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Episode 220: Violence - Hotel Bar Podcast We think we know what violence is. We don't.

Brand new episode just dropped and this week we're talking about the uses and misuses of the term "violence."

Check it out!

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Our fabulous co-host Bob, reporting from Paris and giving a sneak-peak about our forthcoming episode on a**holes.

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New HBS episode on possible worlds, thought experiments, counterfactuals, and the limits of imagining your way to the truth. Check it out!

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Episode 218: Strange Bedfellows: Adorno and Strauss (with Jeffrey Bernstein) - Hotel Bar Podcast Strauss and Adorno walk into a bar. Turns out they both hate fascism.

Apologies for our (brief) absence, listeners, but we're back with a new episode! Check out this fascinating conversation with Jeff Bernstein about his forthcoming book *Adorno, Strauss, and Antifascist Philosophy* from SUNY Press!

Then, go punch a Nazi.

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Episode 217: Philosophy on Drugs (with Justin Smith-Ruiu) - Hotel Bar Podcast The Western philosophical tradition built itself on sobriety — but what if that was the wrong call?

Western philosophy has always treated sobriety as a requirement for truth. But James used nitrous oxide. Freud used cocaine. Foucault tripped in Death Valley.

Does altered consciousness get us closer to truth — or just feel like it does?

New ep with Justin Smith-Ruiu is live. Give us your take! 👇

Finish this sentence for us (genuinely curious):
"Philosophy matters to me because ___."
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Episode 216: Against the Future (with Simon Critchley) - Hotel Bar Podcast Why is Simon Critchley "against" the future?

New episode is out today and this week we're joined by Simon Critchley to talk about why he's "against" the future.

Prediction markets are baffled by this one!

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If you were going to stand on a street corner and hand out one book like an evangelist, what book would you choose?

Episode 215: Family “No Contact” (with Kiran Bhardwaj) - Hotel Bar Podcast Is family "estrangement" a defensible choice?

Turns out there's nothing that gets people talking more than a seat at the hotel bar and the topic of "family"!

Check out this week's episode, in which we're joined by Dr. Kiran Bhardwaj to talk about the complex decision to go "no contact" with family members.

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Episode 214: Food (with Bob Valgenti) - Hotel Bar Podcast Philosopher and culinary professor Bob Valgenti explains how the history of humanity is the history of gastronomy.

Episode 214 is live and we hope you're hungry!

This week, our co-hosts are joined by Bob Valgenti, philosophy professor at the Culinary Institute of America, who argues that the history of humanity is the history of gastronomy. Check it out!

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Episode 213: Anonymity - Hotel Bar Podcast Why must state power wear a mask?

Episode 213 just dropped and this week we're talking about the moral implications of anonymity.

Yes, including a discussion of masked federal agents.

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Episode 212: Catastrophic Philosophy - Hotel Bar Podcast How does philosophy respond to catastrophes? And how does it generate them?

Brand new episode is out today and this week our co-hosts @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social, @jenhkling.bsky.social, and @philosophymatters.bsky.social are staring deeply into the well!

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I tried to forward a somewhat unorthodox definition of "intelligence" in this episode. Would love to hear your feedback!

Glad to be back! Thanks for listening!

Episode 211: Intelligence(s) - Hotel Bar Podcast What counts as intelligence?

First episode of Season 15 just dropped and we're starting off strong!

What is intelligence, anyway? Are there "more" intelligent and "less" intelligent people? species? machines?

Tune in at the link below (or wherever you listen to podcasts) to find out!

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The wait is almost over...

Co-hosts @jenhkling.bsky.social @philosophymatters.bsky.social & @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social will return with the first episode of Season 15 tomorrow (Friday, January 23)!

Tune in and make sure to subscribe to HBS wherever you listen to podcasts!

MINIBAR: Algorithmic Nostalgia (with Leigh M. Johnson) - Hotel Bar Podcast Why do AI's fabricated memories "feel" so true?

New MINIBAR episode out today and co-host @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social is asking "Why do AI's fabricated memories *feel* so true?"

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MINIBAR: Uncivil Obedience (with Jennifer Kling) - Hotel Bar Podcast What happens when we follow the letter of the law, while refusing to cooperate with its spirit?

New MINIBAR episode dropped this morning. Check out co-host @jenhkling.bsky.social's thoughts on "uncivil obedience"!

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MINIBAR: Pain (with Bob Vallier) - Hotel Bar Podcast What can the body, in pain, teach us about the hilarity of our own finitude?

We're hard at work prepping Season 15-- which drops JAN 23!-- so for the next 3 wks our hosts are serving up solo "Minibar" episodes. Check out this week's Minibar from co-host Bob Vallier, who describes the lessons pain taught him after a terrible bike accident.

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Episode 210: Marilyn Frye’s “Oppression” - Hotel Bar Podcast How to mark the distinction between being "inconvenienced" and being oppressed.

Episode 210 just dropped! What says "holiday dinner table conversation" more than the topic of "oppression"!?

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