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Traumatic experiences are those which involve significant and terrible events on emotional, mental, and bodily levels. Their effects can often go unnoticed or can be dismissed as being purely subjective or emotional. A more balanced and holistic approach to understanding trauma examines healing in relation to the mind and body. Dr Anna Westin (St Mellitus College, UK) discusses the fundamental nature of trauma as defined philosophically and psychologically. She also delves into the variety of approaches to healing trauma and restoring how we can relate more ably to others. Living Philosophy is brought to you by Philosophy2u.com. Host: Dr Todd Mei Sponsors: Philosophy2u.com Hillary Hutchinson, Career and Change Coach at Transitioning Your Life Hermeneutics in Real Life Geoffrey Moore, author of The Infinite Staircase      Links Related to this Episode: Anna Westin (Professional Website) On LinkedIn Embodied Trauma and Healing (Routledge) Lev (Spotify) Somatic Experiencing Therapy (Very Well Mind) Søren Kierkegaard (Wikipedia) Emmanuel Levinas (SEP) Maurice Merleau-Ponty (SEP) Martin Heidegger (Wikipedia) Paul Ricoeur (Wikipedia) Bessel van der Kolk (Professional Website) Peter Levine (Somatic Therapist) Shelly Rambo (Boston University) Music: Earth and the Moon, by Ketsa Logo Art: Angela Silva, Dattura Studios

Kat Batchelor is a classically trained violinist who transitioned to the fiddle and playing folk music. She shares her insights into life, teaching, and performance that derive from her time spent performing at classical and public venues, busking, and interacting with the public on the city streets of Wales, England, and Scotland. Living Philosophy is brought to you by Philosophy2u.com. Host: Dr Todd Mei Sponsors: Philosophy2u.com Hillary Hutchinson, Career and Change Coach at Transitioning Your Life Hermeneutics in Real Life Geoffrey Moore, author of The Infinite Staircase      Links Related to this Episode: Kat Batchelor (Facebook and Instagram) Twitter (@KatieBatchelo14) Fiddler’s Elbow (Facebook) Bunny-Eye Ceilidh Band (Facebook) Dewdropper (Facebook) Morris Dancing (Wikipedia) Hillary Klug (website) Photo: Kat Batchelor Music: www.bensound.com

What if the key to respecting and appreciating non-human animals resided in understanding our human selves better? Thinking about animals and our relation to them might then involve trying to grasp the ways in which our current social, economic, and moral systems skew our perceptions and practices. Prof. Alice Crary (The New School for Social Research) and Prof. Lori Gruen (Wesleyan University) delve into the fundamental questions and problems that can help us better understand the crisis affecting animals and how we might then seek resolution through a considered form of resistance. Living Philosophy is brought to you by Philosophy2u.com. Host: Dr Todd Mei Sponsors: Philosophy2u.com Hillary Hutchinson, Career and Change Coach at Transitioning Your Life Hermeneutics in Real Life Geoffrey Moore, author of The Infinite Staircase      Links Related to this Episode: Alice Crary (The New School) Lori Gruen (Wesleyan University) Animal Crisis (Polity Press) Animal Ethics (SEP, entry by Lori Gruen) Utilitarianism & Animals (Jeff Sebo) Philipa Foot (SEP) Iris Murdoch (SEP) Cora Diamond (Wikipedia) Sarah Ahmed (Wikipedia) Skepticism and Understanding the Minds of Others (SEP) Protest at Standing Rock (NPR) Music: Earth and the Moon, by Ketsa Logo Art: Angela Silva, Dattura Studios

