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Good Is In The Details — 192 episodes

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Encore: The Philosophy of Star Wars. Eastern Wisdom, Attachment, and the Search for Happiness

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The Slow Death of Local News and Its Impact on Critical Thinking

3

The Sex Recession Is Real: A Sex Coach Explains How to Find Your Way Back to Intimacy

4

Your Phone Is Watching You: Privacy, Surveillance, and the Law with Prof. Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

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How To Be Mindful about our Brains: Brain Surgery, Free Will, and the Illusion of Mind?

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Introduction to Philosophy and Critical Thinking: Bill Tomlinson on Reasoning, Paradox, and AI as a Tool for Thinking

7

Thinking Clearly When Everything Feels Heavy: A Conversation on Media, Bias, and Context

8

Revisiting The Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster

9

Everyday Philosophy and Wisdom from the Aztecs

10

Socrates, Wisdom, and Thinking Critically: Philosophy for Everyday Life

11

Arts Education, Community, and Creativity

12

The Problem With Self-Help: Critical Psychology, Philosophy, and the Real Causes of Distress

13

Biography, History, and Philosophy: Iris Murdoch, Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, & Mary Midgley

14

Encore: The Ethics of Sexbots

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Artificial Intelligence, Free Will, and Consciousness

16

The Human Experience and AI

17

Individual Choices, Challenges, and Social Changes

18

Masculinity, Red Pill, & The Anger Economy

19

Health, Influencers, and The Truth

20

The Paranormal, Ghosts, and Aliens

21

Hidden History of Los Angeles: Mexican Repatriation, Immigration, and Forgotten Stories

22

Confidence and Presence

23

Fatherhood, Masculinity, Generational Shifts

24

Discretion, Laws, and Moral Questions

25

Romantic Love, Attraction, and Asexuality

26

Memoir, History, and the Ambiguity of Color

27

Existentialism, Myth, and Film with Dr. Lewis Gordon

28

Murder, Politics, and The Law with Matt Murphy

29

Natural Disasters & Recovery with George Siegal

30

Justice, Tradition, and the FBI

31

God, Eternity, and Spinoza

32

Ethics, Action, and Intention

33

2024 Moments and Behind the Scenes

34

Truth vs Conspiracy with Jason Cavanagh

35

Infrastructure Details: The History of Traffic, Car Dependency, and the Ethics of Urban Design

36

The Philosophy of Star Wars: Eastern Wisdom, Attachment, and the Search for Happiness

37

How to Advocate for Yourself at Work: Negotiation, Career Growth, and Finding Meaning

38

The Public Square Post Covid

39

Encore: The Climate is Above Politics

40

Why Post-Punk Is the Most Philosophical Music Ever Made: Two Philosophy Professors Explain

41

Critical Thinking Details: Beware of Con Women

42

Business Details: The Story Behind Success

43

Life Lessons from "The Dude": Philosophy in The Big Lebowski

44

What Do We Learn From Reality TV?

45

How to be Philosophical About Romance

46

What We Learn About Virtue From Captain America

47

Engineering Ethics: Lessons from The Challenger Disaster

48

What Makes Decisions Difficult?

49

Self Actualization and Relationships

50

Encore: On Women Serial Killers

51

Innocent Until Proven Guilty. Is That Still True? A Constitutional Law Professor on Equal Justice in America

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A Dialogue about Consent

53

Rhetoric Is Not a Dirty Word: How an Ancient Art Can Help You Think for Yourself in a Polarized World

54

To Envy is Human: The Philosophy of Our Most Misunderstood Emotion with Dr. Sara Protasi

55

Who Are You Becoming? Kierkegaard, Faithfulness, and the Philosophy of Living Well

56

Daredevil, Ethics, and Romance

57

What Your Worst Date Reveals About You: The Philosophy of Modern Dating Culture

58

The WHY of Podcasting

59

How We Speak About Morality

60

Wisdom Is Knowing What to Embrace and What to Release: The World's Happiest Philosopher on Living Well

61

Inside the Alcohol Marketing Machine: An Industry Insider Reveals How Your Drinking Habits Were Designed

62

Philosophy of Punk Rock

63

Embrace the New: Ideas, Career Shifts, and Happiness

64

BMI, Health, and the Holidays

65

Writing, Divesting, and Questioning with Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez

66

The Hidden Resume: Why Caregiving Is the Most Undervalued Skill Set in the American Workforce

67

Medical Ethics and The Retrievals

68

Honor your Talent

69

Encore: How to Recover Creativity and Empathy in Work Life

70

True Crime and Society: The Black Dahlia, Media, and Human Curiosity

71

Does Free Will Exist?

72

Leave the Gun, Take the Philosophy: What The Godfather Teaches Us About Moral Corruption, Power, and Who We're Becoming

73

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

74

Encore: The Virtue of Captain America with Mark D White

75

The Wisdom of Women Entrepreneurs

76

Is the "Good Husband" a Myth? What Philosophy and Data Say About Modern Marriage

77

The WHY of True Crime

78

The Philosophy and Future of Journalism

79

Know Your Goals: Job Search & Happiness for 2023

80

The Moral Status of the Universe

81

The Climate is Above Politics

82

The Magnetism of True Crime with Matthew Kraig Kelly

83

The Rockstar Educator: Breaking Rules with Rich Balling

84

The Power of Creativity in Education

85

Is Roy Batty Human? The Philosophy of Blade Runner: What the Greatest Sci-Fi Film Ever Made Teaches Us About Being Alive

86

What Does Inclusion Mean in the Work Place?

