# philosophytalk (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover philosophytalk. Page: Feed: --- ## [The End of the Starters](https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_12864_965ec806-86cf-4221-8859-4e922d7794eb&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F12864%2Ffeed-rss.xml) _2026-03-01 · Philosophy Talk Starters_ Our entire archive is now to free to listen at philosophytalk.org, so this feed will no longer be updated. You can subscribe to receive full episodes at https://philosophytalk.org/get-the-podcast. [Listen](http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/12864/965ec806-86cf-4221-8859-4e922d7794eb/FreeArchive_StartersFinal.mp3) ## [Schopenhauer: Living Your Worst Life](https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_12864_167d1eaf-26ab-4236-860a-8181160d70a3&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F12864%2Ffeed-rss.xml) _2026-02-22 · Philosophy Talk Starters_ More at https://philosophytalk.org/shows/schopenhauer-living-your-worst-life. Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) is considered one of the great European philosophers of the nineteenth century. His most famous work, The World as Will and Representation, presents a pessimistic view of a world filled with endless strife and suffering, where happiness can only be but fleeting. So, how did Schopenhauer… [Listen](http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/12864/167d1eaf-26ab-4236-860a-8181160d70a3/PhiloTalk_Schopenhauer_1.mp3) ## [Can Money Buy Well-being?](https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_12864_be6644df-f8ca-495e-bc43-7d8087606e56&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F12864%2Ffeed-rss.xml) _2026-02-15 · Philosophy Talk Starters_ More at https://philosophytalk.org/shows/can-money-buy-well-being. Governments and central banks set economic policies that affect us all. But how do those policies influence our quality of life? And how can that quality even be measured? Gross Domestic Product (GDP) includes many factors that have little to do with the regular person’s happiness. What do people really need, beyond enough to live… [Listen](http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/12864/be6644df-f8ca-495e-bc43-7d8087606e56/PhiloTalk_MoneyWellbeing_1.mp3) ## [Logic For Everyone](https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_12864_40f7fc15-0e28-4e04-96a8-98770e4570af&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F12864%2Ffeed-rss.xml) _2026-02-08 · Philosophy Talk Starters_ More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/logic-everyone. Logic may seem like a dry, abstract discipline that only the nerdiest of philosophers study. After all, logic textbooks are full of weird symbols and proofs about abstruse entities, like "the set of all sets." On the other hand, don’t we all try to think logically, at least in some contexts? Why do we believe, for example, it’s bad to… [Listen](http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/12864/40f7fc15-0e28-4e04-96a8-98770e4570af/philtalkradio-590-logic-for-everyone_1.mp3) ## [Wise Woman: Anna Julia Cooper](https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_12864_19164718-08f5-428c-9e77-8981b824057a&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F12864%2Ffeed-rss.xml) _2026-02-01 · Philosophy Talk Starters_ Born into slavery in the nineteenth century, Anna Julia Cooper received a classical education, attended the Sorbonne, and became the fourth African American in history to be awarded a PhD. Her first book, A Voice from the South, offered one of the first articulations of how Black women are impacted by race, gender, and socioeconomic class. She believed that uplifting Black women through higher… [Listen](http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/12864/19164718-08f5-428c-9e77-8981b824057a/PhiloTalk_AnnaJuliaCooper_1.mp3) ## [Diogenes and the Honest Life](https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_12864_3b57cc2d-7983-4e1a-8b84-86ec19f19c3a&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F12864%2Ffeed-rss.xml) _2026-01-25 · Philosophy Talk Starters_ More at https://philosophytalk.org/shows/diogenes-and-the-honest-life. Diogenes of Sinope was a famous—or infamous—4th-century BCE Greek philosopher. Reportedly, he lived in a jar, performed many bodily functions in public, and wandered public spaces with a lit lantern in broad daylight. But what was the broader social critique advanced by Diogenes and his followers? What did they believe was… [Listen](http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/12864/3b57cc2d-7983-4e1a-8b84-86ec19f19c3a/PT_Diogenes_starter.mp3) ## [Civil Disobedience](https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_12864_4297e404-335d-42cd-88c1-ba8a99284e06&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F12864%2Ffeed-rss.xml) _2026-01-18 · Philosophy Talk Starters_ More at https://philosophytalk.org/shows/civil-disobedience/. Thoreau, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King all engaged in civil disobedience, and are widely admired for doing so. But how can democratic society function if each person’s conscience has to be satisfied for a law to be obeyed? When is civil disobedience justified? When is it required? How does the concept fit with the great ethical and… [Listen](http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/12864/4297e404-335d-42cd-88c1-ba8a99284e06/PT_CivilDisobedience_starter.mp3) ## [William James](https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_12864_4a4ff34d-c2ff-4cda-bf5d-1bd697222b06&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F12864%2Ffeed-rss.xml) _2026-01-11 · Philosophy Talk Starters_ More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/william-james. William James is a great figure, historically important as a philosopher (pragmatism and radical empiricism), a student of religion (author of the monumental "Varieties of Religious Experience"), and psychology. Ken and John examine the life and ideas of this towering figure with Russell Goodman, a leading scholar of Pragmatism and author of… [Listen](http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/12864/4a4ff34d-c2ff-4cda-bf5d-1bd697222b06/230516974-philtalkradio-176-william-james.mp3) ## [Why Is the World So Weird?](https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_12864_b05c6771-5fb3-4780-ba65-bace5bdc9923&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F12864%2Ffeed-rss.xml) _2026-01-07 · Philosophy Talk Starters_ More at https://philosophytalk.org/shows/why-world-so-weird. Quantum mechanics, mathematics, human consciousness…. whichever way you slice it, the universe is weird. How can our conscious minds be made from unconscious atoms? What should we make of quantum entanglement, or the fact that light can be both a particle and a wave? Why is it that there are exactly as many fractions as there are whole… [Listen](http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/12864/b05c6771-5fb3-4780-ba65-bace5bdc9923/philtalkradio-588-why-is-the-world-so-weird.mp3) ## [Real SIMs for AI Agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pAZkYDrw4ezQ) _2026-01-07 · **Sponsored**_ Pass 2FA and verifications with real carrier numbers via our API. ## [The Examined Year: 2025](https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_12864_9b8025ce-942e-4bb6-b007-ce88dd2132c0&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F12864%2Ffeed-rss.xml) _2025-12-28 · Philosophy Talk Starters_ More at https://philosophytalk.org/shows/the-examined-year-2025. What happened over the past year that challenged our assumptions and made us think about things in new ways? Josh and Ray talk to philosophers and others about the events and ideas that shaped the last twelve months. The Year in Shamelessness with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò from Georgetown University, author of “How Can We Live Together?” The… [Listen](http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/12864/9b8025ce-942e-4bb6-b007-ce88dd2132c0/PT_Examined2025_starter.mp3)