Could it ever be legitimate to compensate the descendants of slaves for burdens they themselves did not bear? What about the victims of institutional discrimination post-slavery? Check out our 2017 episode with Michael Dawson from the University of Chicago: www.philosophytalk.org/shows/reparations
TODAY: What exactly is #existentialism? How are we condemned to be free? And what鈥檚 so hellish about other people? John & Ken ask Thomas Flynn from Emory University, author of "Sartre: A Philosophical Biography."
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#Habermas, who died earlier this year, is the only then-living philosopher to be the subject of an episode, when Josh & Ken spoke to @matthewspecter.bsky.social from the @ucberkeleyies.bsky.social, author of "Habermas: An Intellectual Biography."
More at philosophytalk.org/shows/haberm... #PhilSky
BIG NEWS: Our #WiseWomen series took 2nd place for Interview Program in this year's @pmja.bsky.social awards, one of three for our home station @kalwradio.bsky.social 馃弳
Check out all the winners at www.pmja.org/pmja-2026-aw..., and listen to the series at philosophytalk.org/series/wisew... #PhilSky
ICYMI Yesterday's broadcast with regular co-host Ray Briggs at the guest mic is now available for download: podcasts.apple.com/id/podcast/w...
#PhilSky #Gender #PrideMonth
An old friend at the Stanford Report sent us this article he wrote back in 2003 ahead of our live pilot episode鈥攑robably the first press feature on the program, making sure folks knew it would be different from Car Talk 馃槆
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The sixteen-episode series about women in philosophy from antiquity to the 20th century was originally funded by a grant from the @nehgov.bsky.social that was abruptly terminated by the new administration in April 2025. Nevertheless, we persisted.
Tomorrow is the 121st anniversary of Jean-Paul #Sartre, so we'll listen back to a vintage episode with Thomas Flynn from @emoryuniversity.bsky.social, author of "Sartre: A Philosophical Biography."
More on Sartre beyond #philosophy from our Roving Philosophical Reporter: youtu.be/_aEcbU_16Ik?...
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Happy #Bloomsday! James Joyce's novel "Ulysses" is set on June 16, 1904. In 2008, our Roving Philosophical Reporter @voicesbend.bsky.social explored how Joyce and his protagonist Leopold Bloom were influenced by the philosophy of William James: www.youtube.com/watch?v=34xC...
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