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Episode 215: Family “No Contact” (with Kiran Bhardwaj) - Hotel Bar Podcast Is family "estrangement" a defensible choice?

Turns out there's nothing that gets people talking more than a seat at the hotel bar and the topic of "family"!

Check out this week's episode, in which we're joined by Dr. Kiran Bhardwaj to talk about the complex decision to go "no contact" with family members.

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Episode 214: Food (with Bob Valgenti) - Hotel Bar Podcast Philosopher and culinary professor Bob Valgenti explains how the history of humanity is the history of gastronomy.

Episode 214 is live and we hope you're hungry!

This week, our co-hosts are joined by Bob Valgenti, philosophy professor at the Culinary Institute of America, who argues that the history of humanity is the history of gastronomy. Check it out!

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Episode 213: Anonymity - Hotel Bar Podcast Why must state power wear a mask?

Episode 213 just dropped and this week we're talking about the moral implications of anonymity.

Yes, including a discussion of masked federal agents.

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Episode 212: Catastrophic Philosophy - Hotel Bar Podcast How does philosophy respond to catastrophes? And how does it generate them?

Brand new episode is out today and this week our co-hosts @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social, @jenhkling.bsky.social, and @philosophymatters.bsky.social are staring deeply into the well!

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I tried to forward a somewhat unorthodox definition of "intelligence" in this episode. Would love to hear your feedback!

Glad to be back! Thanks for listening!

Episode 211: Intelligence(s) - Hotel Bar Podcast What counts as intelligence?

First episode of Season 15 just dropped and we're starting off strong!

What is intelligence, anyway? Are there "more" intelligent and "less" intelligent people? species? machines?

Tune in at the link below (or wherever you listen to podcasts) to find out!

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The wait is almost over...

Co-hosts @jenhkling.bsky.social @philosophymatters.bsky.social & @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social will return with the first episode of Season 15 tomorrow (Friday, January 23)!

Tune in and make sure to subscribe to HBS wherever you listen to podcasts!

MINIBAR: Algorithmic Nostalgia (with Leigh M. Johnson) - Hotel Bar Podcast Why do AI's fabricated memories "feel" so true?

New MINIBAR episode out today and co-host @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social is asking "Why do AI's fabricated memories *feel* so true?"

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MINIBAR: Uncivil Obedience (with Jennifer Kling) - Hotel Bar Podcast What happens when we follow the letter of the law, while refusing to cooperate with its spirit?

New MINIBAR episode dropped this morning. Check out co-host @jenhkling.bsky.social's thoughts on "uncivil obedience"!

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MINIBAR: Pain (with Bob Vallier) - Hotel Bar Podcast What can the body, in pain, teach us about the hilarity of our own finitude?

We're hard at work prepping Season 15-- which drops JAN 23!-- so for the next 3 wks our hosts are serving up solo "Minibar" episodes. Check out this week's Minibar from co-host Bob Vallier, who describes the lessons pain taught him after a terrible bike accident.

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Episode 210: Marilyn Frye’s “Oppression” - Hotel Bar Podcast How to mark the distinction between being "inconvenienced" and being oppressed.

Episode 210 just dropped! What says "holiday dinner table conversation" more than the topic of "oppression"!?

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Episode 209: Nostalgia - Hotel Bar Podcast What does nostalgia fondly remember, and what might it dangerously enable?

Episode 209 just dropped!

Listen now and remember it fondly later!

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Episode 208: Sophistry - Hotel Bar Podcast What to do when "just asking questions" is not that.

Episode 208 is now live and this week we're talking about speciousness, mendaciousness, and sophistry. Wasn't hard to find examples!

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Getting tired of the "debate me!" bros?

Tune in this Friday for our next episode on Sophistry!

Do Your Own Damn Research: The New Episteme of Trump 2.0

From former Hotel Bar Sessions co-host, @jasonread.bsky.social. Brilliant, as always.

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Hotel Bar Sessions | Patreon creating a podcast where the real philosophy happens

Only 3 episodes left in Season 14! No time like the present to sign up and support us on Patreon to keep the podcast's lights (and microphones) on!

Many (totally affordable) options for support available at the link below. Every little bit helps!

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This podcast is so marvelous! Hear the many sides of a different topic each time, with your educated, opinionated, and funny hosts. It's tough waiting for each new one!
Here's the history of all those great seasons. Try it out!
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Thanks for the shout-out, Sue! We're genuinely grateful for loyal listeners like you! <3

I'm not very good at podcasts (listening to radio chatter has never been something I've enjoyed - I'd much rather read an article or, at the very least, a transcript) but... this podcast from Hotel Bar Sessions (and the podcast concept, gotta say) is VALID AF.

Episode 207: The Enshittification of… everything? - Hotel Bar Podcast How late capitalism turns every click into crap.

Episode 207 is live and, boy, does it stink!

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It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Hey friends, if you listen to Hotel Bar Sessions podcast, we'd like to invite you to send us a question-- it can be serious, funny, challenging, whatever-- to answer on air. Feel free to post your question below or email it to us at hotelbarpodcast@gmail.com!

Next week, we're going to be talking about Doctorow's "enshittification" framework on @hotelbarpodcast.bsky.social. Tune in!

Episode 206: Quiet Resistance (with Tamara Fakhoury) - Hotel Bar Podcast What can Palestinian rock climbers teach us about resisting differently?

Episode 206 is live and this week we're talking to Dr. Tamara Fahoury about the Palestinian Wadi climbers and her notion of "quiet resistance."

Check it out!

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Just a heads up for @hotelbarpodcast.bsky.social listeners that the episode we'll be dropping this Friday, "Quiet Resistance (with Tamara Fakhoury)," is a MUST LISTEN for anyone interested in how Palestinians are navigating Israeli oppression in their day-to-day lives.

Episode 205: Therapy - Hotel Bar Podcast What problems arise when "therapy speak" becomes our default social vocabulary?

What does it mean to be “well-adjusted” in a society that might itself be profoundly unwell? Does therapy help or hurt?

Check out our newest episode and reply in the comments!

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ICYMI: Our conversation with Laura K. Field about her recent book *Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right* is now live on our YouTube channel!
@drleighmjohnson.bsky.social @jenhkling.bsky.social
@philosophymatters.bsky.social
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