87

Happy New Year

88

Faith, The Meaning of Life, and Great Expectations

89

The Invisible Labor Killing Your Relationship — And What to Do About It

90

Money and Morality: A Philosophical Approach

91

100 Episodes!

92

How To Be Worthy: Thor and Philosophy

93

Tapping into Creativity Through Screenwriting

94

Lady Killers: The Deadly Women History Forgot — and the Sexist Myths That Let Them Get Away With It

95

The Science of Movement

96

When Philosophy and Psychology Meet

97

It IS Sexy: More on Infrastructure with Liz Farmer

98

How Do You Maternity? Part VI

99

The City of Angels Has a Dark Side: Film Noir, L.A. Private Eyes, and What They Reveal About Power and Corruption

100

What is Corruption?

101

Praise for A Good Kind of Trouble

102

Book Banning Culture: A Discussion with Mari Naomi

103

What Makes A Villain? Analyzing Black Panther's Killmonger

104

Monthly Monster or Miracle? What is PMS?

105

A Cardiologist, A Lawyer, and A Philosopher Walk Into A Podcast

106

How Do You Maternity?

107

An incredible search: Finding Uncle Dave, a WWII Paratrooper

108

What Do Haunted Home Films Reveal About American Culture?

109

How Do You Maternity? Part IV

110

Some Pop and Spiracy

111

How To Recover Creativity and Empathy in Work Life

112

How Does Genetic Engineering Reflect Our Humanity?

113

Season 3 Teaser

114

It's A Wrap!

115

On Otherness and Filmmaking: More with The Philosopher-Documentarian

116

The Philosopher-Documentarian on Race

117

How To Be Philosophical About Grief

118

What is Time Hacking?

119

What is Philosophy of Science?

120

How Do You Maternity? Part III

121

Social Epistemology, Arguments, and the Internet

122

Bringing Sexy Infrastructure Back

123

For the Love of Poetry

124

Answering Your Personal Finance Questions

125

The Ethics of Sexbots

126

Let's Overthink

127

Podcast in Review

128

The Creative Process: Comedy, Film, and Storytelling

129

A Lesson in Asian American History

130

Understanding Anxiety

131

Make Me A Match

132

To Infinity and Beyond

133

From We to Me

134

Examining the Social Media Landscape

135

Don't Spoil That!

136

Too young and Too Early: On the Hyper-sexualization of Girls in Media

137

About January 6th 2021

138

New Year New You: Talking Finance and Real Estate

139

The Value of Sex Education

140

How to Learn from Heartbreak

141

Let's Be Objective

142

Gig Economy and the Fate of Cities

143

Swiping For Romance

144

The Gravity of Joy: A Theologian on Finding Joy in the Midst of Grief, Loss, and Suffering

145

Her Phil-Life-Sophy

146

How to Navigate Social Media

147

It's a Men's Issue

148

The Psychology of Social Distancing

149

What is Existential Sociology?

150

Ancient Ideas Everyday Life

151

Season 2 Teaser

152

Politics, meet Science

153

Examining Ex Machina

154

Desire, Communication, and Sex Therapy

155

Captain America and the Virtuous Life

156

The Crossroads of Literature and Politics

157

Naming Parts, Reproductive Health, and Sex Positive

158

Tasteless Jokes and the State of Comedy

159

Working From Home-Life Balance

160

Corruption in the Time of Coronavirus

161

Fitness as Process

162

The Morality of Batman

163

What Is Bully Culture?

164

When Pandemic Life Imitates Art: Part II

165

When Pandemic Life Imitates Art: Part I

166

Podcast in the time of Coronavirus: Part IV

167

What is Existential Ethics?

168

Podcast in the Time of Coronavirus: Part III

169

Podcast in the Time of Coronavirus: Part II

170

Podcast in the time of Coronavirus

171

What Can Comedy Do?

172

Love and the Graphic Memoir with Mari Naomi

173

Reflections on Blackness

174

Masculinity and Gender Roles

175

An FBI agent, a Lawyer, and a Philosopher walk into a podcast. Part II

176

An FBI agent, a Lawyer, and a Philosopher walk into a podcast. Part I

177

How Do You Maternity? Part II

178

CRISPR Me This

179

This Is Your Brain on Love

180

How Do You Maternity? Part I

181

Beauty, Self Love, and Comedy

182

All About The Funny

183

Moody Responsibility

184

How To Be A FemDom

185

How We Speak About Madness

186

Lessons from Outbreak and Zombie Narratives

187

Ancient Philosophical Therapy

188

A Plastic Surgeon's Notes on Beauty

189

Dentistry: Truths, Ethics, & General Health

190

What's It Like To Meet Beauvoir?

191

All About LA Infrastructure

192

On Writing