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Brain in a Vat — 292 episodes
The Man Who Exposed Jason Arday: Cancelled at Cambridge | Nathan Cofnas
Free Speech, Schools, and Children | Jimmy Mullen
Sexual Ethics on Campus: Consent and Power | Colin McGinn
The Philosophy of Pluribus | Spencer Case
The Time-Meaning Conundrum | Rivka Weinberg
Should You Need Permission to Take Medicine? | Jessica Flanigan
Can Torture Be Justified? | Stephen Kershnar
A World Without Scarcity | Steven Kotler
Living with Adversity | David Benatar
Risky Storytelling | Kevin Allison
Free Speech, Hate Speech, and Mental Health | Chloe Carmichael
The Bias against Conservatism in Higher Education | Amy Wax
The Nature of the Sexes | Tomás Bogardus (with Stephen Kershnar)
God Is Not Praiseworthy | Stephen Kershnar and Nathan Bray
Facial Distortions and Prosopometamorphopsia | Brad Duchaine (Rebroadcast)
Should We Stay or Should We Go | Lionel Shriver (Rebroadcast)
Parental Licensing | Connor Kianpour (Rebroadcast)
Can AI Bring Our Loved Ones Back? Inside Reflekta AI’s Digital Afterlife | Miles Spencer
Cultural Appropriation | Stephen Kershnar (Rebroadcast)
Aztec Philosophy: What the Aztecs Knew About Life | Sebastian Purcell
The Assassination of Charlie Kirk
Using AI to Fight Crime | David Boonin (Rebroadcast)
Are We Free at Work? Marx on Capitalism Today | Brian Leiter
The Possible Worlds of David Lewis | Barry Lam (Rebroadcast)
Procreative Ethics | Rivka Weinberg (Rebroadcast)
Imagine There’s No Gender | Holly Lawford-Smith [with Raja Halwani] (Rebroadcast)
The Moral Lives of Spies | Cécile Fabre
The Right to Sex | Raja Halwani (Rebroadcast)
Decriminalizing Sex Work | Jessica Flanigan
Disgust | Martha Nussbaum (Rebroadcast)
Patriotism Unpacked | Spencer Case (Rebroadcast)
Is Tarot a Tool for Thought? | Georgi Gardiner
Living The Philosophical Life | Agnes Callard
The Israel Palestine Conflict | David Benatar
The Ideal State: An AI Debate - Plato vs Nozick
Organ Markets | James Stacey Taylor (Rebroadcast)
Academic Freedom in Universities | Eric Sampson and Rebecca Tuvel
Children's Rights and Parenting | Connor Kianpour and Ella Coleman
Are Conspiracy Theories Right? | Jared Millson and Ella Coleman
Animal Liberation Now | Peter Singer (Rebroadcast)
End Taxes? | Jessica Flanigan
The Problem with Democracy | Jason Brennan (Rebroadcast)
Mass Shootings | Kurt Blankschaen
The Problems with Virtue Ethics | Travis Timmerman
The End Goal of Wokeness | Nathan Cofnas
Effective Altruism and Making a Difference | Jacob Bauer
Ultimate Meaning | Rivka Weinberg (Rebroadcast)
Affirmative Action and Medical School | Stephen Kershnar
Should Only Queer Actors Play Queer Roles? | Kurt Blankschaen & Travis Timmerman
The Moral Circle: Are AI and Animals Included? | Jeff Sebo
Don't Vote | Chris Freiman with Rebecca Tuvel
Alix Spiegel on Storytelling | Alix Spiegel
Why It's Okay to Eat Meat - Or Is It? | Dan Shahar (Rebroadcast)
Who was Derek Parfit? | David Edmonds (Rebroadcast)
The Philosophy of Severance | Travis Timmerman (Rebroadcast)
Anti-Semitism | Mark Oppenheimer (Rebroadcast)
What Is a Woman? | Alex Byrne (Rebroadcast)
Sex Work or Prostitution? | Lori Watson (Rebroadcast)
Is Monogamy Wrong? | Harry Chalmers (Rebroadcast)
The Privacy Paradox | David Boonin (Rebroadcast)
Benatar on Bullshit | With Rebecca Tuvel
Unravelling “White Privilege” | Spencer Case
