, who was our featured guest in Episode 47. For this breadcrumb, Nancy said that she had a funny tidbit about how to read philosophy, and that the answer to the question might surprise us. We had to hear it! In addition to being chair of the Ph... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Oct-29)
322.	NEM#60: Alejandro Escovedo's Hard Road Alejandro started as a punk guitarist for the The Nuns, moved to Austin in the '80s and became a songwriter with True Believers. He has since put out 14+ solo albums of story-driven, lyrically intense, stylistically varied Texas rock. We discuss "Beauty and the Buzz" from Burn Something Beautiful (2016), "Sally Was a Cop" from Big Station (2012), and "Pissed Off 2AM" from With These Hands (1996).... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Nov-27)
323.	Episode 177: Guest Russ Roberts on Adam Smith and Emergent Order (Part Two) Continuing with the Econtalk host on the moral aspects of economics, focused by Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations and Theory of Moral Sentiments. Should we sacrifice ourselves to the machine of the economy? How does Smith's idea of virtue and talk of the "impartial spectator" line up with economic growth? Listen to part 1 first or get the unbroken, ad-free Citizen Edition. Please support PEL! Lea... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Nov-27)
324.	Autonomy, self, and substances Substance abuse lets you say ‘it wasn’t me’. Then who was it? (@RadioNational, 2017-Nov-19)
325.	#8 Taylor Swift: Awkward, Strategic, or Villainous? What makes Taylor Swift so interesting? Is she, actually, interesting? How does she relate to Guy Fieri, America, and...ourselves? Dustyn and Whitney try to figure out the elusive, enigmatic T. Swift. Dustyn and Whitney recommend the TV show Terriers, the book Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees by Lawrence Weschler, and the movie Blue Ruin in the final segment. Note: Dustyn and Wh... (@NoNarrowThing, 2017-Dec-20)
326.	368: Diseases of the Mind - Philosophy of Psychiatry More https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/diseases-mind-philosophy-psychiatry. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is the primary reference catalog for mental health illnesses. But whereas a medical textbook will show you the picture of a broken bone or a tumor, leaf through the DSM and you will find just one thing: lists of symptoms. Who creates these lists, and based on what criteria? Do ... (@philtalkradio, 2017-Nov-20)
327.	Ep47 - Philosophy and Social Change In this forty-seventh episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, we interview Dr. Nancy McHugh on the topic of "Philosophy and Social Change." After the "Know Thyself!" segment, we talk about her recent book, The Limits of Knowledge, inspired by her experiences in Vietnam witnessing continuing victims of Agent Orange. Then, in the next segment, we ask her about her experience te... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Oct-26)
328.	Episode 28, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (Part III) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. The Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle’s (384 – 322 BC) best-known work on ethics. The work consists of ten books and is understood to be based on Aristotle’s lecture notes. These notes were never intended for publication. Sometimes his notes are merely cues to talk more genera... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Nov-26)
329.	Drowned at Sea In the process of preparing to testify in a divorce case, Brian had to study one of the strangest books he had ever come across, where religion, mathematics, and the apocalypse intersect. This week, we look at how a religious cult of number worshipers on the Italian coast gave rise to modern science, mathematics, philosophy, and music. In the interim 2500 years, as we have increased our knowledge ... (@HiPhiNation, 2017-Dec-19)
330.	Owen Flanagan, “The Geography of Morals: Varieties of Moral Possibility” (Oxford UP, 2017) What is it to be moral, to lead an ethically good life? From a naturalistic perspective, any answer to this question begins from an understanding of what humans are like that is deeply informed by psychology, anthropology, and other human-directed… (@NewBooksPhil, 2017-Dec-15)
331.	Ep46 - Philosophy at Home In this forty-sixth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, we interview Amy Leask of Red T Media and Enable Education on the subject of "Philosophy at Home: Re-envisioning Philosophy’s Reach Beyond the Academy." Red T Media is a publisher and Web and mobile application provider for parents who want to introduce their kids to Philosophy. Among Red T Media’s most successfu... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Oct-21)
332.	NEM#59: Annie Haslam's Renaissance: Sing Now, Figure it Out Later Annie fronted British symphonic rock band Renaissance for nine albums starting in 1971 but only in the late 80s became a lyricist. She's now released eight studio albums and two new Renaissance albums. We discuss "Blessing in Disguise," the title track from her 1994 album; "Grandine il Vento", the title track from Renaissance's 2013 album, and “Precious One” from Annie's The Dawn of Ananda (20... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Nov-20)
333.	Episode 177: Guest Russ Roberts on Adam Smith and Libertarian Economics (Part One) The host of Econtalk provides his take on our ep. 174 on The Wealth of Nations, and explores with us the idea of emergent economic order. Is the economy more like a machine or a garden or what? Don't wait for part two! Get the full, ad-free, unbroken Citizen Edition now! Please support PEL! Visit lovepop.com/pel for 3D pop-up cards; simplecontacts.com/pel, promo code PEL; MUBI.com/PEL for curated ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Nov-20)
334.	Getting stuck: The midlife mess Your midlife crisis: it’s more than you think. (@RadioNational, 2017-Nov-12)
335.	369: Democracy in Crisis More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/democracy-crisis. Democratic systems of government are supposed to reflect the interests of ordinary citizens, and not some shadowy political elite. But more and more, we see the influence of big money and special interest groups in so-called democratic politics, while income inequality and voter suppression grow. With millions convinced that polit... (@philtalkradio, 2017-Nov-13)
336.	Ep45 - Experimentation in Art and Law In this forty-fifth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, we interview Dr. Brian Butler of the University of North Carolina Asheville. We talk with Brian about two applications of the idea known as "democratic experimentalism" that have been at the heart of his work. One application concerns Constitutional law. The other involves the history of Black Mountain College, an ex... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Oct-17)
337.	Evolution and Cooperation Why do some animals behave in altruistic ways? With Jonathan Birch. (@DavidEdmonds100, 2017-Dec-12)
338.	Episode 28, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (Part II) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. The Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle’s (384 – 322 BC) best-known work on ethics. The work consists of ten books and is understood to be based on Aristotle’s lecture notes. These notes were never intended for publication. Sometimes his notes are merely cues to talk more genera... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Nov-19)
339.	Graduate Students Talking about the GOP Tax Bill In this emergency (!) episode, three graduate students and two impartial panelists discuss the new corporate-tax cutting, graduate student-hating GOP tax plan. Trump is lying at his rallies and the GOP is back-stabbing their base. Or are they? We discuss the economics, the politics, and the back-room dealings involved in this deal. www.thevimblog.com ▽ www.facebook.com/thevimblog www... (@thevimblog, 2017-Dec-03)
340.	Rationally Speaking #197 - Doug Hubbard on “Why people think some things can’t be quantified (and why they’re wrong)” In this episode Julia talks with Doug Hubbard, author of How to Measure Anything, about why people so often believe things are impossible to quantify like "innovation" or "quality of life." (@Rspodcast, 2017-Nov-13)
341.	#7 Guy Fieri and Authenticity Is Guy Fieri authentic? Is authenticity admirable, even if someone is authentically unappealing? What does Guy Fieri’s character and celebrity say about America? In the final segment, Dustyn and Whitney talk about crime and punishment (not the book). Check out our sources on NoNarrowThing.com (@NoNarrowThing, 2017-Dec-13)
342.	Episode 129: Dystopias David and Tamler assert their autonomy as individuals by discussing their favorite dystopian works of art. Rebelling against a repressive regime, they refuse to sacrifice their privacy, uniqueness, and reproductive freedom. Through sheer force of will - the human spirit - they triumph over the pressures to ... wait what? You want me to take that pill? Okay, can't hurt. Aaahhhhh. So happy... So co... (@verybadwizards, 2017-Dec-12)
343.	HoP 284 - Seeing is Believing - Nicholas of Autrecourt’s Skeptical Challenge The debate between Nicholas of Autrecourt and John Buridan on whether it is possible to achieve certain knowledge. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Aug-13)
344.	HPI 48 - Taking Perspective - the Jain Theory of Standpoints The Jain theory of standpoints or non-onesidedness (anekāntavāda) makes truth a matter of perspective. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Aug-06)
345.	Episode 030: Winston Thompson on Educational Justice Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Winston Thompson about justice and education, potential and formation, charter schools, decolonizing the curriculm, and more. (@myishacherry, 2017-Dec-08)
346.	Episode 030: Winston Thompson on Educational Justice Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Winston Thompson about justice and education, potential and formation, charter schools, decolonizing the curriculm, and more. (@myishacherry, 2017-Dec-08)
347.	The Reformation: What's not to like? Is it just a coincidence that the five-hundredth anniversary of the Reformation falls on the same year that Britain is trying to 'Brexit'? (@RadioNational, 2017-Nov-05)
348.	Episode 176: Situationism in Psych: Milgram & Stanford Prison Experiments (Part Two) Continuing with Dave Pizarro on articles by Stanley Milgram, Philip Zimbardo, and John Doris about situationism, which entails that people's level of morality will vary by situation, as opposed to virtue ethics, which posits that how people will act in a novel situation will be determined by the quality of their character. Listen to part 1 first or get the ad-free Citizen Edition. Please support P... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Nov-13)
349.	Episode 30 - Elisabeth Lloyd On Episode 30, Nick chats with Elisabeth Lloyd, the Arnold and Maxine Tanis Chair of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University, about developing resilience from growing up in adverse circumstances, returning to college after spending a year in a hippie commune to write her own major on Science and Political Theory, getting through a difficult and discouraging environme... (@SciPhiPod, 2017-Nov-11)
350.	442: Philosophy of Trash More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/philosophy-trash. "One man's trash is another man's treasure," or so the saying goes. But what makes something trash to begin with? The word can be used to describe disposable objects, pieces of culture, or even people. Underlying each of these uses, however, are feelings of indifference, disdain, or disgust. How do the things that we call trash re... (@philtalkradio, 2017-Nov-06)
351.	HoP 283 - Jack Zupko on John Buridan Peter speaks to Jack Zupko about John Buridan’s secular and parsimonious approach to philosophy. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Jul-30)
352.	Episode 28, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (Part I) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. The Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle’s (384 – 322 BC) best-known work on ethics. The work consists of ten books and is understood to be based on Aristotle’s lecture notes. These notes were never intended for publication. Sometimes his notes are merely cues to talk more genera... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Nov-12)
353.	HPI 47 - Jan Westerhoff on Nagarjuna A discussion with Jan Westerhoff, an expert on the great Buddhist thinker Nāgārjuna. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Jul-23)
354.	Ep44 - On Philosophy, Leadership, & SOPHIA In this forty-fourth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, Dr. Anthony Cashio decides that "turn-about is fair play." He had been the guest in the very first episode of the show, and in this episode, he turns the tables and grills co-host Dr. Eric Thomas Weber as the guest for the day. The show focuses on Weber's 2013 book, Democracy and Leadership, and then relates Weber's... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Oct-06)
355.	#6 Gossip II - Mean Girls and the Culture of Censure What’s the philosophical significance of Mean Girls? How can gossip change a culture? What is a “culture of censure?” Dustyn asks Whitney what sci-fi/fantasy world would be the best to live in. See the sources for our discussion at NoNarrowThing.com (@NoNarrowThing, 2017-Dec-06)
