Bookshelves & Braincells Podcast by Nishanth Araveti

Episodes 5

Avg. Duration 18m

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Since May 2025

Latest Episode May 2025

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About This Podcast

Delving into Bioethics, philosophy of mind, Developmental Economics and more, Bookshelves and Braincells explores the philosophical grounding of the cognitive enhancement debate and offers new, interdisciplinary perspectives from the Capability Approach

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Recent Episodes

S1E2 Neuroenhancement or Neurodiversity?: Education, BCIs, and the Capability Approach

May 14, 2025 9m

What happens when brain-computer interfaces promise to revolutionize learning—but risk flattening the richness of human thought? In this episode of Bookshelves & Brains, host Nishanth Araveti…

S1E1 An Introduction to the Capability Approach

May 14, 2025 10m Trailer

What does it really mean to live a dignified life? In this premiere episode of Bookshelves & Brains, host Nishanth Araveti—philosophy and neuroscience student at CUNY—unpacks the capability…

S1E5 Health as Freedom: Decolonizing Medicine Through the Capability Approach

May 14, 2025 23m

Is surviving enough—or should health mean freedom to live well? In this episode of Bookshelves and Braincells, host Nishanth Araveti brings the capability approach to bear on one of the most urgent…

S1E4 Parks, Plazas, and Possibility: Rethinking Public Space Through Capabilities

May 14, 2025 24m

What if a sidewalk could shape your freedom? In this episode of Bookshelves and Braincells, host Nishanth Araveti reimagines New York City’s public spaces—not as passive amenities or square footage…

S1E3 Eco-Logics of Freedom: Why Justice Isn’t Just Clean Water

May 14, 2025 24m

What if clean air wasn’t just about pollution levels, and water access wasn’t just a distributional issue—but a question of freedom? In this sweeping episode of Bookshelves & Braincells, host…