(Late) Summer Reading List 2024
September 1, 2024
Looking for some deep dives into pop culture this summer? Josh and Ray talk to…
Emma Goldman
July 5, 2026
Activist and anarchist philosopher Emma Goldman fought for human liberation in every realm of life. While she opposed the women’s suffrage movement, she was a staunch advocate for women’s rights. So why did she think the right to vote was so unimportant? What did she…
Summer Reading List 2024
September 1, 2024
Looking for some deep dives into pop culture this summer? Josh and Ray talk to…
#MeToo: Retribution, Accountability, and Justice
August 18, 2024
The #MeToo movement exposed how pervasive sexual harassment and abuse are, and how rare it…
The 2024 Dionysus Awards
August 11, 2024
What movies of the past year challenged your assumptions and made you think about things…
Karl Popper
July 28, 2024
Karl Popper is a landmark figure in the philosophy of science. His notion of “falsifiability”…
20th Anniversary Quiz Night
July 14, 2024
Philosophy Talk made its radio debut on August 20, 2003 with a live pilot on…
Righteous Rage
June 16, 2024
Stoic philosopher Seneca wrote that anger is a form of madness. Other philosophers share this…
Akan Philosophy and Personhood
May 19, 2024
The Akan people of West Africa have developed a system of metaphysics, epistemology, and moral…
The Legacy of Freud
May 5, 2024
Did you really want to eat that last piece of cake, or were you secretly…
What Would Kant Do?
April 21, 2024
German idealist and moral philosopher Immanuel Kant is probably best known for his “Categorical Imperative,”…
Could Robots Be Persons?
April 7, 2024
As we approach the advent of autonomous robots, we must decide how we will determine…
What Can Virtual Reality (Actually) Do?
March 17, 2024
VR transports users into all kinds of different realities, some modeled on the real world,…
Should All Ages Be Equal?
March 3, 2024
Age determines a lot about your position in society—what activities you can do, what benefits…
The Social Lives of Robots
February 18, 2024
Machines might surpass humans in terms of computational intelligence, but when it comes to social…
Lincoln as a Philosopher
February 11, 2024
More than any other President, Abraham Lincoln is known for his words, from the Lincoln-Douglass…
The Mysterious Timelessness of Math
January 21, 2024
Math is a really useful subject—at least, that’s what your parents and teachers told you.…
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