Episode 199 is now live and this week we're thinking about what is gained and lost when “we” become something more than the sum of our parts. Check it out! hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/crow...

Book 138: ‘Heidegger and the Destruction of Aristotle: On How to Read the Tradition’ by Sean D. Kirkland H/t to @hotelbarpodcast.bsky.social for having Sean on as a guest a while back — led to me putting several of his books on my reading list. #booksky #bookchallenge #philsky #academicsky

Hey Hotel Bar Sessions listeners, this is Leigh. I have some important news to share. [You should sit down for this...]

Once again, alas, HBS is looking for new, smart, engaging "talent" to fill our recently (and abruptly) vacated co-host seats. Think you have what it takes to carry an interesting conversation? Know someone you'd recommend to fill the open barstools? Just email us at [email protected]!

Episode 198 is now live and this week we're chatting with Mark Balaguer about free will. Check it out! hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/free...

Great piece by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

Podcasts may be the last medium semi-immune to corporate/fascist censorship. Hotel Bar Sessions is independent, listener-funded, and ad-free. Thanks, y'all.

Episode 197 just dropped and this week we're joined by @robinjames.bsky.social to talk about how tech bros and manosphere influencers are through being "cool." hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/deat...

Hold your trans/GNC loved ones extra close right now. Things are ugly and looking to get much worse.

ICYMI: Our episode on "The War on Radical Ideology" is now live on the HBS YouTube channel! Listen, Subscribe, and support Hotel Bar Sessions' work on Patreon at www.patreon.com/hotelbarsessions! www.youtube.com/watch?v=585o...

ICYMI: Our episode on "The Future of the University" is now live on the HBS YouTube channel! Listen, Subscribe, and support Hotel Bar Sessions' work on Patreon at www.patreon.com/hotelbarsessions! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yME...

ICYMI: Our episode with Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social is now available on the HBS YouTube channel! Listen, Subscribe, and support Hotel Bar Sessions' work on Patreon at www.patreon.com/hotelbarsessions! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNCS...

First episode of Season 14 just dropped! We're kicking off this new season with a conversation about the "expertise crisis." Trust us. It's a great episode! hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/the-...

Only four days left before we drop the first episode of Season 14! Stay tuned and share our podcast with your friends!

Check out this week's MINIBAR episode from our co-host @talia-mae.bsky.social, who reflects on her recent cancer diagnosis and the existential crisis it inspired. hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/canc...

New MINIBAR episode just dropped and this week our co-host @rickleephilos.bsky.social is talking about why metaphysics matters to him... and should matter to you, too! hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/in-d...

"The militarization of civic space is the *literal* end of democracy. Once we accept soldiers as "ordinary," we have already lost as citizens." - Leigh M. Johnson hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/livi...

While we're on break between seasons, enjoy the first of our MINIBAR episodes from co-host @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social, who reflects on "living in occupied D.C." hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/livi... Season 14 drops September 12!

Currently at work recording new eps for Season 14! In the interim, HBS is offering up "MINIBAR" episodes each week. Each our co-hosts @talia-mae.bsky.social, @rickleephilos.bsky.social, and @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social will be flying "solo" on a topic of their own choosing! Stay tuned!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our editor, producer, and co-host, Leigh (@drleighmjohnson.bsky.social)!

There's a lot (too much!) happening now (too quickly!). Looking for a quick de-brief? Check out these recent HBS episodes: hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/aren...

Episode 195 is live and to wrap up Season 13 we're taking a deep dive into Hannah Arendt's concept of the "banality of evil." (Cover art from Jonathan Glazer's 2023 film "The Zone of Interest") hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/aren...

We're still in the "setting up" phase, but please join us on Discord! discord.gg/WNp7pAHp

My most recent "major life change" is navigating life without the use of my dominant thumb. Oof. But check out this much more interesting conversation I had with @rickleephilos.bsky.social & @talia-mae.bsky.social abt "Major Life Changes"! hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/majo...

Have you moved? Had a serious accident or illness? Married or divorced? Been hired to a new job or fired from an old one? Experienced the death of a friend or family member? Join us this week as we talk about the philosophical implications of major life changes. hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/majo...

New episode just dropped! Take a break from your doomscrolling and listen to our co-hosts @rickleephilos.bsky.social @talia-mae.bsky.social & @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social talk about it! hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/doom...

