Τα καλύτερα Philosophy Now podcast (2024)

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Hegel: A Complete Guide to History 2:04:05

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How Socrates Beat Addictions 14:17

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The Roots of Modern Democracy 40:58

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Why Culture Wars Matter 21:06

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What Red Pill Philosophy Gets Wrong 39:21

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Being Outside Changes How You Think 22:23

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Stoicism's Major Flaw 49:01

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I look at the current trend of Stoicism through the lens of Ryan Holiday's Daily Stoic, and more broadly through the Ancient Stoic philosophers, and ask, is it really a useful guide to life today? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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How New Addictions Are Destroying Us 36:49

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Selected Bibliography: Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation Adam Alter, Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology David Courtwright, Age of Addiction Morse, S. (2012). Legal Regulation of Addictive Substances and Addiction. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/neuroeth... Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Mark Andrejevic, Auto…

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How Big Tech is Ruining Your Attention 27:57

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Some Sources: Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy James Williams, Stand Out of Our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads Adam Alter, Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalis…

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How the Internet Was Stolen 2:09:53

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I look at the history of the internet, from ARPANET & NSFNET, through privatization, to Tim-Berners Lee, Yahoo, Netscape, Google, eBay, and Facebook, examining Microsoft's antitrust court case and their battle against Open Source and Free Software, Bill Gate's Open Letter to Hobbyists and the leaked Halloween Documents. Then we take a look at the e…

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Why Our Idea of History is a Poison 18:53

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The First Critics of Modern Life 31:02

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A look at the first critics of modern life during the 18th and 19th centuries; those who worried about factories, pollution, capitalism, and modernity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Why German History is Different 27:09

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Kant: A Complete Guide to Reason 1:11:07

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A look at the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, exploring why his ideas matter, and the context they arose from. It looks at the Critique of Pure Reason and the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of morals, explaining concepts like transcendental idealism and the Categorical Imperative. Born in 1724, he wanted to make us a truly scientific species – he wante…

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Swami Medhananda: Becoming a Monk and Brutal Self-Assessment 1:16:40

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How do we imbibe the qualities of a monk? What is mean to detach from worldly pleasures? Why does a spiritual life seem so distant to us sometimes? Well, before becoming a monk, our guest today was a young agnostic in U.C. Berkeley trying to figure out his purpose in life like the rest of us. Today, Swami Medhananda is a sanyassi or monk under the …

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Sensei Sandeep Desai: Martial Arts For Holistic Development 1:04:55

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Our guest today, Sensei Sandeep Desai, is the first South Asian to teach T'ai Chi martial arts across the globe. As a master in the martial arts and yoga, the Sensei has traveled across the globe teaching and holding workshops. Winning numerous accolades worldwide, he learned directly from the Chinese Grandmaster Zhu Tian Chi. He's been featured in…

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Nikhil Taneja: A Purpose-Driven Life for Millennials and Gen-Z NOW 1:07:01

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Our guest today is Nikhil Taneja, the founder and CEO fo Yuvaa, the purpose-driven media company for the youth of today. Nikhil is a trailblazer - an entrepreneur, media superstar, writer, creator, speaker and teacher. Very early in his life, he became a leading force within Karan Johar's Dharma Productions. He led the Dharmatic Productions, with s…

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Ami Ganatra: Wisdom from Indian Mythology NOW 1:20:18

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Our conversation today is with the bestselling author, Ami Ganatra. Her bestselling books 'Mahabharata Unraveled' and 'Ramayana Unravelled: Lesser known Facets of Rishi Valmiki's Epic,' swept the globe with unique perspectives and analytical gems on the ancient Indian epics. As a student of Sanskrit, yoga practitioner and lecturer on ancient Indian…

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Henry Shukman: Becoming a Zen Master NOW 1:02:08

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Welcome to the inaugural episode for the new season! Our first guest is an extremely special one. We go right into the deep end of our spiritual journeys and meditation practices, as we speak with a renowned Zen master - Henry Shukman. Henry teaches meditation, mindfulness and awakening practices to a wide range of students from all traditions and …

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What the Evidence on Immigration Says 32:23

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Tucker Carlson's Paranoid Mind 50:29

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I look at Tucker Carlson's conspiracy theory-riddled mind, where it comes from, and why he does it. I draw from Richard Hofstadter's 1964 The Paranoid Style in American Politics, review Carlson's book, Ship of Fools, and look at his Fox News show, the Fedsurrection, Patriot Purge, and the Great Replacement.Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Pa…

