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Episode 118: Physics and Libertarian Free Will with Jeffrey Koperski
Apr 27, 2026
39m 05s
Episode 117: The Structure of Agency with Joshua Shepherd
Apr 13, 2026
35m 06s
Episode 116: The Simulation Hypothesis and Free Will with Marcus Arvan
Mar 30, 2026
43m 54s
Episode 115: Abilities with Barbara Vetter
Mar 16, 2026
1h 04m 23s
Episode 114: Responsibility for Consequences and the AI Responsibility Gap with Huzeyfe Demirtas
Mar 2, 2026
43m 52s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 4/27/26 |  Episode 118: Physics and Libertarian Free Will with Jeffrey Koperski | In this episode, we talk with Jeffrey Koperski about whether physics rules out libertarian free will. Jeff's website: https://appsc2.svsu.edu/lookup/bio/koperski Jeff's book: Physics and Free Will: The Science of Libertarian Freedom Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/ | 39m 05s | ||||||
| 4/13/26 | Episode 117: The Structure of Agency with Joshua Shepherd | In this episode, we talk with Joshua Shepherd about the structure of agency and creative intelligence. Josh's website: https://sites.google.com/site/shepherdphilosophy/home?authuser=0 Josh's Book: The Shape of Agency Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/ | 35m 06s | ||||||
| 3/30/26 | Episode 116: The Simulation Hypothesis and Free Will with Marcus Arvan | In this episode, we talk with Marcus Arvan about how the simulation hypothesis explains various philosophical phenomena, including free will. Marcus's website: https://www.marcusarvan.net/ Marcus's paper: A New Theory of Free Will Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/ | 43m 54s | ||||||
| 3/16/26 | Episode 115: Abilities with Barbara Vetter | In this episode, we talk with Barbara Vetter about abilities and how we come to know what abilities we have. Barbara's website: http://barbaravetter.de/ Barbara's first book, Potentiality: From Dispositions to Modality: https://academic.oup.com/book/26364?login=false Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/ | 1h 04m 23s | ||||||
| 3/2/26 | Episode 114: Responsibility for Consequences and the AI Responsibility Gap with Huzeyfe Demirtas | In this episode, we talk with Huzeyfe Demirtas about responsibility for consequences and how that relates to autonomous AI systems. Huzeyfe's Website: https://www.huzeyfedemirtas.com/ Huzeyfe's paper, "Against the Degree-Scope Response to Moral Luck, or A Farewell to Responsibility for Consequences": https://philpapers.org/rec/DEMATD-7 Huzeyfe's paper, "AI Responsibility Gap: Not New, Inevitable, Unproblematic": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09814-1 Twitter: https://... | 43m 52s | ||||||
| 2/16/26 | Episode 113: Determinism and the Principle of Sufficient Reason with Shaun Nichols | In this episode, we talk with Shaun Nichols about folk beliefs about determinism and causal explanation. Shaun's website: https://sites.google.com/view/shaunbnichols/home Shaun's book, Bound: Essays on Free Will and Responsibility: https://academic.oup.com/book/9296 Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/ | 40m 48s | ||||||
| 2/2/26 | Episode 112: Divine Luck with Andre Leo Rusavuk | In this episode, we talk with Andre Rusavuk about the problem of divine luck. Andre's website: https://philpeople.org/profiles/andre-rusavuk Andre's paper, "Divine Actions and the Challenge of Present Luck": https://place.asburyseminary.edu/faithandphilosophy/vol40/iss3/1/ Andre's paper, "The Luckiest of All Possible Beings: Divine Perfections and Constitutive Luck": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11841-023-00960-5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://ww... | 36m 01s | ||||||
| 1/19/26 | Episode 111: Divine Responsibility with Nathan Bray and Stephen Kershnar | This episode starts a new series of the podcast that won’t have any particular guiding theme but instead looks at various topics that scholars are working on. In this episode, we talk with Nathan Bray and Stephen Kershnar about whether God is morally responsible. Nathan's Website: https://philpeople.org/profiles/nathan-bray-1 Stephen's Website: https://philpeople.org/profiles/stephen-kershnar Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillsh... | 32m 54s | ||||||
| 12/22/25 | Episode 110: John Duns Scotus with Thomas Williams | In this episode, we talk with Thomas Williams about John Duns Scotus and his views on free will and how they differ from Anselm's and Aquinas's views. Thomas's website: https://www.profthomaswilliams.com/ Thomas's chapter on Scotus's views of free will can be found in the Routledge Companion to Free Will Thomas also wrote the SEP article: John Duns Scotus Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com... | 51m 51s | ||||||
| 12/8/25 | Episode 109: Thomas Aquinas with Harm Goris | In this episode, we talk with Harm Goris about Thomas Aquinas’s views of free will and human agency. Harm's website: https://tilburguniversity.academia.edu/HarmGoris Harm's chapter on Aquinas can be found in the Routledge Companion to Free Will. Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/ | 43m 43s | ||||||
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| 11/24/25 | Episode 108: Anselm of Canterbury with Sandra Visser | In this episode, we talk with Sandra Visser about Anselm of Canterbury and his views on human and divine freedom. Sandra's website: https://hope.edu/directory/people/visser-sandra/index.html Sandra's chapter on Anselm in the Routledge Companion to Free Will: https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Free-Will/Timpe-Griffith-Levy/p/book/9780367869977 Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.faceb... | 35m 31s | ||||||
| 11/10/25 | Episode 107: Ibn Sīnā with Jon McGinnis | In this episode, we talk with Jon McGinnis about Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) and his views about divine and human agency. Jon's website: https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/jon-mcginnis Jon's book, Avicenna: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/avicenna-9780195331479?cc=us&lang=en& Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/ | 1h 01m 50s | ||||||
