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Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Existentialism: Horror, Absurdity, and Art

Why Women Chose the Bear (and What It Reveals About Everyday Safety)

What is Censorship: What Isn't and Why Self Censorship May Sometimes Be A Good Thing

How To See The World Through Your Child's Eyes

To Chill or Not To Chill: When Does Perseverance Become Toxic?

Honest, True, or Authentic? (They're Not the Same Thing)

Cults, Conspiracy Theories & Critical Thinking: The History America Didn't Teach You

Are You Living in an Echo Chamber? The Psychology of Misinformation & Critical Thinking | Matthew Facciani

Rewind, Play, Repeat: Nicole Morrison on Music, Memory, Coming Out, and Memoir

How To Critically Think About Career Choices: Hope for Unhappy Lawyers

How To Navigate The Homeless Crisis With Humanity and Reason

The Good in Getting There: Thinking Critically About Your Career/Skills and The Meaning of Your Life's Work

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Revisiting The Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster

Everyday Philosophy and Wisdom from the Aztecs

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

Arts Education, Community, and Creativity

Why Self-Help Books Keep Failing You (A Psychologist Explains)

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

Encore: The Ethics of Sexbots

Artificial Intelligence, Free Will, and Consciousness

The Human Experience and AI

Individual Choices, Challenges, and Social Changes

Masculinity, Red Pill, & The Anger Economy

Health, Influencers, and The Truth

The Paranormal, Ghosts, and Aliens

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

Confidence and Presence

Fatherhood, Masculinity, Generational Shifts

Discretion, Laws, and Moral Questions

Romantic Love, Attraction, and Asexuality

Memoir, History, and the Ambiguity of Color with Martha S. Jones

Existentialism, Myth, and Film with Dr. Lewis Gordon

Murder, Politics, and The Law with Matt Murphy

Natural Disasters & Recovery with George Siegal

Justice, Tradition, and the FBI

God, Eternity, and Spinoza

Ethics, Action, and Intention

2024 Moments and Behind the Scenes

Truth vs Conspiracy with Jason Cavanagh

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

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

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

The Public Square Post Covid

Encore: The Climate is Above Politics

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

Critical Thinking Details: Beware of Con Women

Business Details: The Story Behind Success

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

What Do We Learn From Reality TV?

How to be Philosophical About Romance

What We Learn About Virtue From Captain America

Engineering Ethics: Lessons from The Challenger Disaster

What Makes Decisions Difficult?

Self Actualization and Relationships

Encore: On Women Serial Killers

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

A Dialogue about Consent

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

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

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

Daredevil, Ethics, and Romance

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

The WHY of Podcasting

How We Speak About Morality

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

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

Is Punk Rock Secretly Stoic? The Philosophy of Punk Rock

Embrace the New: Ideas, Career Shifts, and Happiness

BMI, Health, and the Holidays

Writing, Divesting, and Questioning with Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez

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

Medical Ethics and The Retrievals

Honor your Talent

Encore: How to Recover Creativity and Empathy in Work Life

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

Does Free Will Exist?

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

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

Encore: The Virtue of Captain America with Mark D White

The Wisdom of Women Entrepreneurs

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

The WHY of True Crime

The Philosophy and Future of Journalism

Know Your Goals: Job Search & Happiness for 2023

Does the Universe Have a Moral Status? Drew Dalton on Evil, Entropy, and the Fire Worth Walking Into

The Climate is Above Politics

The Magnetism of True Crime with Matthew Kraig Kelly

The Rockstar Educator: Breaking Rules with Rich Balling

The Power of Creativity in Education

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

What Does Inclusion Mean in the Work Place?

Happy New Year

Faith, The Meaning of Life, and Great Expectations