A collection of our episodes featuring dicussions of race and racism
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Episode 165: Kant's Categorical Imperative
What if morality was law-governed in the same way that logic and physics are?
Episode 163: Justice
The HBS hosts survey theories of justice from the ancients to the present.
Episode 161: Ethics, Democracy, and Phronesis (with Dimitris Vardoulakis)
The HBS hosts discuss what is lost in the critique of instrumental thinking with Dimitris Vardoulakis.
Episode 160: Posthumanism
What are the limits of the "human"? And what comes after us?
Episode 157: The Ethics of Refusal (with Devonya Havis)
When is it right, or even necessary, to say "no"?
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?
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?
Episode 153: The Gutenberg Parenthesis (with Jeff Jarvis)
Are we nearing the end of the Age of "Print"? And, if so, what comes next?
Episode 125: The Phenomenology of Black Spirit (with Biko Mandela Gray and Ryan Johnson)
The HBS discuss Hegel, the black radical tradition, and the history of Philosophy with Biko Mandela Gray and Ryan J. Johnson.
Episode 113: Political Philosophy of Mind (with John Protevi)
The HBS hosts are joined by John Protevi to talk about case studies, COVID, and the political philosophy of mind.
Episode 109: Jordan Peele's Horror (with Johanna Isaacson)
The HBS hosts discuss Jordan Peele's special brand of horror with the author of Stepford Daughters, Johanna Isaacson.
Episode 108: The Subversive Seventies (with Michael Hardt)
The HBS hosts ask Michael Hardt why we so quickly jump from the 60's to the 80's in our political imagination?
Episode 86: Fascism (with Alberto Toscano)
The HBS hosts chat with Alberto Toscano about the long shadow of racial fascism.
Episode 85: Bullshit Jobs
The HBS hosts discuss the work of flunkies, goons, duct-tapers, box-tickers, and taskmasters.
Episode 84: Abolition of the Family (with Sophie Lewis)
The HBS hosts ask Sophie Lewis why the "family" is a troublesome institution.
Episode 72: The Rights of Nature (with Stewart Motha)
The HBS hosts discuss legal personhood and rights for rivers, lakes, and mountains with Dr. Stewart Motha.
Episode 70: Democracy in Peril (with Linda Alcoff)
The HBS hosts ask Dr. Linda Alcoff: just how close to the edge of the bed is the United States sleeping?
Episode 68: YouTube's Alt-Right Rabbit Hole (with Caleb Cain)
The HBS hosts chat with Caleb Cain about his experience being radicalized by the Alt-Right internet.
Episode 61: The Public Intellectual (with Eddie Glaude, Jr.)
The HBS hosts sit down with Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr. to talk about what constitutes a "public intellectual."
Episode 59: Queers (with Del McWhorter)
The HBS hosts chat with Dr. Ladelle McWhorter about the evolution of "queer" as an identity category and a verb.
Episode 39: Work
The HBS hosts sit down with Dr. Jason Read to talk about the experience of work in the 21st C.
Episode 36: The Global South
The HBS hosts discuss philosophy and theory in relation to the global south with Prof. Surti Singh.
Episode 34: Cancel Panic
The HBS hosts discuss so-called "cancel culture" and the panic surrounding it.
Episode 31: Whose History? (with Charles McKinney)
The HBS hosts chat sit down with Dr. Charles McKinney, Jr. to talk about whose history is (and isn't) being taught.
Episode 22: White Working Class
The HBS hosts take a critical look at the white working class and their grievances.
Episode 21: Conspiracy Theories
The HBS hosts discuss conspiracy theories and what motivates people to believe in them.