Do crytpocurrencies and blockchain technology figure substantially in the possibility of financial freedom for those who currently are lacking in wealth? Or does the hype really just indicate that all things crypto are based on a speculative bubble and Ponzi schemes? Prof. Sebastian Purcell (SUNY, Cortland) discusses the legal, technological, and philosophical novelties behind cryptocurrencies that can potentially transform our lives for the better. He also weaves in how Aztec philosophy can help us think through what it means to have a rooted life. Living Philosophy is brought to you by Philosophy2u.com. Host: Dr Todd Mei Sponsors: Philosophy2u.com Hillary Hutchinson, Career and Change Coach at Transitioning Your Life Hermeneutics in Real Life Geoffrey Moore, author of The Infinite Staircase      Links Related to this Episode: Sebastian Purcell (LinkedIn; Quora) Twitter (@lspurcell) The Art of the Bubble (website) Bitibles (website) Aztec Philosophy (IEP) Aztec and Ancient Greek Philosophy (Aeon) Peter Lynch (Wikipedia) Sparrow Rodgers (bio) Jamie Diamond (Wikipedia) Vitalik Buterin (Wikipedia) DAO (Ethereum) NFT (Verge) Smart contract (IBM) FitFi (website) Adoption curve (Wikipedia) Proof of Work (Investopedia) Proof of Stake (Investopedia) Environmental Impact of Bitcoin (Forbes) Intro to Crypto (Bollocks and the Blockchain) The Promise of Crypto (Quora) Meaningful Work (Philosophy2u) Music: Earth and the Moon, by Ketsa Logo Art: Angela Silva, Dattura Studios

Is translation really just a problem of finding the right words in one language to fit the words in another language? Or, is there much more than meets the ear? Lisa Foran, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at University College Dublin (Ireland), discusses the ways in which translation can be problematic as well as constructive, not just with the aim of communicating, but also with the aim of improving how we live our lives. She delves into the deeper, ethical significances of what means to find yourself unable to translate something or even someone into familiar terms. Living Philosophy is brought to you by Philosophy2u.com. Host: Dr Todd Mei Sponsors: Philosophy2u.com Hillary Hutchinson, Career and Change Coach at Transitioning Your Life Hermeneutics in Real Life Geoffrey Moore, author of The Infinite Staircase      Links Related to this Episode: Lisa Foran (UCD) Twitter (@LisaForan10) Emmanuel Levinas (SEP) Jacques Derrida (SEP) Barbara Cassin (Wikipedia) Alasdair MacIntyre (Wikipedia) Ferdinand de Saussure (langue et parole/language as structure and speech) Emily Apter (NYU) Structuralism (Wikipedia) Post-structuralism (Wikipedia) The Myth of Self-Sufficiency (Philosophy2u) Future-tensed and Present-tensed Languages, (The Conversation) Music: Earth and the Moon, by Ketsa Logo Art: Angela Silva, Dattura Studios

Medicine involves more than science and evidence-based experiments. In today’s health climate—where there seems to be a conflict of interest between health care, on the one hand, and pharmaceutical companies and the privatization of medicine, the other hand—it is easy to overlook a more holistic approach that understands how illness is causally linked to both the mind and body. David Corfield (University of Kent, UK) is Associate Professor of Philosophy, with special interests in the philosophies of mathematics, science, logic, medicine, history, and psychoanalysis. He discusses the importance of the role of the mind in medicine, and more generally, how a well-rounded approach to academic research and investigation provides a much more balanced and informed perspective. Living Philosophy is brought to you by Philosophy2u.com. Host: Dr Todd Mei Sponsors: Philosophy2u.com Hillary Hutchinson, Career and Change Coach at Transitioning Your Life Hermeneutics in Real Life Geoffrey Moore, author of The Infinite Staircase      Links Related to this Episode: David Corfield (Wikipedia | University of Kent) Twitter (@DavidCorfield8) Why Do People Get Ill? by Corfield and Leader (Amazon) Modal Homotopy Type Theory: The Prospect of a New Logic for Philosophy (Oxford University Press) Darian Leader (Psychoanalyst) Thomas Kuhn (SEP) Imre Lakatos (SEP) Alasdair MacIntyre (Wikipedia) Albert Lautman (Wikipedia) R. G. Collingwood (SEP) John Ruskin (Wikipedia) Lacanian Psycholanalysis (Wikipedia) Vienna Circle (SEP) Type Theory (SEP) Idiographic vs. Nomothetic Analysis (Wikipedia) Music: Earth and the Moon, by Ketsa Logo Art: Angela Silva, Dattura Studios