Cultural Appropriation | Stephen Kershnar
Determinism, Free Will, and the Meaning of Life | Stephen Maitzen
Abortion: An AI Debate - Mill vs Kant
Will Machines Rule the World? | Barry Smith
Reimagining Democracy as Lottocracy | Alexander Guerrero (With Travis Timmerman)
Navigating Kinky Sex: Ethics, Safety, and Risk | Georgi Gardiner
Comedy, Satire, and Laughing at the Uncomfortable | John Vlismas
The Value of Bad Movies | Matt Strohl (with Travis Timmerman)
Refugees and Border Control | Bradley Hillier-Smith
Exploring Alien Civilizations | Isaac Arthur
Can Animals Create Art? | Yolandi Coetser
Population Decline and Pronatalism | Paul Morland
Love and Limerence | Georgi Gardiner
Aliens, Social Groups, and the Golden Record | Jason Werbeloff
Ayn Rand and the Ethics of Selfishness | Tara Smith
The Fine-Tuning Argument for God’s Existence | Aaron Zimmer (with Nathan Bray)
Fatphobia | Kate Manne (with Travis Timmerman)
Money, Institutions, and Social Groups | J. P. Smit
Left vs Right, Polarization, and Political Legitimacy | Oliver Traldi
The Ethics of Swearing | Rebecca Roache [with Travis Timmerman]
Patriotism Unpacked | Spencer Case
The Ethics of Dark Humor | David Shoemaker
Is Israel’s War Unjust? | Mark Oppenheimer vs Raja Halwani
Gaming and Friendship | Nicholas Baima
Gaming: Dangerous or Beneficial? | Sarah Malanowski
The Edges of Philosophy: Good, Bad, and the Controversial | Travis Timmerman
Helpful Abortion Restrictions? | Perry Hendricks
Race and IQ | Nathan Cofnas
Lionel Shriver on the Dangers of Manic Equality
Gun Control | Eric Sampson (Rebroadcast)
Ethical Quandaries of Autonomous Weapon Systems | Afonso Seixas-Nunes
Paediatric Gender Medicine | Moti Gorin and Holly Lawford-Smith
Peter Singer on Animal Liberation Now
We Should Want Immortality | John Martin Fischer
Against Immortality | Stephen Cave
Immigration and Borders | Stephen Kershnar
Cascading Catastrophic Risks | Trond Undheim
The Ethics of Political Commemoration | Hans Gutbrod
Facial Distortions and Prosopometamorphopsia | Brad Duchaine
Pornography and Free Speech | Nadine Strossen and Holly Lawford-Smith
Unravelling “White Privilege” | Spencer Case
The Privacy Paradox | David Boonin
Dissecting Morality: Error Theory | Matt Lutz
The Morality Maze | Spencer Case
Why Israel's Response to Hamas Was Justified | Natasha Hausdorff
The Trouble with Gender | Alex Byrne
John Rawls: Justice as Fairness | Paul Weithman (Rebroadcast)
Near-Death Experiences | John Martin Fischer (Rebroadcast)
How To End Global Poverty | Andy Kuper (Rebroadcast)
Evolutionary Psychology | Justin Garson (Rebroadcast)
Trans women in sport: Is it fair? | Stephen Kershnar (Rebroadcast)
David Chalmers on Virtual Reality and The Simulation Argument (Rebroadcast)
Freedom | Ernst Roets and Martin Van Staaden
The Philosophy of Black Mirror's White Bear | Rebecca Tuvel
Why you should stop eating meat | Mylan Engel
David Benatar on the Israel Palestine Conflict
The Ethics of Killing in War | Jeff McMahan (Rebroadcast)
Pornography and Exploitation | Holly Lawford-Smith
Organ Markets | James Stacey Taylor
Is Monogamy Wrong? | Harry Chalmers
The Philosophy of Infinity Pool | Travis Timmerman
Oppenheimers on Barbenheimer
Stephen Kershnar on Cultural Appropriation
Sex work or prostitution? | Lori Watson
The Islam-Atheism Debate: Behind the Curtain
Death | Travis Timmerman
Luck and Knowledge | Mylan Engel
Who was Derek Parfit? | David Edmonds