356.	HoP 282 - Portrait of the Artist - John Buridan The hipster’s choice for favorite scholastic, John Buridan, sets out a nominalist theory of knowledge and language, and explains the workings of free will. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Jul-16)
357.	Daniel R. DeNicola, “Understanding Ignorance: The Surprising Impact of What We Don’t Know” (The MIT Press, 2017) Epistemology is the area of philosophy that examines the phenomena of and related to knowledge. Traditional core questions include: How is knowledge different from lucky guessing? Can knowledge be innate? Is skepticism a threat, and if so, how should it… (@NewBooksPhil, 2017-Dec-01)
358.	HPI 46 - No Four Ways About It - Nagarjuna’s Tetralemma Nāgārjuna’s four-fold argument scheme, the tetralemma (catuṣkoṭi). (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Jul-09)
359.	Animals and the philosophy of friendship Some of our best friends are animals. So where does that leave some humans we know? (@RadioNational, 2017-Oct-29)
360.	HoP 281 - Monica Green on Medieval Medicine An interview with Monica Green reveals parallels between medicine and philosophy in the middle ages. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Jul-02)
361.	TEASER-Episode 175: Blade Runner (Part Two) Do you want the WHOLE discussion on the new Blade Runner 2049, the original 1982 film, and the idea packed Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1967) by Philip K. Dick? If you do, show your love to the podcast by signing up to be a supporter at the $1-or-higher level at patreon.com/partiallyexaminedlife, or better yet become a PEL Citizen and get every podcast we've ever recorded plus bonus discu... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Nov-06)
362.	Episode 176: Situationism in Psych: Milgram & Stanford Prison Experiments (Very Bad Wizards Crossover) (Part One) On Stanley Milgram's "Behavioral Study of Obedience" (1963), Philip Zimbardo’s "Interpersonal Dynamics in a Simulated Prison" (1973), and John Doris’s "Persons, Situations, and Virtue Ethics" (1998). Do difficult situations make good people act badly? Are there really "good" and "bad" people, or are we all about the same, but put in different situations? With guest David Pizarro from the Very ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Nov-06)
363.	HPI 45 - Motion Denied - Nagarjuna on Change Nāgārjuna applies his emptiness theory to motion, change, and cognition. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Jun-25)
364.	HoP 280 - Get to the Point - Fourteenth Century Physics Ockham, Buridan, Oresme and Francis of Marchia explore infinity, continuity, atomism, and the impetus involved in motion. (@HistPhilosophy, 2017-Jun-18)
365.	How to Read (about) Hannah Arendt Who is Hannah Arendt and why should we care? In this episode, Zach and Kevin introduce her work and discuss why there was a season of Arendt popularity in the "media elite." How would Arendt feel about being the subject of partisan think pieces? Should we read her work—the Origins of Totalitarianism or Eichmann in Jerusalem—to get a better handle on the age of Trump? Or are we doomed to misint... (@thevimblog, 2017-Nov-22)
366.	441: Race Matters More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/race-matters. Started in the wake of George Zimmerman's 2013 acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has become a powerful campaign demanding redress for the mistreatment of African-Americans by law enforcement in the United States. But it has also inspired deep antipathy from those who claim it overemphasizes racia... (@philtalkradio, 2017-Oct-30)
367.	Ep43 - The Stories of Our Day 1: Game of Thrones This forty-third episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast is a special new show format, more of a round-table discussion than usual, and with a new theme: The Stories of Our Day. In this first "Stories of Our Day" episode, we're talking about The Game of Thrones! For this discussion, we knew that we wanted to bring Dr. Shane Courtland back on the show, given his specialty in Th... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Sep-29)
368.	Episode #113 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 6 - Art As A Tool For Liberation Today we talk about the revolutionary potential of Art through the eyes of Herbert Marcuse. (@iamstephenwest, 2017-Dec-02)
369.	Rationally Speaking #196 - Eric Schwitzgebel on "Weird ideas and opaque minds" Philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel returns to the show to explore several related questions: His taxonomy of the three different styles of thinker -- "Truth," "Dare," and "Wonder" -- and whether one of them is better than the others. (@Rspodcast, 2017-Oct-30)
370.	Episode 27, Conscience (Part IV) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Most people understand conscience as something which tells us right from wrong. The conscience is that little voice in your head that tells you to do your homework, go to bed on time and eat 5 a day. In fact, the Oxford Dictionary defines conscience as: “A person's moral sense o... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Nov-05)
371.	Episode 102: Josh Knobe discusses the true self In this episode, Josh Knobe discusses a series of experiments that try to tease out what we implicitly assume about who a person really is, deep down. (@ElucidationsPod, 2017-Dec-01)
372.	#5 Gossip I - The Ethics of Gossip Is gossip good after all? What does gossip get for us and what's the moral cost? Whitney takes a stand against Twitter’s new character limit. See the sources for our discussion at NoNarrowThing.com (@NoNarrowThing, 2017-Nov-29)
373.	Ep42 - BC9 - Overcoming Redneck State Stigma This forty-second episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast is a second “breadcrumb” episode with Dr. Larry A. Hickman, who was our featured guest in Episode 40. In that episode, Larry spoke about democracy and education in the United States today. While he was with us, we asked him to comment on a question that we received from a listener earlier this year. Larry, Anthony, ... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Sep-23)
374.	Bots, bankers and big brother Would you trust a killer robot more than a banker? This philosopher does, and has his reasons. (@RadioNational, 2017-Oct-22)
375.	Episode 128: Fragmented Values and Sex Panics (with Christina Hoff Sommers) David and Tamler keep their Nagel streak alive, discussing the essay "The Fragmention of Value" from his collection "Mortal Questions." How should we address our fragmented moral landscape, with multiple sources of value that can't be reduced or systematically ordered? Does this make all of our moral decisions arbitrary? Plus, we talk about Louis CK and in a Thanksgiving tradition special guest Ch... (@verybadwizards, 2017-Nov-28)
376.	The Ethics Bowl High school students from around the country converge on the University of North Carolina for a weekend of moral dilemmas. We follow twenty-four of the nation's top ethics teams competing in the 2017 National High School Ethics Bowl, and take a whirlwind tour of moral philosophy in the process. Guest voices include Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Geoff Sayre-McCord, Jeff Sebo, and students from high sch... (@HiPhiNation, 2017-Nov-28)
377.	Plato's Republic Is it always better to be just than unjust? That is the central question of Plato's Republic, discussed here by Melvyn Bragg and guests. Writing in c380BC, Plato applied this question both to the individual and the city-state, considering earlier and current forms of government in Athens and potential forms, in which the ideal city might be ruled by philosophers. The Republic is arguably Plato's b... (@BBCInOurTime, 2017-Jun-29)
378.	Ep41 - BC8 - The Meaning of Life? Answered. This forty-first episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast is a special "breadcrumb" episode with Dr. Larry A. Hickman, who was our featured guest in Episode 40. In that episode, Larry raised a question for listeners for which he said he has an answer: "What's the meaning of life?" It's the age-old question, the stereotypical philosophical question, yet Larry believes that ther... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Sep-22)
379.	Episode 175: Blade Runner: Androids and Humanity (Part One) On Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1967) and the films Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and Blade Runner (1982). What makes us human? Dick's story about androids emphasized their lack of empathy, while the movie adaptations portrayed the "replicants" as plenty capable of emotion, but unjustly treated as servants or targets. Attention: This second half of this special bonus episode i... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Oct-30)
380.	Episode 27, Conscience (Part III - Sigmund Freud) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Most people understand conscience as something which tells us right from wrong. The conscience is that little voice in your head that tells you to do your homework, go to bed on time and eat 5 a day. In fact, the Oxford Dictionary defines conscience as: “A person's moral sense o... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Oct-29)
381.	Episode 29 - Eric Winsberg On Episode 29, Nick chats with Eric Winsberg, Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida, about the "unbelievably permissive" schooling he had growing up in Montreal in the 70's, transitioning from Physics to History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Chicago, exploring the quirky, non-traditional menu of philosophy of science at Indiana University, the r... (@SciPhiPod, 2017-Oct-26)
382.	Ep40 - Democracy and Education Today This fortieth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast features an interview with Dr. Larry A. Hickman, former Director of the Center for Dewey Studies at Southern Illinois University, talking with co-hosts Eric Weber and Anthony Cashio about John Dewey's rich ideas about democracy and education, as well as what we can say about the state of each today. Dr. Hickman is a prolifi... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Sep-17)
383.	Facts and trust in a post-truth world We’re told it’s a post-truth world—so what’s left of the philosophy of knowledge? (@RadioNational, 2017-Oct-15)
384.	#4 Ghosts II - Poltergeists and Cannibals What counts as good evidence for ghosts? Is it a matter of faith? How do we approach the uncertain? Dustyn and Whitney discuss the Case of the Speluncean Explorers. See the sources for our discussion at NoNarrowThing.com. (@NoNarrowThing, 2017-Nov-22)
385.	440: The Internet of Things More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/internet-things. Smart TVs, refrigerators, cars, and houses—the internet of things refers to the networking of all the devices in our lives, as they gather data and interact with one another, apparently to make our lives easier. How will this augmented connectivity affect the way we live? If government agencies or hackers can potentially access t... (@philtalkradio, 2017-Oct-16)
386.	NEM#57: Richard Amp's Exploratory Atmospheres Richard F. Walker has released 20+ albums, usually with his London space-rock band Amp. We discuss "Just Get It (Why Don’t You)" and "Les Ombres Sur la Lune" from Q Factors (A Mixtape) (2017) and "Tomorrow" from Stenorette (1988), and listen to "Levil Devil" from US (2005). Opening music is from Transmissions (part 1) (2005), and closing music is from "Mort Irritées" from AMP Studio's Uncertain... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Oct-22)
387.	Episode 174: Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" (Part Two) Continuing on the foundational text of economics. We talk "invisible hand," "greed is good," tariffs, unproductive labor, city vs. country, and the education racket. Listen to part 1 first or get the ad-free Citizen Edition. Please support PEL! End song: "With My Looks and Your Brains" by The Mr. T Experience. Hear about the singer/songwriter on Nakedly Examined Music #56. Try blinkist.com/pel for... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Oct-22)
388.	Rationally Speaking #195 - Zach Weinersmith on "Emerging technologies that'll improve and/or ruin everything" This episode features Zach Weinersmith, creator of the philosophical webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, and the co-author (with his wife Kelly Weinersmith) of the new book Soonish: 10 Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everythings. (@Rspodcast, 2017-Oct-15)
389.	Episode 27, Conscience (Part II - Saint Thomas Aquinas) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Most people understand conscience as something which tells us right from wrong. The conscience is that little voice in your head that tells you to do your homework, go to bed on time and eat 5 a day. In fact, the Oxford Dictionary defines conscience as: “A person's moral sense o... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Oct-22)
390.	Ep39 - BC7 - Stoicism Today This thirty-ninth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast is a special "breadcrumb" episode with Dr. Gregory Sadler, who was featured in Episode 38. Greg is the editor of Stoicism Today, a publication put out by Modern Stoicism. If you haven't had a chance to hear Episode 38 with Greg, we call him the YouTube Philosopher, as he has over 40,000 YouTube subscribers. His videos h... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Sep-07)
391.	Susanna Siegel, “The Rationality of Perception” (Oxford UP, 2017) Seeing is often a good reason for believing—when things go well. But suppose we have a case like this: Jill believes that Jack is angry, although she has no good grounds for this belief. Nevertheless, when she sees him, she… (@NewBooksPhil, 2017-Nov-15)
