Events

  • Tour of Oregon April 15-17

    April 15, 2015 7:00 pm

    We are thrilled once again to be bringing Philosophy Talk to our friends in Oregon for three shows over three days: Science and Politics: Friends or Foes with Sharyn Clough, When Democracies Torture with Darius Rejali, and Neuroscience and Free Will with Daniel Dennett!

  • Live at Pacific University in Forest Grove, OR

    April 17, 2015 7:30 pm

    Philosophy Talk returns to Pacific University in Forest Grove for a live recording of Neuroscience and Free Will at the 19th annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference!

  • Live on OPB Radio in Portland

    April 16, 2015 9:00 pm

    On Thursday April 16 at 9:00 pm, John and Ken will be at the Portland studios of Oregon Public Broadcasting for a special live broadcast of the program!

  • Live at OSU in Corvallis, OR

    April 15, 2015 7:00 pm

    Philosophy Talk returns to the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis for a live recording of Science and Politics: Friends or Foes? at Withycombe Hall on Wednesday, April 15 at 7:00 pm.

  • Live at the Marsh Berkeley June 7

    June 7, 2015 12:00 pm

    Join us LIVE at The Marsh Theater in Berkeley on Sunday June 7 for the final two recordings in our 2014-15 season: The Ethics of Drone Warfare with Bradley Strawser and Regret with Jay Wallace!

  • Live at the Marsh Berkeley March 15

    March 15, 2015 12:00 pm

    Philosophy Talk returns to The Marsh Theater in Berkeley on Sunday March 15 for the next two live recordings in our 2014-15 season: The Art of Non-Violence with Judith Butler and How Words Work: From Noise to Meaning with John Searle!

  • Two FREE shows at Stanford

    February 6, 2015 4:30 pm

    Philosophy Talk returns to the Stanford campus on Friday February 6 for a pair of live recordings at Annenberg Auditorium: Democracy in Crisis with Francis Fukuyama and Morality in a Godless World with John Figdor!

  • Live at the Marsh San Francisco December 14

    December 14, 2014 12:00 pm

    Philosophy Talk returns to The Marsh Theater in San Francisco on Sunday December 14 for the first two live recordings in our 2014-15 season: Anarchy: Dream or Nightmare? with James Martel and Cyber-Activism with Lucy Bernholz.

  • Live at the Marsh Berkeley June 22

    June 22, 2014 12:00 pm

    Philosophy Talk is back at The Marsh Theater in Berkeley on Sunday June 22 for the final two live recordings in our 2013-14 season: Second-Guessing Ourselves with Sherri Roush and Is Intuition a Guide to Truth? with Alvin Goldman.

  • We’re coming to Oregon April 2-5!

    April 2, 2014 6:00 pm

    Mark your calendars: on Saturday April 5 at 7:30 pm, Philosophy Talk will be recording a brand-new program live at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in downtown Portland: Remixing Reality: Art and Literature for the 21st Century with guest David Shields.

  • Live at the Marsh Berkeley April 13

    April 13, 2014 12:00 pm

    Philosophy Talk is back at The Marsh Theater in Berkeley on Sunday April 13 for the next two live recordings in our 2013-14 season: Anatomy of a Terrorist with Martha Crenshaw, and Art and Obscenity with Richard Meyer!

  • Live on the air at OPB in Portland

    April 3, 2014 9:00 pm

    On Thursday April 3 at 9:00 pm John and Ken will be at the Portland studios of Oregon Public Broadcasting for a special live broadcast of Conspiracy Theories with Brian Keeley.

  • Live at the Marsh Berkeley February 16

    February 16, 2014 12:00 pm

    Philosophy Talk returns to The Marsh Theater in Berkeley on Sunday February 16 for the next two live recordings in our 2013-14 season: Science and Gender with Londa Schiebinger and Risky Business: The Business of Risk with Lara Buchak.

  • Live in Downtown Portland

    April 5, 2014 7:30 pm

    Join us for a brand-new live recording of Remixing Reality: Art and Literature for the 21st Century at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Portland on Saturday, April 5 at 7:30 pm.

  • Live at OSU in Corvallis

    April 2, 2014 7:00 pm

    Philosophy Talk returns to the Lasells Stewart Center on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis for a brand-new live recording on Wednesday, April 2 at 7:00 pm. Join us for The New Surveillance Society: Big Brother Grows Up with Christopher McKnight Nichols.

  • Live at the Bay Area Science Festival

    October 30, 2013 7:00 pm

    Join us October 30 as part of the Bay Area Science Festival for a live recording at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato: “Dangerous Demographics: The Challenges of an Aging Population with guest Laura Carstensen, Director of the Stanford Center on Longevity.

  • Live at the Marsh Berkeley November 10

    November 10, 2013 12:00 pm

    Philosophy Talk returns to The Marsh Theater in Berkeley on Sunday November 10 for the first two live recordings in our 2013-14 season: Freud as Philosopher with Paul Robinson and Weapons of Mass Destruction with Scott Sagan.

  • Live at the Marsh San Francisco June 30

    June 30, 2013 12:00 pm

    Philosophy Talk returns to the Marsh Theatre in San Francisco for the final two programs in our 2012-2013 season: The Dark Side of Science with Paul Rabinow and Trust and Mistrust with Jorah Dannenberg.

  • Live at the Marsh San Francisco April 7

    April 7, 2013 12:00 pm

    Philosophy Talk returns to the Marsh Theatre in San Francisco for another pair of live recordings: Nations and Borders with Sarah Song and Education and the Culture Wars with Rob Reich!

  • Live at the Marsh in Berkeley January 27

    January 27, 2013 12:00 pm

    Philosophy Talk returns to the Marsh Theatre in Berkeley for another pair of live recordings—Bioethics: Myths and Realities with David Magnus and Dance as a Way of Knowing with Alva Noë!

  • Live at the Marsh in Berkeley

    November 11, 2012 12:00 pm

    Philosophy Talk returns to the Marsh Theatre for another series of live recordings: The Linguistics of Name-Calling with Geoffrey Nunberg and Truth and other Fictions with Alexis Burgess.

  • Live at Litquake in San Francisco

    October 10, 2012 7:00 pm

    Join us for a live recording at Litquake – San Francisco’s Literary Festival – on Wednesday, October 10 at Z Space and hear How Fiction Shapes Us with guest Josh Landy.

  • Live in Las Vegas

    September 12, 2012 7:30 pm

    Join us for a live recording of The Sex Trade with best-selling author Tracy Quan on Wednesday, September 12 at the Las Vegas Hotel.

  • Have Thought, Will Travel: The Oregon Trail Tour 2012

    April 18, 2012 7:00 pm

    We are thrilled once again to be bringing Philosophy Talk to our friends in Oregon! It’s three recordings in three days on three college campuses, and we have some very exciting discussions lined up!