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The Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences reports on our tearing down the paywall: humsci.stanford.edu/feature/belo...
#PhilSky #philosophy #podcast
#PhilSky #philosophy #podcast
Beloved podcast 'Philosophy Talk' now available for free
The popular show, which originated with support from Stanford, will reach an even wider audience.
humsci.stanford.edu
February 10, 2026 at 9:44 PM
The Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences reports on our tearing down the paywall: humsci.stanford.edu/feature/belo...
#PhilSky #philosophy #podcast
#PhilSky #philosophy #podcast
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ICYMI Yesterday's broadcast of "Logic For Everyone" is now—like all 600+ episodes in our library—available to listen at our website or download with your favorite #podcast app: philosophytalk.org/get-the-podcast
#PhilSky #philosophy #MrSpock
#PhilSky #philosophy #MrSpock
February 9, 2026 at 3:23 PM
ICYMI Yesterday's broadcast of "Logic For Everyone" is now—like all 600+ episodes in our library—available to listen at our website or download with your favorite #podcast app: philosophytalk.org/get-the-podcast
#PhilSky #philosophy #MrSpock
#PhilSky #philosophy #MrSpock
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On this #SuperBowl Sunday, put some thought into your pre-game show as Josh & Ray question #Logic For Everyone with Patrick Girard from @aucklanduni.bsky.social, author of "Logic In the Wild" – 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & nationwide at www.kalw.org/show/philoso...
#PhilSky #philosophy
#PhilSky #philosophy
Logic For Everyone
Is logic always the best way to persuade someone to believe the truth?
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February 8, 2026 at 5:09 PM
On this #SuperBowl Sunday, put some thought into your pre-game show as Josh & Ray question #Logic For Everyone with Patrick Girard from @aucklanduni.bsky.social, author of "Logic In the Wild" – 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & nationwide at www.kalw.org/show/philoso...
#PhilSky #philosophy
#PhilSky #philosophy
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Ahead of this weekend's broadcast of "Logic For Everyone," we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Sarah Lai Stirland, to find out what happens when people draw similar conclusions from different premises: youtu.be/NPvRJQa5Se8
#PhilSky #philosophy #logic #vegetarian #vegan
#PhilSky #philosophy #logic #vegetarian #vegan
Logic For Everyone: Roving Philosophical Report
YouTube video by Philosophy Talk
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February 7, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Ahead of this weekend's broadcast of "Logic For Everyone," we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Sarah Lai Stirland, to find out what happens when people draw similar conclusions from different premises: youtu.be/NPvRJQa5Se8
#PhilSky #philosophy #logic #vegetarian #vegan
#PhilSky #philosophy #logic #vegetarian #vegan
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Coming up: Does #logic always lead us to the truth? Josh and Ray question the everyday utility of logic with Patrick Girard from the @aucklanduni.bsky.social, author of "Logic in the Wild."
🎧 Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky #philosophy
🎧 Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky #philosophy
February 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Coming up: Does #logic always lead us to the truth? Josh and Ray question the everyday utility of logic with Patrick Girard from the @aucklanduni.bsky.social, author of "Logic in the Wild."
🎧 Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky #philosophy
🎧 Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky #philosophy
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Ahead of tomorrow's broadcast about the life & thought of Anna Julia Cooper, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to ask Shirley Moody-Turner from Penn State about Cooper's tempestuous tenure as Principal at a prestigious high school for Black education in Washington, DC:
youtu.be/iuIIB8GNBgY
youtu.be/iuIIB8GNBgY
Anna Julia Cooper: Roving Philosophical Report
YouTube video by Philosophy Talk
youtu.be
January 31, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Ahead of tomorrow's broadcast about the life & thought of Anna Julia Cooper, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to ask Shirley Moody-Turner from Penn State about Cooper's tempestuous tenure as Principal at a prestigious high school for Black education in Washington, DC:
youtu.be/iuIIB8GNBgY
youtu.be/iuIIB8GNBgY
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It’s time for an Enlightenment of your own.
We’ve opened the gates to our archive. No paywalls, no passwords: just 20+ years of timeless insights applied to today’s most urgent questions.
Dare to listen at philosophytalk.org/get-the-podcast.
#PhilSky #Philosophy #KantHardlyWait
We’ve opened the gates to our archive. No paywalls, no passwords: just 20+ years of timeless insights applied to today’s most urgent questions.
Dare to listen at philosophytalk.org/get-the-podcast.
#PhilSky #Philosophy #KantHardlyWait
January 27, 2026 at 3:54 PM
It’s time for an Enlightenment of your own.
We’ve opened the gates to our archive. No paywalls, no passwords: just 20+ years of timeless insights applied to today’s most urgent questions.
Dare to listen at philosophytalk.org/get-the-podcast.
#PhilSky #Philosophy #KantHardlyWait
We’ve opened the gates to our archive. No paywalls, no passwords: just 20+ years of timeless insights applied to today’s most urgent questions.
Dare to listen at philosophytalk.org/get-the-podcast.
#PhilSky #Philosophy #KantHardlyWait
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The program that questions everything finally questioned its own paywall.
