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Coming up: Should we live provisionally, with principles we’re willing to give up at a moment’s notice? Josh and Ray explore the life & thought of Robert Musil with @bencenanay.bsky.social from @uantwerpen.be – Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso.... #PhilSky

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One of the first philosophers to write about #climate change, Mary Midgley, was born on this date in 1919. For our episode earlier this year, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to explore Midgley’s ideas about #animals and the Gaia hypothesis: youtu.be/yraIY5Uhb98

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So *why* is Baudelaire doing this interesting thing? I have some theories. Check the article out if you'd like to know more!

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Is it *surprising* that Baudelaire does this? Based on fascinating work by Lera Boroditsky, I think it is. 19th-century French paintings almost always present death as a woman (LA mort), whereas German ones almost always present death as a man (DER Tod). Baudelaire is doing something interesting. 3/

Together with the awesome and indefatigable Axelle Marcantetti, I trawled through the entire corpus of poems, and we ended up with some figures. Short version: Baudelaire does this gender mixing quite a lot. And there are some really striking instances!) 2/

Gender Trouble (and Cognitive Science) in Baudelaire | Australian Journal of French Studies Nature is a temple. Death is a captain. Hair is an ocean. Woods are like cathedrals. Beauty bestrides her throne like a sphinx. An indigent muse sings like a cynical choirboy. It’s a wellknown fact that Baudelaire’s poetry is full of metaphor, simile, ...

The good people at AJFS very kindly agreed to publish this piece of mine, on mixed-gender metaphors in Baudelaire.
Baudelaire deliberately compares items gendered masculine (e.g. LE capitaine) with items gendered feminine (e.g. LA mort). But why? 1/
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What does the CPB closure mean for the future of public media? The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has long helped sustain public media stations, announced it will shut down after losing $1.1 billion in federal funding.

ICYMI Director of Research and Advancement @lumagoo.bsky.social was on @kalwradio.bsky.social's Your Call yesterday to talk about funding cuts to the @nehgov.bsky.social, universities, and our program: www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...

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The upside is that the world becomes alive with a host of invisible movement—it's bursting at the seams with change, uniqueness, variety, and freedom. An exciting vision!

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What follows from this? Well, there's no such thing as a fixed self: you too are changing. There aren't even life stages, neatly demarcated from each other: change is continuous. And there isn't a set of neatly categorized species, since evolution never ends. 2/

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Quick summary: for Bergson, there's no such thing as an "instant," where everything is stationary, like in a photograph. Even rocks are moving, changing, getting worn away by time... 1/

Coming up: Looking for thought-provoking summer #movie watching? Josh and guest-host Jeremy Sabol present our annual Dionysus Awards for the most philosophically-compelling movies of the past year – Sunday 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso....

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Why does music matter? Can music express emotions? Is a cover song just a version of the original, or a whole new thing? Are we locked into loving the music we grew up with? And what’s up with the “music of the spheres”? Please send us your thoughts and questions!

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French writer Marcel #Proust was born on this date in 1871. For our episode just a few years ago, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Holly J. McDede, to contemplate how smell and taste influence our memories and sense of self: youtu.be/kaLaI7kspY0

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Summer Reading: Lists and More - Philosophy Talk July is here, which for many means it’s time to dig into those books on your summer reading list. We first began producing our own annual Summer Reading specials back in 2006. For a variety of reasons...

For a variety of reasons we aren't producing our annual #SummerReading special this year, so for This Month’s Playlist we’ve gathered together the last several years' episodes. Take a listen and check out any of the recent #books you may have missed: philosophytalk.org/playlist/sum... #PhilSky

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For our next episode, We sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Sarah @laistirland.bsky.social, to find out what difference it makes to be surrounded by cameras and other invasive devices, whether on our own phones or out in the world: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8ek...

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Put Your Best Foot Forward Philippa Foot was a member of the "Oxford Quartet" of moral philosophers and also an important influence on Judith Jarvis Thompson, who picked up one of Foot's thought experiments and made it famous.

Ahead of this Sunday's broadcast of the final episode in our #WiseWomen series (supported by a grant from the @nehgov.bsky.social), head over to Philosophers Corner for a primer on the moral #philosophy of Philippa Foot: www.philosophytalk.org/blog/put-you... #PhilSky

Later today we record our final #WiseWomen episode, exploring the life & thought of Philippa Foot with John Hacker-Wright from @uofguelph.bsky.social.

Got questions about the philosopher who originated the Trolley Problem? Let us know and we many ask your question on the show!

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ICYMI This week's #WiseWomen episode about pioneering eco-feminist Mary Midgley is now available for download: open.spotify.com/episode/5lKv...

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Mary Midgley The life and thought of the pioneering eco-feminist.

TODAY: Josh and Ray explore the life & thought of Mary Midgley with Clare Mac Cumhaill from @durham-university.bsky.social, co-author of "Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought #Philosophy Back to Life" – 11a on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso....

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Not all the #WiseWomen in our series were mothers, but some were—happy #MothersDay!

Listen to all the episodes in the series, which is supported by a grant from the @nehgov.bsky.social, at www.philosophytalk.org/wisewomen.

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I had a lovely time talking about Proust with @calflyn.bsky.social at “Five Books.” Hard to do justice to 3,000 pages in a short conversation, but we gave it our best shot! fivebooks.com/best-books/m...

Creepy Converts and Pugnacious Priests It's that time of year again, when all eyes turn to Hollywood as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents its awards for artistic and technical merit in film, and all ears turn to our special episode celebrating the most thought-provoking movies of the past year—the Dionysus Awards.

To mark the passing of #PopeFrancis and the coming papal #conclave, listen to @profjoshlandy.bsky.social and Jeremy debate this year's Dionysus Award for Best Movie About Religious People Who Aren't Entirely What They Seem: www.philosophytalk.org/blog/creepy-...

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Iris Murdoch The life and thought of the philosopher and novelist.

TODAY: Josh and Ray explore the life & thought of philosopher-novelist Iris Murdoch with Eva-Maria Düringer from the @utuebingen.bsky.social, author of "Evaluating Emotions" – 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & online at www.kalw.org/show/philoso....

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Despite the fact that the NEH just terminated the funding for our Wise Women series, we will continue undaunted.

Our latest episode is on novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch, airing this Sunday.

All episodes in the series can be heard at:
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110% committed to our #WiseWomen series—which is/was supported by a grant from @nehgov.bsky.social—and next Sunday's episode on philosopher-novelist Iris Murdoch with Eva-Maria Düringer from @unituebingen.bsky.social.

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Coming up: How can art transform our lives? Ray and guest-host @lemuelgulliver.bsky.social invite regular co-host @profjoshlandy.bsky.social to the guest mic mic as they go in search of Proust's #philosophy – Sunday 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso.... #PhilSky

YouTube video by Philosophy Talk Time For Summer Reading

Our next broadcast is an encore from a few years ago when @profjoshlandy.bsky.social's book "The World According to #Proust" came out. But our Roving Philosophical Reporter Holly J. McDede actually made her first foray into Proustland on our 2020 summer reading special: youtu.be/-xJJrvJRvVA #PhilSky