Political Philosophy Podcast
1) THE SOUTHERN STRATEGY with Angie Maxwell
How did appeals to racism, sexism, and religion shape American party politics and conservative ideology?
2) Appeasement Isn’t Working
An audio essay: Putting the UK's new anti-refugee policies in context, why they are both bad on their own terms, but also a big warning sign for our democracy. Where we're at, and why there is hope.
3) Should we compromise with the right on immigration? - With Thomas Prosser
Tom & I debate if the current Labour Government is on the right track - are they right to give ground on cultural issues?
4) Bioethics & Race with Yolonda Wilson
What is bioethics? Why do Black and white Americans experience such differential healthcare outcomes? And what are the drawbacks to social justice concepts from academia becoming mainstream?
5) Fighting Britain's Bathroom Ban with Jolyon Maugham
I'm joined by the founder and director of The Good Law Project - the organisation fighting the UK's anti-trans bathroom ban in court. We cover rights and freedoms in the UK, the complex legal mess we ...Show More
6) It will be worse in the UK
Measuring our anti-fascist preparedness vs the US, Video version: https://youtu.be/t8DEEUs-RFg?si=L8DDXCT5VTE82RTP
7) Do Cars Make us Free? with Henrietta Moore & Arthur Kay
Originally a symbol of mobility, of escape and adventure, we have now built much of our world around the car. Has doing so liberated us? Moore & Kay argue that it has not.
8) Left-Abstention & Message Discipline with Liam Bright
Does my argument that the left should not threaten abstention survive Liam's case that we can't impose message discipline on online communities? An open free-form chat.
9) White Psychodrama Revisited with Liam Bright
Liam Bright discusses his influential White Psychodrama paper & we give our takes on the various cultural products arising from white guilt. Is the era of 'high woke' over, and is there anything to be...Show More
10) Can Deliberation Save Democracy? with James S. Fishkin
James S. Fishkin, the Pioneer of deliberative polling joins the podcast. We discuss the nature of public opinion, how it can be changed, the positivities of consensus, 'activist disfunction' and can d...Show More