Our entire archive of 600+ episodes—from Aristotle to Zhuangzi, from Anarchy to Zen Buddhism—is now FREE and open to everyone.
Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or stream at philosophytalk.org.
#PhilSky #philosophy
Our entire archive of 600+ episodes—from Aristotle to Zhuangzi, from Anarchy to Zen Buddhism—is now FREE and open to everyone.
Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or stream at philosophytalk.org.
#PhilSky #philosophy
January 20, 2026 at 3:55 PM
The program that questions everything finally questioned its own paywall.
Our entire archive of 600+ episodes—from Aristotle to Zhuangzi, from Anarchy to Zen Buddhism—is now FREE and open to everyone.
Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or stream at philosophytalk.org.
#PhilSky #philosophy
Our entire archive of 600+ episodes—from Aristotle to Zhuangzi, from Anarchy to Zen Buddhism—is now FREE and open to everyone.
Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or stream at philosophytalk.org.
#PhilSky #philosophy
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And note the Philosophy Talk Audio Archives are now freely available philosophytalk.org/audio-archive/
Archive - Philosophy Talk
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January 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
And note the Philosophy Talk Audio Archives are now freely available philosophytalk.org/audio-archive/
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Great news! Now the entire archive of Philosophy Talk radio is available for free, including an episode I recorded many years ago on Science vs. Pseudo-science. @philtalkradio.bsky.social philosophytalk.org/shows/scienc...
Science vs. Pseudo-science - Philosophy Talk
Astronomy is science; Astrology is pseudo-science. Evolutionary Biology is science; Creationism is pseudo-science. How about cultural anthropology, abstract economics, string-theory, and evolutionary ...
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January 24, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Great news! Now the entire archive of Philosophy Talk radio is available for free, including an episode I recorded many years ago on Science vs. Pseudo-science. @philtalkradio.bsky.social philosophytalk.org/shows/scienc...
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Is an honest & simple life in tune with nature always the right choice? Check out the latest at #PhilosophersCorner ahead of tomorrow's broadcast with Inger Kuin, author of "Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic." philosophytalk.org/blog/honest-... #PhilSky
Honest, Simple, and Natural - Philosophy Talk
Diogenes of Sinope, the fourth-century-BCE Greek philosopher, invented a philosophical mode of living called Cynicism—not...
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January 24, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Is an honest & simple life in tune with nature always the right choice? Check out the latest at #PhilosophersCorner ahead of tomorrow's broadcast with Inger Kuin, author of "Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic." philosophytalk.org/blog/honest-... #PhilSky
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TODAY: On the eve of #MLKDay, a vintage episode with John, Ken, and Kmberley Brownlee from the University of British Columbia (then of @manchester.ac.uk), author of "Conscience and Conviction: The Case for Civil Disobedience."
🎧 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso....
🎧 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso....
Civil Disobedience
Would you break a law you thought was unjust? Would you break a law just because you disagreed with it?
www.kalw.org
January 18, 2026 at 3:06 PM
TODAY: On the eve of #MLKDay, a vintage episode with John, Ken, and Kmberley Brownlee from the University of British Columbia (then of @manchester.ac.uk), author of "Conscience and Conviction: The Case for Civil Disobedience."
🎧 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso....
🎧 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso....
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Martin Luther King Jr. was born on this date in 1929. Back in 2015, John and Ken asked about #MLK and the Art of #Nonviolence with Judith Butler from @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, author of "The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind."
More at philosophytalk.org/shows/art-no... #PhilSky
More at philosophytalk.org/shows/art-no... #PhilSky
January 15, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on this date in 1929. Back in 2015, John and Ken asked about #MLK and the Art of #Nonviolence with Judith Butler from @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, author of "The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind."
More at philosophytalk.org/shows/art-no... #PhilSky
More at philosophytalk.org/shows/art-no... #PhilSky
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Margaret Cavendish, the 17th-century Duchess of Newcastle and subject of today's broadcast, was a fascinating polymath. Check out her radical vision of equality at Philosophers Corner, and tune in at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in the SF Bay Area: philosophytalk.org/blog/margare...
#PhilSky #WiseWomen
#PhilSky #WiseWomen
Margaret the First - Philosophy Talk
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle in the 17th century, was a fascinating polymath. And she had a radical idea about the universe: everything in it thinks. Amoebas, rocks, trees, dust—you name i...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Margaret Cavendish, the 17th-century Duchess of Newcastle and subject of today's broadcast, was a fascinating polymath. Check out her radical vision of equality at Philosophers Corner, and tune in at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in the SF Bay Area: philosophytalk.org/blog/margare...
#PhilSky #WiseWomen
#PhilSky #WiseWomen
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Coming up: What would it mean to believe in the radical equality of all things—humans, trees, even rocks? Ray and @profjoshlandy.bsky.social explore the life & thought of Margaret Cavendish with Karen Detlefsen from @upenn.edu – Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in SF & www.kalw.org/show/philoso....
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Coming up: What would it mean to believe in the radical equality of all things—humans, trees, even rocks? Ray and @profjoshlandy.bsky.social explore the life & thought of Margaret Cavendish with Karen Detlefsen from @upenn.edu – Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in SF & www.kalw.org/show/philoso....
