Beauty and the divine

Robert Wright and theologian John Thatamanil discuss the role of beauty in the “process theology” of Alfred North Whitehead.

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Dating while desi

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The case against “sensitivity readers”

Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy critique the new publishing industry practice of reviewing manuscripts for potentially offensive content.

Is three a crowd?

Robert Wright speaks with evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller about the logic and benefits of polyamorous relationships.

Is Game of Thrones the last of its kind?

Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Michael Sweeney consider whether there will ever be another show with such cultural resonance.

Fingernail clippings and other problems with bodily resurrection

B. D. McClay discusses how early Christian thinkers tried to reckon with the body and the spirit.

The boundaries of journalism

Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss the arrest of Julian Assange and the relationship between journalists and their sources.

Analytic vs. continental philosophy

Philosophers Daniel Kaufman and Crispin Sartwell discuss the divide between the two schools of philosophical thought.

Why the Israeli election didn’t really matter

Yousef Munayyer, executive director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, says that whoever the next Israeli prime minister is, the two-state solution is dead.

Lessons from the streets

Glenn Loury speaks with leaders of the Rose Street Community Center, recently featured in the documentary Charm City, about efforts to reduce violence in East Baltimore.

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Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Kate Manne (Cornell University, Down Girl)

Robert Wright and theologian John Thatamanil discuss the role of beauty in the “process theology” of Alfred North Whitehead.

Historians Bill Black and Varsha Venkatasubramanian discuss Varsha’s encounters with Hindu nationalists in the Bay Area dating scene.

Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy critique the new publishing industry practice of reviewing manuscripts for potentially offensive content.

Robert Wright speaks with evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller about the logic and benefits of polyamorous relationships.

Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Michael Sweeney consider whether there will ever be another show with such cultural resonance.

B. D. McClay discusses how early Christian thinkers tried to reckon with the body and the spirit.

Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss the arrest of Julian Assange and the relationship between journalists and their sources.

Philosophers Daniel Kaufman and Crispin Sartwell discuss the divide between the two schools of philosophical thought.

Yousef Munayyer, executive director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, says that whoever the next Israeli prime minister is, the two-state solution is dead.

Glenn Loury speaks with leaders of the Rose Street Community Center, recently featured in the documentary Charm City, about efforts to reduce violence in East Baltimore.

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