Podcast: HOTEL BAR SESSIONS

where the real philosophy happens

Episode 155: Zionist ressentiment, the Left, and the Palestinian Question (with Zahi Zalloua)

What can Fanon and Nietzsche teach us about the Israeli/Palestinian crisis?

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Episode 154: Aristotle and Feminist Materialism, Troubled (with Emanuela Bianchi)

Philosophy has traditionally associated the feminine with matter, implying passivity. Why? And to what ends?

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Episode 153: The Gutenberg Parenthesis (with Jeff Jarvis)

Are we nearing the end of the Age of “Print”? And, if so, what comes next?

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Episode 152: Evidence

What counts as evidence? What makes it good or bad? How do we know?

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Episode 151: Whose Jesus? (with John D. Caputo)

When did Jesus start hating immigrants and gays, loving guns and capitalism?

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Episode 150: Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulation

Welcome to the desert of the real.

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Episode 149: Voting

Does voting matter?

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Episode 148: The Future of Journalism (with Andrea Guzman)

What happens when AI takes on the role of human journalists?

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Episode 147: Overcoming Sexuality (with Nir Kedem)

Can queer theory overcome its ties to sexuality?

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Episode 146: Peer Review

The HBS hosts discuss the current peer review crisis.

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