Podcast: HOTEL BAR SESSIONS

where the real philosophy happens

Episode 17: Citizenship

The HBS hosts discuss the meaning of citizenship in an era of protest.

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Episode 16: Private Cities

The HBS hosts discuss the privatization of public commons.

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Episode 15: Hey, Biden!

The HBS hosts evaluate the first 100(ish) days of the Biden Presidency.

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Episode 14: Shame

Episode 14 of Hotel Bar Sessions Podcast is on shame. What do we mean when we talk about shame? Is it a moral feeling? Is shame harmful or are their productive uses of it? Is shame an appropriate propaedeutic tool to educate children into being virtuous or does it only cause negative feelings of self?…

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Episode 13: Teaching

The HBS hosts talk about their successes and failures in the classroom.

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Episode 12: Whodunnit?

The HBS hosts talk about mysteries as both a literary and philosophical form.

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Episode 11: Privacy

Is privacy dead? How should we draw the boundaries of our secret lives?

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Episode 10: Love

What is love? Baby, don’t hurt me.

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Episode 9: The Philosophical Canon

The HBS hosts take a look at the much (and rightly) maligned “Philosophical Canon.” Who should stay in? Who should be cut? Is it time to get rid of the Canon altogether?

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Episode 8: Apocalypses

The HBS hosts chat about our impending doom. Is the apocalypse nigh? Will it be environmental, political, technological, or biological? Can we imaging human beings existing in 50 years? 100 years? 5000 years? This week, Leigh, Ammon, and Shannon tackle the fascinating and terrifying hypotheses concerning the Apocalypse(s). Students seem to be more pessimistic about…

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