From What We Gathered

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Dani Nelson & Kylie Shahar

English Education Philosophy Self-Improvement Society & Culture

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Episodes 11

Avg. Duration 36m

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Apple Rating ★ 5.0 (9)

Since Jun 2025

Latest Episode Apr 2026

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About This Podcast

From What We Gathered is a podcast series that explores everyday concepts through the ideas of a variety of philosophers. Inviting the audience to join along in consideration of some of life’s perennial questions, co-hosts Dani Nelson and Kylie Shahar weigh in on these ideas from their different backgrounds. While Dani’s educational background is mostly (entirely?) of the informal, self-driven sort, she shares her understanding and vault of historical context-setting knowledge with Kylie’s conversational (so, don’t worry: unscholarly!) chit-chat, which is shaped by her formal training as a professional philosopher. If you enjoy enriching your mind with a new way of thinking about ordinary and familiar ideas, or you just want to benefit from the remnants of old wisdom (peppered with contemporary scenarios) in a lively humorous spirit, join us on From What We Gathered. Series 1 focuses on friendship as we explore one of the most fundamentally human relationships as we discuss what ties us to people outside of our immediate family. Do we need friends for a good life? What guardrails make some friendships easy and others difficult? Can we ourselves be the optimal friend?

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Recent Episodes

S2E2 The Good Life Ep. 2: Aristotle

Apr 02, 2026 36m

Do you strive for excellence? Aristotle thinks you should if you are going to achieve eudaimonia. As we cover our second Hellenistic philosopher in our discussion of The Good Life, we describe…

S2E1 The Good Life Ep 1: Cardinal Virtues and Diogenes

Mar 25, 2026 48m

Starting Series 2 where the focus is The Good Life, Dani and Kylie explain the four cardinal virtues beloved by Ancient Philosophy and introduce listeners to Diogenes, a hilarious Cynic who doesn't…

S1E9 Friendship Ep 9: Reflections

Aug 21, 2025 38m

Kylie and Dani end the Friendship series with reflections and philosophies necessarily missing in the discussion in our initial go with this format. We know there are holes left to explore and we…

S1E8 Friendship Ep 8: Marilyn Friedman

Aug 14, 2025 35m

Communitarianism is fairly new in the philosophy world. Really getting going in the 1980's by political philosophers who view social development as a group work rather than an individual…

S1E7 Friendship Ep 7: Jean-Paul Sartre

Aug 07, 2025 33m

Leap into the 20th century with us for coffee and metaphorical cigarettes as we explore the ideas and friendships of Existential philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. We'll attempt to be our most authentic…

S1E6 Friendship Ep 6: Mary Wollstonecraft

Jul 31, 2025 43m

Mary Wollstonecraft was a British philosopher and feminist who lived her life as a testament to her ideas of equality. This included an abundance of friendships with men whether society was ready…

S1E5 Friendship Ep 5: Mary Astell

Jul 24, 2025 34m

Episode 5 of From What We Gathered introduces the listeners to Mary Astell. A brilliant wit from the 17th century who is often viewed as England's first feminist. Her ideas presented women as capable…

S1E4 Friendship Ep 4: Michele de Montaigne

Jul 17, 2025 36m

Michele de Montaigne is added to the mix in Episode 4 of From What We Gathered. Montaigne gives us a perspective on why only men are capable of friendship...at least in the 16th century. To no ones'…

S1E3 Friendship Ep 3: Confucius

Jul 10, 2025 39m

From What We Gathered episode three has arrived! This round, we turn to ancient Eastern Philosophy to consider types of people who might be looking to befriend us. Confucius may have an approved…

S1E2 Friendship Episode 2: Epictetus

Jul 03, 2025 31m

On Episode 2 of From What We Gathered, we present the Stoic ideal of friendship through the teachings of Epictetus. In Stoicism, living a life of virtue means maintaining focus on wisdom, temperance,…

S1E1 Friendship Episode 1: Aristotle

Jun 27, 2025 38m

For the first series of From What We Gathered, we've picked friendship as our primary subject to massage our brains with philosophical consideration. Kicking off the whole thing is a discussion of…

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From What We Gathered has published 11 episodes since June 2025, covering topics in Education, Philosophy.

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From What We Gathered is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 36m.

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