Philosophy Talk

Coming up: What happened this year to challenge our assumptions and make us think about things in new ways? Joshua and Ray ask Justin Weinberg from the University of South Carolina and creator/editor of the Daily Nous, Elie Honig, Senior Legal Analyst at CNN and author of "Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With It," and Alex Guerrero from Rutgers University, author of "Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections" – Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & worldwide at https://lnkd.in/gZ6iq_CQ.

The next Philosophy Talk is our year-in-review special, "The Examined Year: 2024" (because the unexamined year is not worth reviewing). In lieu of the usual Roving Philosophical Report or retrospective sound montage, however, I asked Merle Kessler aka Ian Shoales the Sixty-Second Philosopher to write and record an hommage to our friend (and original PT producer) Ben Manilla, who passed away earlier this year. Catch the complete episode this Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & worldwide at kalw.org.

Coming up: Is political equality more than just a matter of who has what? Joshua and Ray ask Margaret Levi, former director of the Stanford, Center For Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences – Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & online at https://lnkd.in/gAgBMGkX.

Coming up: How do stories and ingenuity help a community in danger to survive and thrive? Joshua and Ray tell the tales with Edgar Garcia from the University of Chicago, author of "Emergency: Reading the Popol Vuh in a Time of Crisis" – Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & online at https://lnkd.in/d8xJXV_k.

We've begun major production on our annual year-in-review special, "The Examined Year: 2024" (because the un-examined year is not worth reviewing!). Tune in Dec-29 at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco as Joshua and Ray reflect on ideas and events that shaped the last 12 months with Daily Nous editor Justin Weinberg, CNN legal analyst Elie Honig, and Rutgers University philosopher Alex Guerrero. More at https://lnkd.in/gC6sfkRc.

Coming up: Do you have to expect the best if you're going to get through the worst? Joshua and Ray conquer their hopes and fears with Jen Morton from the University of Pennsylvania, author of "Moving Up without Losing Your Way: The Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility" – Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & https://lnkd.in/gSZGrb7v.

It's been five years since Kenneth Taylor's sudden and untimely passing. His intellectual rigor and endless curiosity still inspire everything we do. Check out the special tribute episode we produced that year in lieu of our regular end-of-year special: https://lnkd.in/gvwdhmvC.

On this #GivingTuesday I'm thinking about Philosophy Talk's 2019 episode on with one of its originators, Stanford political scientist Rob Reich, author of "Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better." More at https://lnkd.in/drTVHf5x.

Coming up: Are humans really as unique as we like to think? Joshua and guest-host Alison Gopnik question what's so special about humans with Peter Godfrey-Smith from the University of Sydney, author of "Living On Earth: Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and Making of the World" – Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & planet-wide at https://lnkd.in/d2YkT3AF. Recorded live at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park, CA.

Thank you for listening (and thank you for thinking)—a Thanksgiving playlist from 20+ years of episodes on gratitude and giving: https://lnkd.in/gegRsQa6.