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The Marsh Theater
Sunday, July 19 at 12:00pm


"What are Words Worth?" and "War, Sacrifice and the Media"
Join Philosophy Talk for two rousing live events on Sunday, July 19th at The Marsh in San Francisco: **12pm - “What are Words Worth?”** Ken and John welcome back Professor G...
Host:Philosophy Talk
Time:12:00PM Sunday, July 19th
Location:The Marsh Theater


This Sunday's show - June 7th
What kinds of contact can the mind have with the world? Can we know how the world is in itself, or can we only know shadows of the world in our own minds? Are we trapped beh...
Host:Philosophy Talk
Time:10:00AM Sunday, June 7th
Location:In the Bay Area listen Live on fm 91.7 KALW


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Aging and the Well-Lived Life - This Sunday's show - May 24
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Laurie at 9:54am May 29
This episode was the best. I enjoyed it and had alot to think about. Thank you.


Philosophy Talk Recommend your philosophical favorites for our annual Summer Reading List!
Source: philosophytalk.org
Even if you're not going to Biarritz for the summer as usual, you can relax in the sun and read.There are a lot of readable, beach-friendly classics and non-classics to add philosophical depth to your Summer Reading. ...


Philosophy Talk Check out John Perry's blog entry on Torture!
Source: theblog.philosophytalk.org
Although we have not had, and don’t have scheduled in the near future, a program on torture, that’s the topic of this blog. There are two reasons for this. The first is a thoughtful ...


Mickey at 12:40pm May 19
A fine article -- and thanks for using "torture" instead of one of the familiar euphemisms for it. But I quibble over one point: John assumes that, like Lincoln, Bush/Cheney acted "under the fear of incredible immanent [sic] danger." It's becoming increasingly clear that the real purpose of the torture regime was to extract "evidence" that Iraq had... Read More ties to Al Qaida and/or was building WMD's. The reliability of that evidence was seemingly of no concern as long as it supported the case for an invasion that was already planned.


This Sunday's show - May 17
More than any other President, Abraham Lincoln is known for his words, from the Lincoln-Douglass debates to the second inaugural address, as well as his deeds. What was Linco...
Host:Philosophy Talk
Time:10:00AM Sunday, May 17th
Location:In the Bay Area listen Live on fm 91.7 KALW


This Sunday's show - 5/10
Worship is the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for something. The attitude of worship towards God or gods or ancestors is a universal of human culture. But ...
Host:Philosophy Talk
Time:10:00AM Sunday, May 10th
Location:KALW 91.7 fm or http://www.kalw.org/listen.html


Philosophy Talk Ken and John are off doing their first corporate gig. Speaking truth to power. Wish 'em luck!
Guninder at 11:02am May 12
Power and truth need each other for thier existence.
Alain at 5:00pm May 13
truth stands on its own, it needs nothing for its existence.* "Subversive" is a relative term, hence truth can not be "inherently" such. If you are saying it with regard to government, then I agree.
*with perhaps the exception of a conceptual, reasoning mind.
*with perhaps the exception of a conceptual, reasoning mind.


Philosophy Talk is intrigued by the casting call by the Wife Swap TV show, which is looking for philosophically inclined families. Details are in the Philosophy Talk Facebook page "notes" section.


ABC's primetime series "Wife Swap" is currently casting its fifth season and looking for unique families with plenty of personality to take part in the show...
Philosophy Talk at 4:40pm April 28
Check out Ken's Blog on the topic here:
http://theblog.philosophyt alk.org/2009/04/philosophi cal-wife-swapping.html
http://theblog.philosophyt


Philosophy Talk will soon start a regular broadcast run in West Virginia. If we can make it in West Virginia, we can make it anywhere!
Paul at 5:39pm April 24
Hmm... let me think about that...
Marion at 5:47pm April 24
VERY funny : )
Philosophy Talk at 11:08am April 26
We think West Virginia is a big breakthrough. Many program directors turn down our program because they think it only works in places like San Francisco and Oregon, where the audience is stereotyped as being full of lefty tree-huggers.
We think the program can find an audience wherever there are thoughtful, intelligent people. And we think you find people like that in many, many places. So we're really THRILLED to be playing (as of July 1) in West Virginia on West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
They've been running the show as an occasional special since December. It's gone over well enough that the PD there has decided to give us a regular slot as soon as one opens up. ... Read More
So we're thrilled, really thrilled.
We think the program can find an audience wherever there are thoughtful, intelligent people. And we think you find people like that in many, many places. So we're really THRILLED to be playing (as of July 1) in West Virginia on West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
They've been running the show as an occasional special since December. It's gone over well enough that the PD there has decided to give us a regular slot as soon as one opens up. ... Read More
So we're thrilled, really thrilled.


