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Latest episodes

What is Knowledge?

October 19, 2026 · 58 min

The standard answer is: a knowledge is a "Justified True Belief." Logan, however, disagrees. This bar is too high, David Hume made a good case that we really can't say for certain that anything is true. Does that mean there is no such…
Should You Shower in a Thunderstorm?

October 5, 2026 · 33 min

Ben and Sara think not. Logan, however, thought there was no good evidence about it, and just because an idea seems reasonable, that is not the same thing as being correct. The three of us discussed whether a plausible idea is more likely…
Does Wisdom Exist?

August 20, 2026 · 1 hr 26 min

Logan tells Aaqib and Ben that he has doubts that Wisdom exists at all. Might Wisdom not be an empty term? For who can be wise if it takes a single foolish act to make you foolish? What is there for wisdom to do when we already have words…
What is Education For? And What is it Missing?

August 14, 2026 · 1 hr 41 min

With dash and their typical circumambulatory style, Logan, Ben, Sara, Kitty and Aaqib ask what is education for? There are several answers, perhaps none of which we stumble on. Undaunted, we do discover a great deal about what it means to…
What Are 100 Things Everyone Should Learn?

August 5, 2026 · 1 hr 46 min

In an effort to better understand education, Ben, Kitty and Logan ask each other for 100 things every American should learn? What should make the list may tell us something about the purposes of education. We find out that among the most…

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The Baggage Claim Effect and Limited Determinism

May 13, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

The Butterfly Effect is the common term for a system where small changes to initial conditions create outsized impacts. Logan, Katie and Ben discuss the "Baggage Claim Effect," to describe a system where for a limited time, changes to…
Non-Consensual Governance

February 16, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

After a six-month hiatus, Logan and Ben come back to dismiss "Consent of the Governed" and move on to what happens next. If consent of the governed does not dictate good governance, what does? We rollick through ideas from John Rawls…
What is Justice? Parsing through Plato, Habitual Obedience and Batman.

July 3, 2025 · 46 min

Is Justice getting what you deserve? Is it perhaps the balance of wisdom moderation and courage? Or is Justice a chimerical idea we are fed to go along with authority? Beau, Ben and Logan begin to tackle this timeless question. We…
Philosophy Club Afterthoughts! How to be Free.

June 5, 2025 · 51 min

No question so concerns our collective humanity as that of freedom. Unsatisfied with our first conclusions on the subject, Ben and I reframe the question of Liberty. Perhaps it is not choice maximizes freedom (to the credit of Kitty as…
How to be Free.

May 23, 2025 · 1 hr 24 min

Logan asks Kitty, Mike and Ben "what is Liberty? Is it the most choice? Is it the least obligation? Is it the least arbitrary system?" There is perhaps no concept so central to humanity as freedom. Every choice is an inherently human…
Promises, Oaths, and Morality (does swearing make it right to do?)

May 8, 2025 · 1 hr 22 min

Can you take an oath that changes your moral obligations? Can you make a personal decision to follow a specific set of moral guidelines? Why do Veterinarians and soldiers take an oath but not (typically) data analysts? Should Philosophy…
When to Tell a Story Out of Order

April 24, 2025 · 1 hr 5 min

Would Casablanca have been as good if it started in Paris? Ben, Logan and Sara ask why you should tell a story out of order, using flashbacks, flash-forwards and a handful of stranger options. Naturally, Christopher Nolan Films feature…