Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast
1) 46 - Athenian democracy and Plato w/ Graham Culberston (Everyday Anarchism Podcast)
This episode is a crossover collabo with Graham Culbertson of the Everyday Anarchism podcast. Graham asked me over to talk Athenian democracy, Plato, anarchism and how modern meritocratic education su...Show More
46 - Athenian democracy and Plato w/ Graham Culberston (Everyday Anarchism Podcast)
1:04:13 | May 11th, 2023
2) 45 - Humane War feat. Samuel Moyn
War tends to bring out the human propensity for atrocity. Nobody likes indiscriminate killing, torture and so on. What to do about it? One response is to avoid war altogether. According to Yale prof S...Show More
3) 44 - Samuel Huntington "The Clash of Civilizations?"
Samuel J. Huntington’s 1993 “The Clash of Civilizations?” is the most assigned article in American political science. It predicts a worldwide culture war (but not the kind you're thinking of). Th...Show More
4) 43 - Tyranny at Work feat. Elizabeth Anderson
Americans hate when the state tells them what to do. They’ve got freer speech, freer access to guns and less regulation on business than any other rich country. So why do they let their work bosses wa...Show More
5) 42 - The New Aristocracy feat. Matthew Stewart
Matthew Stewart is a philosophy PhD and author. He’s also a Princeton guy and former management consultant so he knows rich people. His new book, The 9.9%, is about them. Not the super-rich, but the d...Show More
6) 41 - Love in the Time of Big Data feat. Alfie Bown
Big tech companies tell us they’re our servants, existing to fulfill our desires more cheaply and conveniently than ever. Alfie Bown doesn’t think so. He thinks Deliveroo, Tinder, Pornhub etc. aren’t...Show More
7) 40 - Is Liberal Democracy the Best We Can Do? feat. The Morality of Everyday Things
Is democracy the worst form of government except for all the others or is it just the worst? This is a crossover with the delightful Morality of Everyday Things podcast. Jake and Ant and I discuss wh...Show More
40 - Is Liberal Democracy the Best We Can Do? feat. The Morality of Everyday Things
1:14:37 | Feb 8th, 2022
8) 39 - The Glorious History and Ugly Present of Rhetoric feat. Rob Goodman
Rhetoric is supposed to inspire. Imagine Cicero exhorting the Roman people, Churchill vowing to “fight on the beaches.” Yet, when politicians speak today, it’s almost always boring or obnoxious. Why? ...Show More
39 - The Glorious History and Ugly Present of Rhetoric feat. Rob Goodman
1:13:12 | Jan 24th, 2022
9) 38 - GiT Holiday Special with Sep
It’s the holidays again! And Theory Elf Sep comes on to help celebrate them. We talk about the past year of working on the pod, where I've been for the past two months, how she makes the episode ...Show More
10) 37 - Thought Lab 4: The Psychology of Horror
Grizzly bears are scary. But what about zombie grizzly bears? What’s makes something horrifying rather than just frightening? Paul has a theory. It turns out that humans have a psychological way of or...Show More