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

The HBS hosts discuss what is lost in the critique of instrumental thinking with Dimitris Vardoulakis.

Are you there God? It's us, Hotel Bar Sessions.

When is it right, or even necessary, to say "no"?

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

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

Can queer theory overcome its ties to sexuality?

The HBS hosts discuss the current peer review crisis.

Ideology is said in many ways. Which one is emancipatory?

Generative Ai is a still new and emergent technology capable of producing not only text that could be mistaken as human-generated, but also images, video, music, and “voice.” For all of the amazing opportunities opened up by generative AI, however, it does not come without its own risks. Secondary and post-secondary education, for example, was...

The HBS hosts ask: what’s so special about originality? Today, originality is being challenged in so many ways: comedians “stealing” jokes, cultural appropriation, remixes, not to mention the myriad ways that generative artificial intelligence has made plagiarism of all kinds possible. We  value originality over imitation, creativity over copying, and novelty over the “same old,...

The HBS hosts consider a case study testing the limits of academic freedom.

The HBS hosts ask Chris Long about how philosophers contribute and how best to value their contributions.

The HBS hosts wonder if "collegiality" is a virtue... or just a coded cover for prejudice.

The HBS hosts discuss the pros and cons of tenure.

THE HBS hosts consider the recent spate of legislative assaults on academic freedom.

The HBS hosts do NOT agree to disagree.

The HBS hosts try to figure out how much of the ChatGPT panic is warranted.

The HBS hosts discuss the work of flunkies, goons, duct-tapers, box-tickers, and taskmasters.

The HBS hosts argue for the merits of studying the history of philosophy.

The HBS hosts talk with Dr. Joel Michael Reynolds about what bodies are afforded and denied.

The HBS hosts attempt to measure the real stakes of cheating.

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

The HBS hosts chat with Dr. Ladelle McWhorter about the evolution of "queer" as an identity category and a verb.

The HBS hosts sit down with Justin Weinberg of the Daily Nous to talk about philosophers on the internet.

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

The HBS hosts discuss academic specializations and how to make the humanities more inclusive.