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Episode 238: Sikh Ethics (with Keshav Singh)

September 18, 2026 HBS Hosts Ethics, Guest Episodes, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 16), Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Race and Racism 0 Comments

On the many ways Sikh ethics both correct and expand Western ethical theory.

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Episode 237: Confidence Men (with Landon Frim)

September 11, 2026 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Guest Episodes, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 16), Politics, Pop Culture, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Race and Racism, Technology 0 Comments

On Jordan Peterson, Elon Musk, Andrew Tate… and other enemies of truth.

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Episode 233: Failure

August 14, 2026 HBS Hosts HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 16) 0 Comments

Can you fail at life, or only in it?

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Episode 229: Rules

July 17, 2026 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 16), Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed 0 Comments

From Robert’s Rules to the rule of law: why every rule needs a rule about the rule.

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Episode 225: Foucault’s “Panopticism”

May 22, 2026 HBS Hosts Deep Dives, Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 15), Politics, Pop Culture, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Race and Racism, Technology 0 Comments

Visibility is a trap.

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Episode 224: Goodhart’s Law

May 15, 2026 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 15), Politics, Pop Culture, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Technology 0 Comments

A 1975 footnote about central banks turns out to explain almost everything wrong with late capitalism.

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Episode 222: De-Skilling

May 1, 2026 HBS Hosts HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 15), Politics, Pop Culture, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Technology 0 Comments

What happens to a skill when you stop needing it?

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Episode 216: Against the Future (with Simon Critchley)

March 7, 2026 HBS Hosts Environmental Concerns, Ethics, Guest Episodes, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 15), Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Technology 0 Comments

Why is Simon Critchley “against” the future?

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Episode 208: Sophistry

December 12, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 14), Politics, Pop Culture, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed 0 Comments

What to do when “just asking questions” is not that.

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Episode 207: The Enshittification of… everything?

December 5, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 14), Politics, Pop Culture, Technology 0 Comments

How late capitalism turns every click into crap.

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