logo
episode-header-image
Jan 2021
29m 50s

Ditching Selfish Ideologies | John Milba...

Iai
About this episode
Theologian John Milbank shares his vision for the future of happiness and the end of neo-liberalism. 
Up next
Apr 14
How they ruined philosophy | Babette Babich, Genia Schönbaumsfeld, and Christoph Schuringa
Did analytic philosophy ruin the entire discipline?For more than a century there has been a divide in Western philosophy between two distinct approaches, often described as analytic and continental philosophy. Analytic philosophy is predominantly based in the English-speaking wor ... Show More
48m 36s
Apr 6
A new theory of ethics | Martha Nussbaum
Do we need a moral reawakening? Is animal suffering simply a fact of life or can it be avoided? How did the US Navy break whale protection laws? Is there more to animal suffering than just pain?From the cruelty of the factory meat industry to hunting and habitat destruction, anim ... Show More
27m 28s
Mar 31
Crisis in the academy | Yaron Brook, Eric Kaufmann, Catherine Liu
Universities, long celebrated as sanctuaries of free thought and intellectual rigour, have for centuries been regarded as the best way to educate and conduct research. But increasingly, this assumption is being questioned. A recent study found that two-thirds of academics feel th ... Show More
46m 43s
Recommended Episodes
Apr 2024
Solving The Epidemic of Mental Illness Caused By Social Media | Jonathan Haidt
<p>Jonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He obtained his PhD in social psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and taught at the University of Virginia for sixteen years. His research focuses ... Show More
1h 16m
Jun 2012
Ep. 09 – The Tibetan Lama and the Rational Mind
<p>This time on the Here and Now Podcast, Ram Dass discusses the seductiveness of the rational mind and explores another option we have for interacting with the world.</p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https: ... Show More
25m 50s
Aug 2020
How Should We Understand the Deep Human Past? Interview with Professor John Hawks
<p>Professor John Hawks of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, one of the world's best communicators on the deep human past and paleoanthropology, joins me to talk about archaic humans, genomics, and whether the concept of different human species even makes sense these days. Che ... Show More
54m 52s
Dec 2023
Yascha Mounk: Why Society Crumbles When We Obsess Over Identity
<p>Yascha Mounk is a political scientist and author focused on the challenges facing liberal democracies and the rise of populism. As a Johns Hopkins University professor and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, he critically examines identity politics in modern soc ... Show More
1h 16m
Dec 2023
Encore: The Unabomber | Atomic Pearl | 1
<p>Ted Kaczynski faces a painful rejection in high school. Then he endures an abusive psychology experiment at Harvard. Kaczynski may be an academic prodigy, but he feels lonely and out of place. His solution? He's going to get revenge on modern society.</p><p>Want to listen to t ... Show More
40m 22s
Mar 2024
"John Oliver"
<p>An unexamined life, a thirst for danger, and the Dalai Lama. In the words of John Oliver: “if I’ve got a microphone at the end of my arm and they’ve got a fist at the end of theirs, there’s definitely room to connect.” Welcome to SmartLess.</p> <p><p>Subscribe to SiriusXM Podc ... Show More
51m 5s
Apr 2024
Classical Greece
<p>We're often told that Greece's Classical period lies at the root of "Western Civilization," but what was actually special about that time and place? Why did it produce so many works of literature, art, architecture, and philosophy that have survived and shaped the millennia to ... Show More
38m 59s
Feb 2024
The Science of Generosity: Why It Makes You Happier and How To Do It Effectively (It Doesn't Need To Involve Money) | Chris Anderson
tail spinning
1h 13m
Feb 2024
#748 - Rob Henderson - How Privileged Thinking Drives Our Entire Culture
Rob Henderson is a PhD graduate from the University of Cambridge, a US Air Force Veteran and an author. The people who make the rules are not the ones impacted by the rules. Luxury beliefs are ideas and opinions that confer status on the upper class, while often inflicting costs ... Show More
1h 48m
Feb 2024
Ep. 1319 - Just When You Think the Google Gemini AI Story Can't Get Any Worse... It Does
Today on the Matt Walsh Show, you might think the story of Google's woke dystopian AI program can't get any worse, but it has. I'll explain. Also, the media claims that conservatives at CPAC are plotting the end of democracy. A pundit on MSNBC inadvertently claims that America is ... Show More
1h 8m