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Podcast Profile: The Popperian Podcast

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51 episodes
2020 to 2025
Median: 76 minutes
Collection: Philosophy

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The Popperian Podcast, hosted by Jed Lea-Henry, is a monthly series devoted to exploring the philosophy and life of Karl Popper. It features interviews with academics, professionals, and various experts, delving deep into recurrent themes such as critical rationalism, pancritical rationalism, and the open society. The content is characterized by a focus on Popper's influence across various fields and his interactions with other significant thinkers.

Listeners will encounter discussions on the philosophy of science, the demarcation problem distinguishing science from pseudoscience, and the integration of Popperian thought into modern epistemology. The podcast often revisits Popper’s work through the lens of his contemporaries and students, such as W.W. Bartley and Paul Feyerabend, highlighting debates like those on pancritical rationalism and the critique of induction.

Additionally, the podcast examines Popper's impact on different domains, including political theory and ethics. Episodes feature conversations on related philosophical figures such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Francis Bacon, and Sigmund Freud, discussing their intersections with Popperian thought. The podcast also addresses the application of Popper’s ideas in analyzing subjects like pseudoscience, quantum mechanics, evolutionary theory, and various social constructs. Themes of freedom, democracy, and the open society resonate throughout, with frequent reflections on contemporary issues like the paradox of tolerance and the challenges of multiculturalism.

Overall, The Popperian Podcast provides a comprehensive exploration of Karl Popper's philosophical legacy, emphasizing its relevance in addressing modern dilemmas in science, politics, and social theory.

Episodes:

#51 – The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Appendix 5 and 6 2025-Aug-10 31 minutes

#50 – The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Appendix 4 – Part 3 2025-Jul-13 29 minutes

#49 – The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Appendix 4 – Part 2 2025-Jul-06 29 minutes

#48 – The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Appendix 4 – Part 1 2025-Jun-29 25 minutes

#47 – The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Appendix 3 2025-May-20 19 minutes

#46 – The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Appendix 2. Part 2 2025-Apr-20 39 minutes

#45 – ‘The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Appendix 2. Part 1’ 2025-Apr-10 28 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #44 – ‘The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Appendix 1’ 2025-Mar-25 34 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #43 – ‘The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Chapter 8’ 2025-Feb-10 23 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #42 – ‘The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley, Chapters 6 and 7’ 2025-Jan-11 22 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #41 – ‘The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley – Pancritical Rationalism, Ch 5, Part 2’ 2024-Dec-19 29 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #40 – ‘The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley – Pancritical Rationalism, Ch 5, Part 1’ 2024-Dec-12 15 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #39 – ‘The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley - Chapters 3 and 4’ 2024-Dec-05 28 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #38 – ‘The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley - Chapters 1 and 2’ 2024-Nov-30 19 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #37 – Jagdish Hattiangadi – ‘Francis Bacon’s Skeptical Recipes for New Knowledge’ 2024-Jul-27 87 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #36 – James Kierstead – ‘Education for Science and Democracy’ 2024-Jun-24 73 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #35 – David Edmonds – ‘Murder in the Vienna Circle’ 2024-May-29 59 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #34 – Elliott Sober and Mehmet Elgin – ‘Karl Popper’s Changing Assessment of Evolutionary Theory’ 2024-May-06 73 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #33 – Flavio Del Santo – ‘Karl Popper and the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics’ 2024-Apr-28 75 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #32 – Seamus O’Mahony – ‘Freud and Psychoanalysis - The Story of Science, Pseudoscience and Sex’ 2023-Dec-14 81 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #31 – Dmytro Sepetyi – ‘The Popper-Bartley Debate’ 2023-Oct-27 68 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #30 – Jamie Shaw– ‘Paul Feyerabend, Anything Goes’ 2023-Sep-17 83 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #29 – Rafe Champion – ‘Jacques Barzun’ 2023-Aug-27 76 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #28 – Nicholas Maxwell – ‘Our Fundamental Problem’ 2023-Jul-30 124 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #27 – Jagdish Hattiangadi – ‘The Structure of Problems’ 2023-Jun-11 86 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #26 – Michael Munger – ‘The Calculus of Consent’ 2023-May-07 77 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #25 – Donald Gillies – ‘The Philosophy of Medical Discovery’ 2023-Mar-26 89 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #24 – Nimrod Bar-Am – ‘The Life and Philosophy of Joseph Agassi’ 2023-Feb-12 85 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #23 – Paul Levinson – ‘W.W. Bartley and Pancritical Rationalism’ 2022-Dec-04 100 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #22 – Elyse Hargreaves – ‘The Open Society and Its Enemies, and Happiness’ 2022-Nov-13 84 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #21 – James Kierstead – ‘The Paradox of Tolerance’ 2022-Sep-30 64 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #20 – Susan Blackmore – ‘Memes - Rational, Irrational, Anti-Rational’ 2022-Aug-14 66 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #19 – Joseph Agassi – ‘Rules of the Game’ 2022-Jul-31 105 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #18 – Joseph Agassi – ‘Karl Popper’s Hopeful Monsters’ 2022-Jun-29 88 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #17 – Rafe Champion – ‘Karl Popper’s Social Turn’ 2022-May-06 89 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #16 – Michael Ignatieff – ‘Finding Consolation in Truth’ 2022-Feb-06 63 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #15 – Jagdish Hattiangadi – ‘Defending Baconian Induction’ 2022-Jan-24 97 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #14 – Anthony O'Hear – ‘Whiffs of Induction’ 2021-Dec-20 96 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #13 – Ken Gemes – ‘Karl Popper vs. Friedrich Nietzsche’ 2021-Oct-25 99 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #12 – Jonathan Rauch – ‘The Constitution of Knowledge’ 2021-Sep-01 85 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #11 – David Edmonds – ‘Wittgenstein's Poker’ 2021-Jul-28 65 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #10 – Richard Landes – ‘Deutsch's Theory of the Pattern - The Widespread Compulsion to Legitimise Hurting Jews’ 2021-Jun-25 83 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #9 – Jeremy Shearmur – ‘Karl Popper, Friedrich Hayek and the Future of Liberalism’ 2021-Jun-14 106 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #8 – James Kierstead – ‘New Zealand and the Authoritarianism of Plato’ 2021-May-31 76 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #7 – Oseni Taiwo Afisi – ‘Karl Popper and Africa’ 2021-May-24 88 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #6 – Steve Fuller – ‘Karl Popper vs. Thomas Kuhn’ 2021-Apr-11 94 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #5 – Maarten Boudry – ‘Diagnosing Pseudoscience - Why the Demarcation Problem Matters’ 2021-Mar-31 103 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #4 – Robin Attfield – ‘Pre-echoes of Popper - Xenophanes and Parmenides’ 2021-Feb-21 71 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #3 – Nicholas Maxwell – ‘More Popperian than Popper’ 2021-Jan-27 113 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #2 – Matteo Collodel – ‘Karl Popper vs. Paul Feyerabend’ 2021-Jan-05 96 minutes

The Popperian Podcast #1 – David Deutsch – ‘Karl Popper and the Beginning of Infinity’ 2020-Nov-29 91 minutes