Deadbeat Philosophy
Dave Baumeister
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Everything has an end . . . including Deadbeat Philosophy
There’s a saying in German: everything has an end, except for the sausage, which has two . . . So it is with podcasts as with human beings. Everything has its end. Everything ends, sometime. Even the…
Plato vs. Kant, Aristotle vs. Nietzsche - Who’s the Greatest Philosopher?
In this first of two “year in review” episodes, Dave shares two of his favorite pieces from the past year–a pair of “philosophical smackdowns” featuring titans from the history of western philosophy.…
Stories for a Better Future (w/ Kristen Jakstis)
Kristen Jakstis is a researcher at the Institute for Landscape Planning and Ecology at the University of Stuttgart. In this episode, recorded live at the Museum Hegel-Haus, Dave and Kristen explore…
Revolution or Collapse? On Humans and Nature (w/ Andrew George)
Andrew George is an Australian environmental activist and social organizer. Dave and Andrew chat about Andrew’s life on an uninsurable floodplain, the material weight and faux-permanence of urbanized…
Halloween Special: Death and the Devil in Goethe, Dante, and Others (w/ Jacob Barto)
Jacob Barto is an expert in German literature and language, currently adjunct assistant professor of German at Bellevue College. In this Halloween-themed conversation, Dave and Jacob claw their way…
What is Philosophy?
How can philosophy be defined? Who can philosophize, and what roles do age, language, or geography play in one’s aptitude for philosophizing? When and where in planetary history did philosophy…
Audre Lorde as Philosopher (w/ Caleb Ward)
Caleb Ward is postdoc in philosophy at University of Hamburg and leader of the DFG project “Moral Opposition and Political Agency under Oppression.” Author of multiple articles and book chapters,…
A Political Ecologist Climbs Mount Kilimanjaro (w/ Sierra Deutsch)
Sierra Deutsch is an interdisciplinary political ecologist in the department of geography at the University of Zurich. Dave and Sierra chat about Euro-American academic identity, Sierra’s grueling…
Mountain Landscape with Rainbow (w/ Rob Mottram)
Rob Mottram is a scholar of modern European literature and culture, and senior lecturer in German studies at Whitman College.Rob and Dave chat about sandwiches, nostalgia, encountering computers as…
Die Freiheit der Philosophie (w/ Tatjana Schönwälder-Kuntze)
Tatjana Schönwälder-Kuntze is a philosopher based in Munich and the author of, among other books, Freiheit als Norm? Kritische Theoriebildung und der Effekt Kantischer Moralphilosophie,…
A Bipolar Manifesto (Book in Progress III)
While producing the podcast and creating bizarre philosophy-themed YouTube videos over the past months, Dave has also been working on three books in progress–“Animality and Finitude,” “On the…
Six Short Texts on Kant and the Anthropocene (Book in Progress II)
While producing the podcast and creating bizarre philosophy-themed YouTube videos over the past months, Dave has also been working on three books in progress–“Animality and Finitude,” “On the…
Animality and Finitude (Book in Progress I)
While producing the podcast and creating bizarre philosophy-themed YouTube videos over the past months, Dave has also been working on three books in progress–“Animality and Finitude,” “On the…
Ideas to Rap Your Head Around (w/ Ivo Martin)
Ivo Martin is a philosopher, educator, and musician based in Stuttgart.Dave and Ivo chat about the relative places of philosophy in the education and social systems of Germany and the USA, the…
The Poetic Disintegration of the Self (w/ Brian)
Brian is a poet and novelist based in Colorado, USA.Dave and Brian chat about writing, relating (or not relating) to previous versions of oneself, mortality, grief, memory, identity, delusion,…
Catholic Theology, Existential Philosophy (w/ Chris Anderson)
Chris Anderson is a Roman Catholic theologian, high school theology and philosophy teacher, college instructor, and pastoral minister based in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.Chris was a student of…
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI (w/ Thibaud Henin)
Thibaud Henin is a Canadian political scientist based at Concordia University in Montreal.Dave and Thibaud chat about artificial intelligence from a variety of angles. They focus on algorithms and…
Pantheism in Life, Death, and Ministry (w/ Rev. Tasha Brownfield)
Reverend Tasha Brownfield is a Pantheist, Unitarian Universalist chaplain, minister, and educator. Currently, Tasha serves as the outpatient oncology chaplain at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, senior…
The Genesis of Creativity (w/ Jim Martin)
Jim Martin is an American author, composer, musician, editor, photographer, and long-time Genesis fan living (like Dave) in Stuttgart Germany.Jim and Dave chat about ex-pat identity, about Jim’s…
On Fantasy Novels and Steampunk Mustaches (w/ Patrick Reinhardt)
Patrick Reinhardt is a book collector, publisher, illustrator, and self-defined “atavistic gentleman scholar.” Patrick and Dave chat about Patrick’s lifelong obsession with books, beginning with…
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Deadbeat Philosophy has published 31 episodes since March 2025, covering topics in Philosophy, Science.
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