This was a really fun conversation on an important topic, with the brilliant Helena de Bres. What does it take to give meaning to your life? Do you have to think of it as a story? Does the story need to be true? What if it's better to do without stories, sense of self, and/or meaning altogether?
Coming up: Could you reliably narrate the story of your life? Ray & @profjoshlandy.bsky.social tell tales with Helena de Bres from @wellesley.edu, author of "Philosophy in the First Person" – Sunday 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso....
#PhilSky #narrative #meaning
#PhilSky #narrative #meaning
November 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This was a really fun conversation on an important topic, with the brilliant Helena de Bres. What does it take to give meaning to your life? Do you have to think of it as a story? Does the story need to be true? What if it's better to do without stories, sense of self, and/or meaning altogether?
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Historian, #philosopher, and activist Michel Foucault was born 99 years ago today. In 2018 Josh and Ken explored his life and thought with the late Gary Gutting from @notredame.bsky.social, author of several books on #Foucault as well as "Thinking the Impossible: French #Philosophy Since 1960."
October 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Historian, #philosopher, and activist Michel Foucault was born 99 years ago today. In 2018 Josh and Ken explored his life and thought with the late Gary Gutting from @notredame.bsky.social, author of several books on #Foucault as well as "Thinking the Impossible: French #Philosophy Since 1960."
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Historian and political theorist Hannah #Arendt was born on this date in 1906. In 2008 John and Ken explored her life & thought with Seyla Bengabib from Yale University, author of "The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt."
More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/hannah-arendt #PhilSky #philosophy
More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/hannah-arendt #PhilSky #philosophy
October 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Historian and political theorist Hannah #Arendt was born on this date in 1906. In 2008 John and Ken explored her life & thought with Seyla Bengabib from Yale University, author of "The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt."
More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/hannah-arendt #PhilSky #philosophy
More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/hannah-arendt #PhilSky #philosophy
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Coming up: Should we live provisionally, with principles we’re willing to give up at a moment’s notice? Josh and Ray explore the life & thought of Robert Musil with @bencenanay.bsky.social from @uantwerpen.be – Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso.... #PhilSky
September 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Coming up: Should we live provisionally, with principles we’re willing to give up at a moment’s notice? Josh and Ray explore the life & thought of Robert Musil with @bencenanay.bsky.social from @uantwerpen.be – Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso.... #PhilSky
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One of the first philosophers to write about #climate change, Mary Midgley, was born on this date in 1919. For our episode earlier this year, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to explore Midgley’s ideas about #animals and the Gaia hypothesis: youtu.be/yraIY5Uhb98
#PhilSky #WiseWomen
#PhilSky #WiseWomen
Mary Midgley: Roving Philosophical Report
YouTube video by Philosophy Talk
youtu.be
September 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
One of the first philosophers to write about #climate change, Mary Midgley, was born on this date in 1919. For our episode earlier this year, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to explore Midgley’s ideas about #animals and the Gaia hypothesis: youtu.be/yraIY5Uhb98
#PhilSky #WiseWomen
#PhilSky #WiseWomen
The good people at AJFS very kindly agreed to publish this piece of mine, on mixed-gender metaphors in Baudelaire.
Baudelaire deliberately compares items gendered masculine (e.g. LE capitaine) with items gendered feminine (e.g. LA mort). But why? 1/
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/abs/10.3...
Baudelaire deliberately compares items gendered masculine (e.g. LE capitaine) with items gendered feminine (e.g. LA mort). But why? 1/
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/abs/10.3...
Gender Trouble (and Cognitive Science) in Baudelaire | Australian Journal of French Studies
Nature is a temple. Death is a captain. Hair is an ocean. Woods are like cathedrals. Beauty bestrides her throne like a sphinx. An indigent muse sings like a cynical choirboy. It’s a wellknown fact that Baudelaire’s poetry is full of metaphor, simile, ...
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
August 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The good people at AJFS very kindly agreed to publish this piece of mine, on mixed-gender metaphors in Baudelaire.
Baudelaire deliberately compares items gendered masculine (e.g. LE capitaine) with items gendered feminine (e.g. LA mort). But why? 1/
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/abs/10.3...
Baudelaire deliberately compares items gendered masculine (e.g. LE capitaine) with items gendered feminine (e.g. LA mort). But why? 1/
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/abs/10.3...
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ICYMI Director of Research and Advancement @lumagoo.bsky.social was on @kalwradio.bsky.social's Your Call yesterday to talk about funding cuts to the @nehgov.bsky.social, universities, and our program: www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
#PhilSky @altnehgov.altgov.info
#PhilSky @altnehgov.altgov.info
What does the CPB closure mean for the future of public media?
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has long helped sustain public media stations, announced it will shut down after losing $1.1 billion in federal funding.
www.kalw.org
August 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
ICYMI Director of Research and Advancement @lumagoo.bsky.social was on @kalwradio.bsky.social's Your Call yesterday to talk about funding cuts to the @nehgov.bsky.social, universities, and our program: www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
#PhilSky @altnehgov.altgov.info
#PhilSky @altnehgov.altgov.info