Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast

Spencer Case talks with Eric Weiland about his book Guided by Voices, which is about advice and moral testimony, not a schizophrenia memoir.

The host and guest discuss the book 'Why It's Okay to Be a Moderate', addressing criticisms from both political sides and the underrepresentation of moderates in public discourse.

Spencer Case returns after a long gap and starts by apologizing for the break.

Spencer Case talks with Dave Baker at the University of Michigan.

Spencer Case opens by framing Israel-Palestine as a topic everyone already knows is divisive.

Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast, “Rant-a-thon 2024!

Spencer Case brings on Mark Oppenheimer, who says he has argued South African hate-speech cases and opens with the country’s post-apartheid speech framework.

Spencer Case and Dave Baker return to nuclear weapons with a focus on the hydrogen bomb, intercontinental missiles, and the politics of missile defense.

Spencer Case interviews philosopher Mike Huemer about Progressive Myths, a self-published book covering individual cases, police shootings, feminism, economics and the roots of wokeism.

Spencer Case opens by asking Mike Humer what consciousness is, and Humer answers plainly: he is a mind-body dualist, so consciousness is real and not a physical state, property, or event.

Spencer Case opens Micro-Degressions: A Philosophy Podcast’s 2024 rant-a-thon, Part 1, with Matthew Adelstein arguing that the Shrimp Welfare Project can prevent about 1,500 shrimp deaths per dollar by paying for electrical stunners.

Spencer Case and Travis Timmerman return to their conversation about death and dying.

MicroDegressions returns to Matthew Adelstein’s list of arguments for the existence of God.

Spencer Case opens the show with Matt Lutz and sets up a political conversation around the Biden administration.

The conversation opens with a guest naming his philosophical nightmare.

Spencer Case sits down with Ben Burgess to talk through socialism and the problem of judging political ideas by how they fare in practice and by how later readers use them.

Spencer Case opens by asking Jake Monaghan to define policing.

Spencer Case and Matthew Adelstein spend the episode ranking arguments for the existence of God from F tier up, using examples like the Neoplatonic proof, the nomological argument, the moral argument, and the modal ontological argument.

Spencer Case opens episode 51 of Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast by saying it is the first 2024 episode, now recorded on video for YouTube as well as audio platforms.

Spencer Case and Oliver Traldi center the conversation on Traldi’s article “Diffusing Academic Freedom,” which grew out of a Princeton postdoc, a FIRE conference in Boston, and an earlier coauthored version with Greg Conte.

Spencer Case welcomes David Cross back to MicroDegressions.

Spencer Case and Nathan Kofnes spend the episode trying to define “wokeism,” starting from the claim that the “wokeness is peaked” narrative is wrong.

Spencer Case opens Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast with Michael Huemer and Steve Kirshner on free will, says the topic was one of the most requested by listeners, and notes that the episode has visuals on YouTube.

Spencer Case opens with some new-year housekeeping, a YouTube plug, a few fan-mail notes, and the warning that his second child is due soon, so he may have to miss an episode or two.

Spencer Case and Michael Huemer return to Progressive Myths and start with feminism, the gender pay gap, and claims about sexual-assault accusations.

Spencer Case talks with Ryan W.

Spencer Case interviews Oliver Traldi about his book on political beliefs, exploring how events like the 2016 election inspired his study of political epistemology.

Spencer Case and guest Stephen Kirshner explore philosophy of law, critiquing legal realism and positivism, and apply these ideas to the Students for Fair Admissions case against Harvard and UNC.

Host Spencer Case interviews colleague Kevin Vallier on trust in liberal societies, exploring how trust functions as a moral foundation amid diversity.