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How Fox News Changed The World 1:24:42

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A dive into the long history of television news in America to understand what the conditions were that made Fox News’s emergence possible. We look at what Fox’s underlying social, cultural, and philosophical toolkit and formula looks like. What it’s predecessors were (TVN, Roger Ailes’ consultancy, Nixon’s adverts), Reagan’s rolling back of FCC reg…

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Our Consumer Society 1:24:26

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I explore our consumer society, looking at the history, philosophy, psychology, and sociology of what consumerism really means. Is it a useful concept? Where did it appear from? Are there alternatives? How is the desire that drives consumption manufactured? Are we shallow? Is there any possibility of ethical consumption? To help answer some of thes…

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Free Will Is Political 19:38

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Free Will – Our Freedom to choose for ourselves – is at the heart of our sense of being human. How we think about free will effects everything from responsibility and criminal justice to laziness and poverty to seemingly ordinary choices like what I’ll have for dinner. Free Will is of course the power to select from options, for ourselves, unencumb…

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Baithak Foundation Founders: Music As Selfless Service NOW 37:59

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Today we speak with the founders of the Baithak Foundation, Dakshayani Athalye and Mandar Karanjkar! The foundation is a nonprofit based in Pune, India - but focuses on making Indian classical music accessible to all students regardless of their socio-economic background. The goal is to bring the essence of all Indian art and classical music to you…

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Hanuman Dass: Social Work As Spiritual Practice NOW 48:09

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We learn from Hanuman Dass. Another "Das" in our podcast! It's not a surprise because to be a das in Sanskrit means to serve. And like the other great guests, Hanuman Dass' very mission is to serve all people. The founder of Go Dharmic, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering individuals to help create positive social change throughout hum…

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Pooja Bhale: Spiritual Ecology and Choosing Love NOW 30:06

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Today we learn from Pooja Bhale. An environmentalist, ecology warrior and social activist - all these words still don’t do justice what she is. At heart, she is a free spirit. She is the founder of The Protecterra Ecological Foundation, dedicated to creating a global society that respects nature, practices sustainability and comes together in solid…

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Acharya Prashant: Spiritual Inquiry and Ambition NOW 1:41:58

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In today's episode we speak with Acharya Prashant. He is an acclaimed Vedanta exegete and author of over 80 books, including the National Bestseller 'Karma – Why Everything You Know About it is Wrong'. An alumnus of IIT-Delhi, IIM-Ahmedabad and a former Civil Services officer, he is an exponent of pure Vedantic wisdom, a vocal warrior against super…

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Ira Trivedi: Building a Yogi Mentality in the World NOW 34:39

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In this episode, we speak with the popular and acclaimed yoga instructor and author. Ira Trivedi. She has truly become a pathbreaker in the yoga community with her ability to make spiritual philosophy and practice engaging for the modern world. After her own journey exploring the world of Hinduism and yoga, writing books about feminism and human em…

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Putin's Sense Of Russian History 36:07

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A long view on the sense of Russian history that Vladimir Putin has inherited and draws from culturally. Looking at the roots of Russian anti-westernism, its response to Europe during the Enlightenment and Peter and Catherine the Great's modernizing projects. From Rousseau and the influence of the Romanitics through to Dostoevsky, Carl Schmitt's in…

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How The Atom Bomb Changed How We Think 30:12

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Nuclear Weapons changed us. One author said we have a ‘nuclear consciousness’ If so, how specifically did it develop? What shapes did it take? I’ll look at some surprising consequences of the discovery of Nuclear power, how it changed our ideas about fear and irrationalism, about world government and philosophy, how it changed literature and cinema…

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MrBeast: Capitalism & Philanthropy 1:20:05

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A look at the darker side of MrBeast’s philanthropy and the wider philanthrocapitalist model it's a part of. Looking specifically at #teamseas and a partnership with Jennie-O, I attempt to untangle how corporations and conglomerates like Coca-Cola, chemical and oil companies, and big meat monopolies all have a vested interest in financing certain ‘…

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Thinking About Changing The World 20:11

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Let's think difference.Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as $1 per video: http://patreon.com/user?u=3517018 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Από τον Then & Now

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Our 'Age Of Anger' 53:30

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Anger, rage, fury: it seems like everywhere we look right now, we see rising temperatures, smoldering resentment, blood boiling, floods of emotion. From Trump to Brexit, Hindu Nationalism to Black Lives Matter, from Hollywood me too to Pandemic Protestors, ISIS to white nationalists, Ukraine to Fox News, to my ongoing conflict with my unreasonably …

