HOTEL BAR SESSIONS
One bartender. Three philosophers.
Serving straight shots of insight directly to your earbuds.
A philosophy podcast where the real philosophy happens...
Hotel Bar Sessions is a philosophy podcast that attempts to recreate the conversations that happen at the end of the day of every Philosophy conference at the hotel bar, where the best conversations tend to happen. Co-hosts Jennifer Kling (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs), Leigh M. Johnson (American University) and Bob Vallier (Independent Scholar), consider ethics, politics, technology and pop culture, often with a guest scholar pulling up a stool.
New episodes arrive every Friday!
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Hotel Bar Sessions co-hosts
Dr. Jennifer Kling
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Analytic political philosopher of war and peace, but not a pacifist!
Dr. Leigh M. Johnson
American University,
Washington, DC
AI ethicist and Derridean, with a special focus on public-facing philosophy.
Dr. Bob Vallier
Independent Scholar and International Man of Mystery, Paris, France
Phenomenologist, pedagogy-advisor, and Paris-based stand-up comic.
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A full episode on a single classic text, from Plato’s Cave to Foucault’s “Panopticism.”
Conversations with philosophers and scholars who pull up a stool.
Season openers on films worth arguing about, from Casablanca to The Conversation.
Short solo episodes from each co-host, released between seasons.