Open College Podcast

Open College Podcast

Produced by Possibly Correct Media

Episodes 62
Avg. Duration 42m
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Apple Rating 4.9 (68)
Since Oct 2018
Latest Episode Dec 2025

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Dr. Stephen R.C. Hicks is a Canadian-American philosopher who teaches at Rockford University, Illinois. He has had visiting positions at Oxford University (England), Kasimir the Great University (Poland), and has lectured at universities across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He specializes in modern European philosophy and politics, and has written extensively on Kant, Marx, including his two books, Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault and Nietzsche and the Nazis.

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E63 | Open Objectivism

Dec 11, 2025 32m

In this episode of Open College, Dr. Stephen Hicks tackles one of the most defining questions inside Objectivism: Is Ayn Rand’s philosophy an open system or a closed one? Drawing from his 2023…

EP#62 | Why Sam Harris Matters

Sep 17, 2025 58m

In this episode of Open College, Stephen Hicks reflects on the significance of Sam Harris as a public intellectual, drawing from his foreword to Sam Harris: Critical Responses. Hicks explores…

EP61 | Is Religion Useful?

May 20, 2025 49m

Stephen R.C. Hicks explores whether religion is useful by shifting focus from whether it is true to why it persists despite debates over its truth. He presents tough questions for both believers and…

Open College with Dr. Stephen Hicks | EP60 | Pathological Varieties of Altruism

Feb 12, 2025 41m

Conventional wisdom holds that altruism - putting others' interests before our own - is inherently virtuous. However, research reveals a more complex reality: when individuals strongly identify with…

EP59 | Liberal Education’s Postmodern Critics

Nov 26, 2024 1h 1m

In this episode of Open College, Stephen Hicks explores the philosophical underpinnings of education by contrasting pre-modern authoritarianism, modern liberalism, and postmodern critiques. Hicks…

EP58 | Woke Postmodern Paradox

Nov 11, 2024 59m

Explores the conflict between modern liberalism, which historically championed anti-racism, anti-sexism, and individual rights, and the contemporary "Woke" movement, which paradoxically rejects…

EP57 | Does Kant Matter

Oct 21, 2024 58m

How do we educate students for jobs that do not exist yet? Education is preparation for life, and one’s work is a major component of life. Yet the data indicate that the workplace is transforming…

EP56 | Ai Entrepreneurial Education Now

Oct 03, 2024 58m

How do we educate students for jobs that do not exist yet? Education is preparation for life, and one’s work is a major component of life. Yet the data indicate that the workplace is transforming…

EP#55 | Jordan Peterson's Religion

Nov 15, 2021 1h 5m

Where do we find the meaning of life? In answering that question, we look to Professor Jordan Peterson a man with a foot in two worlds. He is a man of science, proficient in the biological bases of…

EP #54 | Socialism: Scientific or Religious?

Sep 28, 2021 58m

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EP #53 | Morality Without Gods

Aug 31, 2021 52m

In this episode Dr. Stephen Hicks addressed the philosophical question, does morality require the existence of the gods or a God, or is morality part of our human nature? Sponsored By CleanMyMac:…

EP #52 | A Conversation with Will Knowland

Aug 10, 2021 1h 11m

Will Knowland was removed from his role at the prestigious Eton College after posting a lecture on Youtube challenging the third wave modern feminist concept 'toxic masculinity'.  Knowland was sacked…

EP #51 | Would Immortality Be Worth It

Jul 27, 2021 44m

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EP #50 | Objectivity for Human Beings

Jul 05, 2021 1h 7m

Even though we humans have lots of knowledge, we do not necessarily have a good and full theory of knowledge. Yet we should not let the lack of a good theory, deny the existence of what the theory…

EP #49 | A conversation with Michael Rectenwald

Jun 16, 2021 1h 8m

Michael Rectenwald and Stephen Hicks on postmodernism, postmodern politics, the contemporary Left, and the state of education, culture, society, the media, and politics. For the video of this…

EP #48 | Schooling to Develop or Stunt Kids’ Potential?

Mar 01, 2021 31m

We say we want children to grow to be self-reliant, creative problem-solving adults. But in schooling kids, do we follow through on that? Do schools teach independence of mind and action or do…

EP #47 | The Robots Will Free Us

Jan 07, 2021 53m

The impact from the development of automation and artificial intelligence technologies will be significant and perhaps more significant than any previous technological revolutions. What are the…

EP #46 | Arachne vs. Athena - Moral Philosophy Begins

Nov 26, 2020 38m

Let me tell you a little bed time story. A story that involves humans and gods and present a human philosophical question dating back a few thousand of years ago. The story or Arachne and…

EP #45 | Slavery’s Greatest Enemies

Nov 03, 2020 48m

One the great moral achievements of history is the near-elimination of slavery. In contrast to popular narratives, west and east African kingdoms practiced slavery extensively, both for internal…

EP #44 | Ayn Rand’s Critique of Nietzsche’s Ethics

Oct 20, 2020 53m

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