Podcast: HOTEL BAR SESSIONS

where the real philosophy happens

Episode 107: Forgiveness

The HBS hosts wonder how a hard heart is melted and mended.

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Episode 106: HBS Goes to the Movies: “Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary” (1997)

The HBS hosts discuss a real human drama.

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Episode 105: The Master/Slave Dialectic

The HBS hosts struggle for recognition.

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Episode 104: Too Soon?

The HBS hosts discuss timing, prudence, and propriety.

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Episode 103: Tenure

The HBS hosts discuss the pros and cons of tenure.

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Episode 102: Prestige TV

The HBS try to decipher what makes prestige TV “prestigious.”

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Episode 101 : Hobbies

The HBS hosts lobby for hobbies.

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Episode 100: What’s YOUR Philosophy?

The HBS hosts celebrate our 100th episode by asking each other the question “what’s YOUR philosophy?”

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Episode 99: Community

The HBS hosts try to determine who’s in and who’s out. In 1887, Ferdinand Tönnies published a groundbreaking book, Community and Society (an excerpt from his text that lays out the argument can be found here), in which he argues that community is a different form of social group from society. The main distinguishing characteristics…

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Episode 98: Gossip

The HBS hosts spill the tea about tales whispered, secrets shared, and reputations shaped.

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