Sending out a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our dear co-host @rickleephilos.bsky.social today! You know him. You love him. Celebrate him!

New episode just dropped and this week we're talking about NPC "energy," algorithms, GOFAI, and whether or not Leigh could write a Kris Kristofferson song. Check it out! hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/npc-...

New episode just dropped! Check out this great conversation with special guest @katemanne.bsky.social about public philosophy! w/ @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social @rickleephilos.bsky.social & @talia-mae.bsky.social hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/publ...

Take advantage of the long holiday weekend by listening to our most recent episode considering Trump's war on "radical ideology." And don't forget that Freedom is a radical idea. hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/the-...

Episode 188 dropped today and, as usual, current events seem to just keep serving us up things for our co-hosts @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social @rickleephilos.bsky.social & @talia-mae.bsky.social to talk about! This week's topic: Sovereignty. hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/sove...

Unsurprisingly, President Trump has now involved us in what will almost certainly be dubbed "WWIII." Here are some of our past episodes to help you think through what's happening now:

Buckle up for this week's episode on "Interpretation" because the conversation gets a little heated! hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/inte...

Episode 186 is live and this week we're chatting with Ira Allen @rhetlab.bsky.social about his new book *Panic Now?: Tools for Humanizing in an Age of Staggered Collapse." Timely, relevant, and practical. Check it out! hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/pani...

Not gonna lie, I felt super awk about having this conversation... but I'm so glad we did! It's important. (Big thanks to @talia-mae.bsky.social for guiding me through my Protestant-upbringing hesitations!)

Newest episode dropped yesterday! This week, our co-hosts @rickleephilos.bsky.social @talia-mae.bsky.social and @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social are talking publicly about "private parts"! hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/priv...

If you're one of those people who "listen" to podcasts on YouTube, this is just a heads-up to let you know that last week's conversation on "The Future of the University" is now live our YouTube channel! New episode drops tomorrow. Stay tuned! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yME...

ICYMI: Our episode analyzing the concept of "cringe" is now live on our YouTube channel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9L8...

Another edition of Bookmarks is live! This week features work from: @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social @annieabrams.bsky.social @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social @hotelbarpodcast.bsky.social @michaelburns.bsky.social #literacies #academicsky #edusky open.substack.com/pub/trevoral...

Nobody asked but I think that "mootify" should be a word. Like, to describe the action of making a point moot. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

A lot has happened since we recorded-- all of it bad-- so the "future" we discuss in this episode is even more precarious and foreboding than it was just a short time ago. TLDR: Things are moving fast and in the wrong direction. We'd love to hear your thoughts! Is the University worth saving?

one of my favorite HBS podcast episodes (hosts get deep into the weeds re: pedagogy, how they think about teaching, their students, etc., in clear, grounded terms). all highly relevant to The Big Issue posed, ofc, but these eps always make me reflect on my own teaching and want to do better.

The hosts of @hotelbarpodcast.bsky.social work at universities. We are not optimistic about the future of the University. Maybe not for all the reasons you think! @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social, @talia-mae.bsky.social and I talk about why. I don't sing this time! hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/the-...

Episode 184 is live and we can hardly believe we're on Harvard's side! Check out our co-hosts @talia-mae.bsky.social @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social and @rickleephilos.bsky.social's timely and disturbing discussion of the future of the University. hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/the-...

Just a reminder that ours is the only National Anthem that ends with a QUESTION: "Oh, say does that Star Spangled Banner still wave, o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?" That question is not about whether or not the flag is still waving, but what it's waving over.

Episode 183 is live and this week we're talking about "cringe." Is it an affect? A moral judgment? A state of being? All of these? Join our co-hosts @talia-mae.bsky.social @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social and @rickleephilos.bsky.social to figure it out! hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/crin...

Sneak peak of this week's @hotelbarpodcast.bsky.social episode! www.tiktok.com/@hotelbarses...

SNEAK PEAK! This week, our co-hosts @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social, @talia-mae.bsky.social, and @rickleephilos.bsky.social will be talking abt "cringe". Awkward? Yes. Cringe-y? No. Worth listening to? Well, does the Pope love the Sox? RELEASE DATE: May 23, 2025! www.tiktok.com/@hotelbarses...

ICYMI: Here's our last episode from Season 12-- a "deep dive" into Foucault's lectures on parrhesia. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH_O...