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Episode 185: Private Parts

June 6, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 13), Politics, Pop Culture, Race and Racism 0 Comments

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

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Episode 184: The Future of the University

May 30, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 13), Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Race and Racism, Technology 0 Comments

Can the University be saved? Should it be saved?

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Episode 182: Tragic Temporality (with Sean Kirkland)

May 16, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Guest Episodes, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 13), Politics 0 Comments

Sean Kirkland unpacks living on the edge of “was” and “not yet.”

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Episode 181: What is Philosophy?

May 9, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 13), Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed 0 Comments

Same bar, new co-host, perennial question: What is Philosophy?

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Episode 180: Foucault’s “Fearless Speech” (Parrhesia)

April 18, 2025 HBS Hosts Deep Dives, Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 12), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Politics, Race and Racism 0 Comments

Who, if anyone, is speaking truth to power?

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Episode 179: Are Universals “Real”?

April 11, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 12), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Race and Racism 0 Comments

Do universals exist? Are they “real”? And why are we talking about porcupines?!

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Episode 174: Decorum

March 7, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 12), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Race and Racism 0 Comments

When does decorum keep us civil—and when does it keep us silent?

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Episode 170: Judgment

February 7, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 12), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Politics, Pop Culture, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Race and Racism, Technology 0 Comments

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

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Episode 169: Responsibility

January 31, 2025 HBS Hosts Environmental Concerns, Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 12), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Politics, Pop Culture, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Race and Racism 0 Comments

How, and for what, are we responsible?

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Episode 168: Authority

January 24, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 12), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Race and Racism, Technology 0 Comments

Is ChatGPT usurping the authority of the “Author”? Or is it just a pretender to the throne?

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