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Living Philosophy
by Todd Mei
What is your second-life? Living Philosophy is dedicated to exploring the inspiring second lives of people who have successfully made significant changes to their careers and lives through self-reflection, insight, and practice. Listen also to our Public Philosophy podcasts, which you can find by topic and the bespoke logo artwork. Hosted by Dr Todd S. Mei, former Head of Philosophy at the University of Kent (UK), and founder, consultant, and freelance author at Philosophy2u.com.
Episodes
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Philosophy of Gastronomy with Kelly Donati
Believe it or not, the saying “You are what you eat” reveals what we’ve got wrong about our approach to eating and living well. Why? It tends to take an overly narrow focus on ourselves without consideration of other values, histories, and species. Dr. Kelly Donati (William Angliss Institute,...
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Philosophy of Disability with Chris Riddle
Grasping what it means to be disabled is more complex than you might think. But doing so is key to understanding how we might treat people with impairments as equals with respect to justice, rights, and ethics. Prof Chris Riddle (Utica University) specializes in political philosophy, applied...
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Philosophy of Technology with Dominic Smith and Mark Coeckelbergh
One of the great insights from the philosophy of technology is that the more our devices become integrated with our lives, the more they reframe our relationships to others, the world, and even our purposes. In other words, technological devices tend to carry us away, for better or for worse....
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Valerie Noble on Turning a Passion for Science Fiction into a Career
Valerie Noble is a senior literary agent at the Donaghy Literary Group, where she works primarily within the genre of science fiction. She discusses the challenges she faced while completing a degree in food science, only to find how one of her primary means of escape offered a potential career…
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Is Abortion Constitutional?
We tend to react to the issue of the right to abortion according to moral, religious, or political convictions. But what we often tend to overlook is that the debate surrounding Roe v. Wade is primarily a legal one. So according to the US constitution, is the US Supreme Court’s decision to…
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Embodied Trauma with Anna Westin
Traumatic experiences are those which involve significant and terrible events on emotional, mental, and bodily levels. Their effects can often go unnoticed or can be dismissed as being purely subjective or emotional. A more balanced and holistic approach to understanding trauma examines healing…
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Kat Batchelor on Performing and Teaching Folk Music
Kat Batchelor is a classically trained violinist who transitioned to the fiddle and playing folk music. She shares her insights into life, teaching, and performance that derive from her time spent performing at classical and public venues, busking, and interacting with the public on the city...
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Animal Crisis with Alice Crary & Lori Gruen
What if the key to respecting and appreciating non-human animals resided in understanding our human selves better? Thinking about animals and our relation to them might then involve trying to grasp the ways in which our current social, economic, and moral systems skew our perceptions and…
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Philosophy & Cryptocurrency with Sebastian Purcell
Do crytpocurrencies and blockchain technology figure substantially in the possibility of financial freedom for those who currently are lacking in wealth? Or does the hype really just indicate that all things crypto are based on a speculative bubble and Ponzi schemes? Prof. Sebastian Purcell…
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The Problem of Translation with Lisa Foran
Is translation really just a problem of finding the right words in one language to fit the words in another language? Or, is there much more than meets the ear? Lisa Foran, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at University College Dublin (Ireland), discusses the ways in which translation can be...
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Mind and the Philosophy of Medicine with David Corfield
Medicine involves more than science and evidence-based experiments. In today’s health climate—where there seems to be a conflict of interest between health care, on the one hand, and pharmaceutical companies and the privatization of medicine, the other hand—it is easy to overlook a more holistic...
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Hillary Hutchinson on Transitioning into Change
Hillary Hutchinson is a career coach and change strategist at Transitioning Your Life. She has helped professionals understand who they are in order to make significant changes to their careers. She reflects on how events in her own life put her in a place to better understand the nuances and...
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Arvind Gupta on Improving the World through Venture Capitalism
Arvind Gupta is a genetic engineer and venture capitalist whose approach to investment is driven by trying to better the planet, yet without the use of moral arguments and platforms. Instead, his approach to business draws on his personal experience with mortality and behavioral insights into how...
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Why Does Hermeneutics Matter?
We see it every day—the problem of misunderstanding and misreading meaning and intentions. It can be the cause of frustration, hurt, and even violence. Hermeneutics is the branch of philosophy interested in how the interpretation of language, symbols, texts, and even the nature of existence...
