Philosophy Talk: Select Episodes
Dostoevsky and Doubting Faith
May 11, 20264 min
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Philosophy Talk: Select Episodes
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"The program that questions everything -- except your intelligence."Philosophy on the radio? You've got to be kidding? Well, sometimes we do (kid, that is). Mostly we look at today's important ideas with an eye to thinking them through.Philosophy Talk is a weekly, one-hour radio series. The hosts' down-to-earth and no-nonsense approach brings the richness of philosophic thought to everyday subjects. Topics are lofty (Truth, Beauty, Justice), arresting (Terrorism, Intelligent Design, Suicide), and engaging (Baseball, Love, Happiness).This is not a lecture or a college course; it's philosophy in action!Philosophy Talk is a fun opportunity to explore issues of importance to your audience in a thoughtful, friendly fashion, where thinking is encouraged.
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"The program that questions everything -- except your intelligence."Philosophy on the radio? You've got to be kidding? Well, sometimes we do (kid, that is). Mostly we look at today's important ideas with an eye to thinking them through. Philosophy Talk is a weekly, one-hour radio series.
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Philosophy Talk: Select Episodes is hosted by Philosophy Talk. The show has published 89 episodes to date.
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Recent episodes include "Dostoevsky and Doubting Faith" (11 May 2026, 4 minutes), ""Select Episodes" is ending" (1 March 2026, 1 minute), and "Can Money Buy Well-being?" (14 February 2026, 51 minutes).
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Philosophy Talk: Select Episodes publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 37 minutes across 89 episodes.
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Philosophy Talk: Select Episodes
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Philosophy Talk: Select Episodes
Can Money Buy Well-being?
Feb 14, 202651 minMore at https://philosophytalk.org/shows/can-money-buy-well-being. Governments and central banks set economic policies that affect us all. But how do those policies influence our quality of life? And how can that...
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Anna Julia Cooper
Jan 30, 202652 minMore at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/anna-julia-cooper. Born into slavery in the nineteenth century, Anna Julia Cooper received a classical education, attended the Sorbonne, and became the fourth African...
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The Examined Year: 2025
Jan 1, 20261 minMore at https://philosophytalk.org/shows/the-examined-year-2025. What happened over the past year that challenged our assumptions and made us think about things in new ways? Josh and Ray talk to philosophers and others...
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Gilbert Ryle and the Map of the Mind
Jan 1, 20261 minMore at https://philosophytalk.org/shows/gilbert-ryle. Gilbert Ryle (1900-1976) was a British philosopher of mind and language best known for his book The Concept of Mind. He developed a novel argument against Cartesian...
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Narrative and the Meaning of Life
Jan 1, 20261 minMore at https://philosophytalk.org/shows/narrative-and-the-meaning-of-life. Humans are uniquely storytelling creatures who can narrate the events of their own lives. Some argue that our lives derive meaning from our...
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This Week: Mind Sharing
Dec 21, 202551 minMore at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/mind-sharing. Mind reading might sound like the stuff of science fiction. But in philosophy and psychology, mind reading is something that human beings do whenever we try to guess...
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Shakespeare's Outsiders
Dec 13, 202551 minMore at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/shakespeares-outsiders. Over 400 years after his death, Shakespeare is still widely regarded as the greatest dramatist of all time. His many plays tackle questions about...
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Im Yunjidang
Dec 6, 202551 minMore at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/im-yunjidang. 18th-century Korean philosopher Im Yunjidang was the first Confucian to argue for women’s equality in matters of morality and to claim that women, just like...
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Margaret Cavendish
Nov 15, 202552 minMore at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/margaret-cavendish. Margaret Cavendish was a writer of poetry, philosophy, polemics, histories, plays, and utopian fiction. She employed many different genres as a way to...
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Narrative and the Meaning of Life
Nov 7, 20251 minMore at https://philosophytalk.org/shows/narrative-and-the-meaning-of-life. Humans are uniquely storytelling creatures who can narrate the events of their own lives. Some argue that our lives derive meaning from our...
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Mary Astell
Oct 25, 202552 minMore at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/mary-astell. Mary Astell (1666–1731) was an English philosopher and writer who advocated for equal rights for women. While she described marriage as a type of “slavery,” she...
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Elisabeth of Bohemia
Oct 4, 202551 minMore at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/elisabeth-bohemia. Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618–1680) is best known for her correspondence with René Descartes. In her letters, she articulated a devastating critique of his...
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Hildegard von Bingen
Sep 13, 202552 minMore at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/hildegard-of-bingen. Hildegard von Bingen was a 12th century mystic, polymath, and composer whose work spanned visionary theology, philosophy, cosmology, medicine, botany...
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Hypatia of Alexandria
Aug 16, 202552 minMore at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/hypatia-alexandria. Hypatia of Alexandria, late antiquity public figure and scholar, made significant contributions to mathematics, philosophy, and astronomy. Her embrace of...
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Philippa Foot
Jun 5, 202552 minMore at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/philippa-foot. Philippa Foot invented the thought experiment that famously became known as the Trolley Problem. Despite the vast industry of “trolleyology” it inspired...
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Mary Midgley
May 8, 202552 minMore at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/mary-midgley. Mary Midgley became one of the best known public intellectuals in the UK, and was one of the first philosophers to talk about climate change. Though she didn’t...
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Iris Murdoch
Apr 11, 202552 minMore at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/iris-murdoch. Iris Murdoch may be best known for her works of fiction, but her philosophical contributions were equally significant. A moral realist influenced by Plato and...
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Judith Jarvis Thomson
Mar 8, 202552 minMore at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/judith-jarvis-thomson. Judith Jarvis Thomson is best known for arguing that abortion is morally permissible, even granting the fetus the status of person. Her colorful...
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