Good Is In The Details
Gwendolyn Dolske, PhD & Rudy Salo | Philosophy & Education Podcast
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How To Navigate The Homeless Crisis With Humanity and Reason
In this episode of Good Is In The Details, Gwendolyn Dolske sits down with Karen Olson — founder and CEO emeritus of Family Promise, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping homeless…
The Good in Getting There: Thinking Critically About Your Career/Skills and The Meaning of Your Life's Work
Critical thinking, happiness, career goals, and...how we understand moving about our cities. What assumptions do we hold onto about our purpose? In this episode of Good Is In The Details, Gwendolyn…
Encore: The Philosophy of Star Wars. Eastern Wisdom, Attachment, and the Search for Happiness
What can Star Wars teach us about happiness, attachment, and the search for meaning? In this episode of Good Is In The Details, we explore the philosophy behind one of the most influential cultural…
The Slow Death of Local News and Its Impact on Critical Thinking
What happens when local journalism disappears, and how does it affect democracy, critical thinking, and informed citizens? Is local journalism disappearing, and what does that mean for democracy? In…
The Sex Recession Is Real: A Sex Coach Explains How to Find Your Way Back to Intimacy
In 1990, 55% of American adults reported having sex weekly. By 2024 that number had fallen to just 37%, and among adults aged 18–29, the share reporting no sex at all in the past year has doubled,…
Your Phone Is Watching You: Privacy, Surveillance, and the Law with Prof. Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
Every time you turn on your phone, you're building a case against yourself. You just don't know it yet. Your Ring camera. Your Google searches. Your Alexa. Your 23andMe DNA. Your fitness tracker.…
How To Be Mindful about our Brains: Brain Surgery, Free Will, and the Illusion of Mind?
What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How much of our personality is determined by brain structure? Do we truly have free will or is it an illusion created by neural processes? Will there ever be a…
Introduction to Philosophy and Critical Thinking: Bill Tomlinson on Reasoning, Paradox, and AI as a Tool for Thinking
In this episode of Good Is In The Details, hosts Gwendolyn Dolske and Rudy Salo are joined by philosopher and author Bill Tomlinson to explore the foundations of critical thinking and the practice of…
Thinking Clearly When Everything Feels Heavy: A Conversation on Media, Bias, and Context
In this special mini-episode of Good Is In The Details, hosts Gwendolyn Dolske and Rudy Salo step away from their usual expert interview format to pause and reflect on the current cultural and…
Revisiting The Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster
On this anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, Good Is In The Details revisits one of history's most consequential moments in engineering, ethics, and public trust. On January 28,…
Everyday Philosophy and Wisdom from the Aztecs
What did the Aztecs believe about ethics, virtue, and the good life? How does Aztec philosophy compare to Aristotle's ethics? And what can Aztec moral thought teach us about community,…
Socrates, Wisdom, and Thinking Critically: Philosophy for Everyday Life
Who was Socrates, and why does he still matter today? In this short episode of Good Is In The Details, Gwendolyn explore Socrates' understanding of wisdom and virtue through Plato's Apology, and why…
Arts Education, Community, and Creativity
Gwendolyn and Rudy welcome founder/president of Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center, Dr. Dermell Brunson. In this episode we focus on the importance of the arts in education, how it contributes to…
The Problem With Self-Help: Critical Psychology, Philosophy, and the Real Causes of Distress
Gwendolyn Dolske and Rudy Salo welcome Psychology Professor Dr. Bruno De Oliveira to unpack the real problems with the modern self-help industry. Why does self-help culture thrive despite offering…
Biography, History, and Philosophy: Iris Murdoch, Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, & Mary Midgley
In this solo episode of Good Is In The Details, Gwendolyn Dolske, PhD explores the lives, ideas, and philosophical impact of four remarkable twentieth-century thinkers: Iris Murdoch, Elizabeth…
Encore: The Ethics of Sexbots
Gwendolyn Dolske and Rudy Salo talk with Professor Neil McArthur (University of Manitoba) about his work on the ethics of sexbots. Are sexbots the future of human connection or a threat to it?…
Artificial Intelligence, Free Will, and Consciousness
Gwendolyn Dolske and Rudy Salo invite Physicist Samir Varma (The Science of Free Will) to discuss how AI reveals our understanding of the classical philosophical debate: Free Will vs Determinism.…
The Human Experience and AI
Gwendolyn and Rudy welcome author of Human is the New Vinyl, Micah Voraritskul. How can the metaphor of vinyl help us understand our humanity? What can humans do that leave AI underwhelming? How…
Individual Choices, Challenges, and Social Changes
Gwendolyn Dolske and Rudy Salo welcome philosophers Dr. Alex Madva and Dr. Daniel Kelly, co-authors of the book Somebody Should Do Something. Together, we explore one of social psychology's most…
Masculinity, Red Pill, & The Anger Economy
Gwendolyn Dolske and Rudy Salo explore the rise of Red Pill content, the "anger economy," and modern dating myths with guest Rafael Gomez, creator of the Women on Men podcast. We break down the…
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