Part of today's anniversary-distraction strategy was to revisit the oldest episode in our January playlist. For a 2004 episode titled simply #Time, our Roving Philosophical Reporter explored depictions of time travel in "12 Monkeys" and "Back to the Future": youtu.be/9INWn9BC63M #PhilSky #philosophy

If the first full week of the new year has you in a reflective mood about Time, check out This Month's Playlist featuring episodes that question our concept and experience of #time, from our very first season to just last summer: philosophytalk.org/playlist/tim... #PhilSky #philosophy

Is 2026 off to a weird start for you? For this week's episode, "Why Is the World So Weird?" we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Shereen Adel, to ask people on the street what they find most weird about the world: youtu.be/dw4MlMbTVeE #PhilSky #philosophy

While KALW in San Francisco will air "The Examined Year: 2025" today, listeners across the rest of our network this week will hear Josh and Ray ask @eschwitz.bsky.social from @ucriverside.bsky.social "Why Is the World So Weird?" More at philosophytalk.org/shows/why-wo... #PhilSky #philosophy

Due to technical issues beyond our control, last week's #yearinreview special did not air on @kalwradio.bsky.social, so listeners in the San Francisco Bay Area will hear it this Sunday at 11 am on 91.7 FM & online at www.kalw.org/show/philoso.... #PhilSky #philosophy #AI #shame #ethicsbowl

Happy new year! Does the flipping of the calendar and the inexorable march of #time put you in a philosophical mood? Us too. More at philosophytalk.org/shows/space-... #PhilSky #philosophy #newyearsday

On this final day of 2025, who but Ian Shoales the Sixty-Second Philosopher could send us off with the proper perspective on things: youtu.be/KmMBtkam0wE?... #PhilSky #YearInReview

2025 may have been a Year of Shamelessness and a Year of A.I. Snake Oil, but it was also a year of Ethics Bowl, as depicted in a documentary released this fall. Josh & Ray spoke to its director, Eli Yetter-Bowman, for this week's end-of-year special—LISTEN (and watch): youtu.be/R5aeL_Lr8AI #PhilSky

Due to technical difficulties at KALW, "The Examined Year: 2025" did not air yesterday. You can still catch the beoadcast on any of our affiliate stations throughout this week, or download the episode right now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... Because the un-examined year is not worth reviewing!

TODAY: Josh & Ray question the Year in Shamelessness with @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social from Georgetown, The Year in AI Snake Oil with @randomwalker.bsky.social from Princeton, and The Year in Philosophy (Bowls) with Eli Yetter-Bowman, Director of "The Bowl." 🎧 11 am PST: www.kalw.org/show/philoso...

Senior Producer Devon Strolovitch offers his (more or less) annual sneak-peek behind the scenes of our end-of-year special: philosophytalk.org/blog/the-exa... #PhilSky #yearinreview #2025inreview

Coming up: Josh & Ray ask @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social about the Year in Shamelessness, @randomwalker.bsky.social about the Year in A.I. Snake Oil, and Eli Yetter-Bowman about the Year in Philosophy (Bowls) – Sunday 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in SF & www.kalw.org/show/philoso.... #PhilSky #YearInReview

On the eve of the big man's birthday, check out this vintage episode recorded live in Visalia, Californa with @andrewfiala.bsky.social from CSU Fresno, author of "What Would Jesus Really Do?: The Power & Limits of #Jesus' Moral Teachings." More at philosophytalk.org/shows/how-re... #PhilSky #WWJD

It's the last full week of 2025, and Ian Shoales the Sixty-Second Philosopher has been examining the year that was: youtu.be/KmMBtkam0wE Tune in for our complete #yearinreview special this Sunday Dec-28 at 11 am on @kalwradio.bsky.social 91.7 FM in San Francisco & kalw.org. #PhilSky #philosophy

For our next episode we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to ask whether #twins are better at mind sharing by asking Helena de Bres, author of "How to Be Multiple: The Philosophy of Twins," and by visiting the annual Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg OH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGis... #PhilSky

Coming up: We do mind-reading all the time—why not also also mind-sharing? Josh & Ray ask @julianje.bsky.social, Director of the Computational Social Cognition Lab at Yale University. 🎧 Sunday 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & kalw.org ❓More at philosophytalk.org/shows/mind-sharing #PhilSky

