S3 E6: Matt Walker

In this episode, I talk with Matthew Walker, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Yale-NUS, about ancient philosophy, therapeutic arguments, reading practices, and the Bhagavad Gita.April 11, 2026: This is a revised version of the original podcast. The episode now includes spoken credit for Kevin MacLeod’s music, “Brittle Rille,” which I use for the show.Further ResourcesMatt Walker’s website: https://sites.google.com/site/mattwalker2000/homeAristotle on the Uses of Contemplation: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/aristotle-on-the-uses-of-contemplation/14962F5B7153012A256FB48B5A27CCE8Aristotle https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle/Zhu Xi https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/zhu-xi/Emotions in Indian Philosophy https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/concept-emotion-india/Music Credits:“Brittle Rille,” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/