Description (podcaster-provided):
A podcast dedicated to promoting philosophical education and deep reflection. We invite philosophers from around the globe to discuss philosophy in the context of contemporary injustices – all at an easy-to-understand and digestible level. New episodes weekly on Friday.
Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Contemporary philosophy interviews • democracy and electoral reform • social epistemology, trust, misinformation, fake news • race, feminism, reparations, transness • AI ethics and bias • consciousness, cognition, computation • law, evidence, burdens of proof • bioethics, healthcare justice, animal ethics • philosophy education and outreach
This podcast features conversations with philosophers about core areas of philosophy as they intersect with contemporary social and political life. Across episodes, the host interviews academic guests who explain ideas and arguments in an accessible way, often tying abstract questions to practical stakes such as injustice, public policy, and everyday decision-making.
A major thread is social and political philosophy: how democratic institutions can better represent voters, how groups form and generate bias or oppression, and how concepts like race operate in society and in information systems. Related discussions in social epistemology and philosophy of language examine how knowledge circulates—through testimony, evidence, journalism, and online platforms—and why misinformation and “fake news” are difficult to define and contain, especially in the digital age and with the rise of AI.
The podcast also returns frequently to philosophy of mind and cognitive science, including consciousness, subjective experience, time perception, animal minds, non-linguistic cognition, and whether computation or artificial systems could count as conscious. These topics connect to broader ethical questions about AI systems, including the possibility of biased or racist outputs.
Ethics and applied philosophy are another center of gravity, with recurring attention to bioethics and healthcare justice, moral theory (including virtue ethics), animal ethics, and contested public issues such as abortion and the death penalty. Legal philosophy and legal epistemology appear as well, focusing on burdens of proof, juries, and how moral considerations interact with legal standards.
Interwoven throughout are themes of philosophy education and outreach—how philosophy is taught, how young people can engage it, and how philosophical reflection can be brought into varied communities.
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Episodes:
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How to Fix a Democracy: Making Margins Matter with Professor Daniel Wodak
2023-Mar-27
54 minutes
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Ethics in Social Epistemology: “Insidious Ignorance” with Professor Bailey Thomas
2023-Mar-17
52 minutes
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Fake News and Misinformation with Professor Eliot Michaelson
2023-Mar-10
55 minutes
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The Necessity of Philosophy for the Youth: PLATO with Professor Jana Mohr Lone
2023-Mar-04
43 minutes
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Consciousness: Experience and Time with Professor Geoffrey Lee
2023-Feb-24
51 minutes
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The Non-Linguistic Mind: the Approximate Number System with Dr. Sam Clarke
2023-Feb-17
47 minutes
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Computation and the Philosophy of Cognitive Science with Dr. Andrew Richmond
2023-Feb-10
45 minutes
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Cognition and Social Philosophy: Resistant Social Beliefs with Dr. Carolina Flores
2023-Feb-05
45 minutes
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Race and Epistemology: Information Flow and Racist AI? with Dr. Eric Bayruns García
2023-Jan-27
52 minutes
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Legal Philosophy and "Reasonable Moral Doubt" with Professor Emad Atiq
2022-Nov-07
48 minutes
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Justice in Health and Philosophy at Northwestern with Professor Chad Horne
2022-Oct-03
46 minutes
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Animal Rights and Ethics with Professor Jeff Sebo
2022-Sep-28
48 minutes
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Group Formation and Social Ontology with Professor Katherine Ritchie
2022-Sep-20
46 minutes
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Idealism: Consciousness and Ethics with Professor Robert Smithson
2022-Sep-12
48 minutes
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Virtue Ethics and its Limits with Professor Travis Timmerman
2022-Sep-06
46 minutes
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Bioethics and Autonomy with Professor Samuel Reis-Dennis
2022-Aug-29
50 minutes
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Metaphysics and Identity with Professor Erica Shumener
2022-Aug-22
47 minutes
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Social Indeterminacy and Ontological Erasure with Professor Kevin Richardson
2022-Aug-15
50 minutes
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Aristotelian Education and Ethics in Computer Science with Dr. William Cochran
2022-Aug-08
46 minutes
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Moral Philosophy and Ethics with Professor Vida Yao
2022-Aug-01
49 minutes
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Education, Trust, and the Ethics of Computer Science with Dr. Trystan Goetze
2022-Jul-25
49 minutes
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Metaphysics, Chances, Time Travel, and Philosophy Education with Professor Katie Elliott
2022-Jul-18
48 minutes
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Feminist Philosophy and Ethics in Society with Dr. Sophia Dandelet
2022-Jul-11
54 minutes
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The Philosophy and Politics of Race and Reparations with Professor Joseph Frigault
2022-Jul-09
55 minutes
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W. E. B. Du Bois and the Philosophy of Critical Theory with Dr. Yarran Hominh
2022-Jun-27
47 minutes
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The Philosophy of Emotions and Anxiety with Professor Charlie Kurth
2022-Jun-20
52 minutes
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The Philosophy and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence with Dr. Raphaël Millière
2022-Jun-13
54 minutes
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Roe v. Wade and the Philosophy of Abortions with Dr. Dustin Crummett
2022-Jun-06
52 minutes
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Law, Legal Epistemology, and Legal Burdens of Proof with Professor Georgi Gardiner
2022-May-30
61 minutes
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Competitive Debate, Thought, and Surety with Dr. Ben Holguín
2022-May-23
61 minutes
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Animal Consciousness and Prison Philosophy Outreach with Dr. Simon Brown
2022-May-16
63 minutes
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Epistemology: Belief, Credence, and Evidence with Dr. Liz Jackson
2022-May-09
69 minutes
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The Philosophy of Depression with Dr. Ian Tully
2022-May-02
65 minutes
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The Philosophy and Power of Transformative Experiences with Dr. Rebecca Chan
2022-Apr-25
43 minutes
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Consciousness, Artificial Consciousness, and Artificial General Intelligence with Dr. Anand Vaidya
2022-Apr-19
56 minutes
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Narcissism, Comedy, and Psychotherapy with Eva Virc
2022-Apr-11
52 minutes
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