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The Baggage Claim Effect and Limited Determinism
May 13, 2026
1h 14m 37s
Non-Consensual Governance
Feb 16, 2026
1h 09m 08s
What is Justice? Parsing through Plato, Habitual Obedience and Batman.
Jul 3, 2025
45m 56s
Philosophy Club Afterthoughts! How to be Free.
Jun 5, 2025
50m 58s
How to be Free.
May 23, 2025
1h 23m 49s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/13/26 | The Baggage Claim Effect and Limited Determinism✨ | determinismphilosophy+3 | — | The Butterfly EffectBaggage Claim Effect | — | Baggage Claim Effectdeterminism+3 | — | 1h 14m 37s | |
| 2/16/26 | Non-Consensual Governance✨ | governanceconsent+3 | — | Dialogue of Crito | — | governanceconsent of the governed+3 | — | 1h 09m 08s | |
| 7/3/25 | What is Justice? Parsing through Plato, Habitual Obedience and Batman.✨ | JusticePhilosophy+4 | — | Plato's RepublicPure Theory of Law | — | JusticePlato+6 | — | 45m 56s | |
| 6/5/25 | Philosophy Club Afterthoughts! How to be Free.✨ | freedomliberty+3 | — | Federalist PapersPreamble to our United States Constitution | — | freedomliberty+3 | — | 50m 58s | |
| 5/23/25 | How to be Free.✨ | libertyfreedom+4 | KittyMike+1 | John DenverJohn Rawls' veil of ignorance | Cherry Blossoms | libertyfreedom+6 | — | 1h 23m 49s | |
| 5/8/25 | Promises, Oaths, and Morality (does swearing make it right to do?)✨ | oathsmoral obligations+3 | — | Veterinarianssoldiers+1 | — | oathmorality+4 | — | 1h 21m 35s | |
| 4/24/25 | When to Tell a Story Out of Order✨ | storytellingnarrative structure+4 | — | CasablancaThe Godfather Part II+1 | — | storytellingnarrative+3 | — | 1h 04m 32s | |
| 3/24/25 | Who Wouldn't Want The Right to Own a Pet?✨ | public policyveterinary ethics+4 | — | — | — | pet ownershipveterinarian ethics+4 | — | 1h 38m 57s | |
| 1/20/25 | Philosophy Club Afterthoughts! Mansplaining✨ | Mansplainingcultural self-discovery+3 | Mackenzie | — | — | Mansplaininggender+3 | — | 32m 17s | |
| 1/9/25 | Mansplaining✨ | mansplaininggender dynamics+4 | — | Essentialism | — | mansplaininggender+5 | — | 1h 24m 26s | |
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| 10/31/24 | Talking with a Good Therapist✨ | therapymental health+3 | Evan | On Becoming a PersonThe Gift of Therapy | — | good therapisttherapy+3 | — | 1h 46m 36s | |
| 10/3/24 | What is the purpose of Grammar? | Ben, Katie, Logan and Mike discuss why we call one way of speaking proper and another colloquial. Along the way, we learn about Ben's hardships at an Orioles' game, David Foster Wallace and Descriptive vs. Prescriptive dictionaries, what Wittgenstein imagines construction workers are like, John McWhorter's Theory of Creole. We also ask about the benefits and tradeoffs of having many different ways of speaking. | 1h 07m 17s | ||||||
| 8/20/24 | The Qualities of a Classic | Beau, Ben and Logan first discuss how to find a what to read, and Ben introduces the question: What makes a classic? It seems endurance, quality and popularity have something to do with it. And surely having someone to talk to about a book makes it all the more fun. But is the best of all time the same as the most popular? What is the role of genre in ranking them? Can you be someone who likes a lot of Sci-Fi but does not like Sci-Fi? And what are best-of lists even for? Be aware! Spoiler alert for Anna Karenina ahead! | 1h 29m 23s | ||||||
| 7/26/24 | No Take-Backs! What does it mean to retract, correct, renege and change your mind? | Ben, Mike and Logan ask what it means "to take something back." They stumble into the topics of opinions versus facts, the value of a promise, and the proper way to crack an egg. | 1h 18m 53s | ||||||
| 7/7/24 | What makes a government "legitimate"? And what do the Founding Fathers and the Bolsheviks have in common? | Happy Independence Day! In this episode, Aaqib, Ben, Ian, Logan, Mackenzie and Michael discuss what makes a government a government, and how in a moment of crisis, taking up the mantle of power gives an initial semblance of legitimacy. Or is legitimacy just a Phony-Bologna concept? They argue over whether there is a meaningful distinction between gangs and a government, and what that might come from. They ask is it possible to organize a government without the use of force? Is force distinct from violence? And what is there a relation between expectations and responsibilities? I'm happy to report we successfully answered one of these questions. | 1h 37m 51s | ||||||
