In Other Words
Tyler Smith
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About This Podcast
In Other Words is a podcast about how we know what we know—and why it matters. The stories we inherit, the systems we trust, and the “truths” we repeat are rarely as simple as they seem. Most have been shaped, spun, and repackaged until the lines between fact and narrative blur.
This show peels back those layers. Each episode looks at the assumptions beneath our politics, history, and culture, tracing how they took shape and what they leave out.
In other words, come unlearn with us.
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The myth of us
This episode traces how national identity is engineered long before citizens ever learn to question it. Beginning with the origins of the Pledge of Allegiance as a marketing ritual, the story widens…
We teach in stories
The episode moves from developmental neuroscience to curriculum politics, showing how the United Daughters of the Confederacy helped normalize the Lost Cause through textbooks and monuments, and how…
Once reality becomes optional, so does democracy
Democracy depends on shared reality: facts that can be checked, institutions that can correct themselves, and a public willing to ask how something is known. This episode follows what happens when…
The method is all we have
This episode examines how every civilization relies on a process for deciding what counts as real. It follows the evolution of method from early systems of logic to the rise of experimentation, and…
(bonus episode) Capitalism relies on socialism to avoid collapse
When New York City elected Zohran Mamdani as mayor, conservatives warned of creeping socialism. This episode looks beyond the headlines to ask a deeper question: why do capitalist systems always turn…
Truth is not what is, but what persuades
This episode examines how truth recedes when appearance becomes the measure of influence. It follows the long history of leaders, institutions, and media systems that learned how spectacle can…
The mind doesn't need reality to feel convinced
This episode examines how belief takes shape, why certainty can endure even when the supporting evidence weakens, and how truth shifts when preference begins to guide interpretation. It looks at the…
S1E2 (bonus episode) I refuse to offer thoughts and prayers
In this episode, we examine the irony and hypocrisy surrounding the death of Charlie Kirk. We look at Utah’s politics, where Republican lawmakers have blocked gun reforms for decades. We revisit…
We don't kill philosophers anymore
This episode introduces the foundations of truth through the study of logic. We examine what makes an argument sound, how fallacies redirect a debate, and why the rules of reasoning remain essential…
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In Other Words has published 9 episodes since September 2025, covering topics in History, Philosophy.
In Other Words is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 1h 26m.
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