Aristotle

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 228: Deleuze and the Philosophy of Sense (with Nathan Widder)

July 10, 2026 HBS Hosts Guest Episodes, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 16) 0 Comments

Deleuze on sense, nonsense, and the encounters that punch us in the mouth.

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Episode 226: Sports

June 26, 2026 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 16), Politics, Pop Culture 2 Comments

How do sports contribute to our moral and political education?

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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 223: A**holes

May 8, 2026 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 15), Politics, Pop Culture, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed 0 Comments

Why are there suddenly so many of them?

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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 220: Violence

April 17, 2026 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 15), Politics, Race and Racism 0 Comments

We think we know what violence is. We don’t.

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Episode 204: Furious Minds (with Laura K. Field)

November 14, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Guest Episodes, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 14), Politics, Pop Culture, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Race and Racism 0 Comments

How do we tame the fury of today’s “furious minds”?

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Episode 203: Imagination (with Stephen T. Asma)

November 7, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Guest Episodes, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 14), Politics 0 Comments

How can we recover not only the power, but the importance, of imagination for philosophy?

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Episode 202: Comedy

October 31, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 14), Politics, Pop Culture, Race and Racism 0 Comments

What’s so funny about comedy, anyway?

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