Ep. 209 - The Metaphysics of Life, Species, and Happiness w/Dr. Paul Gould

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Paul Gould to discuss his new book, A Good and True Story: Eleven Clues to Understanding Our Universe and Your Place In It. We cover 3 of his clues: Life, Species, and Happiness.  Check out this episodes sponsor, Philosophy Bookclub, a fantastic discord channel dedicated to discussing philosophy: https://discord.com/invite/jYsCcZ4wqg Grab Paul's book from my affiliate link to support the pod: https://amzn.to/3A9JEwS If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here:   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_pensees If you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal:  https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US  Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch  Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspensees Sub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/  Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/ Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA  Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/ Time Is Running by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6203-time-is-running License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/