religion

Episode 180: Foucault’s “Fearless Speech” (Parrhesia)

Who, if anyone, is speaking truth to power?

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Episode 178: Totalitarianism (with Peg Birmingham)

Can democracy be saved from totalitarianism?

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Episode 176: The Establishment Clause

Where’s the line between church and state?

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Episode 172: Ambiguity

When nothing is clear, how do we decide?

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Episode 171: Trust

Can anyone be trusted anymore?

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Episode 164: The Significance Impulse (with Josh Glasgow)

What if our cosmic unimportance is itself not all that important?

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

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

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Episode158: Does God Exist?

Are you there God? It’s us, Hotel Bar Sessions.

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Episode 155: Zionist ressentiment, the Left, and the Palestinian Question (with Zahi Zalloua)

What can Fanon and Nietzsche teach us about the Israeli/Palestinian crisis?

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Episode 152: Evidence

What counts as evidence? What makes it good or bad? How do we know?

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