Episodes 49
Avg. Duration 56m
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Since Sep 2021
Latest Episode May 2026

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How Courts Decide What Is True

May 15, 2026 1h 21m

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Is morality reducible to evolution and culture? Adam Rochussen and I discuss

Feb 24, 2026 1h 22m

Please like, share, comment, and subscribe. Thank you, as always, for reading and listening.About the AuthorJimmy Alfonso Licon is a philosophy professor at Arizona State University working on…

Will AI replace markets? A conversation with economist Pete Boettke

Feb 11, 2026 1h 24m

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Will AI crush higher education?

Dec 09, 2025 1h 20m

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Should straight people play gay characters? Kurt Blankschaen and I discuss

Dec 02, 2025 59m

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Where is AI headed? A conversation with a philosopher and an economist

Nov 24, 2025 47m

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ChatGPT is b******t. People are bullshitters.

Nov 12, 2025 48m

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#37 | Joshua Ryan Farris | Are you a brain? Are you a soul?

Aug 15, 2025 1h 11m

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You're an animal, plain and simple

Apr 07, 2025 13m

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#36 | Matt Burgess | Your speech is freer than you think

Mar 25, 2025 55m

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The invisible hand of partisan irrationality | AI Edition

Mar 10, 2025 16m

Two AI podcast hosts discuss a recent article of mine—the invisible hand of partisan irrationality—where I argue that a little acknowledged benefit of political irrationality is that people are…

#35 | Michael Beckley | The US, China, and the Danger Zone

Mar 06, 2025 59m

China is shrinking demographically and economically (relative to the United States). Some cheer this development, thinking it lowers the chance of military conflict with the United States and her…

#34 | Shawn Klein | Why Its OK to Watch Sports

Feb 28, 2025 59m

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#33 | Steven Hales | Philosophy from Left Field

Feb 07, 2025 1h 1m

Become a paid subscriber. This Substack is a labor of love, but the coffee it takes to write the Substack ain't free. Did I mention I'm a poor professor? Thanks! ☕In a world in which only the present…

#32 | Andrew M. Bailey | Bitcoin as Resistance Money

Jan 24, 2025 58m

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The Immorality of Procreation | AI Edition

Jan 03, 2025 15m

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The Dark Side of Transparency | AI Edition

Nov 21, 2024 7m

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Does a Just Society Require Just Citizens? | AI Edition

Oct 24, 2024 21m

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#31 | Peter Ryan Brookes | Voting, Censorship, and Children

Oct 01, 2024 1h

In this episode, Peter and I discuss the value and benefits of voting at the margins, the ethics and efficacy of censorship, and why having children is better and more nuanced than the debate over…

#30 | Dolores G. Morris | Suffering in Divine Silence

Sep 06, 2024 1h 2m

In this episode, Prof. Morris and I discuss the problem of evil, skeptical theism (God’s reasons are beyond our ability to understand), and how to think about suffering in a Christian context. We…

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