Mathematician and physicist Émilie du Châtelet was born on this date in 1706. We had just proposed an episode about this pioneering philosopher of science to the @nehgov.bsky.social as part of a new season of #WiseWomen when we learned that our then-current grant was being prematurely terminated. 1/

The tape is in the can, the #yearinreview airs Dec-28 on KALW: • The Year in Shamelessness with @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social from Georgetown • The Year in A.I. Snake Oil with @randomwalker.bsky.social from Princeton • The Year in Philosophy (Bowls) with Eli Yetter-Bowman, Director of "The Bowl" 1/

ICYMI This week's episode with David Sterling Brown from @trinitycollege.bsky.social, author of "Shakespeare's White Others," is now available for download: podcasts.apple.com/id/podcast/t... #PhilSky #philosophy #Shakespeare

Our producer also hosts a local music program on our home station @kalwradio.bsky.social in San Francisco, where the sun sets today at 4:52 pm, just in time for #Hanukkah music to accompany the lighting of the first candle, 4-6 pm on 91.7 FM in the SF Bay Area & www.kalw.org/show/fog-cit....

More recording for "The Examined Year: 2025" (because the unexamined year is not worth reviewing) with @randomwalker.bsky.social from Princeton University, co-author of "AI Snake Oil: What #ArtificialIntelligence Can Do, What It Can't, and How to Tell the Difference." #PhilSky #philosophy #AI

Coming up: What does it mean to be an outsider in Shakespeare's plays? Ray and guest-host @adriandaub.bsky.social ask David Sterling Brown from @trinitycollege.bsky.social, author of "Shakespeare’s White Others" – Sunday 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso.... #PhilSky

Ahead of our next broadcast, we sent out Roving Philosophical Reporter to find out how #Shakespeare thought about his female characters with @esylviapoet.bsky.social, author of "None But Witches," and Farah Karim-Cooper, Director of the @folger.edu Library: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Gt... #PhilSky

Congratulations to @bencenanay.bsky.social, our guest a few months ago for an episode on Robert Musil and Life as Experiment: philosophytalk.org/shows/robert... #PhilSky #philosophy

@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social from Georgetown University kicks off recording for our #yearinreview special, "The Examined Year: 2025"—because the un-examined year is not worth reviewing! More at philosophytalk.org/shows/the-ex... #PhilSky #philosophy #shame #shamelessness

Later today Josh & Ray will be recording an episode about Diogenes the Cynic with @ingerkuin.bsky.social from UVA. Back in 2013 our Roving Philosophical Reporter got this primer on Ancient #Cynicism and the so-called Dog Philosopher from the late linguist Geoff Nunberg: youtu.be/mv-OviODZm8 1/

And while you're there, please follow the advice of these other wise women with an end-of-year gift to help us make up a $45,000 shortfall as we close this challenging year: philosophytalk.org/support #PhilSky #philosophy

ICYMI Yesterday's broadcast about Korean proto-feminist Im Yunjidang, the episode is now available to download at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your own favorite podcast portal. 🎧 Don't forget you can listen to all the episodes in our #WiseWomen series at philosophytalk.org/wisewomen 1/

Ahead of this week's broadcast, head over to Philosophers Corner for a primer on 18th-century Koren philosopher Im Yunjidang, an early proponent of egalitarianism in the Confucian tradition: philosophytalk.org/blog/first-c... #PhilSky #WiseWomen @nehgov.bsky.social @altnehgov.altgov.info

Coming up: Josh and Ray explore the life & thought of the first Confucian feminist, Im Yunjidang, with Hwa Yeong Wang from Duke Kunshan University, editor of "Korean Women Philosophers and the Ideal of a Female Sage" – 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in SF & www.kalw.org/show/philoso.... #PhilSky #WiseWomen

Next week we'll be recording an episode about Diogenes of Sinope with @ingerkuin.bsky.social from UVA, author of "Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic." Got a question about the so-called Dog Philosopher? Let us know and we may ask yours on the show!

