Philosophize This! podcast

Philosophize This!

Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world we live in are broken down and explained.

Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world we live in are broken down and explained.

 

#222

Episode #222 ... Dostoevsky - Love in The Brothers Karamazov

Today we talk about the philosophical themes around love in The Brothers Karamazov. We tal... more

16 Feb 2025

40 MINS

40:44

16 Feb 2025


#221

Episode #221 ... Dostoevsky - The Idiot

Today we talk about the book The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. We talk about the curse of sa... more

01 Feb 2025

38 MINS

38:14

01 Feb 2025


#220

Episode #220 ... Dostoevsky - Demons

Today we discuss the philosophical themes of the book Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky. We talk... more

13 Jan 2025

39 MINS

39:43

13 Jan 2025


#219

Episode #219 ... Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment

Today we talk about the philosophical themes that Dostoevsky had in mind when writing Crim... more

23 Dec 2024

32 MINS

32:19

23 Dec 2024


#218

Episode #218 ... Dostoevsky - Notes From Underground

Today we talk about the philosophical themes of one of Dostoevsky's most famous books: Not... more

17 Dec 2024

35 MINS

35:42

17 Dec 2024


#217

Episode #217 ... Religion and Nothingness - Kyoto School pt. 2 - Nishitani

Today we talk about expanding our view of what a religious quest includes. The limits of d... more

06 Dec 2024

47 MINS

47:08

06 Dec 2024


#216

Episode #216 ... The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism - Kyoto School pt. 1 - Nishitani

Today we look at the work of Keiji Nishitani. We examine Nihilism in a deeper way than we'... more

18 Nov 2024

35 MINS

35:33

18 Nov 2024


#215

Episode #215 ... How Mysticism is missing in our modern lives. (Critchley, Heidegger)

Today we talk about whether it's possible to achieve not just freedom of the will, but fre... more

30 Oct 2024

31 MINS

31:16

30 Oct 2024


#214

Episode #214 ... Framing our Being in a completely different way. (Heidegger)

Today we look at Heidegger's critique of metaphysics and the traditional subject-object fr... more

21 Oct 2024

37 MINS

37:54

21 Oct 2024


#213

Episode #213 ... Deleuze Interprets Nietzsche (Difference, Joy, Affirmation)

Today we talk about Deleuze's interpretation of Nietzsche's work. We talk about difference... more

13 Oct 2024

37 MINS

37:03

13 Oct 2024


#212

Episode #212 ... Nietzsche and Critchley on the tragic perspective. (Amor Fati pt. 2)

Today we begin by talking about Nietzsche's concept of life-affirmation. Contrasting it wi... more

30 Sep 2024

38 MINS

38:29

30 Sep 2024


#211

Episode #211 ... Nietzsche returns with a hammer!

Today we talk about Nietzsche's views on the decay of western society. We talk about his p... more

22 Sep 2024

40 MINS

40:32

22 Sep 2024


#210

Episode #210 ... The Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paulo Freire, Education)

We talk about Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed. His critique of the banking model ... more

12 Sep 2024

38 MINS

38:42

12 Sep 2024


#209

Episode #209 ... Improving our world through applied ethics. (Peter Singer, Katarzyna de Lazari-Rade...

Today we talk about Peter Singer's response to an anticapitalist critique of his work. Kat... more

26 Aug 2024

36 MINS

36:03

26 Aug 2024


#208

Episode #208 ... The moral evolution of a philosopher. (Peter Singer)

On this episode, we track the changes in Peter Singer's ethical views throughout his caree... more

18 Aug 2024

44 MINS

44:18

18 Aug 2024


#207

Episode #207 ... Fear is toxic to a democracy. (Martha Nussbaum)

Today we talk more about the work of Martha Nussbaum and her book The Monarchy of Fear. We... more

01 Aug 2024

35 MINS

35:54

01 Aug 2024


#206

Episode #206 ... Capitalism is dead. This is Technofeudalism. (Yanis Varoufakis)

Today we talk about the concept of Technofeudalism as described by Yanis Varoufakis. We ta... more

21 Jul 2024

37 MINS

37:28

21 Jul 2024


#205

Episode #205 ... Why a meritocracy is corrosive to society. (Michael Sandel)

Today we talk about the dark side of meritocracy, the effects it has on the way people see... more

01 Jul 2024

32 MINS

32:02

01 Jul 2024


#204

Episode #204 ... The importance of philosophy, justice and the common good. (Michael Sandel)

Today we talk about some of the benefits of being a practitioner of philosophy. Michael Sa... more

24 Jun 2024

37 MINS

37:53

24 Jun 2024


#203

Episode #203 ... Why the future is being slowly cancelled. - Postmodernism (Mark Fisher, Capitalist ...

Today we continue developing our understanding of the ideas that have led to what Mark Fis... more

17 Jun 2024

39 MINS

39:46

17 Jun 2024


#202

Episode #202 ... Why we can't think beyond capitalism. - Neoliberalism (Mark Fisher, Capitalist Real...

Today we begin our discussion on the work of Mark Fisher surrounding his concept of Capita... more

03 Jun 2024

35 MINS

35:16

03 Jun 2024


#201

Episode #201 ... Resistance, Love, and the importance of Failure. (Zizek, Byung Chul Han)

Today we talk about a potential way to find meaning for someone prone to postmodern subjec... more

06 May 2024

36 MINS

36:58

06 May 2024