phenomenology

Episode 219: Possible Worlds

April 10, 2026 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 15), Politics, Pop Culture 0 Comments

What philosophers do with worlds that don’t exist — and whether it helps.

Read More

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.

Read More

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?

Read More

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?

Read More

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.

Read More