ICYMI Yesterday's broadcast—like all the episodes in our #WiseWomen series—is available for download: podcasts.apple.com/id/podcast/t.... #PhilSky #philosophy @nehgov.bsky.social @altnehgov.altgov.info

Margaret Cavendish, the 17th-century Duchess of Newcastle and subject of today's broadcast, was a fascinating polymath. Check out her radical vision of equality at Philosophers Corner, and tune in at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in the SF Bay Area: philosophytalk.org/blog/margare... #PhilSky #WiseWomen

Coming up: What would it mean to believe in the radical equality of all things—humans, trees, even rocks? Ray and @profjoshlandy.bsky.social explore the life & thought of Margaret Cavendish with Karen Detlefsen from @upenn.edu – Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in SF & www.kalw.org/show/philoso....

Early Christian philosopher #Augustine of Hippo was born on this date in 354 CE. For our episode in 2008, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to find out how some of Augustine's ideas on the life of the flesh might have differed had he grown up in today's world: youtu.be/ZlwgG1pVqjw #PhilSky

The "first English feminist," Mary Astell, was born on this date in 1666. If you missed our broadcast a few weeks ago, you can listen to this #WiseWomen episode free (like all episodes in the series) at philosophytalk.org/shows/mary-a.... #PhilSky @nehgov.bsky.social @altnehgov.altgov.info

Russian novelist Fyodor #Dostoevsky was born on this date in 1821. Although this deeply philosophical writer has never been the subject of his own episode, the titles of his novels are the basis of this bit in Woody Allen's "Love & Death" that opened our 2010 episode "Philosophy in #Fiction."

On this Veterans/Remembrance Day, check out our 2011 episode "The #Military: What Is It Good For?" when we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Caitlin Esch, to talk to a Vietnam and Desert Storm vet about his experiences in the service: youtu.be/G49xNXNQTHQ

What happened in 2025 that challenged your assumptions & made you think about things in new ways? We're putting together our annual end-of-year special, and we want to know what YOU think stood out as you reflect on the Year in Philosophy, the Year in Science, and the Year in Society & Politics. 1/

ICYMI Yesterday's broadcast with Helena de Bres from @wellesley.edu, author of "Philosophy in the First Person" (forthcoming), is now available for download: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... #PhilSky #narrative #meaning

What, if anything, can give meaning to a human life? Could a meaningful life look like a good story? Ahead of today's broadcast of "Narrative & the Meaning of Life" with Helena de Bres from @wellesley.edu, check out the latest blog at Philosophers Corner: philosophytalk.org/blog/got-a-s... #PhilSky

Logician and mathematician Gottlob Frege was born otd in 1848. For his anniversary in 2021, Josh & Ray invited host emeritus John Perry to make sense of Frege's #philosophy following the publication of his book, "Frege's Detour: An Essay on Meaning, Reference, and Truth." #PhilSky #logic #language

Philosopher of the Absurd Albert #Camus was born on this date in 1913. For our episode in 2015, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to learn more about the life & times of the man behind works like "The Stranger" and "The Myth of Sisyphus." www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIO8... #PhilSky #philosophy

Coming up: Could you reliably narrate the story of your life? Ray & @profjoshlandy.bsky.social tell tales with Helena de Bres from @wellesley.edu, author of "Philosophy in the First Person" – Sunday 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso.... #PhilSky #narrative #meaning

Austrian novelist Robert Musil was born on the date in 1880. For our episode earlier this year, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Holly J. McDede, to hear from people musing about #uncertainty… the Robert Musil way: m.youtube.com/watch?v=wXT-... #PhilSky #philosophy #fiction

For our next episode, "Narrative and the Meaning of Life," we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Holly J. McDede, to learn how #poetry offers caregivers space to take control of their own narratives: youtu.be/fudwDVfu0tI #PhilSky #philosophy #storytelling

Philosophy Talk's late co-founder Ken Taylor was born on this date in 1954. He didn't actually run for President, but he did have some words of wisdom for #ElectionDay. More at philosophytalk.org/shows/ken-ta... #PhilSky #philosophy #deomcracy

ICYMI Yesterday's broadcast with Koji Tanaka from the Australian National University, co-author of "The Many Faces of Impossibility," is now available to download: open.spotify.com/episode/54kl... #PhilSky #philosophy #logic #impossibleworlds

