Podcast Episodes
Back to Search32 | What is Equality? Disagreeing with Jacques Rancière
Season 1 Episode 32
In this episode we discuss the meaning of equality by delving into French political philosopher Jacques Rancière’s 1995 book, Disagreement. In a cont…
4 years, 2 months ago
31 | Raymond Geuss: Realism in Political Theory
Season 1 Episode 31
In this episode we work through some of the ideas laid out in Part 1 of Raymond Geuss’ 2008 Philosophy and Real Politics. It’s a refreshingly clear-e…
4 years, 3 months ago
30 | What is Utopia? Part I. Thomas More: Critical Realism in a Time of Enclosure
Season 1 Episode 30
In this episode, we kick off a new series on the concept of utopia by taking a look at the guy who invented the word, Thomas More. We discuss how his…
4 years, 3 months ago
29 | Sartre and the Question of Philosophy
Season 1 Episode 29
In this episode, we read Jean-Paul Sartre's Search for a Method. We begin by working through Sartre’s puzzling claim that Marxism is this era’s one t…
4 years, 4 months ago
28 | A Very Special Holiday Episode: Learning How to Give with Jacques Derrida
Season 1 Episode 28
Merry Christmas and happy holidays! In this surprise gift of an episode, we’re visited by the spectre of Jacques Derrida and his deconstruction of th…
4 years, 4 months ago
27 | Crisis and Utopian Consciousness
Season 1 Episode 27
In this episode we get together to discuss a new article by our very own Will Paris! We talk about Will’s critical and materialist conception of cons…
4 years, 4 months ago
26 | Wake Up and Choose Divine Violence: Walter Benjamin w/ Dr. Ashley Bohrer
Season 1 Episode 26
In this episode we welcome Dr. Ashley Bohrer to discuss Walter Benjamin’s 1921 essay “Critique of Violence”. We talk about the relationship between v…
4 years, 5 months ago
25 | Reflections on Freedom and the Cold War w/ Dr. Lea Ypi
Season 1 Episode 25
This episode dives behind the Iron Curtain into socialist Albania in discussion with Lea Ypi on her new memoir “Free.” The crew explores what has bee…
4 years, 5 months ago
24 Teaser | What's Left of Foucault?
Season 1 Episode 24
In this episode, the crew takes on a beloved figure of the academic ‘left’: Michel Foucault. The discussion gravitates around Foucault’s work in the …
4 years, 6 months ago
23 | How Does a Democracy Keep its Character? Lessons from the Black Radical Tradition w/ Prof. Melvin Rogers
Season 1 Episode 23
In this episode, we welcome Professor Melvin Rogers of Brown University to discuss his forthcoming book The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy,…
4 years, 6 months ago