A weekly show about philosophy, science and the history of ideas from the Allen Brothers and Mark Sanders (best known to listeners as “America’s Sweetheart”). If you can imagine what would happen if Plato and Carl Sagan were guests on The Daily Show, then you have a pretty good idea of what’s going on here. Each week the trio provides an overview of a philosophical topic, a history of the problem and insights into contemporary thinking. They also take a behind-the-scenes look at the philosophers who came up with these ideas: usually they are kind of nuts (the guy who pioneered Utilitarian ethics had his body mummified and put on display at his college). If you wish your Philosophy 101 course had been more informative, less boring and taught by a professor who drank during class, then this podcast is for you.
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Nov 16, 2015
Ep 22: Paradoxes Part II - Buford, Beethoven and Brothers
55 mins
Nov 2, 2015
Ep 21: Halloween Spooktacular—From Aardvark to Zombies!
44 mins
Oct 26, 2015
Ep 20: Listener Mail - Sam Harris and the Ethics of Jabba's Droid Dungeon
44 mins
Oct 19, 2015
Ep 19: Ontological Argument for the Existence of God - The Everything Bagel
54 mins
Oct 12, 2015
Ep 18: Moral Realism - Vampire Socrates
45 mins