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To one degree or another, YOU are a philosopher. Philosophy is all about discovering truths about yourself, the world around you, and how those two things work together. This show features original fiction, deep research, curious exploration, and philosophical nuttiness.
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every 21 days
Average audio length:
26 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
6 episodes
since Dec. 18, 2025
episodic
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What is real, and what do we invent that we think is real? How might we tell, and with all the complex ways to approach the subject, how might we be clear when we talk about reality? Hear a story of Immanuel Kant and how he resolved a sticky wicket in a way that helped save the reliability of scien…
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What is the four-fold meaning of meaning? A primer, and an exploration of meaning IN life. Hear a story of Viktor Frankl, the contemporary of Freud and Adler who bucked the trend, and explore meaning through his lens.
What comes up in this episode:
~ Logotherapy ~
~ Objective vs Interpretive Mean…
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Before science was SCIENCE, it was Natural Philosophy. Hear a story of Alhazen, the world’s first scientist, and dig into the real value of the scientific method.
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~ Alhazen ~
~ Francis Bacon ~
~ How the scientific method safeguards against bias ~
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Where Chris wanders outside of his comfort zone and right into the largest protest in United States history.
What comes up in this episode:
Impressions of the protest
Interviews with protestors
Lots of crowd noise
Reflection on philosophy and action
Discontentedness
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You were born to be a philosopher. The unique evolutionary output of the human mind is that it is designed to wonder…and philosophy begins in wonder.
What comes up in this episode:
What is philosophy, anyway?
There are PHILOSOPHERS and there are philosophers.
The roles philosophers p…
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Overthinking. Oy! It plagues us all. But…should it? Could we, perhaps, tame this cognitive beast and use it for good?
What comes up in this episode:
When is thinking overthinking?
Adaptive vs maladaptive cognition.
Two juicy Delphic Maxims.
Mason’s killswitch.
Crickets.
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