Phi on New York
Gotham Philosophical Society
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Meaning in the City: Shane Epting on Urban Existentialism
How can we find meaning in city life? How can we imbue our lives with a significance that extends beyond the securing of our physical and material well being? This is the question that the…
Ross Barkan on The State of the City
Last week, Mayor Eric Adams delivered his annual State of The City address (apparently it's in a very good state), and so I thought it fitting that we take up the matter here. But rather than take a…
Does New York City have rights? Margaret Cuonzo on the Right to the City and the Rights of the City
The long wait is over! Phi on New York is back and hopefully better than ever. The aim, as always, is to bring you conversations that take a philosophical look at the issues and ideas that shape our…
Episode 6: Joseph Viteritti and the Search for the Soul of the City
Can a city have a soul? And if so, is it something solid and fixed for as long as the city survives, putting its stamp on each new generation? Or is the soul of the city a much more ephemeral thing,…
Episode 5: The Fixer is In: A conversation with Bradley Tusk
Political strategist Bradley Tusk joins the podcast to discuss his philosophy of the city, why he's opening a bookstore and funding the Gotham Book Prize, why he backed Andrew Yang for mayor, what…
Episode 4: Michael Menser and the Changing Logic of the City
Michael Menser (Brooklyn College, CUNY) joins the podcast to discuss how the logic of the city's model of development, use of space, circulation of goods and people, and over-burdened ecology are…
Episode 3: #Me Too, Scott Stringer, and the Race for Mayor
Linda Martín Alcoff joins the podcast to talk to me about the importance of taking seriously Jean Kim's allegations of sexual assault, of not rushing to condemn Scott Stringer, and how the normative…
Episode 2: Food, Hunger, and Justice
In this episode I speak with the philosopher Samantha Noll about the difference between food security, food sovereignty, and food justice while getting also getting a history lesson about food…
Elections, Engagement, and Democracy
In this episode the philosopher Alexander Guerrero talks about elections, his lottocratic alternative, and how to ensure a more responsive democratic system of government. Then Susan Lerner,…
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Phi on New York has published 9 episodes since April 2021, covering topics in Education, News.
Phi on New York is currently dormant with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 1h 3m.
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