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September 26, 2018 — Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell
Sophia
Crispin's essay on the politics of geography and representation
Why did rural Americans feel that Trump's victory was their victory?
Is "one person, one vote" a wrong-headed view of political representation?
Where political representation meets art and aesthetics
Can Americans' interests be represented accurately?
Is being from a rural area akin to being a racial minority?
What does our current system of political representation get right or wrong?
March 25, 2016 — Daniel Kaufman & Daniel Tippens
Sophia
Rationalism, its virtues and ideals
Manifestations of rationalism in epistemology ...
... in ethics ...
... and in political philosophy
Critique of rationalism: It can't be reasons all the way down
Dan K. claims rational ethicists don't really exist ...
... and if they did, you wouldn't like them
How philosophy turned to rationalism, and Dan K. turned away from it
July 14, 2018 — Robert Wright & Thomas Metzinger
The Wright Show
Try this at home: the rubber hand illusion
Out-of-body experiences in VR
Why you will never have a not-self experience
Meditation, capitalism, and political activism
The urgent need to teach meditation in schools
Thomas's "transparent self" model
May 13, 2016 — Philip Menchaca & Troy Campbell
A few theories about climate science skeptics
Troy's "solution aversion" theory
Testing beliefs in the lab
Ideology as identity
How do you convince people that your cause is right?
When you should get aggressive with your message
March 04, 2016 — David Kyuman Kim & George Lipsitz
Love-Driven Politics
Introducing Love-Driven Politics
Lessons on love from James Baldwin
Identifying a root cause of discrimination
"Turn poison into medicine"
Considering generosity
Dealing with the inevitability of heartbreak
April 02, 2016 — David Kyuman Kim & Rebeccca Solnit
Love-Driven Politics
Why Rebecca calls herself an essayist
Rebecca's commitment to telling stories that don't fuel cynicism
"People love certainty more than they love hope"
Buddhism and activism
The necessity of political compromise
What the Occupy movement achieved
June 01, 2016 — David Kyuman Kim & Brian McLaren
Love-Driven Politics
What is an "evangelical progressive Christian"?
Tribal tendencies in the evangelical community
The urge to annihilate the "other"
Do right beliefs lead to right actions?
The upside of despair
Our toxic political system
December 15, 2015 — Robert Wright & Francis Fukuyama
The Wright Show
Revisiting Frank's "End of History" thesis
Trump, China, and the threat of illiberal democracy
Frank: The singularity is an "idiotic" idea
Should we fear homemade eugenics?
Why Americans need to improve their moral imaginations
Does religion unite more than it divides?
September 12, 2016 — Robert Wright & Robert George
The Wright Show
Why Robby refuses to support Trump
Is history shaped more by social forces or human agency?
Robby gives an insider's view on why Appalachia is Trump country
The declining influence of religion
How a lack of humility poisons politics
Contempt in current political rhetoric
Robby: Politicians need to get out of the identity politics game
January 18, 2017 — Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger
Sophia
Dan's definition of classical liberalism
Locke's Second Treatise of Government and Mill's On Liberty
Mill and Locke on the individual
The social contract and political authority
The group and the individual in the modern world
How much of a liberal was Mill really?
Social censorship and the PC debate
Is Mill's utilitarianism at odds with his liberalism?
Classical liberalism in America
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