Podcast: HOTEL BAR SESSIONS

where the real philosophy happens

Episode 37: Transcendence

The HBS hosts talk about transcendence, the good kind and the bad kind.

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Episode 36: The Global South

The HBS hosts discuss philosophy and theory in relation to the global south with Prof. Surti Singh.

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Episode 35: Legally Right, Morally Wrong

The HBS host discuss the criminal justice system’s failure to produce morally right outcomes.

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Episode 34: Cancel Panic

The HBS hosts discuss so-called “cancel culture” and the panic surrounding it.

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Episode 33: Thought Experiments

The HBS hosts discuss the pedagogical pros and cons of thoughts experiments.

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Episode 32: American Christianity

The HBS hosts wonder whether there is a uniquely “American” form of Christianity.

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Episode 31: Whose History? (with Charles McKinney)

The HBS hosts chat sit down with Dr. Charles McKinney, Jr. to talk about whose history is (and isn’t) being taught.

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Episode 30: Robots (with David Gunkel)

The HBS hosts discuss how robots and intelligent machines are upending our social, moral, legal, and philosophical categories.

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Episode 29: Defending the Humanities

The HBS hosts present their best defense of humanities-based education and, in doing so, try to justify their existences.

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Episode 28: Generations

The HBS hosts discuss whether or not generational tags– “Boomer,” “GenX,” “Millennial,” and “Gen Z”– are useful descriptions or just gerrymandered groups.

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