392.	Ep38 - The YouTube Philosopher This thirty-eighth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast features an interview with Dr. Greg Sadler, The YouTube Philosopher, talking with co-hosts Eric Weber and Anthony Cashio about the great work he has done as a public philosopher. In addition to having built a remarkable following on YouTube, Dr. Sadler is also the President, CEO, and Chief Lord of ReasonIO, a company w... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Sep-06)
393.	Personal identity: a primer Who am I? Glad you asked; now for two millennia of thinking. (@RadioNational, 2017-Oct-08)
394.	The Vim Watches Fox News - Hannity on Collusion In this very special explosive episode of The Vimcast, Zach and Justin sit down to watch and analyze a Sean Hannity monologue. Whatever you thought about Mueller's first round of indictments, prepare to have your mind changed. Or not. What is Hannity's style? Does he present arguments, or is it all on-screen graphics, rapid-fire non-sequiturs and facial expressions? How convincing is t... (@thevimblog, 2017-Nov-05)
395.	Episode 174: Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" (Part One) On the foundational, 1776 text of modern economics. How does the division of labor and our instinct to exchange lead to the growth of wealth? Is the economy sufficiently machine-like to enable us to manipulate its output, or at least to tell us how not to screw it up? Continues on part 2, or get the unbroken, ad-free Citizen Edition. Please support PEL! Visit mubi.com/pel for 30 days of free, cura... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Oct-16)
396.	Ep37 - Philosophy in High School In this thirty-seventh episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, Eric Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Nick Caltagiarone, who’s been teaching history for 16 years at the West Chicago Community High School, and has taught philosophy there as well for 13 of those years. We spoke with Nick about “Philosophy in High School,” asking why and how to teach philosophy in high sc... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Aug-30)
397.	#1 Democracy I - The Paradox of Voting Welcome to No Narrow Thing! Dustyn and Whitney ask if there is a duty to vote. The two discuss if humans are even capable of voting responsibly, and if voting for a candidate who does something wrong makes you complicit in their actions. We also learn a Random Fact from History! See the sources for our discussion at NoNarrowThing.com. (@NoNarrowThing, 2017-Nov-15)
398.	#3 Ghosts I - Ghosts are Fun Do ghosts exist? Should a person believe in them? Whitney makes the case for ghosts; Dustyn is skeptical. The two go down the Rabbit Hole of Amazon’s HQ2. See the sources for our discussion at NoNarrowThing.com. (@NoNarrowThing, 2017-Nov-15)
399.	#2 Democracy II - Compromised Politics Is political compromise different from other kinds of compromise? When values and ethics are involved, is any compromise morally permissible? Is centrism pragmatic or lacking in principles? See the sources for our discussion at NoNarrowThing.com. (@NoNarrowThing, 2017-Nov-15)
400.	Episode 27, Conscience (Part I) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Most people understand conscience as something which tells us right from wrong. The conscience is that little voice in your head that tells you to do your homework, go to bed on time and eat 5 a day. In fact, the Oxford Dictionary defines conscience as: “A person's moral sense o... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Oct-15)
401.	Episode 127: Moral Luck David and Tamler dip back into the Thomas Nagel well, and discuss the problem of "moral luck." Why do we blame drunk drivers who hit someone more than drunk drivers who make it home OK? Why do we judge people for things that are beyond their control (when we have strong intuitions that uncontrollable acts don't deserve blame)? Does moral luck ultimately swallow all of our behavior? Can we truly e... (@verybadwizards, 2017-Nov-14)
402.	Ep36 – Quality Philosophy for Everyone This thirty-sixth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast features an interview with Cole Nasrallah, talking with co-hosts Eric Weber and Anthony Cashio about the paper that she gave at the Future of Philosophical Practice seminar at the University of North Carolina Asheville in July of 2017. Cole’s paper was on “The Elements of High Value Philosophy and Audience Accessibi... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Aug-25)
403.	Another concept of race Race is the hot button term of our era. But perhaps the time has come to update it with a more accurate concept. (@RadioNational, 2017-Oct-01)
404.	Episode 173: Relating to American Indian Philosophy (Part Two) We go further into "Philosophy of Native Science" by Gregory Cajete and "What Coyote and Thales Can Teach Us: An Outline of American Indian Epistemology" by Brian Yazzie Burkhart, plus process philosophy, propositional vs. procedural knowledge, and what we owe to nature. With guest Jim Marunich. Listen to part 1 first or get the ad-free Citizen Edition. Please support PEL! End song: “Circle’s ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Oct-09)
405.	Rationally Speaking #194 - Robert Wright on "Why Buddhism is True" This episode features bestselling author Robert Wright making the case for why Buddhism was right about human nature: its diagnosis that our suffering is mainly due to a failure to see reality clearly. (@Rspodcast, 2017-Oct-02)
406.	Ep34 - Saving American Culture in a Yurt This thirty-fourth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast features an interview with Drs. Randall Auxier and John Shook, talking with co-hosts Eric Weber and Anthony Cashio about the institute that they and Dr. Larry Hickman (not present in this interview) co-founded, the American Institute for Philosophical and Cultural Thought. Dr. Auxier is the author of Metaphysical Grafi... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Aug-18)
407.	NEM#56: "Dr. Frank" Portman Writes His Inner Teenager Frank has led punk band The Mr. T Experience in the Bay Area since 1985, and has also released three successful music-related books for teens since 2006. We discuss "Down With the Universe" from King Dork Approximately (2016), "Big, Strange, Beautiful Hammer" from Yesterday Rules (2004), and "More Than Toast" from Our Bodies Our Selves (1993). We conclude by listening to "Even Hitler Had a Girlfri... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Oct-08)
408.	Episode 26, Karl Marx's Political Philosophy (Part IV) Website: www.thepanpsycast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast Karl Marx is one of the most influential figures in human history. The Prussian-born philosopher, economist, political theorist, sociologist, and revolutionary socialist, produced some of the most controversial and influential works in the past two-hundred years. A champion of human rights for many and a dangerous radical for ma... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Oct-08)
409.	Virtue, vice, sex, and robots The robots have given rise to a distinctly modern dilemma: is there such a thing as an immoral fantasy? (@RadioNational, 2017-Sep-24)
410.	Ep33 - Cakes, Capes, and Culture Wars This thirty-third episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast features an interview with Dr. John Corvino of Wayne State University, talking with co-hosts Eric Weber and Anthony Cashio about religious liberty and discrimination, the topics of his most recent book, as well as the HERO award he received for 25 years of advocacy on LGBTQ+ issues. John was celebrated in 2017, receivi... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Aug-10)
411.	Episode 28 - Bas Van Fraassen On Episode 28, Nick chats with Bas van Fraassen, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University and the McCosh Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Princeton University, about growing up working in a library in a small town in the Netherlands, early influences in philosophy of science, how he developed his major works, including 'The Scientific Image' and 'La... (@SciPhiPod, 2017-Oct-02)
412.	439: A World Without Work More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/world-without-work. Work: a lot lot of people do it, and a lot of people don’t seem to like it very much. But as computers and artificial intelligence get increasingly sophisticated, more and more of our workers will lose their jobs to technology. Should we view this inevitability with hope or with despair? Without the order and purpose that mean... (@philtalkradio, 2017-Sep-25)
413.	#0 Trailer No Narrow Thing is the podcast that gets philosophical about everything. It drops on November 15th! Visit NoNarrowThing.com for more information! (@NoNarrowThing, 2017-Nov-06)
414.	Episode #112 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 5 - Civilization Today we continue our discussion of Marcuse's work Eros and Civilization. (@iamstephenwest, 2017-Nov-06)
415.	Jean Kazez, “The Philosophical Parent: Asking the Hard Questions about Having and Raising Children” (Oxford UP, 2017) We all recognize that parenting involves a seemingly endless succession of choices, beginning perhaps with the choice to become a parent, through a sequence of decisions concerning the care, upbringing, acculturation, and education of a child. And we all recognize… (@NewBooksPhil, 2017-Nov-01)
416.	Episode 173: Relating to American Indian Philosophy (Part One) What is wisdom? We discuss articles by Brian Burkhart, Gregory Cajete, and Anne Waters, plus Black Elk Speaks by John Neihardt (1932) and some traditional stories. With guest Jim Marunich; we read his master's thesis, "Process Metaphysics in the Far West: American Indian Ontologies." Don't wait for part 2! Get your unbroken, ad-free Citizen Edition now. Please support PEL! Visit barkbox.com/PEL fo... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Oct-02)
417.	Ep32 - The Public Philosopher and the Gadfly: Return of the Curry! This thirty-second episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast features a follow-up interview with Dr. Tommy J Curry of Texas A&M University (who featured in Ep9 before this one), on the controversy and death threats that he endured when a piece was published mischaracterizing his work in The American Conservative. Dr. Curry is the author of The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre, an... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Aug-05)
418.	Ep31 - Sports Fan I Am In this thirty-first episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, co-hosts Dr. Eric Thomas Weber and Dr. Anthony Cashio interview Dr. Erin Tarver, author of The I in Team: Sports Fandom and the Reproduction of Identity. Dr. Tarver is assistant professor of philosophy at Emory University's Oxford College in Georgia. She is the author of numerous essays and the co-editor of Feminist... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Jul-31)
419.	Tell me one thing that's absolutely true Truth: a simple word that’s spawned a cosmos of theories, and caused a world of trouble. (@RadioNational, 2017-Sep-17)
420.	Episode 26, Karl Marx's Political Philosophy (Part III) Website: www.thepanpsycast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast Karl Marx is one of the most influential figures in human history. The Prussian-born philosopher, economist, political theorist, sociologist, and revolutionary socialist, produced some of the most controversial and influential works in the past two-hundred years. A champion of human rights for many and a dangerous radical for ma... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Oct-01)
421.	Ep30 - Private Government In this thirtieth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, co-hosts Dr. Eric Thomas Weber and Dr. Anthony Cashio interview Dr. Elizabeth Anderson about her new book, Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk About It). She recently published a piece on the book on Vox.com. Dr. Anderson is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, and the John Dewey Disting... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Jul-25)
422.	Ep35 - BC 6 - 10,000 Downloads Celebration and Giveaway! This thirty-fifth episode, a short breadcrumb, is being released early to announce the fact that Philosophy Bakes Bread has reached the exciting early milestone of 10,000 episode downloads! We also wanted to put this out early, given that we're setting a deadline to enter our celebration give-away: October 1st, 2017! For the text of this episode, put out early given the deadline, see the transcri... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Jul-24)
423.	Ep29 - What's the Public Got to Do with It? In this twenty-ninth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, co-hosts Dr. Eric Thomas Weber and Dr. Anthony Cashio interview Drs. Amanda Fulford and Naomi Hodgson, on the topics of "What is the public?" and understanding philosophy as education - sung in a Tina Turner voice: "What's the Public Got to Do with It, Got to Do with It?" Dr. Fulford is Reader in the Philosophy of E... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Jul-22)
424.	Rationally Speaking #193 - Eric Jonas on "Could a neuroscientist understand a microprocessor?" This episode features neuroscientist and computer scientist Eric Jonas, discussing his provocative paper titled "Could a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor?" in which he applied state-of-the-art neuroscience tools to a computer chip. (@Rspodcast, 2017-Sep-18)
