social theory

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 205: Therapy

November 21, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 14), Politics, Pop Culture, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed 0 Comments

What problems arise when “therapy speak” becomes our default social vocabulary?

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Episode 197: How the Manosphere Killed Cool (with Robin James)

September 19, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Guest Episodes, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 14), Politics, Pop Culture, Race and Racism, Technology 1 Comment

Robin James explains how tech bros and manosphere podcasters made “cool” obsolete.

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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 194: Major Life Changes

August 8, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 13), Politics 0 Comments

It’s all the same until it isn’t.

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Episode 192: NPC Energy

July 25, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 13), Politics, Pop Culture, Technology 0 Comments

Are you even playing the game?

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Episode 183: Cringe

May 23, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 13), Politics, Pop Culture, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed 0 Comments

This is gonna be awkward.

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

April 18, 2025 HBS Hosts Deep Dives, Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 12), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Politics, Race and Racism 0 Comments

Who, if anyone, is speaking truth to power?

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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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Episode 167: Revenge

January 17, 2025 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, Hotel Bar Podcast (Season 12), HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Politics, Pop Culture, Race and Racism, Technology 0 Comments

The HBS hosts unpack the complexities of a dish best served cold.

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