Hillary Hutchinson is a career coach and change strategist at Transitioning Your Life. She has helped professionals understand who they are in order to make significant changes to their careers. She reflects on how events in her own life put her in a place to better understand the nuances and complications of change and how it can affect us in both positive and challenging ways. Do the work! Be the change! Living Philosophy is brought to you by Philosophy2u.com. Host: Dr Todd Mei Sponsors: Philosophy2u.com Hillary Hutchinson, Career and Change Coach at Transitioning Your Life Hermeneutics in Real Life Geoffrey Moore, author of The Infinite Staircase      Links Related to this Episode: Hillary Hutchinson (LinkedIn) Transitioning Your Life (website) Scaling the Ivory Tower: Your Academic Job Search Workbook (Goodreads)      The CHANGE-UP System: Your guide to creating fulfillment, balance, and success in your career life (Goodreads) William Bridges, Managing Transitions (Goodreads) Elisabeth Kubler Ross (Wikipedia) Impostor Syndrome (APA) Writing a CV of Failure (Melanie Stefan) Buddhism and Awareness (Wikipedia) Universal Unitarianism (UUA) Karl Jaspers and Limit Situations (SEP) Office Space (IMDB) Photo: Transitioning Your Life Music: www.bensound.com  

Arvind Gupta is a genetic engineer and venture capitalist whose approach to investment is driven by trying to better the planet, yet without the use of moral arguments and platforms. Instead, his approach to business draws on his personal experience with mortality and behavioral insights into how people can and cannot be convinced of a need for change. Arvind is also an accomplished rock climber, BASE jumper, and mixed martial artist. Living Philosophy is brought to you by Philosophy2u.com. Host: Dr Todd Mei Sponsors: Philosophy2u.com Hillary Hutchinson, Career and Change Coach at Transitioning Your Life Hermeneutics in Real Life Geoffrey Moore, author of The Infinite Staircase      Links Related to this Episode: Arvind Gupta (LinkedIn) IndieBio Mayfield Albert Camus (1913-1960, Wikipedia) Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (Good Reads) Decoding the World, Arvind Gupta & Po Bronson (Good Reads) Uma Valeti (Good Food Institute) Upside Foods Eric Beinhocker, The Origin of Wealth (Good Reads) Photo: IndieBio Music: www.bensound.com

We see it every day—the problem of misunderstanding and misreading meaning and intentions. It can be the cause of frustration, hurt, and even violence. Hermeneutics is the branch of philosophy interested in how the interpretation of language, symbols, texts, and even the nature of existence requires a nuanced and open-minded approach. It can potentially help us to resolve a lot of the problems of miscommunication. Listen to three experts—Andreea Deciu Ritivoi (Carnegie Mellon University, USA), David Utsler (North Central Texas College, USA), and Nicholas Davey (University of Dundee, UK)—reflect on the importance of hermeneutics and why it matters to our everyday lives. Living Philosophy is brought to you by Philosophy2u.com. Host: Dr Todd Mei Sponsors: Philosophy2u.com Hillary Hutchinson, Career and Change Coach at Transitioning Your Life Hermeneutics in Real Life Links Related to this Episode: Andreea Deciu Ritivoi (Carnegie Mellon University) David Utsler (Discursive Dialectics) Nicholas Davey (Wikipedia) Intro to Hermeneutics (YouTube) Hans Georg-Gadamer (SEP) Paul Ricoeur (SEP) Wilhelm Dilthey (SEP) Georgia Warnke (PhilPeople) Antigone (Wikipedia) Anthropocentrism (Oxford Bibliographies) Reading Suggestions by the Panelists Hans Weidenfeld, Absolute Nothingness Walter Kempowski, Swangsong 1945 Wilhelm Dilthey, Introduction to the Human Sciences Clifford Geertz, The Interpretation of Culture Wolfgang Iser, The Range of Interpretation Gianni Vattimo, Beyond Interpretation: The Meaning of Hermeneutics for Philosophy Mircea Eliade, The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion Walter Benjamin, The Storyteller: Tales Out of Loneliness Music: Earth and the Moon, by Ketsa Logo Art: Angela Silva, Dattura Studios

