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Coming up: What should we make of the self-appointed spokesperson? Josh & Ray speak for themselves with @wendysalkin.bsky.social from Stanford, author of "Speaking for Others: The Ethics of Informal Political Representation."

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Who Speaks For You? - Philosophy Talk People often speak on behalf of others, like the concerned citizen who stands up for their neighbors at a city council meeting, or the activist who defends the rights of an oppressed group. Some of th...

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Ahead of our next episode, "Who Speaks For You?" we sent our Roving Reporter, Molly Blair Salyer, to find out what it's like when you can’t trust your own voice to speak your thoughts reliably: youtu.be/OlzdSkRimn4

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Recording a segment for our upcoming Dionysus Awards movie special with @amycoplan.bsky.social from @calstatefullerton.bsky.social about the "Best Tweak on a Classic That Raises Questions about Parents and Children: "Hamnet" vs "Frankenstein."

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In the spirit of #WomensHistoryMonth and the upcoming #Oscars, here are films that feature thinkers from our #WiseWomen series:

• "Mary Shelley" (2017): Mary Wollstonecraft
• "Agora" (2009): Hypatia of Alexandria
• "Iris" (2001): Iris Murdoch
• "Reds" (1981): Emma Goldman

What others are there?

Last summer we dropped the sixteenth and final new episode in our #WiseWomen series, so this #WomensHistoryMonth feels like the perfect time to celebrate it.

Check out all the episodes, from Hypatia of Alexandria to Judith Jarvis Thomson of MIT, at philosophytalk.org/playlist/the... #PhilSky

ICYMI We kicked off #WomensHistoryMonth with an episode about Mary Wollstonecraft, author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman."

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Wise Woman: Mary Wollstonecraft Kick off Women's History Month with the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.

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Ahead of this week's #WiseWomen episode, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to explore the turbulent life and times of Mary Wollstonecraft with @eileenmhunt.bsky.social from Notre Dame, author of "Portraits of #Wollstonecraft: The Making of a Feminist Icon, 1785 to 2020": youtu.be/TKndx-RNbF4

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YouTube video by Philosophy Talk Montaigne and the Art of the Essay: Roving Philosophical Report

Michel de #Montaigne was born on this date in 1533. Check out our 2021 episode with @cecilealduy.bsky.social from Stanford, where we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Holly J. McDede to explore the life & times of the inventor of the essay: youtu.be/NwOMFwsrjuQ

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Yessss! All 623 (and counting) episodes, from Aristotle to Zhuangzi, from Architecture to Zen Buddhism: podcasts.apple.com/id/podcast/p... #QuestionEverything

Beloved podcast 'Philosophy Talk' now available for free The popular show, which originated with support from Stanford, will reach an even wider audience.

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Wise Woman: Mary Wollstonecraft March is Women's History Month.

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Coming up: March is Women's History Month, so kick it off with another installment in our #WiseWomen series as Josh and Ray explore the life & thought of Mary #Wollstonecraft with @sylvana-tomaselli.bsky.social from Cambridge University, author of "Wollstonecraft: Philosophy, Passion, and Politics."

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Ahead of recording "What Is Addiction?" with Hanna Pickard from @jhu.edu next week, we're thinking back to Holly J. McDede's Roving Philosophical Report exploring #harmreduction strategies that treat #addiction with care and compassion rather than punishment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0s7... #PhilSky

What Is Addiction? - Philosophy Talk People who are addicted to substances display a puzzling behavior: they keep using even when it causes harm and distress to them and the people in their lives. Why would someone do this? Is it the res...

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Next week we'll be recording an episode asking what is #addiction with Hanna Pickard from @jhu.edu, author of "What Would You Do Alone in a Cage with Nothing But Cocaine? A Philosophy of Addiction."

Got a question or comment about addiction? Let us know below, and we may ask yours on the show!

Separation of Powers and the Charismatic Presidency - Philosophy Talk The founding fathers in their considerable wisdom took the separation of powers to be a "bulwark of liberty." Indeed, they took the concentration of power into a single agency to be the very definitio...

Even in the best of times, the State of the Union address highlights the asymmetries among the nominally co-equal branches of our government, as Ken Taylor explored nearly two decades ago when we first aired this episode on the Separation of Powers: philosophytalk.org/blog/separat... #PhilSky #SOTU

Sociologist, historian, and activist W.E.B. #DuBois was born on this date in 1868. Check out our 2006 episode with Lucius Outlaw from @vanderbilt.edu, author of "On #Race and Philosophy."

Listen or download—ICYMI it's now FREE—at philosophytalk.org/shows/w-e-b-du-bois #PhilSky #BlackHistoryMonth

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TODAY: On the 238th anniversary of the great grouch, tune in for a spirit-lifting with David Bather Woods from the University of Warwick, author of "Arthur #Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy’s Greatest Pessimist" – 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso....

Political philosopher John Rawls was born on this date in 1921. Check out our 2008 episode with his student Joshua Cohen (then of Stanford)—like all 600+ episodes in our library it's now free to listen and download: philosophytalk.org/shows/john-rawls

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Coming up: On the 238th anniversary of the great curmudgeon, revisit our conversation with @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social from the University of Warwick, author of "Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy’s Greatest Pessimist."

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The 2026 Dionysus Awards - Philosophy Talk With the dust setlling from the Oscars, it’s time to think about what movies of the past year challenged your assumptions and made you think about things in new ways. Josh and guest co-host Jorah Dane...

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What #movies of the past year challenged your assumptions and made you think about things in new ways? This year our annual Dionysus Awards will air after the #Oscars dust has settled next month, so there's still time to send us your nominations for the most thought-provoking films of 2025.

Schopenhauer: Living Your Worst Life - Philosophy Talk Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) is considered one of the great European philosophers of the nineteenth century. His most famous work, The World as Will and Representation, presents a pessimistic view ...

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This Sunday marks the 238th anniversary Arthur #Schopenhauer, so we'll be rebroadcasting our recent episode with @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social. Ahead of the program we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to find the silver lining in Schopenhauer’s dismal worldview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG-k...

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