The 8 Best Podcasts On Philosophy
A list of the Best Podcasts On Philosophy handpicked by our community on Podyssey.
Last Updated: Mar 11th, 2022
1. Lex Fridman Podcast
Conversations about science, technology, history, philosophy and the nature of intelligence, consciousness, love, and power. Lex is an AI researcher at MIT and beyond.
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#123 – Manolis Kellis: Origin of Life, Humans, Ideas, Suffering, and Happiness
2:11:20 | Sep 12th, 2020
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Manolis Kellis is a professor at MIT and head of the MIT Computational Biology Group. Please check out our sponsors to get a discount and to support this podcast: - Public Goods: https://publicgoo...Show More
2. Philosophy Bites
David Edmonds (Uehiro Centre, Oxford University) and Nigel Warburton (freelance philosopher/writer) interview top philosophers on a wide range of topics. Two books based on the series have been published by Oxford University Press. We are currently s...Show More
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Cheryl Misak on Frank Ramsey and Ludwig Wittgenstein
19:44 | May 30th, 2020
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Cheryl Misak has recently published a biography of F.P. Ramsey, the great Cambridge thinker who died at the age of only 26, but who nevertheless made a significant impact in several different fields i...Show More
3. Philosophize This!
Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world...Show More
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Episode #148 ... On Media pt. 1 - Manufacturing Consent
24:53 | Dec 14th, 2020
3 RECOMMENDATIONS
Today we discuss the 1988 work of Chomsky and Herman entitled Manufacturing Consent.
4. The Art of Manliness
The Art of Manliness Podcast aims to deepen and improve every area of a man's life, from fitness and philosophy, to relationships and productivity. Engaging and edifying interviews with some of the world's most interesting doers and thinkers drop the...Show More
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How to Make Life’s Big Decisions
48:52 | Jan 31st, 2022
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There are little decisions to make in life like what to wear to work and what to eat for lunch. Then there are potentially life-changing decisions like whether to move, take a new job, break up with s...Show More
5. Revolutionary Left Radio
Discussing political philosophy, current events, activism, and the inevitable historical downfall of capitalism from a revolutionary leftist perspective.
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Caliban and the Witch: An Interview with Silvia Federici
54:52 | Dec 21st, 2017
1 RECOMMENDATION
Silvia Federici is one of the most important political theorists alive today. Her landmark book Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body, and Primitive Accumulation demonstrated the inextricable link be...Show More
6. History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps." The series looks at the ideas, lives and historical context of the major philosophers as ...Show More
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HoP 388 - Just Add Salt - Paracelsus and Alchemy
22:02 | Jan 16th, 2022
1 RECOMMENDATION
Paracelsus adapts the tradition of alchemical science for use in medicine, and in the process overturns the scientific theories of Aristotle and Galen.
7. The Gray Area with Sean Illing
The Gray Area with host Sean Illing is a philosophical take on culture, politics, and everything in between. We don’t pretend to have the answers, but we do offer a space for real dialogue. Resist certainty, embrace ambiguity, and get some cool takes...Show More
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Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle
1:24:45 | Apr 22nd, 2019
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In the past few months, two essays on America’s changing relationship to work caught my eye. The first was Anne Helen Petersen’s viral BuzzFeed piece defining, and describing, “millennial burnout.” Th...Show More
8. Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
Ever wanted to know how music affects your brain, what quantum mechanics really is, or how black holes work? Do you wonder why you get emotional each time you see a certain movie, or how on earth video games are designed? Then you’ve come to the righ...Show More
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111 | Nick Bostrom on Anthropic Selection and Living in a Simulation
1:20:39 | Aug 24th, 2020
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I talk with philosopher Nick Bostrom about how to judge scenarios of very large universes, including the possibility that we live in a computer simulation.
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