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A seasonal podcast that brings the ideas and tools of philosophy to everyone. Featuring interviews with professional philosophers, personal stories, and lots of fun thought experiments. We'll start with about 5 episodes per season.
Monads are shorts that tend to involve less production than full seasonal episodes.
Contact us at invertedspectrum@outlook.com
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34 - Andrew does Improv - Liberalism
Episode 34
vendredi 2 février 2024 • Duration 01:15:20
A show called "Philosophy v. Improv" graciously had me on as a guest. This is actually my second appearance! I'll post the other one soon. In this one, appropo of recent episodes, we talk about political liberalism!
https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/33-andrew-does-improv-liberalism
Link to PvI page
https://philosophyimprov.com/pvi64-liberalism-linda-orr-andrew-lavin/
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33 - Are Animals Food?
Episode 33
vendredi 26 janvier 2024 • Duration 01:27:11
A conversation with Robert Jones of CSU, Dominguez Hills about animal welfare/rights and the ethics of food. We also touch on experimentation and captivity and the legal status of animals.
WARNING: has unbleeped curses and plenty of uncomfortable topics not appropriate for kids.
Robert references John Sanbonmatsu, this is his personal webpage.
With the aptly named "Ranch Hand" from BlueDot Sessions. Used under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. Reductio is produced by Inverted Spectrum Media, a non-profit.
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M14 - Why It's Okay to Love Bad Movies
Episode 15
lundi 11 avril 2022 • Duration 52:49
a talk by Matt Strohl with comments by Nick Riggle. Thanks to the Humanities Center at the University of Montana!
Matt's Book:
Why It's Okay to Love Bad Movies
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s02e05 - Another Kind of Identity
Season 2 · Episode 5
lundi 6 décembre 2021 • Duration 46:00
In which Andrew explores the "Identity" in "Identity Politics" and the social groups by which we identify ourselves.
https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e05-another-kind-of-identity
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M14 - Soul Sleep
Episode 14
lundi 16 août 2021 • Duration 15:51
In which Helen De Cruz reads her short story "Soul Sleep". Enjoy!
Hi Phi Nation's "The Wishes of the Dead"
De Cruz's new book: Philosophy Illustrated
https://shows.acast.com/reductio/m14-soul-sleep
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M13 - More about Personal Identity
Episode 13
mercredi 11 août 2021 • Duration 33:03
Andrew talks with Rev. Ben Colahan about themes from s02e04 Who Are You? If you haven't already, listen to that episode before this one. Here's a link: https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e04-who-are-you
https://shows.acast.com/reductio/m13-more-about-personal-identity
Reductio on Patreon:
Patreon | Reductio is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | Patreon
Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple Podcasts
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M12 - Transporters
Episode 12
vendredi 16 juillet 2021 • Duration 14:45
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s02e04 - Who Are You?
Season 2 · Episode 4
vendredi 16 juillet 2021 • Duration 59:47
In which Andrew explores various questions surrounding the issue of personal identity. Who are you? Including discussions of Transporters, Theseus' Ship(s), and various other thought experiments. With Guest Amy Kind and narration help from Kellie Marie Lavin.
Warning: one bad word in the end credits, but the rest is clean!
https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e04-who-are-you
Reductio on Patreon:
Patreon | Reductio is creating A Podcast about Ideas, Philosophy, and Understanding | Patreon
Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple Podcasts
The Philosopher and the News
https://newsphilosopher.buzzsprout.com/
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s02e03 - Ghosts
Season 2 · Episode 3
mardi 1 juin 2021 • Duration 01:19:41
In which Andrew asks the questions: what are ghosts, if anything? How should we think about ghost experiences? What sort of reason do they give us to believe that ghosts are real?
Special thanks to "James" and "Dianne" and their family, to Frank McAndrew, and to Casey Smith.
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Episode Link for Sharing:https://shows.acast.com/reductio/s02e03-ghosts
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M11 - Passion of the Sunprobe
Episode 11
jeudi 25 mars 2021 • Duration 15:18
A monad in which Professor Eric Schwitzgebel shares his fantastic philosophical short story "The Passion of the Sun Probe."
The text of the story is available where it is published and also on Schwitzgebel's blog, where you can leave comments for the author.
https://shows.acast.com/reductio/m11-passion-of-the-sunprobe
Reductio: Adventures in Ideas on Apple Podcasts
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