Aug 29

Episode #252 ... Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut

Today we talk about Kurt Vonnegut’s book Slaughterhouse-Five. How war stories can distort the reality of war, how trauma can fracture our experience of time and identity, and why Billy Pilgrim becomes attracted to the strange philosophy of the Tralfamadorians. Hope you love it. : ... Show More

34m 41s

Aug 8

Episode #251 ... You Must Change Your Life, Pt. 2 - The Worlds That Make Us

Today we talk more about Peter Sloterdijk’s book You Must Change Your Life. We talk about Heidegger, the subject-object view of the world, how environments form us, symbolic immunity, modern cynicism, vertical tension, base camps, civilizations as collective immune systems, and w ... Show More

35m 25s

Jul 14

Episode #250 ... You Must Change Your Life. - Peter Sloterdijk

Today we talk about half of the book You Must Change Your Life by Peter Sloterdijk. From criticism towards views of change that he thinks are far too centered on belief and moral strength, to a reworking of how to view human beings at the level of anthropology. We talk about how ... Show More

35m 59s

Feb 2018

510. Philosophy Quiz (with Amber & Paul)

In this episode you can listen to Amber, Paul and me as we take an online quiz and try to find out what school of philosophical thought we belong to. Are we empiricists, epicurianists, existentialists, hedonists, humanists, plat ... Show More

1h 26m

Jun 2020

Casual conversation. Autopilot or protection? - Episode 20

In this episode of Podverse: We start off examining everyday questions and answers with a twist. Then we delve into conditioning and mull over the effect if any it might have on us as a society. You get the question of the week and we set a task for ourselves as usual. Finally I ... Show More

6m 41s

Apr 2023

Bitesize Ep 57 - The Great Debates: How to debate philosophical topics in English | Ft. Ben Marks

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie invites the historian that lives down under back on to discuss various philosophical topics, including freedom, rules, lockdowns, and lying. They explore the idea of dreams feeling real ... Show More

25m 22s

Jun 2020

Offense is taken not given! - Episode 18

In this episode of Podverse:We examine a statement and discuss where everything belongs. We then look for clarity and resolution as we learn to own what is said and who holds the ownership for hurt or offensive feelings. We go introspective and analyze how or why we feel. Then we ... Show More

7m 57s

Jul 2022

Bonus Ep 25 - Philosophical Questions for Two British Minds with Harry

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation In this episode Charlie gets Harry on the mic for a conversation around some philosophical questions. Join to hear how these two Brits think and whether you agree with their philosophical stand ... Show More

35m 55s

May 2020

Where does it end? - Episode 16

In this episode of Podverse:We start off this week facing some pretty hard questions, we ask what binds us and how do we do it. We discuss how we as a society prejudge and why? You all, get an opportunity to drag me through the mud and ridicule me. We refer back to episode 2 for ... Show More

8m 35s

Jan 2014

Episode 39: How Many Moralities Are There? (Pt.1)

Dave and Tamler bounce back this week after having to trash the last episode. Does morality ultimately boil down to a single principle (such as harm or justice), or is there more to ethical life than is dreamt of in the minds of philosophers? We settle this question once and f ... Show More

59m 49s

May 2023

66 | What's Left of Equality? Between Opportunity and Flourishing

In this episode, we unpack tensions between theories of equality that emphasize opportunity and outcomes in a discussion based upon Christine Sypnowich’s recent Boston Review article, “Is Equal Opportunity Enough?” We also discuss our very own William Paris’s response ... Show More

1 h

Jun 2019

#160 — The Revenge of History

Sam Harris speaks with Michael Weiss and Yascha Mounk about the state of global politics. They discuss the rise of right-wing populism in Europe, the prospect that democracy could fail in the US, Trump's political instincts, the political liability of "wokeness," the Left's fa ... Show More

58m 7s

Dec 2024

Ep. 59 Philosophy of Democracy and Civil Disobedience ft. Calum Hodgson

This week on Thoughts we're getting political as Naroa Hammerson and Liz Deleau delve into political philosophy with Calum Hodgson. In this episode, they discuss how democracy and civil disobedience interact with and influence one other and the role that activists play in this pr ... Show More

30m 43s

Episode #050 ... Are You Left Or Right?