Back Episode Transcript: No. 110 with Chike Jeffers on the social and political philosophy of W.E.B. Du Bois

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Transcription by Maria Araújo. Thank you, Maria! Episode post here. Matt Teichman: Hello, and welcome to Elucidations, a philosophy podcast recorded at the University of Chicago. With me today is Chike Jeffers, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Dalhousie University, and he is here to discuss the social and political philosophy of W....

Transcript: Episode 131 with Greg Salmieri on egoism and altruism

Subscribe to Elucidations:       This episode transcribed by Maria Araújo. Thanks, Maria! Episode post here. Matt Teichman: Hello. Welcome to Elucidations. I’m Matt Teichman, and with me today is Greg Salmieri, a fellow at the Anthem Foundation, who teaches Philosophy at Rutgers University, and who co-edited a companion to Ayn Rand in the Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series and Foundations of a Free Society — which is out from University of Pittsburgh Press....

Episode 131: Greg Salmieri discusses egoism and altruism

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Full transcript here. This month, Greg Salmieri (University of Texas at Austin) returns for his third (!!) appearance on Elucidations, this time to talk about doing right by yourself. Click here to download Episode 131 of Elucidations. What was the last thing you did? The last thing I did was pull a shot of espresso....

Transcript: Episode 130 with Jessica Tizzard on weakness of the will

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Thanks to Maria Araújo for another excellent transcription! Episode post here. Matt Teichman: Hello and welcome to Elucidations. I’m Matt Teichman. Long Dang: And I’m Long. Matt Teichman: With us today is Jessica Tizzard, Assistant Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. And she is here to discuss weakness of the will....

Episode 130: Jessica Tizzard discusses weakness of the will

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Full transcript here. This month, Long Dang and I sit down to talk to Jessica Tizzard (University of Connecticut, Storrs) about weakness of the will. Click here to download Episode 130 of Elucidations. You’re at a party hosted by a close friend. It’s been three hours since you got there, and the evening thus far has been chock full of scintillating conversation, a fun round of Charades followed by Assassins, first rate cocktails, and a dessert to die for....

Back Episode Transcript: No. 111 with Greg Kobele on mathematical linguistics

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Episode post here. Many thanks to Maria Araújo for this transcription! Matt Teichman: Hello, and welcome to Elucidations. I’m Matt Teichman, and with me today is Greg Kobele, Professor of Computational/Experimental Approaches to Grammar, at the Institute for Linguistics at the University of Leipzig. And he’s here to discuss mathematical linguistics. Greg Kobele, welcome....

Transcript: Episode 129 with Nethanel Lipshitz on discrimination

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Episode post here. Please join me in welcoming our new transcriptionist, Maria Araújo! Matt Teichman: Hello, and welcome to Elucidations. I’m Matt Teichman. Ben Andrews: And I am Ben Andrew. Matt Teichman: Nethanel Lipshitz is Law and Philosophy Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School.1 And he’s here to discuss discrimination....

Back Episode Transcript: No. 116 with Tommy Curry on black male studies

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Episode post here. I’d like to give a warm welcome and thanks to Johanna Wiedenkeller, our new transcriptionist! Matt Teichman: Hello and welcome to Elucidations. I’m Matt Teichman, and with me today is Tommy Curry, professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, 1 and he’s here to discuss black male studies. Tommy Curry, welcome....

Episode 129: Nethanel Lipshitz discusses discrimination

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Full transcript here. This month, Ben Andrew and I are joined by Nethanel Lipshitz (Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University) to talk about discrimination. Click here to download Episode 129 of Elucidations. If someone treats me unequally—that is, if they give other people a relative advantage but not me—am I the victim of discrimination?...

Transcript: Episode 128 with Melissa Fusco on free choice permission

Subscribe to Elucidations:       Episode post here. Thanks to Caroline Wall for the transcription! Matt Teichman: Hello, and welcome to Elucidations. I’m Matt Teichman, and with me today is Melissa Fusco, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. And she is here to discuss free choice permission. Melissa Fusco, welcome. Melissa Fusco: Hi. Thanks for having me....