social theory

Episode 165: Kant’s Categorical Imperative

December 20, 2024 HBS Hosts Deep Dives, Ethics, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 11), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 11), Politics, Race and Racism 0 Comments

What if morality was law-governed in the same way that logic and physics are?

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Episode 157: The Ethics of Refusal (with Devonya Havis)

October 25, 2024 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Guest Episodes, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 11), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 11), Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Race and Racism 0 Comments

When is it right, or even necessary, to say “no”?

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Episode 154: Aristotle and Feminist Materialism, Troubled (with Emanuela Bianchi)

October 4, 2024 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Guest Episodes, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 11), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 11), Politics, Race and Racism 0 Comments

Philosophy has traditionally associated the feminine with matter, implying passivity. Why? And to what ends?

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Episode 153: The Gutenberg Parenthesis (with Jeff Jarvis)

September 27, 2024 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Guest Episodes, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 11), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 11), Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Race and Racism, Technology 0 Comments

Are we nearing the end of the Age of “Print”? And, if so, what comes next?

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Episode 149: Voting

August 16, 2024 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 10), Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 10), Politics 0 Comments

Does voting matter?

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Episode 145: Ideology and Self-Emancipation (with William Clare Roberts)

July 19, 2024 HBS Hosts Ethics, Guest Episodes, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 10), Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 10), Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed 0 Comments

Ideology is said in many ways. Which one is emancipatory?

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Episode 22: White Working Class

August 13, 2021 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 2), Politics, Race and Racism 0 Comments

The HBS hosts take a critical look at the white working class and their grievances.

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Episode 21: Conspiracy Theories

August 6, 2021 HBS Hosts Deep Dives, Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 2), Politics, Pop Culture, Race and Racism, Technology 0 Comments

The HBS hosts discuss conspiracy theories and what motivates people to believe in them.

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Episode 20: Vulgarity

July 30, 2021 HBS Hosts HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 2) 0 Comments

The HBS hosts lower themselves into the muck in this NSFW episode.

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Episode 19: Laughter

July 23, 2021 HBS Hosts HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 2) 0 Comments

The HBS hosts laugh, joke, and try to figure out what’s so funny about comedy.

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