How to Do Things With Your Mind
March 29, 2026
We all engage in mental actions of various kinds, whether it’s planning the coming week,…
The 2026 Dionysus Awards
July 26, 2026
Now that the dust has settled from the Oscars, it’s time to think about what movies of the past year challenged our assumptions and made us think about things in new ways. Josh and guest co-host Jorah Danenberg present our annual Dionysus Awards for the…
Nísia Floresta
March 22, 2026
Nísia Floresta was a 19th-century writer and translator known as “the Brazilian Mary Wollstonecraft.” She…
What Is Addiction?
March 15, 2026
People who are addicted to substances display a puzzling behavior: they keep using even when…
Who Speaks For You?
March 8, 2026
People often speak on behalf of others, like the concerned citizen who stands up for…
Mary Wollstonecraft
March 1, 2026
Mary Wollstonecraft is often labeled as a “liberal feminist” because of her concern for women’s…
Schopenhauer: Living Your Worst Life
February 22, 2026
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) is considered one of the great European philosophers of the nineteenth century.…
Can Money Buy Well-being?
February 15, 2026
Governments and central banks set economic policies that affect us all. But how do those…
Logic For Everyone
February 8, 2026
Logic may seem like a dry, abstract discipline that only the nerdiest of philosophers study.…
Anna Julia Cooper
February 1, 2026
Born into slavery in the 19th century, Anna Julia Cooper received a classical education, attended…
Diogenes and the Honest Life
January 25, 2026
Diogenes of Sinope was a famous—or infamous—4th-century BCE Greek philosopher. Reportedly, he lived in a…
Civil Disobedience
January 18, 2026
Thoreau, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King all engaged in civil disobedience, and are widely admired…
William James
January 11, 2026
William James is one of the great American philosophers, historically important as a philosopher (pragmatism…
Why Is the World So Weird?
January 4, 2026
Quantum mechanics, mathematics, human consciousness…. whichever way you slice it, the universe is weird. How…
The Examined Year: 2025
December 28, 2025
What happened over the past year that challenged our assumptions and made us think about…
Mind Sharing
December 21, 2025
Mind reading might sound like the stuff of science fiction. But in philosophy and psychology,…
Shakespeare’s Outsiders
December 14, 2025
Over 400 years after his death, Shakespeare is still widely regarded as the greatest dramatist…
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