Tomorrow we'll be recording an episode on "Gilbert Ryle and the Map of the Mind." Got a question or comment? Send email to [email protected] or let us know below, and we may ask your question on the show! More at philosophytalk.org/shows/gilber... #PhilSky #philosophy #mind #knowledge

November is National Novel Writing Month and the birth month of philosopher-novelists Robert Musil and Albert Camus. They join other Scorpios and Sagittarians in This Month's Playlist: Gottlob Frege, Mary Astell, Augustine of Hippo, and Baruch Spinoza: philosophytalk.org/playlist/nov... #PhilSky

Coming up: What’s the difference between the merely surprising and the truly #impossible? Josh & Ray imagine the unimaginable with Koji Tanaka from the Australian National University, co-author of "The Many Faces of Impossibility" – Sunday 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in SF & www.kalw.org/show/philoso....

Enhance your #Halloween haunting with our 2010 episode exploring the magic and metaphysics of the #Occult Philosophy: philosophytalk.org/shows/occult... #PhilSky #philosophy

For our next episode, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Holly J. McDede, to explore the impossible words of #dementia patients with Dasha Kiper, author of "Travelers to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain." youtu.be/mLzfOpU7xI4

Curious about the new #Frankenstein movie? Check out the episode we recorded in 2018 as part of @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social's year-long series marking the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley's novel: www.philosophytalk.org/shows/monstr... #PhilSky #philosophy #technology

Happy birthday to political scientist @frankfukuyama.bsky.social, who joined us on the program just about a decade ago for an episode exploring some persistent problems in America's system of government. More at philosophytalk.org/shows/democr... #PhilSky #philosophy #democracy

ICYMI Yesterday's broadcast about Mary Astell is—like all the episodes in our #WiseWomen series—free to listen at our website: philosophytalk.org/shows/mary-a.... #PhilSky #philosophy @nehgov.bsky.social @altnehgov.altgov.info

Coming up: The life & thought of "England's first feminist" with @allauren.bsky.social from McMaster University, author of "Mary Astell on Bad Custom and Epistemic Injustice" – Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & online at www.kalw.org/show/philoso.... #PhilSky #WiseWomen #philosophy

For our next #WiseWomen episode, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to find out how Mary Astell's hometown has been honouring "England's first feminist" from @claudinevh.bsky.social of @northumbriauni.bsky.social and Katie Tertell of the band Howay the Lasses: youtu.be/azcxXQSpBwU #PhilSky

John Dewey was born on this date in 1859. For our episode in 2016, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to explore his life & times with Philip Kitcher from Columbia and Sarah Stitzlein from @ucphilosophy.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3y3... #PhilSky #philosophy #pragmatism #education

R.I.P. Klaus Doldinger, German saxophonist and film music composer, including 1984's "The NeverEnding Story." Some of his 1960s recordings also appear throughout our library. More of this episode at philosophytalk.org/shows/evolution-storytelling #PhilSky

French #philosopher Henri Bergson was born otd in 1859. For our recent episode we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, @skaskowitz.bsky.social, to learn more about Bergson's 1922 encounter with Albert Einstein that pitted science & technology against #philosophy & humanism: youtu.be/IRQXam9WV-w

Coming up: Is there a purpose to our sense of wonder, or is it gloriously useless? Josh & Ray stand in awe of the late @helendecruz.net from @slu-official.bsky.social, author of "Wonderstruck: How Wonder & Awe Shape the Way We Think" – Sunday 11a on KALW 91.7 FM in SF & www.kalw.org/show/philoso....

The Diane Keaton / John Searle interface: his last appearance on the program (recorded live at The Marsh in Berkeley) literally began with a clip from "Annie Hall": vimeo.com/127860654?fl... #PhilSky #philosophy #language

Whoah... For our next episode, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to stand in #awe of Dacher Keltner from @greatergoodmag.bsky.social and Elizabeth Kessler, author of "Picturing the #Cosmos: Hubble Space Telescope Images and the Astronomical Sublime." www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRh_... #PhilSky

Historian, #philosopher, and activist Michel Foucault was born 99 years ago today. In 2018 Josh and Ken explored his life and thought with the late Gary Gutting from @notredame.bsky.social, author of several books on #Foucault as well as "Thinking the Impossible: French #Philosophy Since 1960."

