politics

Episode 218: Strange Bedfellows: Adorno and Strauss (with Jeffrey Bernstein)

April 5, 2026 HBS Hosts Ethics, Guest Episodes, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 15), Politics 0 Comments

Strauss and Adorno walk into a bar. Turns out they both hate fascism.

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Episode 211: Intelligence(s)

January 23, 2026 HBS Hosts HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 15) 0 Comments

What counts as intelligence?

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Episode 210: Marilyn Frye’s “Oppression”

December 26, 2025 HBS Hosts Deep Dives, Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 14), Politics, Race and Racism 0 Comments

How to mark the distinction between being “inconvenienced” and being oppressed.

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Episode 209: Nostalgia

December 19, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 14), Politics 0 Comments

What does nostalgia fondly remember, and what might it dangerously enable?

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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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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 201: The Hills We Die On

October 24, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 14), Politics, Race and Racism, Technology 0 Comments

How do we choose the hills where we make our stand?

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MINIBAR: In Defense of Metaphysics

August 29, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Minibar), Minibar Episodes, Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed 0 Comments

Rick Lee explains what metaphysics is and why it’s worth defending.

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MINIBAR: Living in Occupied D.C.

August 22, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Minibar), Minibar Episodes, Politics, Race and Racism 3 Comments

What it’s like to live with a President who is too extra.

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Episode 195: Arendt’s “Banality of Evil”

August 15, 2025 HBS Hosts Deep Dives, Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 13), Politics, Race and Racism 0 Comments

“Evil arises from a failure to think.” -Hannah Arendt

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