phenomenology

Episode 214: Food (with Bob Valgenti)

February 20, 2026 HBS Hosts Environmental Concerns, Ethics, Guest Episodes, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 15), Politics, Pop Culture 0 Comments

Philosopher and culinary professor Bob Valgenti explains how the history of humanity is the history of gastronomy.

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MINIBAR: Pain (with Bob Vallier)

January 2, 2026 HBS Hosts HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Minibar), Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 14), Minibar Episodes 0 Comments

What can the body, in pain, teach us about the hilarity of our own finitude?

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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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Pain

January 2, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 14), Minibar Episodes 0 Comments

What our bodies, in pain, can teach us about the hilarity of finitude.

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