425.	Ep28 - Philosophy in Nature In this twenty-eighth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, co-hosts Dr. Eric Thomas Weber and Dr. Anthony Cashio interview Dr. Andrea Christelle, co-founder of the Sedona Philosophy Experience, on the topic of "philosophy in nature." According to their Web site, the Sedona Philosophy Experience "was conceived by four university professors who had the crazy idea to bring th... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Jul-18)
426.	Episode 172: Mind, Self, and Affect with Guest Dr. Drew (Part Two) Continuing with Drew Pinsky on “Attachment and Reflective Function: Their Role in Self-organization” by Peter Fonagy and two articles by Allan Schore. Fonagy claims we gain the ability to emotionally self-regulate as a result of achieving secure attachment with a caregiver as infants. Schore claims that if this fails, we can end up fundamentally disengaged. So what are the philosophical implic... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Sep-25)
427.	The Bottom of the Curve At the beginning of their adult lives, millennials are trying to find out what it means to be happy in their 20s, not knowing that they have no where to go but down. Meanwhile, three highly successful people find themselves at the bottom of life's happiness curve, and try to find their way back up. The show today is about a demographic inevitability, the midlife crisis, and how we seek happiness i... (@HiPhiNation, 2017-Oct-31)
428.	Ep27 - Leadership and Civic Engagement In this twenty-seventh episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, co-hosts Dr. Eric Thomas Weber and Dr. Anthony Cashio interview Drs. Danielle Lake, Judy Whipps, and Mike Ricco, all of Grand Valley State University. Danielle was featured in episode 12 ("That's a Wicked Problem You've Got There") of the show and was kind enough to join us again. She and Judy both teach philosoph... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Jul-17)
429.	Ep26 - BC5 - Thanks & an Outtake This twenty-sixth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast is a special "breadcrumb" episode with Dr. Annie Davis Weber, who was featured in Episode 25. We have some thanks to give for listener feedback and we had a big laugh after recording an episode, about a line that ended up in the episode with Annie. Thanks for feedback from Thomas O'Connor for his tweet, as well as one ... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Jul-12)
430.	Transcendence and the moderns People claim to find modern transcendence in sport, at raves, or on Amazonian hallucinogens. But is it the real thing? (@RadioNational, 2017-Sep-10)
431.	Ep25 - Assessing Assessment In this twenty-fifth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, co-hosts Dr. Eric Thomas Weber and Dr. Anthony Cashio interview Dr. Annie Davis Weber of the University of Kentucky on "Assessing Assessment: The Philosophy Behind Measuring Student Success in Higher Education." Dr. Annie Davis Weber is Assistant Provost for Strategic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness at the ... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Jul-05)
432.	Ep24 - BC4 - Teaching Kids about Pessimism This twenty-fourth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast is another "breadcrumb" with Dr. Mariana Alessandri of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. In this breadcrumb, we talk about how to talk to our kids about the little engine that couldn't, or quixotic pessimism, the focus of our full-length episode 22. Episode 22 of the show was titled "The Little Engine that Cou... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Jul-05)
433.	Episode 26, Karl Marx's Political Philosophy (Part II) Website: www.thepanpsycast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast Karl Marx is one of the most influential figures in human history. The Prussian-born philosopher, economist, political theorist, sociologist, and revolutionary socialist, produced some of the most controversial and influential works in the past two-hundred years. A champion of human rights for many and a dangerous radical for ma... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Sep-24)
434.	Ep23 - BC3 - Who Bakes Bread Anymore? This twenty-third episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast is a special edition of the show that we call a "breadcrumb." A Breadcrumb is a short, 8-20 minute episode that was cut off from a longer show, that's a collage of little clips, or that is a response to listener feedback. Today's breadcrumb episode features Dr. Mariana Alessandri of the University of Texas Rio Grande Va... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Jun-30)
435.	Ep22 - The Little Engine that Couldn't In this twenty-second episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, co-hosts Dr. Eric Thomas Weber and Dr. Anthony Cashio interview Dr. Mariana Alessandri of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) on the topic of "The Little Engine that Couldn't." Dr. Alessandri is an assistant professor of philosophy at UTRGV. She has published in The New York Times, Times Higher Educat... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Jun-29)
436.	Ep21 - BC2 - What to Do About Wicked Problems? Voicemail and Response Breadcrumb This twenty-first episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast is a special edition of the show that we call a "breadcrumb." A Breadcrumb is a short, 8-20 minute episode that was cut off from a longer show, that's a collage of little clips, or, as in this case, that is a response to listener feedback. Today's breadcrumb episode is a bigger version of what in the past we called a "Y... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Jun-24)
437.	Ep20 - Is the Cross Examined Life Worth Living? In this twentieth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, co-hosts Dr. Eric Thomas Weber and Dr. Anthony Cashio interview Chris Tatem, a Clerk of Courts in Wyoming and the host of the Cross Examined Life podcast. Chris has always been interested in philosophical questions. Early on, he asked his teachers and parents endless questions. At an early age, he wrote Socratic dialo... (@PhilosophyBB, 2017-Jun-22)
438.	438: Post-Truth Politics More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/post-truth-politics. You've probably heard about the dangerous effects of fake news, and the spread of sensational and targeted falsities. But what about "legitimate" news, one might still ask? Well, do you want the "liberal truth" or the "conservative truth"? Just stick to the facts? What if my "facts" differ from yours? Listen to science? Those s... (@philtalkradio, 2017-Sep-11)
439.	NEM Ep 55: Don Preston, Mother of Keyboard Invention Don has composed and played jazz since the 50s, was a Frank Zappa sideman through his classic 60s albums and beyond, and has since released 20+ albums, scored 20 films, and has performed with artists including John Lennon, Lou Rawls, and Nat King Cole. He has also been called "the father of modern synthesis" for his work in electronic music. We discuss "Winds of Change" (3rd movement, 2001), "Palm... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Sep-20)
440.	Episode 172: Mind, Self, and Affect with Guest Dr. Drew (Part One) Radio legend Dr. Drew Pinsky talks with us about “Attachment and Reflective Function: Their Role in Self-Organization” by Peter Fonagy and two articles by Allan Schore. The focus is "theory of mind"; how do we develop the ability to impute thoughts and intentions to others? What in our upbringing can interfere with this development? We relate this back to previous episodes (Hegel, Buber, etc.)... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Sep-18)
441.	Transcendence and the ancients If there's one subject you could write 800 pages on it would be Transcendence. But is it philosophy? (@RadioNational, 2017-Sep-03)
442.	Episode 27 - Serife Tekin On Episode 27, Nick chats with Serife Tekin, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Daemen College in Buffalo, New York, about her childhood and adolescent years spent on the Aegean coast in Denizli, Turkey, her transition at Middle East Technical University from studying economics and mathematics to philosophy, her work in the philosophy of psychiatry that incorporates first-person a... (@SciPhiPod, 2017-Sep-13)
443.	Episode 126: The Absurd Is life meaningless? Are humans just glorified dung beetles, pushing around our piles of poop with no greater purpose? What would it take for life to actually be meaningful? In this episode, Tamler and David discuss Thomas Nagel’s essay on the sense of meaninglessness and absurdity that can so easily creep into human existence (with a special emphasis on the work of Camus and the philosophy of R... (@verybadwizards, 2017-Oct-24)
444.	Episode 26, Karl Marx's Political Philosophy (Part I) Website: www.thepanpsycast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast Karl Marx is one of the most influential figures in human history. The Prussian-born philosopher, economist, political theorist, sociologist, and revolutionary socialist, produced some of the most controversial and influential works in the past two-hundred years. A champion of human rights for many and a dangerous radical for ma... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Sep-17)
445.	On Guns In this episode of ‘The Vim Reads the News’, in light of the Las Vegas mass shooting, Justin, Justin, and Zach discuss a topical article from 2016, “The Argument Gun Rights Supporters Can’t Respond To” by Nathan J. Robinson at Current Affairs. How are guns different from the death app, OK Reaper? In addition, J, J & Z touch some general issues like, Why do philosophers not talk about thi... (@thevimblog, 2017-Oct-09)
446.	Rationally Speaking #192 - Jesse Singal on “The problems with implicit bias tests” This episode features science journalist Jesse Singal, who argues that the Implicit Associations Test (IAT) has been massively overhyped, and that in fact there's little evidence that it's measuring real-life bias. (@Rspodcast, 2017-Sep-03)
447.	Three things you should know about time Confused about time? Let’s give presentism, eternalism, and the growing block a brisk work out. (@RadioNational, 2017-Aug-27)
448.	Episode 171: Buddhism vs. Evolution with Guest Robert Wright (Part Two) Continuing on Why Buddhism Is True. We discuss the "no self" doctrine as articulated in Buddha's Second Discourse and the modularity-of-mind theory that Bob claims supports it. What are the ethical implications, and do we really need meditation to achieve its alleged ethical benefits? Continued from part 1, or get the ad-free Citizen Edition. Please support PEL! End song: "Alphalpha Bhang" by Anto... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Sep-11)
449.	Episode 101: Miranda Fricker discusses blame and forgiveness In this episode, Miranda Fricker argues that the purpose of blaming someone is to communicate to them your sense of why what they did was wrong. (@ElucidationsPod, 2017-Oct-21)
450.	Ron Mallon, “The Construction of Human Kinds” (Oxford University Press, 2016) Social constructionists hold that the world is determined at least in part by our ways of representing it. Recent debates regarding social construction have focused on categories that play important roles in the human social world, such as race and… (@NewBooksPhil, 2017-Oct-15)
451.	Episode #111 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 4 - Eros Today we talk about Freud's views on civilization and the first half of Marcuse's response to them. (@iamstephenwest, 2017-Oct-20)
452.	437: Polyamory More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/polyamory. In most if not all modern Western societies, monogamy is the dominant form of romantic relationship. In polyamorous or "open" relationships, however, each person is free to love multiple partners at once. Just as our friendships are non-exclusive, advocates of polyamory believe our romantic relationship should be too. So why do so many p... (@philtalkradio, 2017-Aug-28)
453.	Episode 26 - Tony Chemero On Episode 26, Nick chats with Tony Chemero, Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Cincinnati and author of the book, 'Radical Embodied Cognitive Science,' about taking trips to the East Village as a kid to see punk rock shows, early interactions with Dan Dennett and Newton scholar George Smith, hanging out with computer scientists and psychologists during grad... (@SciPhiPod, 2017-Sep-06)
454.	Episode 25, Philip Goff and David Papineau Debate 'Can Science Explain Consciousness?' (Part III) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. In the words of David Chalmers, “The hard problem of consciousness is the problem of experience. When we think and perceive, there is a whir of information-processing, but there is also a subjective aspect. As Nagel has put it, there is something it is like to be a conscious org... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Sep-10)
455.	NEM Ep 54: Kaki King's Guitar Progression www.nakedlyexaminedmusic.com (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Sep-07)
456.	Remembering wars, lest we forget The rituals of remembrance can be powerful and moving, but what moral lesson lies beneath? (@RadioNational, 2017-Aug-20)
457.	The Vim Reads the News- Blame Facebook for Everything! The Vim reads the news, philosophically! This is our second episode dedicated to an article not found on thevimblog.com. Adam, Dylan, and Zach jump into the world of social media and Russian PSYOPS. They discuss Erin Griffith’s piece, “FACEBOOK CAN ABSOLUTELY CONTROL ITS ALGORITHM.” The go-to social media site is in the news for turning over to the government ads purchased by Russians that w... (@thevimblog, 2017-Oct-01)
