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Podcast Profile: Wisdom at Work

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43 episodes
2020 to 2024
Median: 77 minutes
Collection: Philosophy


Description (podcaster-provided):

What is the value of philosophy in everyday life and work?
Can philosophy offer us not just a way of life, but a way to make a living?
I profile philosophers who found their way through the wilderness beyond the ivory tower. We explore how they forged a new professional identity, how they built successful new careers, and how philosophy can add value in business, government...and pretty much everything else. From their stories, I distill the decisions, strategies, and habits that powered their success.
To learn more, check out www.davidestorey.com.


Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):

➤ Practical philosophy in careers and organizations • Philosophers’ transitions beyond academia • Tech/UX research, metaverse, AI ethics • Habits, teams, leadership, conscious capitalism • Political ideology, authenticity, Stoicism, counseling • Liberal arts, finance, climate, community philosophy

This podcast explores how philosophy can be practiced beyond academia and applied to everyday life and professional work. Through conversations with philosophers and philosophically trained practitioners, it focuses on career reinvention and the construction of “second lives” in fields such as technology, business, finance, public service, and consulting. Guests describe the decisions, habits, and strategies involved in translating philosophical training—clear thinking, conceptual analysis, and ethical reflection—into marketable skills and new professional identities.

Across the episodes, recurring themes include practical philosophy in organizations, the role of values in leadership and capitalism, and the development of effective teams and work cultures. The show also examines how philosophical frameworks inform work on contemporary issues: artificial intelligence and what it means to “stay human,” ideological polarization and how to think more independently, climate politics, and the cultural pressures that pull people toward extremes.

A notable thread is philosophy’s intersection with modern tech: user experience research as a disciplined study of lived experience, the human implications of designing digital products, and the conceptual challenges involved in building virtual worlds. The podcast also returns to traditions and figures such as Stoicism and other cross-cultural resources for navigating personal and social turbulence, alongside emerging practices like philosophical counseling and consulting.

Overall, listeners can expect narrative career stories combined with applied ethical and conceptual discussion, aimed at showing how philosophical tools can shape work, decision-making, and public life.


Episodes:
Episode #41: From Google to Meta and Back: Aaron Kagan on “Study Abroad” in the Metaverse
2024-Oct-01
90 minutes
Episode #40: Googler Aaron Kagan on “Shawshanking” his way out of academia and breaking into Tech
2024-Sep-24
68 minutes
Episode #39: Aaron Kagan on User Experience, Dj-ing, and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance
2024-Sep-17
66 minutes
Episode #38: Joe Vukov on Staying Human in the Age of A.I.
2024-Aug-27
66 minutes
Episode #37: Jason Blakely on Escaping the Labyrinth of Ideology
2024-Aug-15
110 minutes
Episode #36: John Mackey on Whole Foods and Conscious Capitalism
2024-Jul-26
96 minutes
Episode #35: Charlie Gilkey on Team Habits
2023-Dec-29
87 minutes
Episode #34: The Bildung Option: Lene Rachel Andersen on the Nordic Secret
2023-Jul-28
98 minutes
Episode #33: Kim Stanley Robinson on COP26
2023-Mar-23
79 minutes
Episode #32: The Middle Way with Lou Marinoff
2023-Feb-10
85 minutes
Episode #31: Jared Woodard, Investment Strategist
2023-Feb-07
63 minutes
Episode #30: Values of the Wise with Jason Merchey
2023-Feb-03
81 minutes
Episode #29: How to Be Authentic with Skye Cleary
2023-Jan-26
56 minutes
Episode #28: Being and Lovingness: Skye Cleary
2022-Aug-02
95 minutes
Episode #27: On Science and Stoicism: Massimo Pigliucci (Part 2)
2022-Jul-08
54 minutes
Episode #26: On Science and Stoicism: Massimo Pigliucci (Part 1)
2022-Jun-21
61 minutes
Episode #25: Philosophical Consulting: Lou Marinoff (Part 2)
2022-Jun-16
64 minutes
Episode #24: Plato Not Prozac: Lou Marinoff (Part 1)
2022-Jun-13
64 minutes
Episode #23: The Tom Morris Experience (Part 2): From Notre Dame to Corporate America
2022-Jan-18
93 minutes
Episode #22: The Tom Morris Experience (Part 1)
2022-Jan-11
72 minutes
Episode #21: Grace Lockrobin on Community Philosophy in a Time of Crisis
2021-Oct-19
112 minutes
Episode #20: “Post-Progressive” Political Philosophy with Steve McIntosh (Part 2)
2021-Sep-16
97 minutes
Episode #19: “Post-Progressive” Political Philosophy with Steve McIntosh (Part 1)
2021-Sep-09
88 minutes
Episode #18: Ask a Philosopher with Ian Olasov
2021-Feb-09
106 minutes
Episode Image Episode #17: Cameron Keys–Philosophy at the Pentagon
2020-Sep-16
84 minutes
Episode #16: Marci Baranski
2020-Aug-04
128 minutes
Episode Image Episode #15: Zachary Pirtle
2020-Jul-27
95 minutes
Episode #14: Amy Reed-Sandoval
2020-Jul-20
98 minutes
Episode #13: Tim Richardson (Part 2)
2020-Jul-02
52 minutes
Episode #12: Tim Richardson (Part 1)
2020-Jun-29
72 minutes
Episode #11: Andrew Light (Part 1)
2020-Jun-29
86 minutes
Episode #10: Greg Sadler (Part 2)
2020-Jun-18
52 minutes
Episode #9: Greg Sadler (Part 1)
2020-Jun-15
69 minutes
Episode #8: Dan Fincke (Part 2)
2020-Jun-11
53 minutes
Episode #7: Dan Fincke (Part 1)
2020-Jun-08
57 minutes
Episode #6: Matthew Stewart
2020-Jun-01
100 minutes
Episode #5: David Brendel
2020-May-25
57 minutes
Episode #4: Ryan Stelzer (Part 2)
2020-May-21
50 minutes
Introducing Lyceum
2020-May-19
less than a minute
Episode #3: Ryan Stelzer (Part 1)
2020-May-18
54 minutes
Episode #2: Sal Giambanco (Part 2)
2020-May-15
77 minutes
Episode #1: Sal Giambanco (Part 1)
2020-May-14
101 minutes
Episode #0: Wisdom at Work
2020-May-13
42 minutes