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Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast
Spencer Case
Frequency: 1 episode/29d. Total Eps: 77
Philosophical excursions into interesting, and often controversial, topics. Hosted by Spencer Case.
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The Iran War
mardi 7 avril 2026 • Duration 01:40:30
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Craig White, Ben Burgis, and Daniel Kodsi join Spencer Case to discuss--and debate--the Iran War.
Knowledge in Real Life
vendredi 20 mars 2026 • Duration 01:20:55
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Gordon Barnes joins Spencer to talk about the issues he discusses in his new book, Applied Epistemology: An Introduction.
Better Arguments for the Existence of God
lundi 19 mai 2025 • Duration 01:34:09
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Matthew Adelstein returns to Micro-Digressions to talk about the arguments for the existence of God at the top of his tier list. You can find his complete ranking of arguments for God's existence here:
Free Will and Responsibility: Huemer vs. Kershnar
vendredi 28 mars 2025 • Duration 01:06:09
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Mike Huemer and His Offensiveness Steve Kershnar join Spencer to discuss free will and moral responsibility.
Not-So-Great Arguments for the Existence of God
lundi 24 février 2025 • Duration 01:32:07
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Matthew Adelstein, the prolific young writer who posts at "Bentham's Bulldog" on Substack, has recently attracted attention for a tier ranking of philosophical arguments for the existence of God. Matthew and Spencer discuss the arguments at the bottom of his list, ascending from arguments that get an "F" to one in the C tier.
The Virtuous Gamer
lundi 20 janvier 2025 • Duration 01:21:26
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Sarah Malanowski and Nicholas Baima join Spencer Case to discuss their book Why it's Ok to be a Gamer. They cover common objections to gaming, such as the claim that gaming is addictive and violent games promote violence. They also consider ways that video games can promote friendships and cultivate virtue. Finally, they debate the supposed vice of being a "tryhard."
Rant-a-thon 2024! (Part 2)
jeudi 26 décembre 2024 • Duration 01:31:06
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Featuring rants by Matt Lutz (on a priori knowledge and the politicization of the university) Travis Timmerman (on the film "Megalopolis") Spencer Case (on the depraved adulation of Luigi Mangione) and Ben Burgis (on the hypocrisy of "heterodox" liberals on Palestine).
Rant-a-thon 2024! (Part 1)
vendredi 20 décembre 2024 • Duration 01:12:31
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Featuring rants from Matthew Adelstein (on shrimp welfare), Mark Oppenheimer (on missing the golden age of universities), Craig White (on the folly and immorality of American involvement in Ukraine) David Baker (on the wrongness of peacetime conscription) and Jason Werbeloff (on common misconceptions about AI).
Progressive Myths about Sex and Gender
jeudi 28 novembre 2024 • Duration 01:13:56
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Michael Huemer returns to the podcast to discuss more of the issues in his self-published book, Progressive Myths (which you can buy on Amazon for a mere $12.50). Mike and Spencer discuss the gender pay gap, the claim that women don't lie about sexual assault, and the sex-gender distinction.
Progressive Myths
dimanche 20 octobre 2024 • Duration 01:51:18
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Michael Huemer returns Micro-Digressions to discuss his new self-published book, Progressive Myths, which you can purchase here for a mere $12.50:
Progressive Myths: Huemer, Michael: 9798332272073: Amazon.com: Books
Discussed here: Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and George Floyd cases, as well as some of the general patterns of police violence; the science of climate change and masking (compared with what activists say about these things), and the causes of progressive myths.
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