Hotel Bar Sessions Podcast
1) Imagination (with Stephen T. Asma)
The imagination has regularly been subordinated to so-called "rational" or "scientific" models of thought. This week, we're joined by Stephen T. Asma (Columbia College, Chicago), who argues that imag...Show More
2) Comedy
This week’s episode of Hotel Bar Sessions on the topic of comedy is a gut buster, not least because one of your co-hosts pretends to be a stand-up comedian at night-- the only job for a philosopher t...Show More
3) The Hills We Die on
How do we choose the "hills" that we're willing to die on? Are we actually willing to DIE on them? If not, what would it take to convince us to climb back down the hill and compromise?This week , our ...Show More
4) Meet the NEW Co-Hosts!
Welcome to the newest chapter of Hotel Bar Sessions! We're excited to introduce our new co-hosts, Bob Vallier and Jennifer Kling in this "Meet the Co-Hosts" conversation!Hotel Bar Sessions podcast ext...Show More
5) Eternity
What does it mean to speak of eternity? Is eternity best understood as infinite time, stretching endlessly forward and backward, or as something wholly outside of time—a changeless, timeless "eternal ...Show More
6) Crowds and Mobs
What makes the difference between a crowd singing in unison at a concert and a mob storming the gates of power? In this episode, the hosts take listeners into the messy, unpredictable space where soli...Show More
7) Free Will (with Mark Balaguer)
When we make choices, are these choices free? That is, are we able to choose one thing over another, to do one thing rather than another, independent of the laws of physics, including the biology and ...Show More
8) How The Manosphere Killed Cool (with Robin James)
This week, we're joined by scholar, editor, and philosopher, Robin James, to talk about her provocative recent essay entitled “We’re through being Cool: Tech Bros, Manosphere Influencers, Ancient Gree...Show More
9) The "Expertise" Crisis
Today, there seems to be an intense distrust of experts in all sorts of fields. From medical experts in the Centers for Disease Control and the Department of Health and Human Services, to “elite intel...Show More
10) MINIBAR: Cancer
Hotel Bar Sessions is on it's regular "break" between seasons, but we're offering up these "minibar" sessions from our co-hosts (individually) in in the interimThis week, listen to HBS co-host Talia M...Show More