Philosopher and culinary professor Bob Valgenti explains how the history of humanity is the history of gastronomy.

Why do AI's fabricated memories "feel" so true?

What to do when "just asking questions" is not that.

How late capitalism turns every click into crap.

What problems arise when "therapy speak" becomes our default social vocabulary?

How do we tame the fury of today's "furious minds"?

What's so funny about comedy, anyway?

Robin James explains how tech bros and manosphere podcasters made "cool" obsolete.

What are we looking for? When can we stop?

Are you even playing the game?

The rise of AI, the decay of democracy, colonial legacies, climate disaster, Is it time to panic now?

How can we talk, or think, about "private parts" in a philosophical way?

This is gonna be awkward.

Carlos Amador on Latin American aesthetics, precarity, and what it means to be completely f*cked.

Where’s the line between church and state?

Freedom Rider Paul Breines joins us to talk about the three most dangerous letters in the alphabet.

Who gets to judge right and wrong? And on what grounds?

How, and for what, are we responsible?

The HBS hosts unpack the complexities of a dish best served cold.

What if our cosmic unimportance is itself not all that important?

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

Welcome to the desert of the real.

The HBS hosts are not here to make friends. They’re here to WIN. We all have our low-brow guilty pleasures and, for millions of Americans, one of those is reality TV. Only a few months ago, amidst a war raging in the Ukraine, a new regent being crowned in the U.K., and reproductive rights being...

Michael Norton explains why “Joe Versus the Volcano” is the perfect existentialist film. Continuing our tradition of going to the movies for the first episode of teach new season, we watch the 1990 film Joe vs. The Volcano with Michael Norton from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. Michael has an argument that the movie...

The HBS hosts discuss the style of "too late" capitalism with Anna Kornbluh.

The HBS hosts ask Michael Hardt why we so quickly jump from the 60's to the 80's in our political imagination?

The HBS try to decipher what makes prestige TV "prestigious."

The HBS hosts discuss Coppola's classic treatment of Nixon-era surveillance and paranoia.

The HBS hosts ask themselves why and how they are under the influence of influencers.

The HBS hosts focus their attention on... oh, look, a squirrel!

The HBS hosts return to the movies and this week we are discussing Casablanca.

The HBS hosts chat with A.O. Scott about the role and responsibilities of the critic.

The HBS hosts chat with Caleb Cain about his experience being radicalized by the Alt-Right internet.

The HBS hosts chat with Dr. Kate Devlin about social relationships between humans and machines.

The HBS hosts try to go viral with Andrew Baron, creator of KnowYourMeme.

The HBS hosts sit down with Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr. to talk about what constitutes a "public intellectual."

The HBS hosts chat with actor, dancer, and choreographer Blake Zolfo about what makes musical theater so unique.

The HBS hosts talk about style.

The HBS hosts discuss The Godfather Trilogy.

The HBS hosts sit down with Dr. Jason Read to talk about the experience of work in the 21st C.

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

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

The HBS hosts talk about music, mathematics, groove, and "altar calls."

The HBS hosts discuss the role of superheroes in culture and popular media.

The HBS hosts discuss conspiracy theories and what motivates people to believe in them.