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Junebugs abide! Check out episodes in our library featuring these June babies: Jürgen Habermas (June 18, 1929), Jean-Paul Sartre (June 21, 1905), Alan Turing (June 23, 1912), and Emma Goldman (June 27, 1869), along with past guests Irv Yalom (June 13, 1931) and the late Geoff Nunberg (June 1, 1945).

More at https://philosophytalk.org/playlist/junebugs

Junebugs - Philosophy Talk German philosopher and social theorist Jürgen Habermas, who died earlier this year, has the distinction of being the only then-living figure to be the subject of one of our episodes. But he’s also just one among other thinkers and guests whose birthdays fall this month (June 18, 1929). An old fri...

Six US states are holding today. Back in 2016, John and Ken questioned the duty to vote with Stanford political scientist Emilee Chapman. A decade later, in a radically different political environment, how much of what she says holds true for you? https://on.soundcloud.com/rWwHvHzx7Z7iurnkmw

Emilee Chapman (2016) extended John and Ken ask Stanford political scientist Emilee Chapman whether we always have a duty to vote. More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/election-special-2016.

ICYMI Yesterday's broadcast with Peter Godfrey-Smith, author of "Living on Earth: Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the Natural World," is now available to download: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whats-so-special-about-humans/id1831619588?i=1000770438469

What's So Special About Humans? Podcast Episode · Philosophy Talk · May 31 · 51m

TODAY: Josh and guest-host Alison Gopnik question what's special about humans with Peter Godfrey-Smith from the University of Sydney, author of "Living on Earth: Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the Natural World" – 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & https://www.kalw.org/show/philosophy-talk/2024-11-29/whats-so-special-about-humans.

What's so special about humans? Do other animals have language, thought, and culture?

ICYMI Memorial Day is the perfect time to listen to this week's episode with Helena de Bres, author of "Artful Truths: The Philosophy of Memoir": https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scandalous-truth-about-memor/id1831619588?i=1000769352400 KALW

The Scandalous Truth about Memor Podcast Episode · Philosophy Talk · May 24 · 51m