458.	Episode 171: Buddhism vs. Evolution with Guest Robert Wright (Part One) Bob joins the PEL four to discuss his new book Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment. Bob applies his expertise in evolutionary psychology to corroborate Buddhism's claims that we are deluded: about our desires, emotions, the unity of our selves, and the "essences" we project on things and people. And he thinks meditation can instill in the diligent the a... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Sep-04)
459.	Episode 25 - Adina Roskies On Episode 25, Nick talks with Adina Roskies, the Helman Family Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Cognitive Science Program at Dartmouth College, about her life-changing undergraduate experience (filled with pedagogical nightmares) at Yale, graduate study and postdoctoral work in neuroscience and cognitive science, returning to complete a PhD in philosophy at MI... (@SciPhiPod, 2017-Aug-30)
460.	NEM#53: David Brookings Is Obsessed David has recorded seven albums since 2000. Usually one wants to avoid the term "Beatlesque," but David is a Beatles freak who once recorded his performances all 209 Beatles songs over 209 days. We discuss "Time to Go" from David Brookings and the Average Lookings (2016), "Dead Battery" from Chorus Verses the Bridge (2005), and the title track from Obsessed (2007). We conclude by listening to "If ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Sep-01)
461.	Episode 25, Philip Goff and David Papineau Debate 'Can Science Explain Consciousness?' (Part II) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. In the words of David Chalmers, “The hard problem of consciousness is the problem of experience. When we think and perceive, there is a whir of information-processing, but there is also a subjective aspect. As Nagel has put it, there is something it is like to be a conscious org... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Sep-03)
462.	On being vulnerable It’s a promise as old as Buddha: make the right choices and you can put an end to your suffering. But is it the wrong end of the stick? (@RadioNational, 2017-Aug-13)
463.	Rationally Speaking #191 - Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on "What the internet can tell us about human nature" (Fixed) Seth Stephens-Davidowitz and Julia discuss the insights new research gives us into which parts of the USA are more racist, what kinds of strategies reduce racism, and whether the internet is making political polarization worse. (@Rspodcast, 2017-Aug-21)
464.	Episode 170 Second Opinions: Leftists on "Society of the Spectacle" Mark and Seth ask Doug Lain (Zero Squared), Brett O'Shea (Revolutionary Left Radio), and C. Derick Varn (Symptomatic Redness) what they think of Debord and PEL's treatment of the book on Ep #170. End song: "Open Your Eyes (Wake Up)" from Tyler Hislop, interviewed on Nakedly Examined Music #24. Go to blueapron.com/PEL for three free meals with free shipping. Get 20% off your first pair of underwear... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Aug-28)
465.	436: Could the Laws of Physics Ever Change? More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/could-laws-physics-change. From airplanes flying overhead to the cellular activity inside us, all events that take place in the world obey the laws of physics. Physicists seem to be getting closer and closer to understanding the physical laws that govern our universe. But what if our physical laws changed? Could that even be possible? How might cha... (@philtalkradio, 2017-Aug-14)
466.	Indirect Discrimination Can discrimination be subtle and indirect, as in Aesop's fable of the fox and the stork? (@DavidEdmonds100, 2017-Oct-09)
467.	Causes, effects, and hidden powers If there’s anything you can bank on it’s cause and effect; Stephen Mumford on an indispensable first principle. (@RadioNational, 2017-Aug-06)
468.	Episode 125: Can You Feel It? What do we mean when we say someone is angry? Can we identify anger (or any other emotion) via facial expressions, physiological changes, or neural markers? Is anger simply a feeling, something that happens to us, or does it involve a judgment? How much control do we have over our emotions, and can we be responsible for them? We talk about the work of Lisa Feldman Barrett and Bob Solomon. Plus, Ta... (@verybadwizards, 2017-Oct-10)
469.	Episode 25, Philip Goff and David Papineau Debate 'Can Science Explain Consciousness?' (Part I) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. In the words of David Chalmers, "The hard problem of consciousness is the problem of experience. When we think and perceive, there is a whir of information-processing, but there is also a subjective aspect. As Nagel has put it, there is something it is like to be a conscious organ... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Aug-27)
470.	A Guide to Nazi Analogies in Trump's America In this episode of the Vimcast, Zach, Justin and esteemed newcomer Clare critique the most famous critique of Nazi analogies, Godwin’s Law. Should we make Nazi analogies? If so, when should we make Nazi analogies? In the last segment they take a step back, looking at analogies generally and setting Scott Adams firmly in their non-violent crosshairs. Read the article this episode is b... (@thevimblog, 2017-Sep-23)
471.	Wine: a matter of taste? What a good quaffing can reveal about being objective about the subjective; raise a glass to the philosophy of wine. (@RadioNational, 2017-Jul-30)
472.	NEM#52: Kim Rancourt's Authentic NYC Rock n' Roll Kim is a poet, archivist, and New York City tour guide. We discuss his album plum plumfeaturing “The Dream Band”: his producer friend Don Fleming, Joe Bouchard (Blue Öyster Cult), Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) and NEM guest Gary Lucas. We discuss “Circle’s Gotta Go” and “Arizona Burning,” and conclude with “Claudine.” We also discuss “I Comb My Hair with My Hand” by Jad Fair a... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Aug-21)
473.	Episode 170: Guy Debord's "Society of the Spectacle" (Part Two) More on the 1967 Situtationist book. Do we buy Debord's critique? Is any merely partial critique (i.e. no revolution) just more spectacle? Is technology inherently dehumanizing? Don't these passivity/anti-technology arguments even apply to books? Could Debord's model of authenticity catch on in society as a whole? Start with part 1, or get the Citizen Edition. Please support PEL! End song: "Millio... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Aug-21)
474.	Alfred Moore, “Critical Elitism: Deliberation, Democracy, and the Problem of Expertise” (Cambridge UP, 2017) According to a challenge going back to Plato, democracy is unacceptable as a mode of political organization, because it distributes political power equally among those who are unequal in wisdom. Plato goes on to object that democracies are suspicious of… (@NewBooksPhil, 2017-Oct-01)
475.	Rationally Speaking #190 - Amanda Askell on "Pascal's Wager and other low risks with high stakes" This episode features philosopher Amanda Askell, who (though not religious herself) argues that it's much trickier to rebut Pascal's Wager than most people think. (@Rspodcast, 2017-Aug-06)
476.	Free speech, campus protests, and the right to silence University students calling for deplatforming are making a curious claim about free speech. But what is it exactly? (@RadioNational, 2017-Jul-23)
477.	Episode 24, The A. C. Grayling Interview (Part II) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Philosopher and master of the New College of the Humanities professor A. C. Grayling is considered by many to be amongst the greatest and most influential philosophers of our time. Professor Grayling has published around 40 books in philosophy, history of ideas, human rights and e... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Aug-20)
478.	Episode 029: Wendy Salkin on Informal Representation Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Wendy Salkin about informal representation, its powers, duties, and problems, Du Bois & Coates on the issue, and more. (@myishacherry, 2017-Oct-03)
479.	Episode 029: Wendy Salkin on Informal Representation Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Wendy Salkin about informal representation, its powers, duties, and problems, Du Bois & Coates on the issue, and more. (@myishacherry, 2017-Oct-03)
480.	Episode 170: Guy Debord's "Society of the Spectacle" (Part One) What is culture? In modern capitalism, Debord’s 1967 book describes it as all about the economy. It’s not just our jobs that keep us trapped, but our life outside of working hours is also demanded by “the system” via our activity as consumers, and this commoditization infiltrates every corner of our lives. Debord wants us to WAKE UP, break our chains, and live lives of immediacy, vitality,... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Aug-14)
481.	Remembering Zygmunt Bauman and Hubert Dreyfus Bauman and Dreyfus: remembering two greats who engaged deeply with powerful forces of our time. (@RadioNational, 2017-Jul-16)
482.	435: Driverless Cars at the Moral Crossroads More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/driverless-cars-moral-crossroads. Autonomous vehicles are quickly emerging as the next innovation that will change society in radical ways. Champions of this new technology say that driverless cars, which are programed to obey the law and avoid collisions, will be safer than human controlled vehicles. But how do we program these vehicles to a... (@philtalkradio, 2017-Jul-26)
483.	TEASER-Episode 169: Analyzing Hitchcock's "Vertigo" (Part Two) Some audio tidbits to hint at the analytic glories in the second half of our discussion, getting deeper into the psychoanalytic/existential interpretations of the film. Get the discussion at patreon.com/partiallyexaminedlife or with a PEL Citizenship. (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Aug-12)
484.	Enid Blyton—the moral of the story She might not be in vogue these days, but for one Cambridge philosopher Enid Blyton is serious moral business. (@RadioNational, 2017-Jul-09)
485.	Episode 24, The A. C. Grayling Interview (Part I) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Philosopher and master of the New College of the Humanities professor A. C. Grayling is considered by many to be amongst the greatest and most influential philosophers of our time. Professor Grayling has published around 40 books in philosophy, history of ideas, human rights and e... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Aug-13)
486.	Rationally Speaking #189 - Stephan Guyenet on "What causes obesity?" In this episode Julia sits down with neuroscientist and obesity researcher Stephan Guyenet, to talk about what scientists know so far about the causes of obesity, and in particular the brain's role in regulating weight gain. (@Rspodcast, 2017-Jul-23)
487.	An answer for Carlo Rovelli and his quantum question Carlo Rovelli is a physicist in need of a philosopher, and we’ve found one who's happy to help. (@RadioNational, 2017-Jul-02)
488.	The Vim Reads the News- Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “The First White President” The Vim reads the news! This is the first of our episodes dedicated to articles not found on thevimblog.com. Today we discuss Ta-Nehisi Coates’ piece, “The First White President.” We unpack his argument and discuss a few other related issues. For instance, is Trump the natural conclusion of regular GOP politics or is he an aberration? And what about the practical, day to day stuff? If Trump ... (@thevimblog, 2017-Sep-13)
489.	434: Cognitive Bias More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/cognitive-bias. Aristotle thought that rationality was the faculty that distinguished humans from other animals. However, psychological research shows that our judgments are plagued by systematic, irrational, unconscious errors known as ‘cognitive biases.’ In light of this research, can we really be confident in the superiority of human rationa... (@philtalkradio, 2017-Jul-17)
490.	The military, moral injury, and Nancy Sherman This year’s Alan Saunders Memorial Lecturer—Nancy Sherman—has something to say about the military. (@RadioNational, 2017-Jun-25)
491.	PEL Special: Combat & Classics on Rousseau's "Discourse on the Arts and Sciences" A new podcast for the PEL Podcast Network! Meet Jeff, Lise, and Brian, who are joined by Wes and Dylan to discuss Rousseau's claim that the arts and sciences lead to "moral corruption." Get more C&C on the PEL site or at combatandclassics.org. Become a PEL Citizen to attend a C&C online seminar on Nietzsche's ”Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense” on Aug. 14, 8pm EST. Your support for PE... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Aug-07)
492.	On prison sentencing: what matters? A philosopher receives a 12-year jail sentence for having sex with someone who can’t speak. Then things get interesting. Peter Singer and Marcia Baron on suffering as a guide to sentencing. (@RadioNational, 2017-Jun-18)
493.	Episode 24 - David Baker On Episode 24, Nick chats with David Baker, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan, about the importance of having an intellectual peer group across one's life and career, studying philosophy of physics at Princeton, the Many-Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics, his work on supersymmetry, disagreements among philosophers of science concerning metaphys... (@SciPhiPod, 2017-Jul-31)
