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) 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
3) It will be worse in the UK
Measuring our anti-fascist preparedness vs the US, Video version: https://youtu.be/t8DEEUs-RFg?si=L8DDXCT5VTE82RTP
4) 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.
5) 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.
6) 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
7) 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
8) Should Liberalism Fight, or Retreat & Retrench? with Alec Crisman
I recently wrote that liberalism must reject neutrality and instead embrace a comprehensive vision of what is good for people, one that takes the fight to fascism. I defend that view against concerns ...Show More
9) Writing The Bible 2: Hammurabi's Code
The series continues, exploring the world the Bible was born into. Another genre of writing these texts existed within was the Ancient Near Eastern law code. We look at the most famous, focusing on se...Show More
10) Precolonial Africana Philosophy with Peter Adamson and Chike Jeffers
From Ancient Egypt, to Ethiopia, to the Islamic tradition, Africa had a rich - & truly ancient - tradition of philosophy prior to European Colonization. Peter Adamson and Chike Jeffers join the podc...Show More