Daniel Dennett Retrospective
June 30, 2024
In April 2024, we lost one of the greatest American philosophers of our time—Daniel Dennett.…
Disinformation and the Future of Democracy
October 1, 2023
The 2020 election and startling events that followed show that the US is as polarized…
Minds and Matter
June 4, 2023
Everything that seems to have a mind also has a body made of flesh and blood. But…
Conscious Machines
June 5, 2022
Computers have already surpassed us in their ability to perform certain cognitive tasks. Perhaps it…
The Examined Year: 2020
December 27, 2020
The Year in Pandemic Ethics with Karen Stohr from Georgetown University, Senior Research Scholar at the…
Post-Truth Politics
January 19, 2020
You’ve probably heard about the dangerous effects of fake news, and the spread of sensational…
Altered States
March 3, 2019
Aldous Huxley explains his conception of the brain as a “reducing valve” of consciousness in…
The Phenomenology of Lived Experience
April 23, 2017
Phenomenology is the philosophical study of experience and consciousness, performed by philosophers ranging from Sartre…
Reincarnation – Past Lives, Future Selves
May 3, 2015
According to Buddhist tradition, all people must suffer illness, aging, and death. Yet the universe…
The Right to Privacy
April 13, 2014
Is the right to privacy – the right to be left alone and to control…
Tenth Anniversary Special
December 22, 2013
Philosophy Talk debuted on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco in August 2003, with regular broadcasts beginning…
Democracy and The Press
April 29, 2012
Our founding fathers believed that a free press would serve democracy by promoting unfettered political…
Thinking Inside the Box
October 23, 2011
Speaking to the National Association of Broadcasters in May 1961, FCC Chairman Newton Minow famously…
War, Sacrifice, and the Media
September 11, 2011
The media often present a sanitized and one sided narrative of war, torture and other…
The Movie Show 2011
February 13, 2011
It’s the third annual Philosophy Talk Dionysus Awards show! With the help of listeners and…
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