494.	NEM Ep 51: Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash): The Privilege of a Legacy Britain's Wishbone Ash started in 1969 and has released 25+ albums, with guitarist/singer Andy the sole member left from the original band. We discuss "American Century" from Blue Horizon (2014), "Master of Disguise" from Bare Bones (1999), and "Roads of Day to Day" (1970, released on First Light (2007). End song: “In Crisis” from The Power of Eternity (2007). Intro music: "Blowin' Free" from ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Aug-04)
495.	433: Summer Reading List More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/summer-reading-list-2017. Summer is the perfect time to dig in to deep reading. Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism may be a bit much for the beach, but there are lots of readable classics and new titles that could make your summer reading a transformative experience. • Stanford literature professor Josh Landy on Toni Morrison's... (@philtalkradio, 2017-Jul-05)
496.	Episode 23, John Stuart Mill's Political Philosophy (Part II) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. The following is a quotation from Colin Heydt: Writing of John Stuart Mill a few days after Mill’s death, Henry Sidgwick claimed, “I should say that from about 1860-65 or thereabouts he ruled England in the region of thought as very few men ever did: I do not expect to see any... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Aug-06)
497.	The Politics of Wishful Thinking In this episode, the normalcy bias becomes a normal topic. There are novelties, however. It's the first time we mention crackpots and prophets of doom. Wishful thinking on the Left is also picked apart and we puzzle over the case of the missing tweets. Zach execrates the concepts of optimism and pessimism (just in case anyone doubted he was the scold of the group). Be there or be square. Listen or... (@thevimblog, 2017-Sep-09)
498.	Rationally Speaking #188 - Robert Kurzban on "Being strategically wrong" In this episode, recorded live at the Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism, Julia interviews evolutionary psychologist Rob Kurzban, author of "Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite." (@Rspodcast, 2017-Jul-09)
499.	Episode 169: Analyzing Hitchcock's "Vertigo" (Part One) On the 1958 film and articles including Laura Mulvey's "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" (1975) and Robin Wood's "Vertigo" (1965). What's the nature of love/lust? Are we really just loving an image we've built while remaining fundamentally isolated? And is it just an illusionary social construct that keeps us all from feeling fundamental vertigo? Lacan, existentialism, and more! Part 2 is for... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Jul-31)
500.	432: Habermas and Democracy More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/habermas-and-democracy. Jürgen Habermas is regarded as one of the last great public intellectuals of Europe and a major contributor to the philosophy of democracy. A member of the Frankfurt School, Habermas argues that humans can have rational communication that will lead to the democratization of society and consensus. But should we be so optimis... (@philtalkradio, 2017-Jun-25)
501.	356: Racial Profiling and Implicit Bias More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/racial-profiling-and-implicit-bias. Whether for counterterrorism measures, street level crime, or immigration, racial profiling of minorities occurs frequently. However, racial profiling is illegal under many jurisdictions and many might say ineffective. Is racial profiling ever moral or is it always an unjustified form of racism? Is there any evid... (@philtalkradio, 2017-Jun-19)
502.	NEM Ep 50: Anton Barbeau's Neo-Psychedelic Musings Californian-turned-British singer-songwriter Anton has released over 25 albums since 1993, generally moving from alterna-guitar-pop to colorful-pychedelic, but remaining tuneful. We discuss “High Noon” and (and listen to “Swindon”) from Magic Act (2016), “Dust Beneath My Wings” by Three Minute Tease (2011) and its subsequent incarnations, and the title track from In the Village of the ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Jul-29)
503.	Episode 23 - Heather Douglas On Episode 22, Nick chats with Heather Douglas, the Waterloo Chair in Science and Society at the University of Waterloo, about her early work on Millikan's famous oil drop experiment and how he cheated his graduate student out of a Nobel prize, idiosyncrasies in academic culture, differences in Canadian and US science policy, how democratic societies, scientists, and philosophers of... (@SciPhiPod, 2017-Jul-24)
504.	Rationally Speaking #187 - Jason Weeden on "Do people vote based on self-interest?" This episode features psychologist Jason Weeden, arguing that self-interest is a much bigger determinant of voter behavior than most political scientists think it is. (@Rspodcast, 2017-Jun-26)
505.	Episode 124: Dr. Strawson or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Episodic Life Do you think of your life as a story? Does your life have a narrative structure or form? Do you identify with your past selves and your future selves? If not, can you live a good life, a moral life, an authentic life? Can you feel guilt, regret, and resentment? Plus, speaking of stories, we talk about a new study suggesting that books with anthropomorphic animals can't teach moral lessons to kids.... (@verybadwizards, 2017-Sep-26)
506.	Episode 23, John Stuart Mill's Political Philosophy (Part I) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. The following is a quotation from Colin Heydt: Writing of John Stuart Mill a few days after Mill’s death, Henry Sidgwick claimed, “I should say that from about 1860-65 or thereabouts he ruled England in the region of thought as very few men ever did: I do not expect to see any... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Jul-30)
507.	Episode 168: Darwin's "Origin of Species" (Part Two) More on Darwin's famous book. Why does it matter for philosophy, beyond providing an alternative to intelligent design? Is it really anti-religious? How can well tell if it's really a scientific theory? Talking about a species evolving trait X to enable survival sounds teleological; is it really, and is that bad? Why would the mind develop through natural selection? Continues from part 1, or just ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Jul-24)
508.	NEM Ep 49: Scott McCaughey Minus 5 Plus Young Fresh Fellows Equals Magic Scott established himself fronting Seattle’s Young Fresh Fellows staring in 1981 and then around 1994 joined R.E.M. as a recording/touring member and started The Minus 5 with R.E.M.’s Peter Buck. We discuss The Minus 5’s “In the Ground” from Dungeon Golds (2015), “All the Time” from their Old Liquidator (1995), and “Weymer Never Dies” from their Of Monkees and Men(2016). We concl... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Jul-20)
509.	Episode 168: Darwin's "Origin of Species" (Part One) On Charles Darwin's 1859 book, ch. 1-4, 6, and 14. What are the philosophical ramifications of Darwin's theory of evolution? We go through Darwin's arguments, compare his views to other theories of evolution like Lamarck's, and talk about how an evolutionary way of looking at things has influenced philosophers. Continue with part 2 or get your unbroken, ad-free Citizen Edition now. Please support ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Jul-17)
510.	Episode 22, John Locke's Political Philosophy (Part II) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Born in Somerset, England 1632 and died in Essex, at the age of 72 in 1704, John Locke was among the most famous philosophers and political theorists of the 17th century. Locke's main political work, Two Treatise of Government, was published in anonymously in 1689. The First Treat... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Jul-23)
511.	Why We Cannot See Disaster Coming In this episode, three Vimmers strive to match Keith Olbermann's fever pitch of doom. They sound the alarm of the normalcy bias, a bias holding both Trump yea and naysayers in its thrall. Yes, both the Left and the Right stand accused of ignoring warning signs and 'normalizing' definitely abnormal and potentially dangerous situations. Zach highlights our tendency to rationalize our non-/pre-/irrat... (@thevimblog, 2017-Sep-02)
512.	Jan De Winter, “Interests and Epistemic Integrity in Science” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017) In the 1960’s Thomas Kuhn argued, in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, that scientists’ choices between competing theories could not be determined by the empirical evidence. Ever since, philosophers of science have debated the role of non-epistemic values and… (@NewBooksPhil, 2017-Sep-15)
513.	Episode 100: Agnes Callard discusses aspiration In this episode, Agnes Callard explains why she thinks aspiration is the process of moving from one set of values to a new set of values in the way you live your life. (@ElucidationsPod, 2017-Sep-22)
514.	Episode 167: Hume on Intelligent Design (Part Two) Continuing on David Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (1779), with guest Stephen West. We get further into what’s wrong with the design argument and why Hume thinks that it’s merely a verbal dispute whether we want to say that God designed the orderly universe or just say that the universe is orderly. Also, the problem of evil! Listen to part 1 first, or get the ad-free, unbroken ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Jul-10)
515.	NEM Ep 48: Thalia Zedek's Slow Burn Memory Games Most famous for her 90s New York grunge band Come, Thalia has since 2001 put out six albums and some EPs, with a stripped-down yet not acoustic sound that makes good use of her low, smoky voice and tasteful electric guitar, often accompanied by viola and/or piano with prominent drums. We discuss “Northwest Branch” by The Thalia Zedek Band from Eve (2016); opening music is “Afloat,” also fr... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Jul-09)
516.	Episode 22, John Locke's Political Philosophy (Part I) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Born in Somerset, England 1632 and died in Essex, at the age of 72 in 1704, John Locke was among the most famous philosophers and political theorists of the 17th century. Locke's main political work, Two Treatise of Government, was published in anonymously in 1689. The First Treat... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Jul-16)
517.	Episode 167: Hume on Intelligent Design (Philosophize This! Crossover) (Part One) On David Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (1779). How would a scientifically minded person argue for the existence of God? In Hume’s dialogue, a character named Cleanthes argues from this point of view for God’s existence based on the complexity and order apparent in nature: It looks designed. But how good is that argument, and is it enough to prove an infinite God of the traditi... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Jul-03)
518.	Episode 166: Spinoza on Politics and Religion (Part Two) Concluding on the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus (1670) and Tractatus Politicus (1677). What's the relationship between ethics, reason, and revelation? What could "faith" possibly mean to a hard-core rationalist like Spinoza? Is it possible to buy into the non-denominational "true religion" without believing any of the dogmas of traditional religion at all? And what kinds of limits on free speech ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Jun-26)
519.	Episode 21, Thomas Hobbes's Political Philosophy (Part II) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Few political thinkers can be considered as influential as Thomas Hobbes. Published in 1651, Hobbes’s most famous work, the Leviathan (or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil), argues that to leave a hypothetical state of nature, we must sign ... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Jul-09)
520.	Episode 166: Spinoza on Politics and Religion (Part One) On Benedict de Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-Politicus (1670), ch. 12-20 and the Tractatus Politicus (1677). What’s the relationship between ethics and political power? Given that religious factions tend to create strife, what’s the optimal role of the government in mitigating that damage? Is theocracy in any way a good idea? Don’t wait for the rest of the discussion! Get the ad-free, unb... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Jun-19)
521.	NEM Ep 47: Jason Falkner: Mid-Fi One-Man Moments After stints with The Three O'Clock and Jellyfish, Jason co-fronted The Grays and then worked solo, also playing with Beck, Aimee Mann, Paul McCartney, etc. and acting as one-man-backing-band/producer for other artists. Songs: "Sincero Amore" and (ending with) "Horror Show" from Make It Be (2017) with R. Stevie Moore, "The Lie in Me" from All Quiet on the Noise Floor (2009), and "Both Belong," by ... (@PartiallyExLife, 2017-Jun-19)
522.	Episode 21, Thomas Hobbes's Political Philosophy (Part I) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Few political thinkers can be considered as influential as Thomas Hobbes. Published in 1651, Hobbes’s most famous work, the Leviathan (or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil), argues that to leave a hypothetical state of nature, we must sign ... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Jul-02)
