What Is X?
Justin E.H. Smith | The Point Magazine“What Is X?” has been described as “a cross between a Platonic dialogue and ‘The Price Is Right.’” It combines dialectical inquiry of the sort perfected by Socrates and his interlocutors with a distinctly ludic spirit. Here’s how it works: For each episode, host Justin E. H. Smith invites on a guest distinguished in their field (or occasionally a “regular” person who really likes to talk). Smith a... more
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 25 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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| Categories | PhilosophySociety & Culture | ||||
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This month’s episode of “What Is X?” asks a suitably grand question for the end of the year and for the end of Season 2: What is being? To help him figure it out once and for all (or to at least lessen our state of aporia), Justin brings on as his gu... more
This month on “What Is X?”—timed perfectly after the latest crypto crash—Justin asks, What is money? To begin the conversation, his guest—Joseph Tinguely, a philosophy professor at the University of South Dakota and the editor of the forthcoming Palg... more
On this episode of “What Is X,” Justin brings back a seasoned veteran for one last job: he invites on his friend Seb Emina, former editor of the London Review of Breakfasts blog and author of The Breakfast Bible, to ask: What is breakfast? Now the ed... more
What does it mean for a number to exist? In the philosophy of mathematics, there are two general camps when it comes to numbers: there are the Platonists—or the “realists”—who think numbers somehow really exist, and there are the constructivists, who... more
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- Great guests, interesting topics
I have enjoyed the different guests on the podcast and how Justin is able to navigate a really wide ranging set of topics. The podcast goes quite wide and each guest goes deep. The episodes I’ve listened to are a little flabby in terms of time, but they are really enjoyable conversations to listen in on.
Apple Podcasts5datacat52
United States2 years ago - Hmmm
Dembroff talks gibberish. But there is something sad about her view. A metaphysician caught in a conceptual net 🥲
Apple Podcasts4wewonthewar
United Kingdom4 years ago - One of the best
Absolutely love this podcast. Justin Smith is an amazingly good and entertaining interlocutor and the guests and topics are super!
Apple Podcasts5PhilosophyforAllUnited Kingdom4 years ago - What is…
…a philosophy podcast that is worse than this?
Apple Podcasts1pdxjkUnited States4 years ago - Garbage
Just as bad as Smith’s writing, which you can tell he thinks is excellent.
Apple Podcasts1rgg123456United States4 years ago
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Apple Podcasts | #215 |  Canada/Society & Culture/Philosophy |
Apple Podcasts | #55 |  Finland/Society & Culture/Philosophy |
Apple Podcasts | #89 |  Ireland/Society & Culture/Philosophy |
Apple Podcasts | #166 |  Japan/Society & Culture/Philosophy |
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