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Episode #248 ... What philosophers say about lying.
May 31, 2026
36m 53s
Episode #247 ... The Failure of the Modern University - Alasdair MacIntyre
May 10, 2026
28m 53s
Episode #246 ... The Myth of the Self-Made Person - Alasdair Macintyre
Apr 26, 2026
32m 41s
Episode #245 ... The Rival Moral Approaches of the Modern World - Alasdair Macintyre
Apr 12, 2026
32m 31s
Episode #244 ... After Virtue - Alasdair MacIntyre (why moral conversations feel unsatisfying)
Feb 11, 2026
36m 51s
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| 5/31/26 | Episode #248 ... What philosophers say about lying. | Today we talk about some of the best arguments for and against lying in the history of philosophy. Hope you love it. :) Sponsor: 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 36m 53s | ||||||
| 5/10/26 | Episode #247 ... The Failure of the Modern University - Alasdair MacIntyre | Today we talk about some of Macintyre's later work. How he thinks philosophy isn’t optional. It’s already hiding inside everything we do. How he thinks modern universities create experts who know their field but not what their work fully means. How real education should produce judgment, not just technical skill. And how important phronesis (practical wisdom) becomes at holding ourselves and our leaders accountable. Hope you love it! :) Sponsors: Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/philothis Incogni: https://www.Incogni.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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 28m 53s | ||||||
| 4/26/26 | Episode #246 ... The Myth of the Self-Made Person - Alasdair Macintyre✨ | self-made personphilosophy+5 | — | Philosophize This!Dependent Rational Animals | — | self-madeAlasdair Macintyre+5 | Nord VPNphilothis | 32m 41s | |
| 4/12/26 | Episode #245 ... The Rival Moral Approaches of the Modern World - Alasdair Macintyre✨ | moral philosophymoral debates+3 | Alasdair Macintyre | Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry | — | moral inquiryphilosophy+3 | Nord VPNphilothis | 32m 31s | |
| 2/11/26 | Episode #244 ... After Virtue - Alasdair MacIntyre (why moral conversations feel unsatisfying)✨ | moral discourseEmotivism+4 | — | After Virtue | — | moral philosophyAlasdair MacIntyre+5 | Nord VPN | 36m 51s | |
| 12/27/25 | Episode #243 ... Hamlet - William Shakespeare✨ | Hamletphilosophy+4 | — | Hamlet | — | HamletShakespeare+5 | Nord VPNphilothis | 30m 41s | |
| 11/29/25 | Episode #242 ... Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare✨ | philosophyviolence+4 | — | Romeo and Juliet | — | Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare+5 | ZocDocPHILO | 31m 00s | |
| 11/16/25 | Episode #241 ... The Tragedy of Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare✨ | philosophical themespolitical violence+5 | — | Philosophize This!Patreon+2 | — | Julius Caesarphilosophy+7 | The Perfect JeanPT15 | 29m 42s | |
| 11/8/25 | Episode #240 ... Varieties of Religion Today (Charles Taylor)✨ | religionsociology+4 | — | The Varieties of Religion Today | — | Charles Taylorreligious belief+3 | Better HelpPHILTHIS | 29m 23s | |
| 10/17/25 | Episode #239 ... Authenticity and the history of the self. (Charles Taylor)✨ | authenticityphilosophy+4 | — | Philosophize This! | — | Charles Taylormodern self+3 | The Perfect JeanPT15 | 34m 55s | |
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| 10/8/25 | Episode #238 ... Frankenstein - Mary Shelley✨ | FrankensteinRomanticism+4 | — | Frankenstein | — | FrankensteinMary Shelley+5 | Better HelpPHILTHIS | 29m 06s | |
| 9/30/25 | Episode #237 ... The Stoics Are Wrong - Nietzsche, Schopenhauer✨ | 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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 28m 58s | ||||||
| 5/12/25 | Episode #228 ... Albert Camus - Kafka and The Fall | Today we talk about Camus' book The Fall and what the main character represents in his larger project. We also talk about someone Camus deeply admired, Franz Kafka, and how to think of the images he created in his work. We talk about the experience of the modern individual in relation to politics. We also talk about what Camus and Kafka disagreed on. Hope you love it. :) Sponsor: 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 30m 36s | ||||||
| 4/18/25 | Episode #227 ... Albert Camus - On Exile | Today we talk about the concept of exile from the work of Camus. We focus on a couple stories from his book Exile and The Kingdom. We talk about why Camus insists that true lucidity can only arise from the jarring lived experience he calls “exile,” not from armchair reflection. We talk about Janine’s desert epiphany in “The Adulterous Woman.” We talk about school‑teacher Daru in “The Guest,” trapped between France and Algeria, whose double exile shows how history can choose for us. We talk about the everyday escape hatches—nostalgia, comfort contracts, curated news bubbles—that let people dodge exile until reality blindsides them. Hope you enjoy it! :) Sponsors: ZocDoc: https://www.ZocDoc.com/PHILO Incogni: https://www.Incogni.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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 34m 29s | ||||||
| 4/4/25 | Episode #226 - Albert Camus - The Rebel | Today we talk about Camus’ concept of rebellion and how it offers a powerful alternative to abstract ideologies. We talk about solidarity as the foundation for justice without systems. We talk about the death penalty as a symbol of premeditated murder disguised as virtue. We talk about rebellion as something closer to art than politics—an act rooted in experience, defined by limits, and carried out with sincerity. Hope you love it! :) Sponsors: Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/philothis The Perfect Jean: https://theperfectjean.nyc Code: PT15 Harry’s: https://www.harrys.com/PHILOSOPHIZE 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 31m 53s | ||||||
| 3/27/25 | Episode #225 ... Albert Camus - The Plague | We look at Albert Camus' The Plague. We talk about a common misreading from the Myth of Sisyphus. We talk about different cycles of his work from his earlier individual confrontation with the absurd to a more community focus. We talk about solidarity. Absurd heroes. Empathy and metaphysical rebellion. Hope you enjoy it, my friends. :) Sponsors: Factor: https://www.FactorMeals.com/pt50off Better Help: https://www.BetterHelp.com/PHILTHIS Quince: https://www.QUINCE.com/pt 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 30m 07s | ||||||
| 3/15/25 | Episode #224 ... Albert Camus - The Stranger | Today we talk about the book The Stranger by Albert Camus. We talk about why Camus saw himself as an artist and not a philosopher. We talk about happiness. The absurd and it's full implications. The Mediterranean lifestyle. The sun as a symbol of immanence. Revolt against the absurd as a descriptive claim-- not a normative one. Sponsors: ZocDoc: https://www.ZocDoc.com/PHILO 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 28m 50s | ||||||
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