| 10/27/25 | Episode 106: Boethius with John Marenbon | In this episode, we talk with John Marenbon about free will and foreknowledge in Boethius's most famous work, the Consolation of Philosophy. John's PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/john-marenbon John's Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Boethius: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/boethius/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408... | 45m 06s | ||||||
| 10/13/25 | Episode 105: Augustine of Hippo with Jesse Couenhoven | In this episode, we talk with Jesse Coeuenhoven about Augustine’s views on free will, moral responsibility, and predestination. Jesse's website: https://www1.villanova.edu/university/liberal-arts-sciences/programs/theology/faculty/biodetail.html?mail=jesse.couenhoven@villanova.edu&xsl=bio_long Jesse's book: Striken by Sin, Cured by Christ: Agency, Necessity, and Culpability in Augustinian Theology Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/... | 1h 06m 23s | ||||||
| 9/29/25 | Episode 104: Plotinus with Anna Viatkina | In this episode, we talk with Anna Viatkina about Plotinus’s views on freedom and moral responsibility and how they relate to ancient Stoic and contemporary rational abilities views. Anna's Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KJmxq2gAAAAJ&hl=ru Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/ | 1h 01m 05s | ||||||
| 9/15/25 | Episode 103: Epicureanism and Stoicism with Tim O'Keefe | In this episode, we talk with Tim O'Keefe about Epicurean and Stoic views of freedom and determinism. Tim's website: https://philpeople.org/profiles/tim-o-keefe Tim's book, Epicurus on Freedom: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/epicurus-on-freedom/F5058A8C45DB77CE70CA0BF56A3116F9 Tim's entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on "Ancient Theories of Freedom and Determinism": https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freedom-ancient/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram:... | 46m 05s | ||||||
| 9/1/25 | Episode 102: Aristotle with Susan Sauvé Meyer | In this episode, we talk with Susan Sauvé Meyer about Aristotle’s views on moral responsibility, especially his conception of voluntariness. Susan's website: https://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/people/susan-sauv%C3%A9-meyer Susan's book: How to Flourish: An Ancient Guide to Living Well Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/ | 34m 47s | ||||||
| 8/18/25 | Episode 101: Plato with Eric Brown | In this episode, we talk with Eric Brown about Plato’s views on freedom, moral psychology, and responsibility. Eric's website: https://sites.google.com/view/ericbrownphilosophy/home Eric’s entry on Plato’s Republic in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato-ethics-politics/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/ | 39m 03s | ||||||
| 5/26/25 | Episode 100: P. F. Strawson’s “Freedom and Resentment” and Ethical Naturalism with Pamela Hieronymi | In this episode, we talk with Pamela Hieronymi about P. F. Strawson’s classic paper “Freedom and Resentment,” his ethical naturalism, and her recent Gifford Lectures. Pamela's website: https://hieronymi.humspace.ucla.edu/ Pamela's book: Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/ | 56m 16s | ||||||
| 5/12/25 | Episode 99: Addiction and Moral Responsibility with Chandra Sripada | In this episode we talk with Chandra Sripada about the distortion model of addiction and how it is different from the standard, desire based model. Chandra's website: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sripada/ Chandra's paper: Impaired control in addiction involves cognitive distortions and unreliable self-control, not compulsive desires and overwhelmed self-control Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.faceb... | 47m 19s | ||||||
| 4/28/25 | Episode 98: Taking Responsibility with Elinor Mason | In this episode, we talk with Elinor Mason about her work on taking responsibility and how it differs from other ways of being blameworthy. Elinore's website: https://sites.google.com/site/elinormasonphilosophy/home Elinore's book: Ways to Be Blameworthy Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/ | 36m 52s | ||||||
| 4/14/25 | Episode 97: Intention and Memory with Wayne Wu | In this episode, we talk with Wayne Wu about his work on automaticity, attention, and memory in the philosophy of action. Wayne's website: https://www.waynewu.net/ Wayne's book, Movements of the Mind: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/movements-of-the-mind-9780192866899 Wayne's new book, Attention: https://www.routledge.com/Attention/Wu/p/book/9781032121772 Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://ww... | 43m 44s | ||||||
| 3/31/25 | Episode 96: The Problem of Blame with Kelly McCormick | In this episode we talk to Kelly McCormick about the problem of blame and her reasons for thinking that we shouldn’t eliminate blame from our lives. Kelly's website: https://addran.tcu.edu/view/kelly-mccormick Kelly's book: The Problem of Blame Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/ | 1h 01m 46s | ||||||
| 3/17/25 | Episode 95: Experimental Philosophy and Free Will with Eddy Nahmias | In this episode, we talk with Eddy Nahmias about the experimental philosophy of free will and his own compatibilist view. Eddy's Website: https://eddynahmias.com/ Eddy's paper (with Nadelhoffer and Morris): Is Incompatibilism Intuitive? Eddy's paper with Oisin Deery: Why the Manipulation Argument Fails: Determinism Does Not Entail Perfect Prediction Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The... | 59m 14s | ||||||
| 2/24/25 | Episode 94: Time Travel and Free Will with Neal Tognazzini | In this episode, we talk with Neal Tognazzini about time travel and free will as well as some non-standard threats to free will from other areas of metaphysics. Neal's website: https://sites.google.com/view/neal-tognazzini/home?authuser=0 Neal's paper (with Andrew Law), "Free Will and Two Local Determinisms": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10670-018-9992-9 Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://w... | 1h 01m 07s | ||||||
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