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How Robotics Will Control You 37:48

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Robotics, automation, and the information age are going in a strange direction. We look at extended selves, farming drones, Tesla sensors, Facebook and Twitter feeds, Amazon, Tinder, and Deleuze and Guattari's bodies without organs.Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as $1 per video: http://patreon.com/user?u=351701…

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Sri M: The Yogi Mindset and True Success NOW 49:24

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In this episode, Sri M, the yogi, mystic and spiritual teacher guides us through a wide range of philosophical discussions. The Padma Bhushan recipient speaks to us honestly about his spiritual journey, from being a wandering monk in the Himalayas, to his guru's teachings to what he discovered about true yoga. The Satsang Foundation founder speaks …

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Spinoza A Complete Guide To Life 52:45

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If you’ve ever wanted a complete scientific roadmap for how to live, a modern philosophy to go by, a lens through which to understand a complex world, a foundation, the 17th century Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza is as good as you'll find. He asked questions like: why are we so dogmatic? What makes us irrational? Why do we live as slaves to our e…

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Why The Internet Hasn't Fixed Democracy 30:00

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Why Hasn't the Internet Fixed Democracy? How can we fix it? I use the latest 'drama' with Ethan Klein, Joe Rogan, Tom Pool, Vaush etc to see if we can find out...Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as $1 per video: http://patreon.com/user?u=3517018 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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How The Nature Nurture Debate Is Changing 36:04

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The nature-nurture debates inform almost every area of human life – from biology and botany to economics, literature, and history.To simplify, thinkers on the nature side have, in varying ways, argued that at least parts of your body and mind are behind an impenetrable skin, cannot be gotten to by upbringing, education, politics, or culture. Imagin…

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Krishna Das: Love, Serve, Remember NOW 1:28:56

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Our Christmas special! In today's episode, we speak with the legendary kirtan singer, Krishna Das. Known for his numerous devotional song albums, the founder of the Kirtan Wallah Foundation speaks to us candidly and honestly about his spiritual journey. The Grammy-nominated artist speaks about his own life hurdles, personal life lessons from his gu…

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The BIG Problem With The Metaverse 23:31

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What does 'meta' really mean? What can we make of Facebook's change to 'Meta'? Jean-Francois Lyotard wrote about the decline of metanarratives in 1979's 'The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge'. Can we learn anything about Zuckerberg's aspirations from this classic postmodern text?Lyotard was prescient. He noticed in the 70s that quote ‘th…

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The Surprising Philosophy Of Dirt 17:59

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Mary Douglas wrote that:‘There is no such thing as absolute dirt; it exists in the eye of the beholder. Dirt offends against order. Eliminating it is not a negative movement, but a positive effort to organize the environment. In chasing dirt, in papering, decorating, tidying, we are not governed by anxiety to escape disease, but are positively re-o…

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Would You Have Been A Nazi? 22:11

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There were several reasons lynch mobs in Jim Crow America and soldiers and police officers in Nazi Germany were motivated to kill African-Americans and Jews. Historical forces like a sense of victimhood – both having lost wars – cultural forces and propaganda that depicted the victims stereotypically as inferior, greedy, or a threat, and economic f…

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The Psychology Of Racism In Jim Crow America 40:06

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Between 1889 and 1930 there were around 3,700 known lynchings in the US. The perpetrators ranged from single people to small mobs to huge crowds of 15,000. The reasons given were broad. While most were accused of murder of rape, many were lynched for simply being rude, for arguing, for taking the wrong job or having the wrong beliefs.Like during Ho…

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Scientific Racism and Immigration: A History 26:10

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Liberalism – the assumptions of which many of us live under – prioritises individual freedom – of thought, of expression, of movement. But at the same time we think of migration – which is free movement – as abnormal. We even mythologise a sedentary past – of villages, farmers, peasants, ‘tied to the land’, living and dying in the place where they’…

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What The Sea Can Teach Us About Ourselves 18:25

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Why We're Drawn to the Sea: A philosophical enquiry that looks at the sea as a cultural, literary, biological, evolutionary, and philosophical concept. The sea has long been a source of inspiration for some of our greatest thinkers – a great unknown to be explored, a passage to be used to transport goods, a place of relaxation, a dwelling place of …

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