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#1177 Mark Alfano: Nietzsche on Virtue

Nov 17, 2025

Dr. Mark Alfano is Professor of Philosophy at Macquarie University. Dr. Alfano uses tools and methods from philosophy and the sciences to explore topics in moral psychology, epistemology, and digital humanities. He studies how people become and remain virtuous, how values become integrated into people's lives, and how these virtues and values are (or fail to be) manifested in their perception, thoughts, feelings, deliberations, and behavior. He’s the author of books like Character as Moral Fiction, Nietzsche's Moral Psychology, and Nietzsche on Virtue. More»
#1176 Justin Lehmiller: The Science of Desire, and The Most Common Sexual Fantasies

Nov 14, 2025

Dr. Justin Lehmiller is a Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute and an internationally recognized sex educator. He conducts research on sexual fantasies, casual sex, and sexual health and has published a sexuality textbook that is used in college classrooms around the world. In addition, he runs a popular blog, Sex and Psychology, and has been published in Playboy, VICE, USA Today, Politico, Men's Health, and New York Magazine. He is the author of Tell Me What You Want: The Science of Sexual Desire and How It Can Help You Improve Your Sex Life. More»
#1175 Jakob Norberg: Schopenhauer's Politics

Nov 13, 2025

Dr. Jakob Norberg is Professor of German Studies at Duke University. His research explores conceptions of community in German thought and literature. He is the author of three books, the latest one being Schopenhauer’s Politics. More»
#1174 David Bather Woods - Arthur Schopenhauer: Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist

Nov 10, 2025

Dr. David Bather Woods is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. His research focuses on the 19th century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, especially his philosophical pessimism and his moral and political philosophy. His new book is Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist. More»
#1173 David Cooper: Pessimism, Quietism and Nature as Refuge

Nov 7, 2025

Dr. David Cooper is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Durham University. He has published across a broad range of philosophical subjects, including philosophy of language, philosophy of education, ethics, aesthetics, environmental philosophy, animal ethics, philosophy of technology, philosophy of religion, history of both Western philosophy and Asian philosophy, and modern European philosophy, especially Heidegger, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein. He is the author of several books, the most recent one being Pessimism, Quietism and Nature as Refuge. More»
#1172 Omer Bartov: Is/Was There a Genocide in Gaza?

Nov 6, 2025

Dr. Omer Bartov is Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University. Dr. Bartov's early research concerned the Nazi indoctrination of the Wehrmacht and the crimes it committed in World War II, analyzed in his books, The Eastern Front, 1941-1945, and Hitler's Army. He then turned to the links between total war and genocide, discussed in his books Murder in Our Midst, Mirrors of Destruction, and Germany's War and the Holocaust. More»
#1171 Ana Drago - Oportunidade ou Maldição: A indústria do turismo em Portugal

Nov 3, 2025

THIS INTERVIEW IS IN PORTUGUESE. More»
#1170 Walter Scheidel: What Is Ancient History?

Oct 31, 2025

Dr. Walter Scheidel is Dickason Professor in the Humanities and Professor of History at Stanford University. Dr. Scheidel's research ranges from ancient social and economic history and premodern historical demography to the comparative and transdisciplinary world history of inequality, state formation, and human welfare. He is particularly interested in connecting the humanities, the social sciences, and the life sciences. He is the author of several books, the most recent one being What Is Ancient History? More»
#1169 Gabriel Zamosc-Regueros - Nietzsche's Ideals: Sovereignty, Wholeness, and Becoming What One Is

Oct 30, 2025

Dr. Gabriel Zamosc-Regueros is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the College of Liberal Arts and Science at the University of Colorado, Denver. His areas of expertise include ethics, Nietzsche, 19th-20th century continental philosophy, and philosophy of Action. More»
#1168 Jeff McMahan: The Ethics of Political Violence: Can It Be Justified?

Oct 27, 2025

Dr. Jeff McMahan is Sekyra and White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford. He specializes in Practical Ethics, Political Philosophy, and Ethics. He is editor of the Journal of Controversial Ideas. He’s the author of books like The Morality of Nationalism, The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life, and Killing in War. More»