Should Liberalism Fight, or Retreat & Retrench? with Alec Crisman
I recently wrote that liberalism must reject neutrality and instead embrace a comprehensive vision of what is good for people, one that takes the fight to fascism. I defend that view against concerns from Alec Crisman and we debate our very different visions about what liberals can - or should - try to achieve in the age of Trump.
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Writing The Bible 2: Hammurabi's Code
The series continues, exploring the world the Bible was born into. Another genre of writing these texts existed within was the Ancient Near Eastern law code. We look at the most famous, focusing on sex, marriage, adultery, homosexuality, and offending cows.
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Precolonial Africana Philosophy with Peter Adamson and Chike Jeffers
From Ancient Egypt, to Ethiopia, to the Islamic tradition, Africa had a rich - & truly ancient - tradition of philosophy prior to European Colonization.
Peter Adamson and Chike Jeffers join the podcast to discuss.
Africana Philosophy from Ancient Egypt to the Nineteenth Century: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/africana-philosophy-from-ancient-egypt-to-the-nineteenth-century-9780198927174?cc=gb&lang=en&
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/PoliticalPhilosophyPodcast
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Do Elections Define Democracy? with Natasha Piano
What is democracy and why is it failing? Natasha Piano joins the show to discuss her recent book, Democratic Elitism: The Founding Myth of American Political Science.
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Writing the Bible: 1 The First Flood
The first episode of my new, new format, history series - the Bible in its historic and literary context. We start in 1850 BC in ancient Babylon, with the epics that would evolve into the Genesis flood story.