The History of Bad Ideas: Utilitarianism
Today’s episode in the history of bad ideas is about one of the central ideas in modern philosophy: utilitarianism, or the view that what matters is the greatest happiness of the greatest number. David talks to philosopher Nikhil Krishnan about how something that sounds so intuitively unobjectionab…
The History of Bad Ideas: The Electoral College
Today’s bad idea is one the United States has been stuck with for a long time: David talks to historian of America Adam Smith about the damage done by the idea of the electoral college. Why was it thought necessary by the Founders to have special electors between the voters and their choice of pres…
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 — When is it OK to let a Native language die?
The Osage language was declared dead in 2005 after its last fluent speaker died, but revitalization efforts since then have built the number of proficient speakers to about 40. The Caddo Nation continues its extensive language revitalization efforts more than a year after its last fluent speaker w…
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 — When is it OK to let a Native language die?
The Osage language was declared dead in 2005 after its last fluent speaker died, but revitalization efforts since then have built the number of proficient speakers to about 40. The Caddo Nation continues its extensive language revitalization efforts more than a year after its last fluent speaker wa…
The Lives of the Philosophers: A. J. Ayer
Today we begin a new series exploring twentieth-century philosophy through the lives of the people behind the ideas. First up David talks to philosopher Nikhil Krishnan about A. J. Ayer, the man who helped inspire the rise and fall of logical positivism. What did Ayer discover about the nature of t…
Language, AI, and the Business of Care
What does it cost when a patient can't understand their discharge instructions? What does it cost when a healthcare system hasn't adapted its business models to the tools now available?
In this episode, two very different conversations shed light on where healthcare is losing people, and what's bei…
The Lives of the Philosophers: J. L. Austin
David talks to philosopher and author Nikhil Krishnan about the life and times of a little known but highly influential twentieth-century philosopher: J. L. Austin, who believed that the deepest truths lay in understanding how ordinary language worked. Why was Austin so opposed to the ideas of A. J…
The Lives of the Philosophers: Elizabeth Anscombe
Today’s episode in our series about twentieth-century philosophy and biography explores the life and thought of Elizabeth Anscombe (G. E. M. Anscombe), a remarkable and remarkably uncompromising philosopher. David talks to Nikhil Krishnan about Anscombe’s relationship with Wittgenstein, her relatio…
The Lives of the Philosophers: Iris Murdoch
Today is the final episode in our series about the relationship between twentieth-century biography and philosophy. David talks to Nikhil Krishnan about the life and thought of Iris Murdoch, a deeply philosophical novelist and a fully committed philosopher. How was Murdoch influenced by the ideas o…
Tanay Tandon on Agents in RCM, Nikhil Krishnan, and Fat Cells That Remember | HCN Ep. 10
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Can fat cells remember obesity, and are systems of agents about to take over healthcare administration? This week on HCN, Cedric Kovacs-Johnson and Danish Nagda dig into a suspected plague scare in Russia, a Nature paper on fat cell memory,…
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