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Charlie Undershaw on the Musical and Philosophical Life
Charlie Undershaw (Carlos Marin de Miguel) is a Spanish jazz musician whose recent album “Agora” has been hitting the airwaves in Spain and on Spotify. He shares how Brazilian jazz and philosophy have shaped his life, his academic teaching, and his views on how to weather the obstacles and…
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The Difficulty of Understanding Others with Constantine Sandis
It seems more than ever that our present era is one of misunderstanding others—their motives, their reasons, their practices, and their beliefs. Is there a quick remedy to this, such as being more objective? Is objectivity even possible, especially given how incomplete our knowledge of others is?...
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Hans Florine on the Virtue of Speed, Climbing, and Learning How to Fail in Order to Succeed
Hans Florine is a world-renowned climber, best known for holding the record for the fastest ascent of the Nose on El Capitan (Yosemite) with Alex Honnold in 2012. The record remained until 2018. Hans has spent his life learning from competition and the application of different models of thinking…
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Bringing Us Together by Questioning (2021 Annual End Roll)
Dr Todd Mei discusses closing thoughts and reflections on the year which explore the prospect of social cohesion through the task of posing questions. Topics discussed: Stoicism Tolerance Hermeneutics Philosophical questioning Social Cohesion Unity through difference Sponsors: Philosophy2u.com...
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Paula Leach on the Essential Features of Leadership in a Changing World
Paula Leach is an executive leadership coach and former executive herself, with over 25 years of experience within the public and corporate sectors. She recently made the decision to start her own consultation business, Vantage Points Consulting, with an eye to promoting a new style of leadership...
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Time & Temporality with Graeme A. Forbes
We live within time, but apart from it passing or lingering too long, how much do we understand the extent to which it pervades our lives? And what should we make of the claim based on physics that time does not pass, and therefore, that our experience of it doing so is really an illusion? Graeme...
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Practices, Traditions, Innovations with Anna Mudde & Robert Piercey
We are familiar with practice as a method for getting better at something. But what if this idea was only one part of the importance of practice? What if a key aspect of practice was learning how to fail? Professors Anna Mudde and Robert Piercey (University of Regina) discuss what practices are…
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Brendan Mills on the Music Industry, Jazz, and Getting Inspired
Brendan, a classically trained saxophonist and composer, discusses how he transitioned from a love of bebop jazz to house music. He reflects on his perseverance and success as a multi-faceted musician, especially in view of the pandemic, when lockdown conditions forced the performing arts to shut...
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Ashna Sen on Re-Imagining Mathematics
Ashna Sen is a best-selling author and former academic in geophysics and mathematics. In her recent book, Re-Imagining Mathematics: Learning through the Magic of Nature, the Arts and Friendship, Sen explores our natural relation to mathematics and how current pedagogies and methods of teaching us...
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Fake News and Fiction with Hannah Kim
What is the difference between fake news and fiction? While we tend to deplore fake news, we often enlist fiction in the forms of stories, films, and literature to provide entertainment as well as moral and aesthetic edification. And yet, we also associate fake news with powerful political...
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Geoffrey Moore on How We Can Be Ethical Without Religion
Geoffrey Moore is a best-selling author and internationally renowned consultant for high-tech business. He’s also a former academic in the humanities and has recently turned to reflecting on what evolution can teach us about being ethical in his book The Infinite Staircase: What the Universe…
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Negative Emotions with Krista Thomason
Negative emotions—such as fear, anger, and envy—are often seen as the kinds of things that impede our abilities to lead the kind of life we wish—the good life. Given the proliferation of violence and interminable arguments fueled by negative emotions, we might think that we need to eliminate them...
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Rights & Recognition with David Utsler
Are there any prerequisites for claiming a right or liberty? Vexation over personal liberties may be caused by a fundamental misunderstanding about what a right is and how it works. Dr. David Utsler (North Central College, Texas) discusses how our identities are formed by the environment and how...
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Nature & Climate Change with Martin Bunzl
Appropriate ways of appreciating nature may not be as straightforward as you think. They involve a variety of difficult scientific, moral, and psychological factors. Prof. Martin Bunzl (Rutgers) discusses how our relation to nature and our views towards climate change need to face some difficult...
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Children & Philosophy with Amy Reed-Sandoval
Might an education for children featuring philosophy be one of the keys to developing a more civil society? Prof. Amy Reed-Sandoval (UNLV) discusses how wonder is integral to philosophy and how this complements a child’s natural inclination to know more about the world and others. But Philosophy...
