Michael Huemer on Rationality and Objectivity
Philosopher Michael Huemer, author of Knowledge, Reality, and Value, discusses the meaning of rationality and objectivity, explains why the distinctio...
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We explore what it means to flourish as an individual and a community. We take an interdisciplinary approach, delving into philosophy, history, evolutionary biology, politics, economics, psychology, and other fields. Your host Ari Armstrong, a liberal of the classical variety, is the author of Values of Harry Potter and of What's Wrong with Ayn Rand's Objectivist Ethics. He has written about Colorado politics for various publications.
Steve Spangler on Engaging Science
Steve Spangler, host of DIY Sci, discusses how parents and teachers can foster kids' love of science and help children discover their "spark" in ...
Jason Stotts on Erotic Love
Jason Stotts, psychotherapist and author of Eros & Ethos, discusses sexuality as an expression of our ethical lives, analyzes the false choice of repr...
Christina Sandefur on the Defense of Property Rights
Christina Sandefur of the free-market Goldwater Institute in Arizona discusses her coauthored book, Cornerstone of Liberty: Property Rights in 21st Ce...
Robert Alan Goldberg on American Conspiracy Theories
Historian Robert Alan Goldberg, author of Enemies Within: The Culture of Conspiracy in Modern America, discusses the history of conspiracy thinking in...
Timothy Sandefur on Frederick Douglass
Timothy Sandefur, author of Frederick Douglass: Self-Made Man, discusses Douglass's life, political philosophy, and influence in his day and up t...
Michael Donnelly on Homeschooling and the Law: Self in Society #18
Michael Donnelly, Senior Counsel and Director of Global Outreach with the Home School Legal Defense Association, discusses the motivations for homesch...
Robert Alan Goldberg on the Klan in Colorado
Historian Robert Alan Goldberg discusses his book, Hooded Empire: The Klu Klux Klan in Colorado, and its lessons for today. This is the Self in Societ...
Mark Silverstein on Your Rights when Interacting with Police: Self in Society #16
Mark Silverstein, Legal Director of the ACLU of Colorado, discusses your rights when interacting with police, troubling police actions during protests...
Robin Hanson on Variolation as a Response to COVID-19: Self in Society #15
Economist and iconoclast Robin Hanson suggests that variolation—controlled, intentional infection of the virus that causes COVID-19—could be an import...