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The Popperian Podcast

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Episode publication activity over the past year

Episodes

#52 – W.W. Bartley and his Critics

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast is part of a series on William Bartley and his book The Retreat to Commitment. *** Retreat to Commitment Retrea...

#51 – The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Appendix 5 and 6

10 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast is part of a series on William Bartley and his book The Retreat to Commitment. *** Retreat to Commitment Retrea...

#50 – The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Appendix 4 – Part 3

13 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast is part of a series on William Bartley and his book The Retreat to Commitment. ** John Post's description of the...

#49 – The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Appendix 4 – Part 2

06 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast is part of a series on William Bartley and his book The Retreat to Commitment. ** John Post's description of the...

#48 – The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Appendix 4 – Part 1

29 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast is part of a series on William Bartley and his book The Retreat to Commitment. ** John Post's description of the...

#47 – The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Appendix 3

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast is part of a series on William Bartley and his book The Retreat to Commitment. *** Retreat to Commitment Retrea...

#46 – The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Appendix 2. Part 2

20 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast is part of a series on William Bartley and his book The Retreat to Commitment. *** Retreat to Commitment Retrea...

#45 – 'The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Appendix 2. Part 1'

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast is part of a series on William Bartley and his book The Retreat to Commitment. *** Retreat to Commitment Retrea...

The Popperian Podcast #44 – 'The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Appendix 1'

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast is part of a series on William Bartley and his book The Retreat to Commitment. *** Retreat to Commitment Retrea...

The Popperian Podcast #43 – 'The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Chapter 8'

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast is part of a series on William Bartley and his book The Retreat to Commitment. *** Retreat to Commitment Retrea...

The Popperian Podcast #42 – 'The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Chapters 6 and 7'

11 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast is part of a series on William Bartley and his book The Retreat to Commitment. *** Retreat to Commitment Retrea...

The Popperian Podcast #41 – 'The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley – Pancritical Rationalism, Ch 5, Part 2'

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast is part of a series on William Bartley and his book The Retreat to Commitment. *** Retreat to Commitment Retrea...

The Popperian Podcast #40 – 'The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley – Pancritical Rationalism, Ch 5, Part 1'

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast is part of a series on William Bartley and his book The Retreat to Commitment. *** Retreat to Commitment Retrea...

The Popperian Podcast #39 – 'The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley - Chapters 3 and 4'

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast is part of a series on William Bartley and his book The Retreat to Commitment. *** Retreat to Commitment Retrea...

The Popperian Podcast #38 – 'The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley - Chapters 1 and 2'

30 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast is part of a series on William Bartley and his book The Retreat to Commitment. *** Retreat to Commitment Retrea...

The Popperian Podcast #37 – Jagdish Hattiangadi – 'Francis Bacon's Skeptical Recipes for New Knowledge'

27 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Jagdish Hattiangadi. They speak about Jagdish's new book...

The Popperian Podcast #36 – James Kierstead – 'Education for Science and Democracy'

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with James Kierstead. They speak about James' most recent art...

The Popperian Podcast #35 – David Edmonds – 'Murder in the Vienna Circle'

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with David Edmonds. They speak about David's book The Murder ...

The Popperian Podcast #34 – Elliott Sober and Mehmet Elgin – 'Karl Popper's Changing Assessment of Evolutionary Theory'

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Elliott Sober and Mehmet Elgin. They speak about Karl Po...

The Popperian Podcast #33 – Flavio Del Santo – 'Karl Popper and the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics'

28 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Flavio Del Santo. They speak about Karl Popper's changin...

The Popperian Podcast #32 – Seamus O'Mahony – 'Freud and Psychoanalysis - The Story of Science, Pseudoscience and Sex'

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Seamus O'Mahony. They speak about Seamus's new book 'The...

The Popperian Podcast #31 – Dmytro Sepetyi – 'The Popper-Bartley Debate'

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Dmytro Sepetyi. They speak about the debate between Karl...

The Popperian Podcast #30 – Jamie Shaw– 'Paul Feyerabend, Anything Goes'

17 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Jamie Shaw. They speak about the life, the work, and the...

The Popperian Podcast #29 – Rafe Champion – 'Jacques Barzun'

27 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Rafe Champion. They speak about the life and work of Jac...

The Popperian Podcast #28 – Nicholas Maxwell – 'Our Fundamental Problem'

30 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Nicholas Maxwell. They speak about Maxwell's agreements ...

The Popperian Podcast #27 – Jagdish Hattiangadi – 'The Structure of Problems'

11 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Jagdish Hattiangadi. They speak about the importance of ...