Is Islam more rational than Atheism? | Eron Fasser, Mohammed Hijab, Mark Oppenheimer, Hamza Tzortzis
Imagine There’s No Gender | Holly Lawford-Smith (with Raja Halwani)
Hate Speech | Mark Oppenheimer (Live at St Andrews)
What is a woman? | Alex Byrne
Is Grieving Good for You? | Michael Cholbi
The Supreme Court Ban on Affirmative Action | David Benatar
Self-driving Cars and the Apocalypse | Ryan Jenkins (with Stephen Kershnar)
Animal Ethics | Thad Metz
Will there be peace in the middle east? | Raja Halwani
Friendship is Magic | Samuel Kimbriel
Anonymous Publishing | Ivar Hardman
Thought Experiments | Spencer Case
Conserving Monuments | Dan Demetriou
Why Americans Don't Owe Veterans Gratitude | Stephen Kershnar (with Spencer Case)
Procreative Ethics | Rivka Weinberg
Anti-Semitism | Mark Oppenheimer
Ultimate Meaning | Rivka Weinberg
Dystopian Technology | Ryan Jenkins, guest host Stephen Kershnar
Dark humor and censorship | Connor Kianpour, guest host Stephen Kershnar
David Benatar on Affirmative Action
Holocaust Responsibility | Spencer Case
Parental Licensing | Connor Kianpour
Amnesia and Split Identity | Jacob Derin
Is AI art unfair to artists? | James Helps
The Ethics of Pet Ownership | Cheryl Abbate
Conversations about Philosophy | Brain in a Vat
Stephen Kershnar on the Impossibility of Responsibility
End of the Year Special: A Look Back
David Benatar: The Meaning of Life [Remastered]
The Right to Sex | Raja Halwani
Lionel Shriver on Abominations
We Should Be More Pragmatic about Ethics | Andrew Sepielli
Do the guilty deserve punishment? | John Martin Fischer
African Ethics: A Superior Moral Framework? | Thaddeus Metz
Putnam on the Brain in a Vat | David Macarthur
Hillary Putnam on Morality | Mario de Caro
Using AI to Fight Crime | David Boonin
Freedom of the Press | Toby Young
Why it's okay to eat meat - or is it? | Dan Shahar
Is Your Gender Up to You? | Shaun Stanley
The Supreme Court and Abortion | Brian Leiter
Martha Nussbaum on Disgust
Should we silence defectors? | Connor Kianpour
Trans Sports | Jon Pike
The Problem with Democracy | Jason Brennan
Immortality | John Martin Fischer
Is Hate Speech Free Speech? | Nadine Strossen
Science and The Big Questions | Alexander Arnold
Music and Philosophy | Mark Linsenmayer
Effective Altruism | Theron Pummer
The Philosophy of Apology | Jeff Helmreich
The Philosophy of Everything Everywhere All at Once | Taylor Cyr
Lionel Shriver on Should We Stay or Should We Go
The Philosophy of Severance | Travis Timmerman
The Ethics of Killing in War | Jeff McMahan
Eureka! Why epiphanies matter | Sophie Grace Chappell
David Chalmers on Virtual Reality and The Simulation Argument
The Value of Truth | Simon Blackburn
The Creative Life | Theresa Hardman
The Kalam Cosmological Argument | Majesty of Reason
Trans women in sport: Is it fair? | Stephen Kershnar
Evolutionary Psychology | Justin Garson
The Philosophy of Dune | Adam Taylor
How to discover TRUTH | Galen Barry
Sex, Gender and Sexual Orientation | Raja Halwani
Hidden Motives| Elena Garadja
Dignity and Society | Colin Bird
Gun Control | Eric Sampson
Should we save animals? | Jeffrey Sebo
Near-Death Experiences | John Martin Fischer
The Philosophy of Squid Game | Travis Timmerman
Free Will and Moral Responsibility | John Fischer
Abortion | Stephen Kershnar
The Kershnar Controversy | Brain in a Vat
Sexual Taboos | Stephen Kershnar
