ancient philosophy

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 178: Totalitarianism (with Peg Birmingham)

April 4, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Guest Episodes, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 12), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Politics, Race and Racism 0 Comments

Can democracy be saved from totalitarianism?

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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 167: Revenge

January 17, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 12), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Politics, Pop Culture, Race and Racism, Technology 0 Comments

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

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Episode 166: Virtue

January 10, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 12), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Politics, Race and Racism, Technology 0 Comments

Is “virtue” an outdated concept? And why is there a bear in this classroom?!

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Episode 162: Matter and Consciousness in Indian Philosophy (with Tuhin Bhattacharjee)

November 29, 2024 HBS Hosts Environmental Concerns, Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Guest Episodes, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 11), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 11), Politics, Technology 0 Comments

What can the Indian dualist philosophy Sāṃkhya teach us about matter and consciousness?

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Episode 161: Ethics, Democracy, and Phronesis (with Dimitris Vardoulakis)

November 22, 2024 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Guest Episodes, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 11), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 11), Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Race and Racism, Technology 0 Comments

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

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