| 6/25/24 | Is T-Pain the Greatest Musical Talent of the Past 150 Years? (And what is modern musical mastery)? | Aaqib, Ben, Ian, Logan and Mike ask if the 2000-2010 was a tough time for music. Opinions vary wildly. They discuss what is complexity in music now? How can music theory encompass the increasing importance of production? And how does technology of a given time change the how we should view its art? | 34m 42s | ||||||
| 6/7/24 | "Locker Room Presence" and Consequentialism-How to pick a President | Ben, Ian and Logan discuss the how to evaluate policy decisions and the wisdom of playing catch with a bowling ball from a tall building. It's hard to evaluate policy based on the consequence, but it seems ludicrous to evaluate it with another set of ethics. The higher up the boss, the further they are from things actually happening. So the most powerful are also the most powerless. Ian compares leaders to coaches to resolve (almost) this problem. | 1h 15m 27s | ||||||
| 4/25/24 | The “Spider-Man question” (And what should you do with 300 Slices of cake?) | Ben, Logan and Mike exam what your moral obligation is in given scenarios. They discuss Peter Singer's famous shallow pond thought experiment, and consider whether that obligates you to be a lifeguard. They look at the moral obligations of Oscar Schindler and Peter Parker and try to decide what they would think of a coworker with an absurdly large cake. | 1h 11m 03s | ||||||
| 4/13/24 | Why obey the Law? | In one of our most contentious episodes yet! Beau, Mike, Logan and Ben try to reconcile radically different views of what is Law, what is a State (or a state) and what claims a state has on its citizens (if any). They will discuss the command theory of law, the social contract, Max Weber's definition of a state and disagree of the concept and relevance of Legitimacy. It's an exciting Philosophical throw-down you don't want to miss! | 1h 22m 03s | ||||||
| 3/15/24 | Philosophy Jam Sessions, Reasonable beliefs, and Intellectual Sloth--How to listen to your internal philosophical voice. | Mike begins by asking Katie, Ben and Logan if, after a decade of meeting to discuss philosophy, they have gotten any better at Philosophy? The four of them discuss the skills of thinking deeply, as well as the art of listening deeply to create philosophical conversations. Later, Logan asks "when is it reasonable to believe something we do not know to be true?" He thinks that many things, our existence, ethics, our feelings fall into this category of things we cannot know, but the group (joined by Aaqib and Seamus) wonder together what justifies these beliefs? The group revisits Mike's original question. Without exploring the ideas yourself, you cannot understand them. When I was younger, there was an internal voice that questioned everything. And now there is an intellectual laziness that quiets that voice. | 1h 33m 47s | ||||||
| 2/29/24 | All Cultures, Big and small (2 of 2) | Johny Mac rescues a floundering Ben and Mike and they continue to explore the conservation and destruction of culture. They ask how much sharing will destroy uniqueness? Is the erasure of cultures inevitable? How do we feel about Bluegrass Music? | 44m 25s | ||||||
| 2/22/24 | Protecting Culture vs. Sharing Culture (1 of 2) | Katie's visit to an Ancient Egyptian exhibit spawns a discussion with Mike and Ben: is it valuable to conserve and protect your own culture and thereby potentially sacrifice diversity? The three veteran Philosophers shed some light on American Culture, inherent cultural invisibility and wish aloud that our Anthropologist friend Johnny Mac were there to help. | 53m 15s | ||||||
| 2/8/24 | Truth and Digital Reproduction | Ben, Logan and Mike ask how much can you edit and alter a photo before it becomes a lie? What crosses the line when using video to create a fictional digital medium? Are there lower and higher orders of truth to abide by? How much does intention matter when making alterations? | 1h 06m 54s | ||||||
| 12/14/23 | Giving Good Gifts | Logan, Ben and Mike ask what makes a good gift? What is the difference between a gift and transaction? How explicit should you make your Holiday gift list? What does Dostoevsky's account of an execution tell us about giving presents? | 1h 00m 50s | ||||||
| 11/16/23 | Educating Amateur Philosophers | Aaqib, Ben, Katie and Mike dance around the question: What is the purpose of education? Is it the "vibes"? They discuss what makes a good education; what are the most memorable moments; and what do you even remember afterwards? | 2h 18m 00s | ||||||
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