The late UC Berkeley #philosopher Hubert Dreyfus was born on this date in 1929. In 2010, for an episode on #Nihilism and Meaning, he became the first person other than our senior producer Devon Strolovitch to bring the #philosophy of Bob Dylan into the conversation. #PhilSky #ItsAlrightMa

Friedrich #Nietzsche was born on this date in 1844. For one of our earliest episodes back in 2004, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Amy Standen, to find out what A.J. Soprano discovers in Nietzsche's #philosophy: youtu.be/FPWQpPPm1Mg?... #PhilSky

Historian and political theorist Hannah #Arendt was born on this date in 1906. In 2008 John and Ken explored her life & thought with Seyla Bengabib from Yale University, author of "The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt." More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/hannah-arendt #PhilSky #philosophy

Nísia Floresta, sometimes called "the Brazilian Mary Wollstonecraft," was born on this date in 1810. For our #WiseWomen episode last year, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Mary-Catherine O’Connor, to find out why—and whether that label is accurate: youtu.be/jyE9He51Ck8?... #PhilSky #women

R.I.P. Diane Keaton More at www.philosophytalk.org/unconditional-love

We hope you'll make a habit of reading the latest blog at Philosophers Corner ahead of Sunday's broadcast: philosophytalk.org/blog/to-habi.... You can listen to "Making and Breaking Habits" RIGHT NOW by becoming a Premium Subscriber at www.philosophytalk.org/subscribe. #PhilSky #philosophy

Coming up: Bad habits imprison us—but can good habits liberate us? Josh & Ray ask Shaun Gallagher from the University of Memphis. Tune in this Sunday 11a on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco or listen RIGHT NOW by becoming a Premium Subscriber at our website: www.philosophytalk.org/subscribe. #PhilSky

For our next episode, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to learn about breaking (bad) social media #habits with Wendy Wood from @uscedu.bsky.social, author of "Good Habits, Bad Habits," and Maddie Freeman, founder of No Social Media November: youtu.be/JyAUuEQYeB4 #PhilSky #philosophy

Did you know that as a Premium Subscriber you can get early access to episodes, including next week's broadcast of "Making and Breaking Habits"? philosophytalk.org/shows/making... Learn more at philosophytalk.org/subscribe. #PhilSky #philosophy

ICYMI Yesterday's broadcast about the 17th-century princess who challenged Descartes is now available for download: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... #PhilSky #philosophy #WiseWomen @nehgov.bsky.social @altnehgov.altgov.info

TODAY: Josh and Ray explore the life & thought of Elisabeth of Bohemia with @lshape.bsky.social from McGill University. Check out this primer on Elisabeth's life & times from our Roving Philosophical Reporter, and tune in at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & kalw.org. youtu.be/mOPVl0btri8

Judith Jarvis Thomson, whose followup to Philippa Foot's thought experiment spawned an industry jokingly known as Trolleyology, was born otd in 1929. For our #WiseWomen series earlier this year, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, @skaskowitz.bsky.social, to investigate: youtu.be/ngl4vJNDOu8

Moral philosopher Philippa Foot was born on this date in 1920. For our #WiseWomen episode earlier this year, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Mary-Catherine O'Connor, to learn more about what it was like to be one of the women in the so-called Oxford Quartet: youtu.be/aePK6JRh3go #PhilSky

Coming up: If the mind and body are distinct substances, how could they ever interact? Josh and Ray explore the life and thought of Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia with @lshape.bsky.social from McGill University – Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky

Mohandas K. #Gandhi was born on this date in 1869. In 2008, as part of our episode "Gandhi as a Philosopher," John and Ken took PT to the Movies to discuss the Oscar-winning 1982 biopic starring Sir Ben Kingsley and directed by Sir Richard Attenborough: youtu.be/Z_WnrKREv0I #PhilSky #philosophy

Hello, October—a very fruitful month for #philosophy. Three of the figures in our #WiseWomen series were born this month, along with an illustrious list of other October babies. Listen to our episodes about all these thinkers in This Month's Playlist: philosophytalk.org/playlist/oct... #PhilSky