Philosophize This!
Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers a...
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- Peter Sloterdijk2 eps
- Alasdair Macintyre1 ep
- Alasdair MacIntyre1 ep
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- 🇺🇸United States · PhilosophyHOME#22.8M to 15M
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom · Philosophy#1304K to 1.6M
- 🇮🇳India · Philosophy#1217K to 1.1M
- 🇨🇦Canada · Philosophy#2127K to 673K
- 🇩🇪Germany · Philosophy#475K to 396K
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4.4M to 23M🎙 Biweekly cadence·252 episodes·Last published today - Monthly Reach
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6.3M to 33M🇺🇸64%🇬🇧7%🇮🇳5%+13 more - Active Followers
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2.5M to 13M
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| 10/27/26 | Episode #253 ... The Philosophy of Alan Watts - What Am I? | Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 35m 04s | ||||||
| 8/29/26 | war storiestrauma+3 | — | TralfamadoriansSlaughterhouse-Five | — | Kurt VonnegutSlaughterhouse-Five+5 | — | 34m 41s | ||
| 8/8/26 | philosophyenvironment+4 | — | You Must Change Your Life | — | SloterdijkHeidegger+5 | Nord VPN | 35m 25s | ||
| 7/14/26 | philosophychange+4 | Peter Sloterdijk | Philosophize This!You Must Change Your Life | — | changephilosophy+5 | Nord VPNphilothis | 35m 59s | ||
| 6/27/26 | cynicismdefense mechanism+4 | Peter Sloterdijk | Critique of Cynical Reason | — | cynicismphilosophy+6 | Nord VPN | 34m 23s | ||
| 5/31/26 | lyingphilosophy+4 | — | Philosophize This!Patreon+3 | — | lyingphilosophy+5 | Nord VPN | 36m 53s | ||
| 5/10/26 | modern universityphilosophy+4 | Alasdair MacIntyre | Philosophize This!Episode #247 ... The Failure of the Modern University | — | Alasdair MacIntyremodern university+5 | Nord VPNphilothis | 28m 53s | ||
| 4/26/26 | self-made personphilosophy+5 | — | Philosophize This!Dependent Rational Animals | — | self-madeAlasdair Macintyre+5 | Nord VPNphilothis | 32m 41s | ||
| 4/12/26 | moral philosophymoral debates+3 | Alasdair Macintyre | Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry | — | moral inquiryphilosophy+3 | Nord VPNphilothis | 32m 31s | ||
| 2/11/26 | moral discourseEmotivism+4 | — | After Virtue | — | moral philosophyAlasdair MacIntyre+5 | Nord VPN | 36m 51s | ||
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| 12/27/25 | Hamletphilosophy+4 | — | Hamlet | — | HamletShakespeare+5 | Nord VPNphilothis | 30m 41s | ||
| 11/29/25 | philosophyviolence+4 | — | Romeo and Juliet | — | Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare+5 | ZocDocPHILO | 31m 00s | ||
| 11/16/25 | philosophical themespolitical violence+5 | — | Philosophize This!Patreon+2 | — | Julius Caesarphilosophy+7 | The Perfect JeanPT15 | 29m 42s | ||
| 11/8/25 | religionsociology+4 | — | The Varieties of Religion Today | — | Charles Taylorreligious belief+3 | Better HelpPHILTHIS | 29m 23s | ||
| 10/17/25 | authenticityphilosophy+4 | — | Philosophize This! | — | Charles Taylormodern self+3 | The Perfect JeanPT15 | 34m 55s | ||
| 10/8/25 | FrankensteinRomanticism+4 | — | Frankenstein | — | FrankensteinMary Shelley+5 | Better HelpPHILTHIS | 29m 06s | ||
| 9/30/25 | StoicismNietzsche+4 | — | Philosophize This! | — | StoicismNietzsche+5 | ZocDocPHILO | 28m 56s | ||
| 9/13/25 | Episode #236 ... Meditations - Marcus Aurelius | Today we talk about the collection of journals known as Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. We mark the differences between Stoicism, modern Stoic ethics, and the journals of Marcus Aurelius. We talk about the divine logos, indifferents, and how metaphysical assumptions ladder up into the virtue ethics of the ancient Stoics. We talk about some of the context that Marcus was writing each of these journals in. All of this while trying to relay some of the biggest ideas that he wrote about. Hope you love it. :) Sponsors: Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/philothis Quince: https://www.QUINCE.com/pt ZocDoc: https://www.ZocDoc.com/PHILO Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 34m 39s | ||||||
