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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 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 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 196: The Expertise Crisis

September 12, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 14), Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Race and Racism, Technology 0 Comments

What happens when nobody trusts experts anymore?

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Episode 186: Panic Now? Tools for Humanizing (with Ira Allen)

June 13, 2025 HBS Hosts Environmental Concerns, Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Guest Episodes, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 13), Politics, Pop Culture, Race and Racism, Technology 0 Comments

The rise of AI, the decay of democracy, colonial legacies, climate disaster, Is it time to panic now?

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Episode 185: Private Parts

June 6, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 13), Politics, Pop Culture, Race and Racism 0 Comments

How can we talk, or think, about “private parts” in a philosophical way?

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Episode 184: The Future of the University

May 30, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 13), Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Race and Racism, Technology 0 Comments

Can the University be saved? Should it be saved?

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Episode 176: The Establishment Clause

March 21, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 12), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Politics, Pop Culture, Race and Racism 0 Comments

Where’s the line between church and state?

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Episode 175: DEI Then and Now (with Paul Breines)

March 14, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Guest Episodes, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 12), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Politics, Pop Culture, Race and Racism, Technology 0 Comments

Freedom Rider Paul Breines joins us to talk about the three most dangerous letters in the alphabet.

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