Philosophy Talk is recording a show in front of a live audience at Pacific University about Social Networking.
Chimurenga at 10:41am April 18
a status update *about* a show about facebook posted *on* facebook -- so meta...
Philosophy Talk at 10:46am April 18
It will be broadcast on our radio affiliates sometime in the next several months -- I think this summer, but that's above my pay grade.
We'll also post it on our webpage for streaming, but only after it has been broadcast on all of our affiliates.
It was a really fun show. Thanks to Dave Boersma and all the folks at Pacific University for inviting us up. ... Read More
One of the things that made it fun was an audience full of undergraduate Philosophy Majors from all over. They were a great audience.
We'll also post it on our webpage for streaming, but only after it has been broadcast on all of our affiliates.
It was a really fun show. Thanks to Dave Boersma and all the folks at Pacific University for inviting us up. ... Read More
One of the things that made it fun was an audience full of undergraduate Philosophy Majors from all over. They were a great audience.


Philosophy Talk
John Perry invtw. on YouTube
In this interview with UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler, Stanford Philosophy Professor John Perry discusses the evolution of his thinking on the problem of identity. Topics covered also include: how a philosopher thinks and what philosophy and humor have in common. He also reflects on the utility of procrastination.
Source: www.youtube.com
"Identity" John Perry, H.W. Stuart Professor of Philosphy, Stanford University Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Professor John Perry who discusses the evolution of his thinking on the problem of identity. ...


Jayanta at 5:42pm April 15
John's impish side comes out..


Wasia at 6:01pm April 15
very interesting but honestly by the end i felt like loosing my mind :pp
Mario at 11:28pm April 15
Well, you see yourself,or a known representation of yourself.Different things,butt.


This Sunday's show - 4/12/09
There are two ways to have your desires fulfilled: you can either get what you want (if you're lucky enough) or change your desires. If we can fit our desires to what we have...


This Sunday's show - 4/5/09
“We’re just never going to catch up,” writes David Weinberger in 'Everything Is Miscellaneous'. That is, we're never going to catch up with the flood of information that is t...
Host:Philosophy Talk
Time:10:00AM Sunday, April 5th
Location:KALW 91.7 fm


Philosophy Talk
WATCH "The Very Idea of a University" episode on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGhMA2LMe KM


Philosophy Talk
Alex Gould Blogs about Money as a follow up to our show on KALW yesterday. Since this was a pledge show, specifically aimed at KALW's audience, it won't be rebroadcast on any other station. But we will post it later in the week on our website. In the meantime, check out Alex's blog entry here: http://theblog.philosophytalk.org/2009/0 3/inside-money-the-shadow-banking-system .html


Philosophy Talk This Sunday's show: The Root of All Evil? (KALW only) Sunday, March 29th at 10am Money makes the world go around. But what sort of thing is money? Bits of paper and metal? An abstract accounting tool? If money is real, how can billions disappear on the stock market? In the Bay Area listen Live from 10:00am - 11:00am on fm KALW 91.7 or stream the show live at http://www.kalw.org/listen.html


Philosophy Talk
Ken Taylor Rants against the NEH http://theblog.philosophytalk.org/2009/0 3/philosophy-talk-and-the-ignorant-neh-p anelist-a-rant.html


This Sunday's show
The Copyright Wars (KALW only) Today there is an entire generation of people who have never paid for music. From Napster to YouTube, some of our most innovative and inventiv...
Host:Philosophy Talk
Time:10:00AM Sunday, March 22nd
Location:In the Bay Area listen Live from 10:00am - 11:00am on fm KALW 91.7


This Sunday's show
Various forms of skepticism play important roles in the history of philosophy. Do we really know there are external objects? That there are other minds? That there is a dis...
Host:Philosophy Talk
Time:10:00AM Sunday, March 15th
Location:KALW or kalw.org


Sunday, March 15th at 10am Skepticism In the Bay Area listen Live from 10:00am - 11:00am on fm KALW 91.7 or stream the show on http://www.kalw.org/listen.html Various forms of skepticism play important roles in the history of philosophy. Do we really know there are external objects...
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