| 9/4/25 | Episode #235 ... The Philosophy of Zen Buddhism - Byung Chul Han | Today we talk about one of Han's earlier books where he offers an alternative to classic western ideas about subjectivity. We talk about Zen as a religion without God. Substance and emptiness. Alternatives to the reified self. Dwelling nowhere. Original friendliness. And death as an event we desperately try to control. Hope you love it! :) Sponsors: Better Help: https://www.BetterHelp.com/PHILTHIS Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/philothis Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 37m 02s | ||||||
| 8/13/25 | Episode #234 ... The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera | Today we try to produce a philosophical guide for the book The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. We talk about Parmenides, Nietzsche's eternal recurrence, kitsch as something more than just an aesthetic category, existential codes and his animal test of morality. Hope you love it! :) Sponsors: ZocDoc: https://www.ZocDoc.com/PHILO Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/philothis Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 32m 41s | ||||||
| 8/4/25 | Episode #233 ... A philosophy of self-destruction. (Dostoevsky, Bataille) | Today we talk about two different theories for why we ritualize self-destructive behavior. We check out a lesser-known work from Dostoevsky called The Gambler. We consider how much we can hold people morally accountable for this kind of stuff. Then we look at the work of Georges Bataille, his book The Accursed Share, and how a hidden underlying economics may be a way we can understand self-destructive behavior from a new angle. Hope you love it and have a great week. :) Sponsors: Greenlight: https://www.greenlight.com/PT Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/philothis Better Help: https://www.BetterHelp.com/PHILTHIS Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 30m 41s | ||||||
| 7/7/25 | Episode #232 ... Byung Chul Han - The Crisis of Narration | Today we talk about the book The Crisis of Narration by the philosopher Byung Chul Han. We talk about the history of storytelling. Walter Benjamins distinction between a Paris fire and a revolution in Madrid. The effects of social media on memory. Story telling vs story selling. AI as pure Intelligenz lacking Geist. The ability for stories to give shape to suffering. The importance of boredom for self-discovery. Hope you love it! :) Sponsors: Greenlight: https://www.greenlight.com/PT Better Help: https://www.BetterHelp.com/PHILTHIS Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/philothis Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 29m 41s | ||||||
| 6/28/25 | Episode #231 ... The Late Work of Wittgenstein - Language Games | Today we talk about the late work of Wittgenstein in Philosophical Investigations. We talk about the meaning of words. Augustine's theory. Forms of life. Rules and practices. Grammar. Geometry. Family resemblance. And the role of a philosopher on the other side of accepting this view of language. Hope you love it. :) Sponsors: ZocDoc: https://www.ZocDoc.com/PHILO Quince: https://www.QUINCE.com/pt Better Help: https://www.BetterHelp.com/PHILTHIS Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 26m 02s | ||||||
| 6/14/25 | Episode #230 ... Hope as an Existentialism (Ernst Bloch) | Today we talk about the early work of Ernst Bloch. Hope as anticipatory consciousness. The darkness of the lived moment. Educated hope vs false hope. Music as an experiential metaphysics and gateway to the Not-Yet. Hope you love it. :) Sponsors: Better Help: https://www.BetterHelp.com/PHILTHIS Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/philothis Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 28m 43s | ||||||
| 5/25/25 | Episode #229 - Kafka and Totalitarianism (Arendt, Adorno) | Today we talk about Kafka's book The Castle and how the symbolism is interpreted by two powerhouse philosophers: Theodore Adorno and Hannah Arendt. Hope you love it! :) Sponsors: Incogni: https://www.Incogni.com/philothis Quince: https://www.QUINCE.com/pt ZocDoc: https://www.ZocDoc.com/PHILO Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 28m 58s | ||||||
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Chart history for Philosophize This!
Peaked at #1 in United Kingdom, top 10 in 45 of 50 tracked markets, currently #1 in United Kingdom.
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50 placements across 45 markets.
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50 placements across 45 markets.