Charlie Undershaw (Carlos Marin de Miguel) is a Spanish jazz musician whose recent album “Agora” has been hitting the airwaves in Spain and on Spotify. He shares how Brazilian jazz and philosophy have shaped his life, his academic teaching, and his views on how to weather the obstacles and worries about our mortality. Living Philosophy is brought to you by Philosophy2u.com. Host: Dr Todd Mei Sponsors: Philosophy2u.com Hillary Hutchinson, Career and Change Coach at Transitioning Your Life Hermeneutics in Real Life Geoffrey Moore, author of The Infinite Staircase      Links Related to this Episode: Charlie Undershaw (Spotify) Carlos Marin de Miguel (Twitter: @undershaw_music) Songs by Charlie Undershaw from Agora Monte Serra (Spotify) O Tempo Dirá (Spotify) Time Will Tell (Spotify) Antônio Carlos Jobim (Wikipedia) Ricardo Belda (Musician/producer) João Gilberto (Wikipedia) João Donato (Wikipedia) Sakamoto “Song” (recited by Paul Bowles) Decoding the World by Arvind Gupta & Po Bronson (Good Reads) Michael Sandel (BBC) Philosophical Coaching (Philosophy2u) Amartya Sen (Wikipedia) Martha Nussbaum (Wikipedia) Capabilities Approach (Wikipedia) A Brief History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (Good Reads) Photo: Charlie Undershaw Music: www.bensound.com

It seems more than ever that our present era is one of misunderstanding others—their motives, their reasons, their practices, and their beliefs. Is there a quick remedy to this, such as being more objective? Is objectivity even possible, especially given how incomplete our knowledge of others is? Constantine Sandis (University of Hertfordshire, UK) is Professor of Philosophy, with a special interest in ethics, action, and understanding others. He discusses the importance of shared practices and has some surprising thoughts about the role of empathy. Living Philosophy is brought to you by Philosophy2u.com. Host: Dr Todd Mei Sponsors: Philosophy2u.com Hillary Hutchinson, Career and Change Coach at Transitioning Your Life Hermeneutics in Real Life Geoffrey Moore, author of The Infinite Staircase      Links Related to this Episode: Constantine Sandis (personal website) Akrasia (Weakness of the Will) Argument from Illusion (Wikipedia) “Eyebrows on Fleek Vine by Peaches Monroee” (YouTube) Prejudice and Bias (YouTube) Ludwig Wittgenstein (Wikipedia) Paul Ricoeur (Wikipedia) Music: Earth and the Moon, by Ketsa Logo Art: Angela Silva, Dattura Studios

Hans Florine is a world-renowned climber, best known for holding the record for the fastest ascent of the Nose on El Capitan (Yosemite) with Alex Honnold in 2012. The record remained until 2018. Hans has spent his life learning from competition and the application of different models of thinking in order to problem solve and be as efficient as possible. Listen to him reflect on the roles of learning how to fail in order to become better, cooperative competition, and his own motivational wisdom and ideas. Living Philosophy is brought to you by Philosophy2u.com. Host: Dr Todd Mei Sponsors: Philosophy2u.com Hillary Hutchinson, Career and Change Coach at Transitioning Your Life Hermeneutics in Real Life Geoffrey Moore, author of The Infinite Staircase      Links Related to this Episode: Hans Florine (www.hansflorine.com) On LinkedIn On Twitter (@hansflorine) On the Nose (Amazon) On the Nose (Audio Book) Do Hard Things Challenge (www.dhtchallenge.com) Birthday Challenge (http://www.birthdaychallenge.com/whatis.html) Eric Weihenmayer (Wikipedia) Obituary for Steve Edwards, Outside Magazine (by Hans Florine) Brian Tracy (Wikipedia) Photo: Falcon Press Music: www.bensound.com