Episode #142 ... Richard Rorty
15 Apr 2020
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Today we begin our discussion of the work of Richard Rorty. Thank you so much for listening! Could...
Episode #141 ... Isaiah Berlin pt. 2 - Pluralism and Culture
28 Mar 2020
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Today we continue talking about the work of Isaiah Berlin. Thank you so much for listening! Could ...
Episode #140 ... Isaiah Berlin pt. 1 - Pluralism
11 Mar 2020
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Today we begin discussing the work of Isaiah Berlin. Thank you so much for listening! Could never ...
Episode #139 ... Friedrich Von Hayek - The Road to Serfdom
12 Feb 2020
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Today we begin our discussion of the work of Friedrich Hayek. Thank you so much for listening! Cou...
Episode #138 ... Robert Nozick - The Minimal State
21 Jan 2020
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Today we begin our discussion of the work of Robert Nozick. Thank you so much for listening! Could...
Episode #137 ... John Rawls - A Theory of Justice
30 Dec 2019
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Today we discuss the work of John Rawls. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this with...
Episode #136 ... Hannah Arendt - The Banality of Evil
31 Oct 2019
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Today we discuss the work of Hannah Arendt. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this w...
Episode 135 ... Leo Strauss - Ancients vs. Moderns
08 Oct 2019
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Today we talk about the work of Leo Strauss. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this ...
Episode #134 ... Consequences of Reason
07 Aug 2019
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Today we talk about the growing dissatisfaction with Enlightenment Reason during the early 20th cent...
Episode #133 ... Carl Schmitt on Liberalism pt. 2
01 Jul 2019
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Today we continue our discussion of the work of Carl Schmitt. Thank you so much for listening! Cou...
Episode #132 ... Carl Schmitt on Liberalism pt. 1
01 Jul 2019
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Today we begin our discussion on the work of Carl Schmitt. Thank you so much for listening! Could ...
Episode #131 ... Gramsci - Cultural Hegemony
22 May 2019
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Today we discuss the work of Antonio Gramsci. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this...
Episode #130 ... Dewey and Lippman on Democracy
30 Apr 2019
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Today we talk about a famous debate from the early 20th century. Thank you so much for listening! ...
Episode #129 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 5 - Difference
16 Mar 2019
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Today we continue our discussion on the work of Deleuze. Thank you so much for listening! Could ne...
Episode #128 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 4 - Flows
16 Mar 2019
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Today we continue our discussion on the work of Deleuze. Thank you so much for listening! Could ne...
Episode #127 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 3 - Anti-Oedipus
07 Feb 2019
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Today we continue our discussion on the work of Gilles Deleuze. Thank you so much for listening! C...
Episode #126 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 2 - Immanence
22 Dec 2018
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Today we continue our discussion on the work of Deleuze. Thank you so much for listening! Could ne...
Episode #125 ... Gilles Deleuze pt. 1 - What is Philosophy?
08 Dec 2018
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Today we begin our discussion on Gilles Deleuze with a special thanks to Felix Guatarri. Thank you...
Episode #124 ... Simulacra and Simulation
25 Oct 2018
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Today we begin our discussion of Jean Baudrillard's book Simulacra and Simulation. Thank you so much...
Episode #123 ... Michel Foucault pt. 3 - Power
24 Sep 2018
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Today we talk about the work of Michel Foucault. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do t...
Episode #122 ... Michel Foucault pt. 2 - The Order of Things
24 Sep 2018
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Today we talk about the work of Michel Foucault. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do t...
Episode #121 ... Michel Foucault pt. 1
15 Aug 2018
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Today we begin talking about the work of Michel Foucault. Thank you so much for listening! Could n...
Episode #120 ... Logical Positivism
27 Jul 2018
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Today we talk about Logical Positivism. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this witho...
Episode #119 ... Derrida and Words
25 Jun 2018
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Today we begin our discussion on the work of Jacques Derrida. Thank you so much for listening! Cou...
Episode #118 ... A Basic Look At Postmodernism
21 May 2018
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Today we begin a lengthy conversation on the critiques of Postmodernism. Thank you so much for lis...