523.	Episode 20, Plato's Political Philosophy (Part II) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. This episode benchmarks the beginning of our mini-series on political philosophy. Plato provides a strong critique of democracy through his formulation of a utopian city-state. By attempting to find justice in the city, Plato prompts us to question whether or not democracy can pro... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Jun-25)
524.	Episode 20, Plato's Political Philosophy (Part I) Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. This episode benchmarks the beginning of our mini-series on political philosophy. Plato provides a strong critique of democracy through his formulation of a utopian city-state. By attempting to find justice in the city, Plato prompts us to question whether or not democracy can pro... (@ThePanpsycast, 2017-Jun-18)
525.	Male Circumcision Should we ban male circumcision? (@DavidEdmonds100, 2017-Sep-11)
526.	Episode 123: What Chilling Effect? (Intelligence Pt. 2) It’s Part 2 of the Patreon listener selected episode! David and Tamler continue their discussion on intelligence from our last episode by tackling the radioactive topic of group differences and IQ. Are there reliable differences in IQ across races? Given that IQ is strongly heritable, and that racial categories are based (in part) on biological differences, does it follow that group differences ... (@verybadwizards, 2017-Sep-12)
527.	Episode #110 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 3 - The Culture Industry Today we talk about an important chapter from The Dialectic of Enlightenment entitled The Culture Industry. (@iamstephenwest, 2017-Sep-07)
528.	Episode 028: David Livingstone Smith on Dehumanization Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher David Livingstone Smith about dehumanization, it’s history, the role of race in dehumanizing practices, how monsters are made, and more. (@myishacherry, 2017-Aug-31)
529.	Episode 028: David Livingstone Smith on Dehumanization Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher David Livingstone Smith about dehumanization, it’s history, the role of race in dehumanizing practices, how monsters are made, and more. (@myishacherry, 2017-Aug-31)
530.	The Morality of "Economic Anxiety" In the crescendoing finale of a three-part series on "economy anxiety", Zach argues that pleading economic anxiety is akin to "slapping you and then telling you that you should empathize with my choice to slap you." It's moral harm 'justifying' moral harm. Not uncontroversial stuff. Read the article this episode is based on: https://thevimblog.com/2017/03/31/my-myth-of-economic-anxiety/ ... (@thevimblog, 2017-Jul-29)
531.	Episode 122: Nothing but a "G" Thing (Intelligence Pt. 1) David and Tamler do their best to talk frankly about intelligence and IQ research. (It's our Patreon listener-selected topic! We probably would never have chosen this one on our own...). Is intelligence a meaningful, definable concept? Can we reliably test for it? How much of the variability in IQ across individuals is due to heritable factors? Are people with higher IQ happier, wealthier, or heal... (@verybadwizards, 2017-Aug-29)
532.	The Origins of "Economic Anxiety" Origins stories are in vogue. Economic Anxiety needs its origin story. Where does it come from? What's its appeal? What's its basis? Spoiler: it's probably not reality. Justin and Zach explore the aspects of economic anxiety that made this Manichean meme into the punditocracy's go-to explanation of the 2016 election. Read the article this episode is based on: https://thevimblog.com/2017... (@thevimblog, 2017-Jul-23)
533.	Episode #109 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 2 - The Enlightenment Today we talk about the Frankfurt School critique of enlightenment style thinking and Herbert Marcuse's book One Dimensional Man. (@iamstephenwest, 2017-Aug-26)
534.	Kristina Musholt, “Thinking About Oneself: From Nonconceptual Content to the Concept of a Self” (MIT Press, 2015) When Descartes famously concluded “I think, therefore I am”, he took for granted his ability to use the first person pronoun to refer to himself. But how do we come to have this capacity for self-conscious thought? We aren’t born… (@NewBooksPhil, 2017-Aug-15)
535.	The Myth of "Economic Anxiety" Economic Anxiety? Economic Anxiety. Economic Anxiety! The meme-cum-trope came hard and took op-ed columns by storm in 2016. Two Vimmers open up a three-part series in which they peel back the layers of this specious analysis. In this first episode, they discuss Zach's thesis that economic anxiety is a mere front-cum-pretext for something nefarious. Tune in to find out... Read the article this... (@thevimblog, 2017-Jul-17)
536.	Do victims have obligations too? Are you a victim of crime? What are YOUR obligations? (@DavidEdmonds100, 2017-Aug-13)
537.	Episode #108 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 1 - Introduction Today we talk about The Frankfurt School. (@iamstephenwest, 2017-Aug-17)
538.	Episode 121: The Beauty of Illusion - David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive" Guest Yoel Inbar joins David and Tamler to break down David Lynch’s dreamy masterpiece Mulholland Drive. (FULL SPOILERS – watch before you listen!) What’s real and what’s illusion? What happens when our illusions unravel? How do expectations affect our experience? How can artists use our expectations to manipulate our emotions? Come for the questions, stay for the answers – or at least ... (@verybadwizards, 2017-Aug-15)
539.	Alejandra Mancilla, “The Right of Necessity: Moral Cosmopolitanism and Global Poverty” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2016) We are accustomed to the thought that individuals facing dire circumstances may rightfully take use of others’ property in order to save their own lives. For example, one thinks it obvious that in order to avoid freezing to death, a… (@NewBooksPhil, 2017-Aug-01)
540.	Episode 99: Steven Nadler discusses Spinoza on freedom In this episode, Steven Nadler discusses Benedict de Spinoza's unique reason-centric conception of what it is to live a good life and be free. (@ElucidationsPod, 2017-Aug-13)
541.	Gualtiero Piccinini, “Physical Computation: A Mechanistic Account” (Oxford UP, 2016) A popular way of thinking about the mind and its relation to physical stuff is in terms of computation. This general information-processing approach to solving the mind-body problem admits of a number of different, often incompatible, elaborations. In Physical Computation: … (@NewBooksPhil, 2017-Jul-15)
542.	Episode #107 ... Simone De Beauvoir pt .3 - Responsibility Today we talk about part three of Simone De Beauvoir's work The Ethics of Ambiguity. (@iamstephenwest, 2017-Jul-29)
543.	Justin Snedegar, “Contrastive Reasons” (Oxford UP, 2017) When we are thinking about what we ought to do, we are nearly always deciding among options. And we often talk in ways that reflect this; statement about what one ought to do are frequently explicitly statements that identify some… (@NewBooksPhil, 2017-Jul-01)
544.	Episode 120: Clap Your Hand for Robert Wright Special guest Robert Wright joins the podcast to discuss his latest book "Why Buddhism is True." What is the Buddhist conception of not-self? When we become aware that the boundaries between us and the world are fluid, what is the “we” that arrives at this insight? Can daily meditation make you less of a dick? How does evolutionary psychology bear on these questions? Plus, Dave horrifies Ta... (@verybadwizards, 2017-Jul-25)
545.	Profiling Profiling is commonplace? But is it ethical? (@DavidEdmonds100, 2017-Jul-10)
546.	Episode #106 ... Simone De Beauvoir pt. 2 - The Ethics of Ambiguity Today we talk about the first half of The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone De Beauvoir. (@iamstephenwest, 2017-Jul-19)
547.	Episode 98: Jennifer Lackey discusses credibility In this episode, Jennifer Lackey discusses both how you can get things factually wrong and do something morally wrong by trusting people more than they deserve to be trusted. (@ElucidationsPod, 2017-Jul-17)
548.	Episode 119: A Brief History of Values What happens when we discover why we believe the things we believe? What if we discover that our values are the product of our cultural tradition, or personal experience, or natural selection? Should we be more skeptical of our values once we learn their history? Plus, data on Google porn searches reveal that you're all a bunch of sick fucks. (@verybadwizards, 2017-Jul-12)
549.	Who can join the political community? Not everyone has access to the same rights in a democratic country. Are our ideas of political membership changing in a globalised world? With Seyla Benhabib. (@DavidEdmonds100, 2017-Jun-19)
550.	Episode #105 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 6 - The Self Today a cloudy, muddled brain weary from fighting off sickness talks about Sartre's view on the self. Thank you for your patience. (@iamstephenwest, 2017-Jul-09)
551.	Episode 118: We Don't Love Them Hoax David and Tamler try to put the topic of campus politics to bed once and for all – with limited success. First, we get into a big fight about the prevalence and danger of political correctness in American universities. We junked that recording, and tried to distill our best points into a new one. (Trust us – it was for the best.) We also narrow down all the topic recommendations from our belov... (@verybadwizards, 2017-Jun-28)

Questions in Podcast Episode Descriptions

Is it idolatry to venerate an icon of a saint, or of Christ?
But what if care were thought of as the bedrock of morality?
... While we know that more care work is performed by women, would a care-based approach to ethics be feminist, or merely feminine?
What is the role of the university in our democracy?
When it comes to moral values though, diverse perspectives can make us uncomfortable—so how do we manage it, and how can we do better?
- What should we make of the difference between 'immoral' and 'illegal'?
... - What does it mean to live in a secular democracy?
Do the cuneiform writings of Babylonian culture show that it had its own philosophy?
What does it mean to say that we grasp the world through a conceptual scheme?
... Are schemes different between cultures or even individuals, such that we can't really understand each other?
What is implicit bias anyway?
... Does it have to be linked to behavior in order to truly count as a "bias"?
... Has the IAT been overhyped as a reflection of individual or group prejudice?
... And why is the debate on this topic so depressing?
The primitivist ideal exerts a seductive pull in tech-obsessed contemporary western society, but is the ideal based on a highly questionable set of philosophical assumptions?
How can we best help other people?
Can a work be both allegorical and yet have fully fleshed out characters and the other elements that make a film feel real?
What is it?
... What should it be?
... And what should we make of the attitude many ‘private’ philosophers take towards it?
Is the world in a better state than it seems?
... If so, why does it feel so bad?
Might philosophy be as old as humankind as we know it?
What could it mean to say that a text, once written, speaks itself?
Are African Americans owed reparations for the enslavement of their ancestors?
Given this, can there ever be humility when it comes to religious faith?
How much would you pay for porn?
... Should we be stereotyping zoophiles?
Kant famously asked the question, how is knowledge possible?
Given the value of journalism and news media to our lives and our society, is there an ethical obligation that falls on us to support them in return?
Is personhood located in a community?
... A culture?
... A race?
... Or is it something singular and immanent, located somewhere in the deepest recesses of the individual?
But should we really be happy to hear that news?
... What are the philosophical implications of the possibility of extraterrestrial life?
Is Lysistrata's victory properly described as the ascension of some kind of "feminine spirit" over warlike values, and how does that actually relate to women's struggles now to attain positions of power?
Why have we rejected honor in favor of dignity?
... What are the costs and benefits of doing that?
... How do people "find themselves" in an industrialized anonymous society?
What does it mean when beauty moves from aesthetic choice to ethical ideal?
Do states have a moral right to exclude people from their territory?
How does this colour our notion of what constitutes a 'desirable' or 'undesirable' human subject?
Are these questions as relevant now as they were 200 years ago?
... What insights, if any, should today’s technologists and disrupters glean from Shelley's story?
When relationships go bad is it better to believe they never happened?
... What is the nature of memory, how is it constructed, and is it possible to zap them out existence with an Apple IIe?
How might the same sentence or idea be used in different speech acts, some of which might be legitimately censured but others not?
How do we tell what the best strategies for changing our beliefs on the basis of new evidence might be?
So why study philosophy?
... And could a good dose of scientific method help to solve the problem—if indeed there is one?
Do you ever get the feeling that life is meaningless?
What's your favorite movie?
... Did you watch that season finale last night?
... But what if pop culture was actually more pernicious than we ordinarily think?
... Could it be systematically deceiving us—eroding our ability to think for ourselves and fight for change?
What are the legitimate limits on free speech?
Why are we always attracted to people who mock us, resist our advances, and play hard to get?
