Podcasts

August 3, 2023

S2E05 Americans Don’t Know How to Sing the Blues w/ Brad Elliott Stone & Jacob Goodson

Brad Elliott Stone and Jacob Goodson argue that until Americans learn how to sing the blues, it’s going to be difficult to build beloved community…

March 30, 2023

S2E04 Does Metamodernism Actually Move Us Past Postmodernism? w/ Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm

Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm takes us through postmodernism to metamodernism, a new approach to producing what he calls “humble knowledge.”

June 1, 2022

S2E03 Literature Must Be an Unsettling Force for Democracy w/ Elin Danielsen Huckerby

Contrasting with dogmatism and scientism, Elin Danielsen Huckerby believes a ‘literary culture’ gives us more fruitful ways to move democracy forward.

March 9, 2022

S2E02 Fear of Breakdown in American Democracy w/ Noëlle McAfee

Noëlle McAfee takes a psychoanalytic view of deliberation to diagnose the downstream effects of the fear of breakdown in American democracy.

February 16, 2022

S2E01 Scientific Knowledge Is Metaphorical w/ Jessica Wahman

Jessica Wahman believes that treating scientific knowledge as metaphorical creates a naturalist approach to science that avoids scientism.

July 7, 2021

S1E20 Can Pragmatism Help Us Live Well? w/ John Stuhr

John Stuhr invites us to consider pragmatism as a “season of belief,” a dynamic philosophy that can help us live a little better each day.

June 23, 2021

S1E19 Buddhist Reflections on Race and Liberation w/ Charles Johnson

Award-winning writer Charles Johnson examines race, presenting Buddhist practice as a radical form of liberation.

June 9, 2021

S1E18 A Friendly Introduction to Stoicism w/ Derek Parsons

Derek Parsons provides an introduction to Stoicism, a life philosophy that places reason and virtue at the center of human flourishing.