The Popperian Podcast #26 – Michael Munger – 'The Calculus of Consent'

07 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Michael Munger. They speak about James Buchanan and G...

The Popperian Podcast #25 – Donald Gillies – 'The Philosophy of Medical Discovery'

26 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Donald Gillies. They speak about Donald's time at the Lo...

The Popperian Podcast #24 – Nimrod Bar-Am – 'The Life and Philosophy of Joseph Agassi'

12 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Nimrod Bar-Am. They speak about the life of the philosop...

The Popperian Podcast #23 – Paul Levinson – 'W.W. Bartley and Pancritical Rationalism'

04 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Paul Levinson. They speak about the philosophy of W.W. B...

The Popperian Podcast #22 – Elyse Hargreaves – 'The Open Society and Its Enemies, and Happiness'

13 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Elyse Hargreaves. They speak about chapter 10 of Karl Po...

The Popperian Podcast #21 – James Kierstead – 'The Paradox of Tolerance'

30 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with James Kierstead. From The Open Society and Its Enemies, ...

The Popperian Podcast #20 – Susan Blackmore – 'Memes - Rational, Irrational, Anti-Rational'

14 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Susan Blackmore. They speak about her book The Meme Mac...

The Popperian Podcast #19 – Joseph Agassi – 'Rules of the Game'

31 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Joseph Agassi. They speak about the place for argument a...

The Popperian Podcast #18 – Joseph Agassi – 'Karl Popper's Hopeful Monsters'

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Joseph Agassi. They speak about Joseph's background as a...

The Popperian Podcast #17 – Rafe Champion – 'Karl Popper's Social Turn'

06 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Rafe Champion. They speak about the social (institutiona...

The Popperian Podcast #16 – Michael Ignatieff – 'Finding Consolation in Truth'

06 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Michael Ignatieff. They speak about Michael's new book O...

The Popperian Podcast #15 – Jagdish Hattiangadi – 'Defending Baconian Induction'

24 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Jagdish Hattiangadi. They speak about the induction of F...

The Popperian Podcast #14 – Anthony O'Hear – 'Whiffs of Induction'

20 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Anthony O'Hear. They speak about Anthony's book 'Karl Po...

The Popperian Podcast #13 – Ken Gemes – 'Karl Popper vs. Friedrich Nietzsche'

25 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Ken Gemes. They speak about the philosophy of Friedrich ...

The Popperian Podcast #12 – Jonathan Rauch – 'The Constitution of Knowledge'

01 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Jonathan Rauch. They speak about Jonathan's books Kindly...

The Popperian Podcast #11 – David Edmonds – 'Wittgenstein's Poker'

28 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with David Edmonds. They speak about David's book Wittgenstei...

The Popperian Podcast #10 – Richard Landes – 'Deutsch's Theory of the Pattern - The Widespread Compulsion to Legitimise Hurting Jews'

25 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Richard Landes. They speak about the history of antisemi...

The Popperian Podcast #9 – Jeremy Shearmur – 'Karl Popper, Friedrich Hayek and the Future of Liberalism'

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Jeremy Shearmur. They speak about the time that Jeremy s...

The Popperian Podcast #8 – James Kierstead – 'New Zealand and the Authoritarianism of Plato'

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with James Kierstead. They speak about Karl Popper's work The...

The Popperian Podcast #7 – Oseni Taiwo Afisi – 'Karl Popper and Africa'

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Oseni Taiwo Afisi. They speak about Karl Popper's book T...

The Popperian Podcast #6 – Steve Fuller – 'Karl Popper vs. Thomas Kuhn'

11 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Steve Fuller. They speak about Steve's book Kuhn Vs. Pop...

The Popperian Podcast #5 – Maarten Boudry – 'Diagnosing Pseudoscience - Why the Demarcation Problem Matters'

31 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Maarten Boudry. They speak about how we distinguish betw...

The Popperian Podcast #4 – Robin Attfield – 'Pre-echoes of Popper - Xenophanes and Parmenides'

21 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Robin Attfield. They speak about the life and work of th...

The Popperian Podcast #3 – Nicholas Maxwell – 'More Popperian than Popper'

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Nicholas Maxwell. They speak about Karl Popper's scienti...

The Popperian Podcast #2 – Matteo Collodel – 'Karl Popper vs. Paul Feyerabend'

05 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Matteo Collodel. They speak about the role that Karl Pop...

The Popperian Podcast #1 – David Deutsch – 'Karl Popper and the Beginning of Infinity'

29 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with David Deutsch. They speak about the history of humanity ...