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Tina Rath on Requiem, the Collective Grief Project for COVID-19 Victims
Tina Rath, a former professor in the creative arts, decided to make a significant career change in 2015 by pursuing her artwork in jewelry and drawing. She is founder of Requiem, which is a ritualized grief project and interactive ceremony that acknowledges those who have died from COVID-19 and...
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Lazy Dancer Tips (Alessia Lugoboni & Iacopo Di Luigi) on Helping Others through Dance and Making Bold Changes in Life
Lazy Dancer Tips was co-founded in 2016 by Alessia Lugoboni and Iacopo Di Luigi. Alesssia trained and performed as a professional ballerina, and Iacopo was a special effects artist for cinema and television. Both decided to make a bold career change in view of a more fulfilling life by creating...
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Francesca Catlow on the Benefits of Creativity and Performance for Life and Caring for Loved Ones
Francesca Catlow is a singer, songwriter, and dancer whose songs, choreography, and dancing featured in the closing ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics. With the onset of the pandemic, she turned her creativity to writing romance novels. Her first novel, The Little Blue Door, is due for publication…
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Joe Smart on Compassion, the Future of Work, and Organizational Development
Joe Smart is the Head of Training and Organisational Development for the Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, which is part of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS). When it comes to working with people, Joe is all about innovation and compassion. In this episode, he shares his wisdom and...
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Zara Davis on Speed Windsurfing, Osteopathy, and Overcoming Mental and Physical Barriers
Zara Davis is one of the biggest names in windsurfing when it comes to speed. She was the only windsurfer to hold simultaneously the records for the 500m distance and the outright nautical mile until Antoine Albeau accomplished the same feat more recently. As a windsurfer and osteopath, Zara is…
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Sam Holden on Playing Professional Poker and Learning about Luck and Humility
Sam Holden is a former professional poker player who made his debut in 2011 by finishing 8th overall in the World Series of Poker Main Event. Several years after leaving the limelight of his profession, Sam explains how studying philosophy at university helped him to better understand the roles…
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Kenji Haroutunian on the Challenges of Making the Outdoors Accessible to Everyone
Kenji Haroutunian has devoted his life to environmentalism and outdoor adventures. As a major figure within the outdoor industry, he reflects on the history and transformations of our relation to the outdoors and the challenges of getting more people from urban and ethnic-minority backgrounds to...
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Susie Belanger on Perseverance and Getting Justice for Military Veterans
Susie Belanger is on the Board of Directors for the Military Veterans Advocacy organization. In this inspiring podcast, Susie shares what the virtue of perseverance has taught her and how it enabled her to succeed in getting the US government to change its policy on naval veterans from the…
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Kate Tomas on Women's Spiritual Empowerment and the Failings of Academia
Dr Kate Tomas is a Women's Spiritual Empowerment Mentor and has a PhD in Philosophical Theology from Oxford University (UK). She discusses her work as a mentor and how she is hoping to change the business model for her industry with a focus on enabling capabilities as opposed to continual…
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Gregory Crouch on Writing Narrative Non-Fiction, American History, and the Importance of Time and Place
Author Gregory Crouch reflects on how his love of history and narrative non-fiction has enriched his life and his appreciation of human struggle. He draws on colorful historical figures and episodes when discussing how an understanding of time and place can make the most significant of…
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Alan Bell on Being a Hollywood Film Editor, Rock Climber, and Silversmith
Alan Bell reflects on his life experience and lessons as a major Hollywood film editor (e.g. 500 Days of Summer, the Hunger Games Trilogy, Little Manhattan), a rock climbing guide, and silversmith. He draws on stoicism and the charity of interpretation while offering interesting ideas about the...
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Patricia Baker on Academia, Roman Floristry, and Well-being
Dr Patricia Baker discusses her interests in the archaeology of Roman medicine and gardens, and why she decided to make a bold career change from a tenured academic position to founding her own teaching and consultation business based of Roman ideas of sustainability and well-being. More on Dr...
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What is your second-life? Living Philosophy is dedicated to exploring the inspiring second lives of people who have successfully made significant changes to their careers and lives through self-reflection, insight, and practice. Listen also to our Public Philosophy podcasts, which you can find by topic and the bespoke logo artwork. Hosted by Dr Todd S. Mei, former Head of Philosophy at the University of Kent (UK), and founder, consultant, and freelance author at Philosophy2u.com.
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