WHY? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life
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WHY? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life
Join us each month as we engage in philosophical discussions about the most common-place topics with host Jack Russell Weinstein, professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Dakota. He is the director of The Institute for Philosophy in Public Life.
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How Do We Do Philosophy In Difficult Times
Jack sits down with philosophers Jason Hill and Elizabeth S. Anderson to tackle a timely and urgent question: How do we do philosophy during difficult...
What is indigenous philosophy?
Jack sits down with Brian Burkhart, Indigenous philosopher and scholar, to explore a radical and timely idea: What if Indigenous thought isn’t just tr...
Is Marx Still Relevant?
Jack interviews Vanessa Wills, philosopher, professor, and author of Marx’s Ethical Vision, to explore a radical and timely idea: What if Marx wasn’t...
The Argument for Peace and Non-Violence
Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with peace activist Kathy Kelly
A Philosophical Look at Madness with guest Justin Garson
Jack interviews Justin Garson, writer, philosopher, and professor, to explore an unsettling and illuminating idea: What if madness isn't just a disord...
Is Virtual Reality Real?
Jack sits down with David Chalmers, renowned philosopher of mind, to explore the provocative question: Is virtual reality real? They explore the blurr...
Announcing a new book: "Israel, Palestine, and the Trolley Problem" by Jack Russell Weinstein
Jack announces his new book, Israel, Palestine, and the Trolley Problem.
Philosophy and Fashion
Jack sits down with Gwenda-lin Grewal, philosopher and writer, to explore the unexpected intersections between philosophy and fashion. They explore ho...
The Human Connection to Nature
In this episode of the WHY Podcast, Jack sits down with Mark C. Taylor, Professor of Religion at Columbia University, to discuss how the humanities an...
Getting Good Out of The Bad
In this episode of the WHY Podcast, Jack sits down with Krista Thomason, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Swarthmore College, to explore the intri...
When Is Life Good Enough
In this episode of the WHY Podcast, Jack sits down with Avram Alpert, author of The Good-Enough Life, to explore the philosophical question: "When is...
Touch: Our Most Vital Sense
In this episode of WHY: Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life, host Jack Russell Weinstein speaks with Richard Kearney, a distinguished philos...
What is Dignity?
Host Jack Russell Weinstein interviews Michael Rosen, a distinguished professor of Ethics and Politics at Harvard University and author of Dignity: It...
“Is Plato Still Relevant?”
Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Marina McCoy, professor of philosophy at Boston College. She is the author of the books Plato on the Rhetoric...
“Can You Be an Ethical Spy?”
Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Cecile Fabre, political philosopher, and Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. She is also Prof...
“What is Love?”
Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Simon Philip Walter May, visiting professor of philosophy at King's College, London, and at Birkbeck College,...
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“Is America’s Democracy Failing?”
Jack visits with Adam Lovett, the author of "Democratic Failures and the Ethics of Democracy." (University of Pennsylvania Press) Lovett is a lecturer...
Am I Right to Be Offended?
Emily McTernan, author of On Taking Offence, talks about the role of being offended in modern life.
“Police and the Ethics of Lying”
Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Luke William Hunt. Hunt is a former FBI agent, and currently an associate professor at University of Alabama,...
“How Does Luck Determine Our Lives?”
Jack visits with Mark Robert Rank, author of the forthcoming book, The Random Factor: How Chance and Luck Profoundly Shape Our Lives and the World Aro...