Clancy Martin: podcast appearances and interviews

Clancy Martin is a Canadian philosopher, novelist, and essayist with interests that include 19th century philosophy, existentialism, moral psychology, and ethics. He has authored and edited more than a dozen books on philosophy and has written over three hundred articles and essays on topics such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Romanticism, and the virtue of truthfulness. His translations of works by Nietzsche and Kierkegaard from German and Danish include a complete translation of Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Martin combines philosophical inquiry with memoir; his book How Not to Kill Yourself explores his personal experiences with depression, substance abuse, and suicidal ideation, while discussing the philosophy of suicide and how he managed his own mental health challenges. As a fiction writer, Martin is a Pushcart Prize laureate and the author of two novels, How to Sell and Travels in Central America. His novel How to Sell critiques the luxury business and reflects on aspects of the American spirit. His writing has appeared in numerous prominent publications including The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages. Martin holds positions at the University of Missouri in Kansas City, where he is Curators' Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Business Ethics at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management. He was also a professor at Ashoka University from 2017 to 2025. His honors include the Thomas Jefferson Award and a German Academic Exchange Service Fellowship.