Episode #117 ... Structuralism and Mythology pt. 2
18 Mar 2018
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Today we continue to talk about the projects of Structuralism. Thank you so much for listening! Co...
Episode #116 ... Structuralism and Mythology pt. 1
18 Mar 2018
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Today we begin talking about the initial projects of Structuralism. Thank you so much for listenin...
Episode #115 ... Structuralism and Context
28 Jan 2018
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Today we talk about the origins of Structuralism. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do th...
Episode #114 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 7 - The Great Refusal
23 Dec 2017
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Today we talk about Herbert Marcuse's concepts of The Great Refusal and The New Sensibility. Thank...
Episode #113 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 6 - Art As A Tool For Liberation
02 Dec 2017
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Today we talk about the revolutionary potential of Art through the eyes of Herbert Marcuse. Thank yo...
Episode #112 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 5 - Civilization
06 Nov 2017
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Today we continue our discussion of Marcuse's work Eros and Civilization. Thank you so much for li...
Episode #111 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 4 - Eros
20 Oct 2017
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Today we talk about Freud's views on civilization and the first half of Marcuse's response to them. ...
Episode #110 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 3 - The Culture Industry
07 Sep 2017
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Today we talk about an important chapter from The Dialectic of Enlightenment entitled The Culture In...
Episode #109 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 2 - The Enlightenment
26 Aug 2017
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Today we talk about the Frankfurt School critique of enlightenment style thinking and Herbert Marcus...
Episode #108 ... The Frankfurt School pt. 1 - Introduction
17 Aug 2017
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Today we talk about The Frankfurt School. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this wit...
Episode #107 ... Simone De Beauvoir pt .3 - Responsibility
29 Jul 2017
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Today we talk about part three of Simone De Beauvoir's work The Ethics of Ambiguity. Thank you so ...
Episode #106 ... Simone De Beauvoir pt. 2 - The Ethics of Ambiguity
19 Jul 2017
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Today we talk about the first half of The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone De Beauvoir. Thank you so ...
Episode #105 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 6 - The Self
09 Jul 2017
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Today a cloudy, muddled brain weary from fighting off sickness talks about Sartre's view on the self...
Episode #104 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 5 - Consciousness is Freedom
01 Jun 2017
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Today we talk about Sartre's view of consciousness and the notion of radical freedom. Thank you so...
Episode #103 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 4 - The Quest For Certainty
24 May 2017
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Today we tell a story from the history of philosophy in an attempt to prepare us for understanding t...
Episode #102 ... Heidegger pt. 3 - Authenticity
12 May 2017
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Today we talk about Martin Heidegger and his concept of Authenticity. Thank you so much for listen...
Episode #101 ... Heidegger pt. 2 - Science and Technology
30 Apr 2017
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Today we discuss Martin Heidegger and his views on Modern Technology. Thank you so much for listen...
Episode #100 ... Heidegger pt. 1 - Phenomenology and Dasein
14 Apr 2017
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Today we begin our discussion of the philosophy of Martin Heidegger by looking at his roots in Pheno...
Episode #099 ... Schopenhauer pt. 2 - Ethics
29 Mar 2017
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Today we talk about the ethics of Arthur Schopenhauer. Thank you so much for listening! Could never ...
Episode #098 ... Schopenhauer pt. 1 - Metaphysics and Love
14 Mar 2017
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Today we begin our discussion on Arthur Schopenhauer. Thank you so much for listening! Could never d...
Episode #097 ... Wittgenstein ep. 1
01 Mar 2017
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Today we talk about Ludwig Wittgenstein. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this with...
Episode #096 ... Is Ayn Rand A Philosopher?
20 Jan 2017
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Today we talk about Ayn Rand. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your he...
Episode #095 ... Are you living in a simulation?
30 Dec 2016
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Today we discuss the famous paper by Nick Bostrom about the probability that we are living in a simu...
Episode #094 ... A Look at Suffering
24 Nov 2016
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Today we look at the concept of suffering from multiple different angles including the philosopher F...
Episode #093 ... Nietzsche pt. 4 - Love
06 Nov 2016
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Today we look at the concept of love from several different angles in an attempt to better understan...