Parfit's view of personal identity | Jeff McMahan
Do you have a character? | Iskra Fileva
End of Year Surprise
The Fall of UCT | David Benatar
The Possible Worlds of David Lewis | Barry Lam
Can Hope Save Your Life? | Jack Kwong
Moral Disagreement | Eric Sampson
Ballenesque | Roger Ballen
Pandemic Ethics | Peter Singer
Michael Huemer on Disobeying the Law
Is Nuclear War Ever Justified? | Eron Fasser
Plato’s problem with Democracy | Clif Mark
Is it wrong to enjoy good films made by bad people? | Travis Timmerman
The Power of Imagination | Amy Kind
Where is my mind? | Shaun Stanley
Should You Trust Experts? | Oliver Traldi
How To End Global Poverty | Andy Kuper
Cryonics: who wants to live forever? | Francesca Minerva
Addiction | Daniel Hochman
Death | Travis Timmerman
When should you forgive? | Brandon Warmke
John Rawls: Justice as Fairness | Paul Weithman
Do the ends justify the means? | Alastair Norcross
What Is Madness? | Justin Garson
Is it okay to be a slacker? | Alison Suen
What Offends You? | Mark Oppenheimer
Is evil real? | Spencer Case
What if? | Peg Tittle
What Is Happiness? | Shane Gronholz
Trans, Sex, and Gender | Kathleen Stock
Do Social Groups Exist? | Jason Werbeloff
12 Mind Blowing Thought Experiments
The Dangers of Thought Experiments | Roy Sorensen
Is Morality Real? | Shaun Stanley
The Danger of Wokeness | Helen Zille
The Second Sexism | David Benatar
Wittgenstein's Poker | David Edmonds
Hate Speech and Pornography | Mari Mikkola
Animal Welfare | Bob Fischer
Who should you believe? | Chris Ranalli
Can God Right Past Wrongs? | Sam Lebens
Anarchy & Socialism | Mark Lance
What is the Value of Philosophy? | Justin Weinberg
So You've Been Publicly Shamed | Rebecca Tuvel
Nietzsche: Morality is Dead | Brian Leiter
Stephen King and Philosophy | Jacob Held
Is Academic Freedom Under Threat? | Spencer Case
Which God Should You Believe in? | Eron Fasser
Is Abortion Immoral? | Nathan Nobis
The Argument for Anarchism
Face Blindness with Jeff Waters
Tenet Explained
The Future of Brain in a Vat
Brian Leiter: The Supreme Court
Thad Metz: Meaning in Life
Do You Have Free Will? With Mark Leon
Does Your Vote Count? With Jacob Bauer
Black Mirror, Virtual Sex and Trans with Rebecca Tuvel
#2000andlate in 2020 Hindsight
Do You Have a Soul? With Tyron Goldschmidt
Should Robots Have Rights? With Rob Sparrow
Should We Save The Polar Bears? With Yolandi Coetzee
[Bonus] Mark Oppenheimer²
Mark Oppenheimer²: The Limits Of Free Speech?
Let's Talk About Sex With Raja Halwani
David Benatar: The Meaning of Life
Should You Volunteer To Get Covid? With Dustin Crummett
Gorgeous or Grotesque? With Amanda Ballen
Crime and Punishment With Doug Husak
Is Cultural Relativism Racist? With Justin Kalef
What is Love? With Raja Halwani
Are You Evil?
What's Wrong with Moral Grandstanding? With Brandon Warmke
Is it wrong to eat meat? With Dustin Crummet
Graham Oppy: Does God Exist?
Should Offensive Art be Banned? With Elisa Galgut
Peter Boghossian: How to Have Impossible Conversations
Do You Live in a Simulation? With Kenny Pearce
Does Race Exist? With Shaun Stanley
Does Tuvix Deserve to Die?
Is the Lockdown Lawful? With Martin van Staden
Time Travel and The Grandfather Paradox with Helen Robertson
Belief, Faith, and Hope with Liz Jackson
Lost in Translation with Shaun Stanley
The Value of Human Life with Eron Fasser
The Veil of Ignorance and Justice in a Lockdown
Lockdown: A Trolley Problem