Children are natural philosophers—so why don’t we routinely teach them how to do philosophy?
Will technology, and our tech leaders, bring about utopia?
... Or are their promises just another marketing gimmick?
... Can we trust the richest of the rich to look out for the rest of us?
What's the relationship between language and the world?
How do I know I'm not dreaming?
Did Indian ideas play a role in shaping ancient Greek philosophy?
What does this mean?
... Should we evaluate our governmental, and personal, budgets ethically?
... Does the way we spend money reveal our true ethical commitments?
Why are we so bad at predicting what will make us happy?
The universe has been around for billions of years, so why haven't we seen any signs of alien civilizations?
What's it like when someone with superpowers begins to age?
... What does it say about our own views on aging and mortality?
Does this story of "heroes" have anything to teach us about ethics?
But what exactly is misogyny?
... And how does it differ from sexism?
... What set of beliefs or attitudes makes someone a misogynist?
can you push an otherwise normal person to the point of killing someone?
Why not just be a skeptic?
... Is Pascal right that people suck?
We talk about one of the most famous critiques of utilitarian theories from Bernard Williams. Does utilitarianism annihilate our integrity--our unity--as people?
What is a robustly demanding good, and what has that got to do with friendship and love?
It might affect how the child grows up, but how to work that out?
But what is anti-intellectualism?
... Why is it brought up so often?
... Why is it as prevalent as it is?
Is it rational to have religious faith?
Is it rational to believe in our friend of the forest?
Why did James Baldwin, a prominent Civil Rights-era intellectual and novelist, believe that telling the truth about ourselves is not only difficult but can also be dangerous?
What about the real-life choices you actually have to make every day?
... How bad is it to steal from the self check-out line?
... Can you lie to kids to make them behave?
... What about googling someone before a first date?
Has the outrage changed now that we express so much of it online?
Should you have kids?
If we disapprove of certain behaviors, when is it okay to prohibit them legally?
... What about just shaming people?
... But what constitutes "harm"?
... And how can we discourage someone from, e.g., just being drunk all the time?
But what is involved in knowing a person?
To what extent has our podcast changed in reaction to current politics?
How much should tech companies be actively moderating their users' speech?
How do people rationalize this?
... What can we apply from this to ourselves?
... Also, how was genocide a new type of crime, and what's the best rationale for punishing it?
Why are there so many books, apps, and systems devoted to self-optimization?
... Are they helping us improvement where it matters?
... If we're getting better, why does it feel so bad?
Is being dead a bad thing?
... If so, what makes it bad?
... How can anything be bad for a subject that no longer exists?
... We didn't have a problem with oblivion for the thirteen billion years before we were born, why fear it now?
... Why is it so infuriating in some works but not others?
Are we still morally culpable if our entire society is corrupt?
But what exactly is retirement and why do we retire?
... Does retirement always mean an end to work, or can it sometimes just mean a shift to a different kind of work?
what's so creepy about pick up artistry?
... Can an AI be a person?
... Can you enslave yourself?
... Would it be ethical to "block" someone in real life like we do on social media?
What's the best way to build self-control, patience, productivity, and delayed marshmallow eating?
What ideas and events took shape over the past twelve months that challenged our assumptions and made us think about things in new ways?
Are human beings fundamentally different from the rest of the animal world?
... Can what we essentially are be captured in a biological or evolutionary description?
Can robots fall in love?
would you accept a duel on the moon?
must we avenge the ones we love?
... Does pursuing vengeance make your a life a blue ruin?
... Is violence outside of self-defense ever justified?
Next we talk about "Black Museum" - could it be the final episode of Black Mirror?
... Should it be?
Can we talk about the mind in a way that is both scientific and also does justice to our everyday experiences?
How can we learn from failure?
Why does apparently trivial ritual play such an important part in some ancient Chinese philosophy?
what does philosophical education for children look like?
... How does it change students?
... What would a world be like where everyone was a little more philosophical?
Is there any ground from which we could judge life as a whole to be good or bad?
... more about saying "yes" to life or saying "no" to all the numerous things that piss him off?
Case closed?
But what is it really about?
... Is it a sense of our mortality, the fear of not achieving what we hoped to, or the sinking feeling that we’ve been spending our whole adult lives chasing our tails?
The medievals were too firm in their beliefs to entertain skeptical worries, right?
Would we actually like him?
how does our relationship to art change when we know its creator did bad things?
... Are we allowed to enjoy the works?
... Are we allowed to purchase them?
a case of the irrelevant versus the impractical?
Is it really the case that we dehumanize in order to harm others?
... Or does most violence actually require us to view others as fundamentally human, agentic, and capable of true suffering?
Does the Jain theory of seven predications (saptabhaṇgī) land them in self-contradiction, or help them to avoid it?
Should we sacrifice ourselves to the machine of the economy?
... How does Smith's idea of virtue and talk of the "impartial spectator" line up with economic growth?
Then who was it?
What makes Taylor Swift so interesting?
... Is she, actually, interesting?
... How does she relate to Guy Fieri, America, and...ourselves?
lists of symptoms. Who creates these lists, and based on what criteria?
What is it to be moral, to lead an ethically good life?
Is the economy more like a machine or a garden or what?
Why do some animals behave in altruistic ways?
Or are they?
Is Guy Fieri authentic?
... Is authenticity admirable, even if someone is authentically unappealing?
... What does Guy Fieri’s character and celebrity say about America?
wait what?
... You want me to take that pill?
Is it just a coincidence that the five-hundredth anniversary of the Reformation falls on the same year that Britain is trying to 'Brexit'?
But what makes something trash to begin with?
What’s the philosophical significance of Mean Girls?
... How can gossip change a culture?
How is knowledge different from lucky guessing?
... Can knowledge be innate?
So where does that leave some humans we know?
Do you want the WHOLE discussion on the new Blade Runner 2049, the original 1982 film, and the idea packed Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
... Dick?
Do difficult situations make good people act badly?
... Are there really "good" and "bad" people, or are we all about the same, but put in different situations?
Who is Hannah Arendt and why should we care?
... How would Arendt feel about being the subject of partisan think pieces?
... Should we read her work—the Origins of Totalitarianism or Eichmann in Jerusalem—to get a better handle on the age of Trump?
Is gossip good after all?
... What does gossip get for us and what's the moral cost?
Would you trust a killer robot more than a banker?
How should we address our fragmented moral landscape, with multiple sources of value that can't be reduced or systematically ordered?
... Does this make all of our moral decisions arbitrary?
Is it always better to be just than unjust?
Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
... What makes us human?
We’re told it’s a post-truth world—so what’s left of the philosophy of knowledge?
What counts as good evidence for ghosts?
... Is it a matter of faith?
... How do we approach the uncertain?
How will this augmented connectivity affect the way we live?
Who am I?
What is Hannity's style?
... Does he present arguments, or is it all on-screen graphics, rapid-fire non-sequiturs and facial expressions?
How does the division of labor and our instinct to exchange lead to the growth of wealth?
... Is the economy sufficiently machine-like to enable us to manipulate its output, or at least to tell us how not to screw it up?
Do ghosts exist?
... Should a person believe in them?
Is political compromise different from other kinds of compromise?
... When values and ethics are involved, is any compromise morally permissible?
... Is centrism pragmatic or lacking in principles?
Why do we blame drunk drivers who hit someone more than drunk drivers who make it home OK?
... Why do we judge people for things that are beyond their control (when we have strong intuitions that uncontrollable acts don't deserve blame)?
... Does moral luck ultimately swallow all of our behavior?
is there such a thing as an immoral fantasy?
Should we view this inevitability with hope or with despair?
What is wisdom?
But is it the real thing?
But what about "legitimate" news, one might still ask?
... Well, do you want the "liberal truth" or the "conservative truth"?
... Just stick to the facts?
... What if my "facts" differ from yours?
... Listen to science?
The focus is "theory of mind"; how do we develop the ability to impute thoughts and intentions to others?
... What in our upbringing can interfere with this development?
But is it philosophy?
Is life meaningless?
... Are humans just glorified dung beetles, pushing around our piles of poop with no greater purpose?
... What would it take for life to actually be meaningful?
How are guns different from the death app, OK Reaper?
Confused about time?
What are the ethical implications, and do we really need meditation to achieve its alleged ethical benefits?
The rituals of remembrance can be powerful and moving, but what moral lesson lies beneath?
But is it the wrong end of the stick?
But what if our physical laws changed?
... Could that even be possible?
Can discrimination be subtle and indirect, as in Aesop's fable of the fox and the stork?
What do we mean when we say someone is angry?
... Can we identify anger (or any other emotion) via facial expressions, physiological changes, or neural markers?
... Is anger simply a feeling, something that happens to us, or does it involve a judgment?
... How much control do we have over our emotions, and can we be responsible for them?
Should we make Nazi analogies?
... If so, when should we make Nazi analogies?
Do we buy Debord's critique?
... no revolution) just more spectacle?
... Is technology inherently dehumanizing?
... Don't these passivity/anti-technology arguments even apply to books?
... Could Debord's model of authenticity catch on in society as a whole?
But what is it exactly?
What is culture?
For instance, is Trump the natural conclusion of regular GOP politics or is he an aberration?
... And what about the practical, day to day stuff?
What's the nature of love/lust?
... Are we really just loving an image we've built while remaining fundamentally isolated?
... And is it just an illusionary social construct that keeps us all from feeling fundamental vertigo?
Is racial profiling ever moral or is it always an unjustified form of racism?
Do you think of your life as a story?
... Does your life have a narrative structure or form?
... Do you identify with your past selves and your future selves?
... If not, can you live a good life, a moral life, an authentic life?
... Can you feel guilt, regret, and resentment?
Why does it matter for philosophy, beyond providing an alternative to intelligent design?
... Is it really anti-religious?
... How can well tell if it's really a scientific theory?
... Talking about a species evolving trait X to enable survival sounds teleological; is it really, and is that bad?
... Why would the mind develop through natural selection?
What are the philosophical ramifications of Darwin's theory of evolution?
How would a scientifically minded person argue for the existence of God?
What's the relationship between ethics, reason, and revelation?
... What could "faith" possibly mean to a hard-core rationalist like Spinoza?
... Is it possible to buy into the non-denominational "true religion" without believing any of the dogmas of traditional religion at all?
What’s the relationship between ethics and political power?
... Given that religious factions tend to create strife, what’s the optimal role of the government in mitigating that damage?
... Is theocracy in any way a good idea?
Should we ban male circumcision?
Are there reliable differences in IQ across races?
Is intelligence a meaningful, definable concept?
... Can we reliably test for it?
... How much of the variability in IQ across individuals is due to heritable factors?
Where does it come from?
... What's its appeal?
... What's its basis?
But how do we come to have this capacity for self-conscious thought?
Economic Anxiety?
Are you a victim of crime?
... What are YOUR obligations?
What’s real and what’s illusion?
... What happens when our illusions unravel?
... How do expectations affect our experience?
... How can artists use our expectations to manipulate our emotions?
What is the Buddhist conception of not-self?
... When we become aware that the boundaries between us and the world are fluid, what is the “we” that arrives at this insight?
... Can daily meditation make you less of a dick?
... How does evolutionary psychology bear on these questions?
Profiling is commonplace?
... But is it ethical?
What happens when we discover why we believe the things we believe?
... What if we discover that our values are the product of our cultural tradition, or personal experience, or natural selection?
... Should we be more skeptical of our values once we learn their history?
Are our ideas of political membership changing in a globalised world?