Episodes 103
Avg. Duration 1h 21m
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Apple Rating 5.0 (9)
Since Aug 2023
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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It's reasonable to care. Exploring philosophical, scientific, technological & poetic spaces beyond either/or bounds. From the heart. Deeply researched. Mostly unscripted.


Hosted by philosopher and cognitive scientist Andrea Hiott. A project with Making Ways. Buy the book Holding Paradox: The Navigational Approach to Mind and Consciousness. And join the Substack.



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#88 How Life Works Beyond Genes: the New Biology of Meaning with scientist and author Philip Ball

Jun 02, 2026 1h 25m Transcript

Send a love messageBeyond Genes, Toward Meaning & Care, But RigorouslyAndrea Hiott hosts British science writer Philip Ball (former Nature editor; trained chemist and physicist) to discuss his…

S3E87 #87 the Money Koan: towards a new philosophy of curren(t)cy and care with investor Jenna Nicholas

May 21, 2026 1h 10m Transcript

Send a love messageAndrea Hiott in conversation with investor Jenna Nicholas. Jenna discusses her book The Enlightened Bottom Line and how spirituality, love, and purpose can inform investing and…

S3E86 #86 A.A. Kostas and his WayMarkers (including Chris McCandless, C.S. Lewis, Robert Pirsig, Thomas Merton, D.T. Suzuki, & Christian mystics)

May 07, 2026 1h 40m Transcript

Send a love messageWhat Marks our Movement through life?Andrea Hiott interviews A.A. Kostas, a Singapore-based lawyer and writer who runs the Substack Way Markers, blending poetry, fiction, and…

S3E85 #85 Punk, Tech & Care: B. Scot Rousse on Being Human in the Age AI and Ambassadors of Possibility (Dreyfus, Flores, Heidegger, Kierkegaard)

Apr 27, 2026 1h 50m Transcript

Send a love messageB. Scot Rousse (“B”)'s substack, "Without Why," focuses on what it means to be alive in an age of intelligent machines. He is philosopher in residence at Topos Institute and…

S3E84 #84 There is No Average Individual: The Great Psychology Delusion with Marek McGann

Apr 17, 2026 1h 9m

Send a love messageThe Great Psychology Delusion: Why the Mean Misleads and Pluralism MattersRead the book here.This is an academic psychology-focused episode with lecturer Marek McGann, whose work…

BONUS Performance of your life: Is acting inherent to being human? Sophie Fiennes, Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod, Macbeth

Apr 10, 2026 29m Bonus

Send a love messageThis is an impromptu bonus episode previewing the NYC premiere of Sophie Fiennes’s documentary film Acting, which follows the celebrated theatre company Cheek by Jowl through their…

#83 Wisdom Gates and Serious Play: Paradox, Care and Discovery with Puzzle-Maker Jasen Robillard

Apr 07, 2026 1h 23m

Send a love message Holding Paradox Through Serious Play: Can serious play be a portal to wisdom? This is an episode about puzzles and care. Andrea has a conversation with puzzle maker Jason…

S3E82 #82 Philosophy of the Heart with Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Scilla Elworthy

Mar 27, 2026 57m Transcript

Send a love messageFacing Reality with Clear Eyes but without Desperation: Scilla Elworthy on Listening with the Heart to Transform Conflict Three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Scilla Elworthy…

S3E81 #81 Changing Minds, Metaphysics, and a Life in Analytic Philosophy with Janet Levin of USC

Mar 18, 2026 2h 4m Transcript

Send a love message Janet Levin on Physicalism, Zombies, and Changing Minds Andrea hosts philosopher Janet Levin, newly retired after 40 years at USC and the department’s first tenure-track woman…

Focusing on Care: Field Notes from Love and Philosophy

Mar 16, 2026 10m Trailer

Send a love messageLove and Philosophy Beyond Dichotomy: Way Making, Care, and a New SeasonAndrea Hiott introduces Love and Philosophy Beyond Dichotomy and reflects on how a late-2023 research…

Curiosity as a Practice and the Capacity to Connect with philosopher Perry Zurn (from the archive)

Mar 07, 2026 59m Bonus Transcript

Send a love messageFrom the archive.Giving PageAndrea introduces an archive episode of Love and Philosophy featuring Perry Zurn, provost and associate professor of philosophy at American University…

Love, Life and Logic: Another Dialectic with Hegelian scholar Karen Ng (from the archive)

Feb 17, 2026 1h 17m

Send a love message From the archive. First aired in Jan of 2025. A conversation about Hegel. Andrea talks with Karen Ng, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. The discussion…

What Relates Creates with life & computer scientist Richard Watson (from the archive)

Feb 03, 2026 1h 23m

Send a love message Love, Science, and the Dynamics of Change: From the ArchiveThis is a replay of an earlier conversation with Richard Watson (which was already an unpublished conversation we'd had…

Trust, Games and Sculpting Agency with C. Thi Nguyen (new edit from the archive)

Jan 23, 2026 1h 8m Transcript

Send a love messageTrust, Agency, and the Art of Games with C. Thi NguyenRevisting a conversation from late 2023 with philosopher C Thi Nguyen. The discussion delves into the philosophical aspects of…

S2E80 #80 Pure Consciousness with analytic philosopher Thomas Metzinger

Jan 01, 2026 1h 44m Transcript

Send a love messageAI, Suffering, Remedy and Love as the voluntary suspension of habitual responses into awareness: This episode is with philosopher and cognitive scientist Thomas Metzinger, a…

S2E79 #79 Loving to Know and Subsidiary Focal Integration with Esther Lightcap Meek

Dec 23, 2025 1h 36m Transcript

Send a love message with philosopher Esther Lightcap Meek, Professor of Philosophy emerita at Geneva College, in Western Pennsylvaniaexploring from-to fractals, Michael Polanyi, Meek's Indeterminate…

Hippocampus Love: Action at a Distance and the bridge of Memory, Part 4 with Lynn Nadel BONUS

Dec 14, 2025 1h 42m Bonus Transcript

Send a love messageMaybe memory is a way we communicate with ourselves and the world at various layers, a bridging experience of what we call time and space.In this episode, Andrea Hiott and Lynn…

#78 Holding Love & Power (Without Losing Either) with policy advisor Jamie Bristow

Dec 07, 2025 1h 30m Transcript

Send a love message Hey everybody. This podcast is about seemingly impossible combinations and this one is the doozy of love and power. It’s about the politics of care. Or love in politics. Can you…

#77 Evolving Language by Embracing Paradox with Lisa Maroski

Nov 30, 2025 1h 5m Transcript

Send a love messageThis episode, hosted by philosopher Andrea Hiott, explores the concept of embracing paradox with Lisa Maroski, author of 'Embracing Paradox, Evolving Language.' The discussion…

#76 The Care of Things: Philosophy of Maintenance & Making Things Last with Jérome Denis and David Pontille

Nov 23, 2025 1h 25m Transcript

Send a love messageRethinking Everyday Care with Jérome Denis and David PontilleIn this episode of Love and Philosophy, host Andrea explores the often overlooked but essential realm of maintenance…

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