Politics Tagged Episodes

March 7, 2021

We sometimes think of the domains of ethics and morality as divorced from feeling and…

July 19, 2020

Frantz Fanon is a thinker who has inspired radical liberation movements in places ranging from…

May 3, 2020

Niccolò Machiavelli is best known for arguing that people in power should use deception, force,…

December 1, 2019

Jürgen Habermas is regarded as one of the last great public intellectuals of Europe and…

September 15, 2019

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual… it is safe to say that new ideas of gender…

March 31, 2019

Liberal democracy has its problems, including the fact that in trying to build consensus, it…

May 27, 2018

The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, aka ‘drone,’ is increasingly the weapon of choice in America’s military…

March 18, 2018

Satire is everywhere – in conversations with friends, in books, on television, and online. When…

March 4, 2018

The ideal of science is objectivity in the service of advancing knowledge. We tend to…

November 12, 2017

Democratic systems of government are supposed to reflect the interests of ordinary citizens, and not…

September 17, 2017

Whether it’s making donations and signing petitions online, or using social media to highlight political…

September 3, 2017

Anarchism says there’s no need for a state, that it would be better to have…

January 8, 2017

Our annus horribilis is over. But what ideas and events took shape in 2016 that challenged our assumptions…

November 6, 2016

In this re-broadcast of our special episode from the lead-up to the 2016 election, John…

February 7, 2016

“Freedom” means the human capacity to choose among options, based on one’s own preferences and…

January 24, 2016

One’s country of birth has a profound effect on life prospects. It’s often best to…