Philosopher's Zone

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4.5
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176 reviews
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711 episodes
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Date created
2006/03/22
Average duration
32 min.
Release period
7 days

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The simplest questions often have the most complex answers. The Philosopher's Zone is your guide through the strange thickets of logic, metaphysics and ethics.

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Philosophy, disability and the gut
2024/02/22
Digestive disorders are a common source of distress and social anxiety - which might seem to be an odd topic for philosophy, until you start to think about why we attach such stigma, shame and silence to issues of the gut. What does the gut tell us about our own experience of embodiment - and how can disability theory be used to shape healthier attitudes to the gut issues that plague so many of us?
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Pornography and free speech
2024/02/15
The global pornography industry is getting bigger, more mainstream and more nasty - but does this mean it should be regulated? Many feminist philosophers would say yes - but this places them at odds with liberal defenders of pornography, who worry that regulation would constitute an attack on free speech.
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What are Australian philosophers thinking?
2024/02/07
Australian philosophy has been punching above its weight in recent decades - but does there exist something that we could call an identifiably Australian philosophical tradition? And how does the future of Australian philosophy look, at a time when the academic Humanities are under siege, and universities are being pushed to turn out "job-ready graduates"?
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Queer vs the state
2024/01/30
For a long time there's been an ambivalent relationship between LGBTQ communities and the state. Even in liberal democracies, which supposedly exist to protect the interests of all their citizens, examples of the state-sanctioned persecution of sexual minorities can be found right up to the present day. And the intellectual project of queer theory has had an anti-state scepticism baked into it from its earliest inception.
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What is swearing?
2024/01/24
What exactly is it about swearing that gives it its offensive power? None of the standard philosophy-of-language explanations really gets to the bottom of why we swear, why we don't, and what we're doing when we use "obscene" language. This week, the author of a new book offers some thoughts.
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Friendship
2024/01/17
What makes a true friend? Aristotle in his Nicomachean Ethics outlines certain conditions for virtuous friendship, but he sets the bar high, and his estimation of women's capacity for friendship is low. This week we're putting Aristotle in dialogue with Mary Astell, an early modern (and proto-feminist) English philosopher who also wrote extensively on friendship.
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Transgender identity and experience
2024/01/10
Transgender is commonly invoked as an identity, but this week we're asking if it is better understood as something that points to experience. 
Gender, gaming and pop culture
2024/01/03
If you're a gamer, you might be interested to hear that according to a new study, female characters speak approximately half as much as male characters in video games. But why should philosophers be interested?
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Richard Rorty and America
2023/12/27
In 1998, the American philosopher Richard Rorty predicted dark days for democracy and the rise of a Trump-like figure in the USA. This week, with the publication of a new collection of Rorty's essays, we're considering the ongoing relevance of his work.
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Women philosophers in antiquity
2023/12/20
If you don't know much about women philosophers in the ancient Graeco-Roman world, you have a good excuse. They're known to have existed, but hardly any of their works have survived, and historical accounts of their lives tend to come from biographies written by men. This week we try to unravel the mystery.
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Time in the time of COVID
2023/12/13
During the lockdowns at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, people started to experience a strange sense of temporal distortion - time slowing down, time speeding up, time getting bent out of shape. This week we hear from a philosopher, a historian and a sociologist about how that might have happened, and what it might mean.
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Stability, security and survival: a conversation with Mary Graham
2023/12/07
Mary Graham is one of Australia's most distinguished Aboriginal academics and authors. In this conversation, she articulates a political philosophy of relationality, conflict management and much more.
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4.5 out of 5
176 reviews
evapdvs 2023/01/06
One of the best!
Excellent selection of speakers and conversation. This is my favorite philosophy podcast! David is always very considerate and equitable. Thank you fo...
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KS-apple 2023/05/21
Host needs to steer conversation in less predictable ways
Topics and guests are ok, but it veers into predictable viewpoints constantly on episodes where they don’t belong. I listened to an episode about bili...
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f;akshjg;iurhgld 2022/11/09
Simply the best
In terms of production value, content, guests, and interviewers (three over the span of the show), I can definitely say this is my favorite podcast. C...
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Jonbsan 2022/07/31
Brilliant
Always interesting and informative. I especially appreciated the latest episode on art, being a painter myself. I’ve always been just bored by Gauguin...
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zee1836 2021/02/09
most engaging philosophy podcast
When I first stumbled upon Philosopher’s Zone, I’d had little exposure to philosophy. But the show was so interesting I kept coming back, and I’m so g...
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Brokentusk 2021/12/08
Cringe worthy
I think the topics and discussions are great. Some of the speakers are great and some… seem to be the iconic issue that the greater speakers have talk...
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J33won 2021/11/19
Music is too loud
I don’t know if anybody else has this problem but I find the background music to be just too loud for me to hear the discussion. It is difficult to u...
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Sempervirent 2020/08/10
Homework Helper!
I owe such a debt to this podcast: I’ve cited it several times in undergrad philosophy assignments. Also, The Philosopher’s Zone (in its recent episod...
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Jack_McCoy 2019/03/14
One of the Best
This is one of the original and best history shows out there. The host Melvyn Bragg and various experts discuss a character, topic or idea from histor...
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TruthReason 2016/10/10
Liberal bias
Too much gender studies and not enough philosophy. You'll love it if you enjoy being preached to by the choir.
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