Description (podcaster-provided):
A podcast dedicated to promoting philosophical education and deep reflection. We invite philosophers from around the globe to discuss philosophy in the context of contemporary injustices – all at an easy-to-understand and digestible level. New episodes weekly on Friday.
Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Contemporary applied philosophy • Democracy and electoral reform • Social epistemology: ignorance, trust, misinformation • AI ethics, racist AI, consciousness • Cognitive science: computation, number sense • Race, feminism, trans ontology • Bioethics, healthcare justice, animal ethics • Law, evidence, moral doubt • Emotions, depression, psychotherapy • Philosophy education and outreach
This podcast offers accessible conversations with philosophers about major questions in philosophy and how those questions connect to contemporary social and political life. Across episodes, guests explain ideas from ethics, political philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind, often using present-day controversies and institutional practices as the setting for discussion.
A recurring theme is how knowledge, belief, and information shape public life. The show frequently examines misinformation, trust, evidence, and the social conditions that influence what people come to believe, including the ethical dimensions of social epistemology and the role of race, power, and marginalization in information flow. Related discussions consider technology’s impact on knowledge and society, including artificial intelligence, algorithmic bias, and the ethics of computer science.
Another central focus is justice and applied ethics. Topics include democratic reform and representation, legal standards such as burdens of proof and moral doubt, healthcare justice and medical decision-making, and contested moral issues involving abortion, animal ethics, and autonomy in bioethics. Several conversations connect normative theories (such as virtue ethics) to practical problems, highlighting limits, tradeoffs, and real-world consequences.
The podcast also spends substantial time on philosophy of mind and cognitive science, exploring consciousness, subjective experience, time perception, animal consciousness, computation, and non-linguistic cognition like numerical “number sense,” alongside questions about the possibility of artificial consciousness and artificial general intelligence.
Education and outreach appear throughout as well, with attention to teaching philosophy to young people, using debate as a tool for philosophical training, and expanding philosophical engagement beyond traditional academic spaces.
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Episodes:
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How to Fix a Democracy: Making Margins Matter with Professor Daniel Wodak
2023-Mar-27
54 minutes
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Ethics in Social Epistemology: “Insidious Ignorance” with Professor Bailey Thomas
2023-Mar-17
52 minutes
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Fake News and Misinformation with Professor Eliot Michaelson
2023-Mar-10
55 minutes
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The Necessity of Philosophy for the Youth: PLATO with Professor Jana Mohr Lone
2023-Mar-04
43 minutes
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Consciousness: Experience and Time with Professor Geoffrey Lee
2023-Feb-24
51 minutes
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The Non-Linguistic Mind: the Approximate Number System with Dr. Sam Clarke
2023-Feb-17
47 minutes
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Computation and the Philosophy of Cognitive Science with Dr. Andrew Richmond
2023-Feb-10
45 minutes
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Cognition and Social Philosophy: Resistant Social Beliefs with Dr. Carolina Flores
2023-Feb-05
45 minutes
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Race and Epistemology: Information Flow and Racist AI? with Dr. Eric Bayruns García
2023-Jan-27
52 minutes
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Legal Philosophy and "Reasonable Moral Doubt" with Professor Emad Atiq
2022-Nov-07
48 minutes
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Justice in Health and Philosophy at Northwestern with Professor Chad Horne
2022-Oct-03
46 minutes
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Animal Rights and Ethics with Professor Jeff Sebo
2022-Sep-28
48 minutes
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Group Formation and Social Ontology with Professor Katherine Ritchie
2022-Sep-20
46 minutes
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Idealism: Consciousness and Ethics with Professor Robert Smithson
2022-Sep-12
48 minutes
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Virtue Ethics and its Limits with Professor Travis Timmerman
2022-Sep-06
46 minutes
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Bioethics and Autonomy with Professor Samuel Reis-Dennis
2022-Aug-29
50 minutes
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Metaphysics and Identity with Professor Erica Shumener
2022-Aug-22
47 minutes
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Social Indeterminacy and Ontological Erasure with Professor Kevin Richardson
2022-Aug-15
50 minutes
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Aristotelian Education and Ethics in Computer Science with Dr. William Cochran
2022-Aug-08
46 minutes
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Moral Philosophy and Ethics with Professor Vida Yao
2022-Aug-01
49 minutes
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Education, Trust, and the Ethics of Computer Science with Dr. Trystan Goetze
2022-Jul-25
49 minutes
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Metaphysics, Chances, Time Travel, and Philosophy Education with Professor Katie Elliott
2022-Jul-18
48 minutes
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Feminist Philosophy and Ethics in Society with Dr. Sophia Dandelet
2022-Jul-11
54 minutes
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The Philosophy and Politics of Race and Reparations with Professor Joseph Frigault
2022-Jul-09
55 minutes
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W. E. B. Du Bois and the Philosophy of Critical Theory with Dr. Yarran Hominh
2022-Jun-27
47 minutes
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The Philosophy of Emotions and Anxiety with Professor Charlie Kurth
2022-Jun-20
52 minutes
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The Philosophy and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence with Dr. Raphaël Millière
2022-Jun-13
54 minutes
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Roe v. Wade and the Philosophy of Abortions with Dr. Dustin Crummett
2022-Jun-06
52 minutes
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Law, Legal Epistemology, and Legal Burdens of Proof with Professor Georgi Gardiner
2022-May-30
61 minutes
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Competitive Debate, Thought, and Surety with Dr. Ben Holguín
2022-May-23
61 minutes
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Animal Consciousness and Prison Philosophy Outreach with Dr. Simon Brown
2022-May-16
63 minutes
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Epistemology: Belief, Credence, and Evidence with Dr. Liz Jackson
2022-May-09
69 minutes
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The Philosophy of Depression with Dr. Ian Tully
2022-May-02
65 minutes
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The Philosophy and Power of Transformative Experiences with Dr. Rebecca Chan
2022-Apr-25
43 minutes
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Consciousness, Artificial Consciousness, and Artificial General Intelligence with Dr. Anand Vaidya
2022-Apr-19
56 minutes
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Narcissism, Comedy, and Psychotherapy with Eva Virc
2022-Apr-11
52 minutes
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