Episode #092 ... Nietzsche pt. 3 - Thus Spoke Zarathustra
04 Oct 2016
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Today we talk about Nietzsche's famous work Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Thank you so much for listenin...
Episode #091 ... Nietzsche pt. 2 - The Will to Power
21 Sep 2016
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Today we talk about Nietzsche, the concept of the Will to Power and the dangers of predatory buffalo...
Episode #090 ... Nietzsche pt. 1 - God is dead and so is Captain Morgan
26 Aug 2016
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Today we begin our discussion on the work of Friedrich Nietzsche. Thank you so much for listening!...
Episode #089 ... Simone De Beauvoir - The Second Sex
17 Aug 2016
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Today we discuss the revolutionary work of Simone De Beauvoir entitled: The Second Sex Thank you so ...
Episode #088 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 3 - The Great Debate
27 Jul 2016
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Today we talk about the great post WW2 debate between Sartre and Camus. Thank you so much for list...
Episode #087 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 2
14 Jul 2016
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Today we talk about the philosopher Albert Camus. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do th...
Episode #086 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 1 - Freedom
29 Jun 2016
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Today's episode is the first installment of a series on the great Cold War era thinkers Sartre and C...
Episode #085 ... Peter Singer on Effective Altruism
21 Jun 2016
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Today we talk about the great Peter Singer, his views on the unique moral obligations that we face a...
Episode #084 ... William James on Truth
14 Jun 2016
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Today we take a look at William James and his work on the concept of Truth. Thank you so much for li...
Episode #083 ... Henry David Thoreau
04 Jun 2016
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Today we take a look at Henry David Thoreau's views on the individual, society and civil disobedienc...
Episode #082 ... Austrians and Marx
26 May 2016
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Today we talk about various classic critiques of Marx's economics made by the Austrian School of Eco...
Episode #081 ... Capitalism vs. Communism
11 May 2016
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Today we talk about Karl Marx and his famous critiques of Capitalism. Thank you so much for listenin...
Episode #80 ... Feuerbach on Religion
03 May 2016
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On this episode we talk about Ludwig Feuerbach and his (occasionally) controversial views on the ori...
Episode #079 ... Kierkegaard on Anxiety
23 Mar 2016
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On this episode of the podcast we talk about Kierkegaard's views on anxiety. Thank you so much for...
Episode #078 ... Marx and Kierkegaard on Religion pt. 2
27 Jan 2016
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Today we talk about Soren Kierkegaard and his views on the function and value of religion. Thank y...
Episode #077 ... Marx and Kierkegaard on Religion pt. 1
17 Jan 2016
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Today we discuss Marx, his views on religion as a means of oppression, and his connection to Hegel's...
Episode #076 ... Hegel's God
31 Dec 2015
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Today we talk about Hegel and a unique possibility of what God could be. Thank you so much for lis...
Episode #075 ... How To Win An Argument Pt. 2
21 Dec 2015
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Today we answer listener questions clarifying How To Win An Argument Pt. 1 and discuss several other...
Episode #074 ... Hegel Returns
17 Dec 2015
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Today we talk about an overview of Hegel and what is truly important about his work. Thank you so ...
Episode #073 ... How To Win An Argument Pt. 1
01 Dec 2015
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Today we take a look at several common logical fallacies and how to spot them. Thank you so much for...
Episode #072 ... Insecurity
18 Nov 2015
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On this episode of the podcast we talk about insecurity. Thank you so much for listening! Could neve...
Episode #071 ... Is Killing Animals For Food Morally Justifiable?
01 Nov 2015
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Today we talk about whether killing animals for food is morally justifiable. Thank you so much for l...
Episode #070 ... Off Moodiness
20 Oct 2015
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On this episode we talk about several outlooks on negative emotions. Thank you so much for listeni...
Episode #069 ... An Appeal To Reason
12 Oct 2015
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Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.phil...
Episode #068 ... On Moodiness
06 Oct 2015
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On this episode we talk about one angle of the complex subject known to us all as: moodiness. Thank ...
Episode #067 ... What Hegel Was Saying!
