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Philosophy vs. Improv #93: Poetry Stands its Ground w/ Shannon Bass and Audrey Kohler
Shannon the philosopher and Audrey the poet are Seattle improv buddies that form a duo called Closer to Clarity that uses improv to answer audience m…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 368: Hume on Reason in Ethics (Part One)
We talk a bit more about David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751), and add some parts of A Treatise of Human Nature (1739):…
1 year, 4 months ago
Pretty Much Pop #197: Medically Dramatic
Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al discuss The Pitt and other medical dramas like ER, Gray's Anatomy, ad nauseam.
Doctors and patients grappling with …
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 367: Hume on the Foundations of Ethics (Part Two)
Continuing on An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751), talking about justice (i.e. property laws), why utility is pleasing and what all…
1 year, 4 months ago
NEM#231: Bill Champlin (ex-Chicago) Sings of Love Just to Find It
Bill released 8 albums from 1969-1977 with Sons of Champlin then moved to LA to become a solo artist and session musician, co-writing two Grammy-winn…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 367: Hume on the Foundations of Ethics (Part One)
On David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751). What is morality, and how can we know it?
Hume claims that we simply find ours…
1 year, 4 months ago
Pretty Much Pop #196: Our "Sinners" Shindig
Luvell Anderson (Philosophy prof. at U of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign) joins Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al to discuss Ryan Coogler's new vampire …
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 366: Edith Stein on Empathy (Part Two)
Continuing on The Problem of Empathy. What does it mean to say that we know other people's mental states "non-primordially"? We talk about Stein's pr…
1 year, 5 months ago
Philosophy vs. Improv #92: Postale au Naturale w/ Greg McBrayer
Greg teaches philosophy (and is Interim Provost at Ashland, loves Xenophon, and runs a podcast. We reflect on the dangers of radon and other "natural…
1 year, 5 months ago
PREMIUM-PEL Sentimentalism Nightcap 2025
We put our recent episodes on moral phenomenology into perspective, anticipating our upcoming Hume discussion and going through some other options to…
1 year, 5 months ago