For our next episode we revisit the life and thought of 18th-c. Korean philosopher Im Yunjidang. Ahead of the broadcast we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to find out how modern Koreans think about the first Confucian feminist: youtu.be/sMpxAstH0L8 #PhilSky #WiseWomen @altnehgov.altgov.info

Thoughts for #GivingTuesday — more at philosophytalk.org/shows/altruism Donate here: www.philosophytalk.org/support #PhilSky #altruism #giving

On this #GivingTuesday, we want to thank everyone who has stepped up to support the program during this tumultuous year. As it draws to a close, however, we still have a $45,000 budget shortfall to make up if we are to continue producing programs at our current level. So we need your help. 1/

ICYMI Yesterday's broadcast with Michael Kremer from the University of Chicago is now available for download: podcasts.apple.com/id/podcast/t... #PhilSky #philosophy #mind

Back to work? Back to thought! Start your December by questioning everything from Aristotle to Zhuangzi, from Architecture to Zen—or give the gift of thought to an aspiring philosopher in your life. Use code BF2025 to get 50% off a yearly subscription TODAY ONLY at philosophytalk.org/subscribe.

TODAY: Josh and Ray turn their minds to Michael Kremer from The University of Chicago, author of "The Development of Gilbert Ryle's Conception of #Knowledge" – 11 am on @kalwradio.bsky.social 91.7 FM in San Francisco & online at www.kalw.org/show/philoso.... #PhilSky #philosophy #mind

Category mistake, the ghost in the machine, knowing-how vs knowing-that... Head over to Philosophers Corner for a primer on the #philosophy of Gilbert Ryle, subject of tomorrow's broadcast: philosophytalk.org/blog/how-we-... #PhilSky #mind #knowledge

Coming up: Could other people know you better than you know yourself? Josh & Ray explore the life & thought of philosopher of mind Gilbert Ryle with Michael Kremer from the University of Chicago – Sunday 11 am on @kalwradio.bsky.social 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky

On this #Thanksgiving Day, we're grateful for every one of our listeners and fellow thinkers. For many Americans, the holiday is a time to reflect on questions of gratitude and #giving, so check out this sneak-peek at next month's playlist: philosophytalk.org/playlist/the... #PhilSky #philosophy

For our next broadcast, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Sheryl Kaskowitz OC '95, to ask Becca Burrington OC '95 and Kymry Esainko OC '96 about Ryle's distinction between "knowing-how" and "knowing-that": youtu.be/A7xyqQiRXCA Produced by Devon Strolovitch OC '97. @obies.bsky.social

Mind, body, and Ian Shoales the Sixty-Second Philosopher on Gilbert Ryle and the Map of the Mind, our next episode: soundcloud.com/philosophyta.... #PhilSky #philosophy #dualism

Baruch #Spinoza, one of the most beguiling and influential philosophers of all time (per Ken Taylor), was born on this date in 1632. For our episode in 2015 we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to follow the trail of this renegade errant Jew: www.youtube.com/watch?v=suyO... #PhilSky #philosophy

Can A.I. help us understand babies? Can anything help us understand babies? Head over to Philosophers Corner ahead of today's broadcast with Michael Frank, director of the Stanford Language and Cognition Lab, and tune in at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in the SF Bay Area: philosophytalk.org/blog/welcome...

Coming up: Can large language models show us how human babies learn to speak? Ray & @profjoshlandy.bsky.social babble along with Michael Frank, Professor of Human Biology at Stanford University – Sunday 11 am on @kalwradio.bsky.social 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso.... #PhilSky

A World Philosophy Day playlist: soundcloud.com/philtalkradi.... Don't miss today's special one-day sale on Premium Subscriptions to our full library of 600+ episodes. Use the code WPD2025 to get half off a 12-month subscription at philosophytalk.org/subscribe. #PhilSky #philosophy #podcast

Happy World Philosophy Day, established by UNESCO in 2002 to underline "the enduring value of philosophy for human thought, for each culture and each individual." We couldn't agree more, so we are offering—today only—a 12-month Premium Subscription for $44.99. That's half off the regular rate! 1/

For our next episode, "Can #AI Help Us Understand #Babies?" we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Holly J. McDede, to ask UC Berkeley cognitive scientist @alisongopnik.bsky.social how babies learn—and why grownups should be jealous: youtu.be/taZeJc7frK0 #PhilSky #philosophy #language

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