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Publishes	Twice monthly	Episodes	414	Founded	15 years ago
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Catherine Elgin, "Epistemic Ecology" (MIT Press, 2025)

Humans are highly inquisitive, yet fallible and cognitively limited. How can we improve our epistemic lot despite our limitations? In Epistemic Ecology (MIT Press, 2025), Catherine Elgin develops a model in which individuals learn to rely on communal... more

3 Mar 2026 • 1 hr

John Drabinski, "So Unimaginable a Price: Baldwin and the Black Atlantic" (Northwestern UP, 2025)

What happens if we turn to James Baldwin, not just for the amazing quotations and excellent photos, but as a critical theorist? What if we read his nonfiction philosophically? What can Baldwin help us understand and do now? In So Unimaginable a Price... more

18 Feb 2026 • 59 min

Ellen Clarke, "The Units of Life: Kinds of Individual in Biology" (Oxford UP, 2025)

While we tend to think of biological individuals in terms of paradigmic cases – a dog, a starfish, a bacterium – our ordinary criteria for distinguishing one individual from another are inadequate for making these distinctions in general. If a starfi... more

10 Feb 2026 • 1 hr 8 min

Gina Schouten, "The Anatomy of Justice" (Oxford UP, 2024)

“Liberal egalitarianism” refers to a family of political views that are “liberal” in taking individual rights to be of premier importance and “egalitarian” in holding that justice requires that political, social, and economic inequalities be minimize... more

1 Feb 2026 • 1 hr 1 min

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Recent Guests

Catherine Elgin

Professor of Philosophy of Education at Harvard University

Harvard University

Episode: Catherine Elgin, "Epistemic Ecology" (MIT Press, 2025)

Ellen Clarke

Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Leeds

University of Leeds

Episode: Ellen Clarke, "The Units of Life: Kinds of Individual in Biology" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Kenneth Aizawa

Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University Newark

Rutgers University

Episode: Kenneth Aizawa, "Compositional Abduction and Scientific Interpretation: A Granular Approach" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

Ladelle McWhorter

Stephanie Bennett-Smith, Chair of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Emerita, at the University of Richmond

University of Richmond

Episode: Ladelle McWhorter, "Unbecoming Persons: The Rise and Demise of the Modern Moral Self" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

Orestis Palermos

Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ioannina

University of Ioannina

Episode: S. Orestis Palermos, "Cyborg Rights: Extending Cognition, Ethics, and the Law" (Routledge, 2025)

Armin W. Schulz

Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas

University of Kansas

Episode: Armin W. Schulz, "Presentist Social Functionalism: Bringing Contemporary Evolutionary Biology to the Social Sciences" (Springer, 2025)

Frances Egan

Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Rutgers University

Episode: Frances Egan, "Deflating Mental Representation" (MIT Press, 2025)

Sabrina L. Hom

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Program Coordinator for Women's Studies at Georgia College and State University

Georgia College and State University

Episode: Sabrina L. Hom, "Critical Mixed Race Philosophy: Rethinking Kinship and Identity" (Lexington Books, 2025)

Şerife Tekin

Associate Professor of Philosophy at State University of New York, Upstate Medical University.

State University of New York, Upstate Medical University

Episode: Şerife Tekin, "Reclaiming the Self in Psychiatry: Centering Personal Narrative for a Humanist Science" (Routledge, 2025)

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Sarah Tyson

Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Denver and co-host of the channel

Carrie Figtor

Co-host of New Books in Philosophy and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iowa

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Various Co-hosts including Kerry Fichtor, Robert Talese, and Malcolm Keating

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars from 251 ratings

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WeirdChick1469422689433890
United States2 years ago
Love but
please turn down the ad volume --speakers are almost always way quieter than new ads (excluding host voiced ones); also ads are now beginning, end, & twice in the middle /: hm.
But love that it actually gives you an idea of whats in the books.
(& people upset w/ 'um's, might consider reading: 'Like, Literally, Dude by Valerie Fridland)
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WeirdChick1469422689433890
United States2 years ago
Often very good interviews. Books not covered elsewhere.
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Skeptic
3 years ago
Great content but poor sound quality
I really enjoy the interviews, but I do think there’s quite a margin of improvement concerning sound quality. Maybe better microphones? Ask for some advice from a sound engineer?
Thanks a lot for your work anyway, it’s great!
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Constant1004
Switzerland3 years ago
Very interesting, but PLEASE!
Very interesting, but PLEASE, like many others have said in the reviews, either get rid of the “ums” and *lipsmacks* in post-editing, or have the interviewer practice not doing those things so much. It’s incredibly hard to focus on what is being said when those things are constantly ringing in your ear. Thank you!
Please consider!
Apple Podcasts
5
MuthaFcuak
United States3 years ago

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The podcast is often praised for its academic rigor, appealing to those within educational institutions seeking to stay informed on recent philosophical discussions.

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Apple Podcasts	#193	United States/Society & Culture/Philosophy
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Apple Podcasts	#192	Canada/Society & Culture/Philosophy
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John Drabinski, "So Unimaginable a Price: Baldwin and the Black Atlantic" (Northwestern UP, 2025)

Q: How does Baldwin witness home and make room for its existential complexity?

Baldwin's reflections on home reveal the complexity of identity and belonging intertwined with the painful history of African American experiences, as he grapples with claiming a place that does not fully accept him.

John Drabinski, "So Unimaginable a Price: Baldwin and the Black Atlantic" (Northwestern UP, 2025)

Q: Can you tell us more about why you sought to understand Baldwin in relation to the mid-20th century Black Atlantic milieu of thinkers and writers?

Drabinski explains his interest in Baldwin's connections to a broader intellectual tradition that encompasses important questions about culture and identity across the Black Atlantic.

John Drabinski, "So Unimaginable a Price: Baldwin and the Black Atlantic" (Northwestern UP, 2025)

Q: Will you tell us a little bit about yourself and your background as a theorist and how you came to write this book on Baldwin?

John Drabinski shares his quirky intellectual journey including his PhD in philosophy focusing on Jewish philosophy and his long-term engagement with the Black intellectual tradition, which led him to delve into Baldwin's work.

Gina Schouten, "The Anatomy of Justice" (Oxford UP, 2024)

Q: What is the focus of your continuing projects?

I'm working on a co-authored book about equal educational opportunity, aiming to engage a wider audience with my philosophical inquiries, particularly about the value of home and rootedness.

Gina Schouten, "The Anatomy of Justice" (Oxford UP, 2024)

Q: Can you outline the distinctive version of political liberalism that you endorse, its relation to this ideal of mutual respect?

The political liberalism I develop is grounded in the idea of mutual respect and proposes that we should focus more on the evaluative aspects to better understand justice, which leads to stronger responses to social injustices.

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