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#174. Conundrums of the Mind-Body Problem and the Ethical Dilemmas of Possibly Conscious A.I.
Season 1 Episode 174
Eric Schwitzgebel is a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Riverside, whose main interests include philosophy of mind, metaphysics, the nature of belief, the impact or lack there…
Published on 17 hours ago
#173. Scenarios for Another Civil War in the U.S.
Season 1 Episode 173
Stephen Marche is a Canadian novelist, essayist, and journalist, a scholar of philosophy and literature, and a former teacher of Renaissance drama at the City University of New York, resigning in 200…
Published on 1 week ago
#172. Positive Masculine Identity, As Nurtured by the Mother of a Boy Soprano
Season 1 Episode 172
Rebekah Peeples is the Deputy Dean of the College at Princeton University with oversight of the undergraduate curriculum. Previously at Princeton, she taught sociology and writing. She is also the au…
Published on 4 weeks ago
#171. The Remarkable Contributions of Unwed, Childless Women Throughout History
Season 1 Episode 171
Emma Duval is a self-described member of the “millennial generation,” who include the growing number of women who are childless and as, Emma puts it, “childfree” by choice. Although now married, Duva…
Published on 1 month ago
#170. The Origins and Remedies for the Rural-Urban Political Divide
Season 1 Episode 170
Suzanne Mettler is a senior professor of American Institutions in the Government Department at Cornell University. She is the author of several books, including The Submerged State and Degrees of Ine…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
#169. On Being a Wilderness Fire Watcher
Season 1 Episode 169
Philip Connors is a National Parks Service fire watcher in New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness since 2002. In addition to essays in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, Connors is the author of Fire Se…
Published on 2 months ago
#168. The Power of Followers to Restrain Toxic Leaders
Season 1 Episode 168
Ira Chaleff is past President of Executive Coaching & Consulting Associates and award-winning author of several books, including The Courageous Follower: Standing Up to and for Our Leaders, published…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
#167. A BBC Journalist and News Anchor on How His Two Identities, as Journalist and Jew, Inform One Another
Season 1 Episode 167
Tim Franks has been a journalist with the BBC since 1990, as a producer, reporter, and presenter. He has covered British politics, including the conflict Northern Ireland in the years leading up to t…
Published on 3 months ago
#166. Nature's Symbiotic Relationships, Some Mutually Beneficial and Others Parasitic
Season 1 Episode 166
Sophie Pavelle is a U.S. born and UK-based science writer and communicator, whose debut book, Forget Me Not: Finding The Forgotten Species of Climate-Change Britain, won The People’s Book Prize for N…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
#165. Why the U.S. War in Afghanistan Failed
Season 1 Episode 165
Amin Saikal is an emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies at the Australian National University, where he was also the Founding Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Stud…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago