More at philosophytalk.org/shows/derrid... #PhilSky

Coming up: How do stories and ingenuity help a community in danger survive and thrive? Josh & Ray ask Edgar Garcia from the University of Chicago, author of "Emergency: Reading the #PopolVuh in a Time of Crisis." 🎧 Sunday 11a on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky

@profjoshlandy.bsky.social fulfilled his radio destiny when he briefly moved back to the guest mic for this 2022 episode on the occasion of his book, "The World According to #Proust." More at philosophytalk.org/shows/search... #PhilSky #philosophy #MarcelProust

Next week we'll be recording an episode about Game Theory with economist (and current president of Stanford University 🤩) Jon Levin. Got questions about the Prisoner's Dilemma, Sunk Cost Fallacy, or other ideas from #gametheory? Let us know below, and we may put yours to our guest!

Please join us in wishing a hearty happy birthday to Andrew B. Hammond Professor of French Language, Literature, and Civilization at Stanford (and co-host since 2017) @profjoshlandy.bsky.social. Josh had also been a guest several times, including this 2012 recording at Litquake in San Francisco.

Happy 80th birthday to moral philosopher @petersinger.info, who joined us on this date in 2023 as Josh and Ray questioned how to make a better world. More at philosophytalk.org/shows/making... #PhilSky #philosophy #morality #ethics

More on @america250.bsky.social at philosophytalk.org/playlist/ame... #PhilSky #America250 #4thofJuly #JohnLocke

As the semiquincentennial of U.S. independence approaches, check out This Month's Playlist featuring episodes that question the past, present, and future of the American experiment in self-government: philosophytalk.org/playlist/ame... #PhilSky #America250 #philosophy #democracy #government

Check out the complete episode with Daniel Garber from Princeton, author of "Leibniz: Body, Substance, Monad": philosophytalk.org/shows/leibniz/

In the wake of this week's Supreme Court Slaughter decision, here's a primer on the ostensible structure of our government from a 2006 episode with Kathleen Sullivan, former Dean of the Stanford Law School: philosophytalk.org/shows/separa... #PhilSky #SCOTUS #SeparationofPowers

The day after America's semiquincentennial next week we'll rebroadcast our #WiseWomen episode on anarchist philosopher Emma Goldman with Candace Falk, Founding Director of the #EmmaGoldman Papers research project. More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/emma-goldman #PhilSky @emmagoldman.bsky.social

Coming up: The Philosophers talk to authors of recent books that speak to our dangerous times – Sunday 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky #SummerReading @charactergap.bsky.social @pageonem.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @liveright.bsky.social

Check out our episode from just last year with Juliet Floyd of @bostonu.bsky.social, editor of "Philosophical Explorations of the Legacy of Alan #Turing": philosophytalk.org/shows/alan-t... #PhilSky

TODAY: What exactly is #existentialism? How are we condemned to be free? And what’s so hellish about other people? John & Ken ask Thomas Flynn from Emory University, author of "Sartre: A Philosophical Biography." 🎧 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & kalw.org. #PhilSky #Sartre #philosophy

Could it ever be legitimate to compensate the descendants of slaves for burdens they themselves did not bear? What about the victims of institutional discrimination post-slavery? Check out our 2017 episode with Michael Dawson from the University of Chicago: www.philosophytalk.org/shows/reparations

#Habermas, who died earlier this year, is the only then-living philosopher to be the subject of an episode, when Josh & Ken spoke to @matthewspecter.bsky.social from the @ucberkeleyies.bsky.social, author of "Habermas: An Intellectual Biography." More at philosophytalk.org/shows/haberm... #PhilSky

An old friend at the Stanford Report sent us this article he wrote back in 2003 ahead of our live pilot episode—probably the first press feature on the program, making sure folks knew it would be different from Car Talk 😇 #PhilSky @kalwradio.bsky.social

Happy 95th birthday to renowned psychiatrist and novelist Irvin Yalom, who joined us back in 2008 for one of our first live recordings at the Marsh Theatre in San Francisco. More at philosophytalk.org/shows/overco... #PhilSky #psychology #death

Coming up: Is #gender an inner identity, a biological fact, or an oppressive system? Josh and guest-host @lemuelgulliver.bsky.social ask regular co-host Ray Briggs, co-author of "What Even Is Gender?" 🎧 Sunday at 11 am KALW 91.7 FM in SF & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky #LGBTQ #PrideMonth

Coming up: What is experience really like before reason changes everything? Josh & Ray sense a conversation with @taylorcarman.bsky.social from Barnard College, author of "Merleau-Ponty." 🎧 Sunday 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in SF & kalw.org/show/philosophy-talk/2026-06-05/merleau-ponty-and-perception

The late Geoff Nunberg was the guest on the very first episode of the program I ever heard. Of course he was already well-known (for a linguist 😇) from his commentaries on @npr.org. I met him a few years later when he joined us for this 2007 episode: philosophytalk.org/shows/weve-b... #PhilSky

Coming up: If other animals have language, thought, and culture, then what's so special about humans? Josh and guest-host @alisongopnik.bsky.social roam the Earth with @petergs.bsky.social from the University of Sydney. 🎧 Sunday 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso...

Got #summerreading suggestions for this fraught historical moment? Let us know at comments@philosophytalk.org. More at philosophytalk.org/shows/summer... #PhilSky #books #summer @charactergap.bsky.social

TODAY: Why should anyone read—let alone write—a memoir? Ray and @profjoshlandy.bsky.social expose the scandalous #truth with Helena de Bres from @wellesley.edu, author of "Artful Truths: The Philosophy of #Memoir." 🎧 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky

This Sunday our Senior Producer will mark 85 years of #BobDylan by delving into the one of the least-explored aspects of the man's art with @whitecitycinema.bsky.social, author of the new book "Bob Dylan as Filmmaker: No Time to Think." 🎧 Sunday 4-6 pm on 91.7 FM in San Francisco & kalw.org.

Check out our 2019 episode with David Brink from @ucsandiego.bsky.social, author of "Mill's Progressive Principles": philosophytalk.org/shows/js-mil... #PhilSky #philosopher #liberty #thegoodlife

Philosophys Corner, Stanford University 2004/2026. Getting ready for "How Do We Learn?" LIVE just across the quad at Geology Corner.

We're so excited to record "How Do We Learn?" LIVE at Stanford TOMORROW with psychologist Catherine Hartley, Director of the @hartleylabnyu.bsky.social at NYU, for a program generously sponsored by the Symbolic Systems Program. 1/

Coming up: Could a doubting faith actually be the best kind of faith? Josh and Ray have no doubt about questioning the novels of Fyodor #Dostoevsky with Garry Hagberg from @bardcollege.bsky.social. 🎧 Sunday 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & online at www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky

ICYMI This week's episode exploring the life and thought of Elizabeth #Anscombe is now available for download. Our guest, Rachael Wiseman of @liverpooluni.bsky.social, has the cushions to soften things up. Subscribe for free at philosophytalk.org/get-the-podcast. #PhilSky #philosophy #intention