21 Sep 2015
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We continue our unfortunately abridged discussion on Hegel from last episode. Thank you so much fo...
Episode #066 ... Hegel pt. 1 - Introduction
14 Sep 2015
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Today we begin our discussion on the work of Hegel. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do ...
Episode #065 ... Mary Wollstonecraft
07 Sep 2015
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On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the feminist philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft. First, we l...
Episode #064 ... Interpreting Interpretations
19 Aug 2015
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On this episode of the podcast, we discuss Hermeneutics, or “the art of avoiding misunderstanding....
Episode #063 ... Kant pt. 8 - Limits of Knowledge
01 Jul 2015
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On this episode of the podcast, we discuss Kant’s views on the limits of human knowledge. First, w...
Episode #062 ... Kant pt. 7 - Suicide
23 Jun 2015
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On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the morality of suicide. We begin by questioning our own ...
Episode #061 ... Kant pt. 6 - What is Enlightenment?
14 Jun 2015
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On this episode of the podcast, we discuss Kant’s answer to the question “What is enlightenment?...
Episode #060 ... Kant pt. 5 - The Sublime
01 Jun 2015
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On this episode of the podcast, we attempt to tackle the elusive concept of the sublime. We begin by...
Episode #059 ... Kant pt. 4 - Categorical Trolley Cars
28 May 2015
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On this episode of the podcast, we analyze the infamous Trolley Car Problem and think about it in re...
Episode #058 ... Kant pt. 3 - Deontology vs Consequentialism
20 May 2015
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On this episode of the podcast, we continue our discussion of Kant, this time focusing on ethics. We...
Episode #057 ... Kant pt. 2 - The Actual Introduction
11 May 2015
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On this episode of the podcast we continue our discussion of Kant, this time focusing on his contrib...
Episode #056 ... Kant pt. 1 - An Introduction to the Introduction
22 Apr 2015
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On this episode of the podcast, we begin our discussion of Immanuel Kant. We first examine the histo...
Episode #055 ... Interview on Hume with Massimo Pigliucci
01 Apr 2015
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On this episode of the podcast, Massimo Pigliucci calls in to help tie together some loose ends in o...
Episode #054 ... Hume pt. 4 - Art
27 Mar 2015
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On this episode of the podcast, we discuss Hume’s views on taste and find out whether or not all o...
Episode #053 ... David Hume pt. 3 - Custom
16 Mar 2015
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On this episode of the podcast we talk about David Hume's thoughts on the soul, the self and how "cu...
Episode #052 ... David Hume pt. 2 - Design
05 Mar 2015
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On this episode of the podcast, we continue our discussion of David Hume. This time, we focus on Hum...
Episode #051 ... David Hume pt. 1
25 Feb 2015
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On this episode of the podcast, we talk about David Hume! First, we learn about Hume’s ‘is’ ve...
Episode #050 ... Are You Left Or Right?
07 Feb 2015
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On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the contrasting political philosophies of Edmund Burke an...
Episode #049 ... Adam Smith pt. 2 - The Tip of the Iceberg of Wealth
27 Jan 2015
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On this episode of the podcast, we continue our discussion of Adam Smith. First, we look at two town...
Episode #048 ... Adam Smith pt. 1 - Specialization
18 Jan 2015
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On this episode of the podcast we begin our discussion of Adam Smith. Thank you so much for listeni...
Episode #047 ... Rousseau pt. 3 - The General Will
10 Jan 2015
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On this episode of the podcast, we continue our desert island thought experiment, this time focusing...
Episode #046 ... Rousseau pt. 2 - Democracy, Aristocracy or Monarchy?
02 Jan 2015
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On this episode of the podcast, we continue last week's thought experiment about creating a society ...
Episode #045 ... Rousseau Government pt. 1
15 Dec 2014
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On this episode of the podcast, we examine the origins of government and discuss several opinions on...
Episode #044 ... Slavery
02 Dec 2014
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On this episode of the podcast, we revisit the topic of belief, this time focusing on the ramificati...
Episode #043 ... Tolerance
21 Nov 2014
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On this episode of the podcast, we examine the true implications of tolerance and intolerance. First...