Crush #17 By now, you’ve all heard of “post-truth.” I’ve written about that here already. The term is very 2017 and early-mid 2018, i.e., it’s yesterday’s news. I’m going to give you something new: post-common […]
Philosophy, East and West
Crush #16 Philosophy, like art, always reflects what’s happening in a culture at a given time. One way to define philosophy is as a sustained meditation on the present historical moment and the questions that […]
Ayn Rand Was Right About One Thing: Envy. Podcast
Ayn Rand is one of the 20th century’s most polarizing writers and despite what you might think about her fiction and Objectivist philosophy, the fact remains she was a best selling author and a highly […]
Moments Of Decision
Crush #14 There are times when we’re called on to make a decision. I’m not talking about everyday decisions but the momentous ones, those choices that reveal who you are. We all face these moments […]
Ayn Rand Was Right About One Thing: Envy.
Crush #13 You won’t find a more polarizing writer than Ayn Rand. Typically, people who read her books either revere or despise her, and there’s little in between. There are reasons for this. She was […]
Social Media Are Making Us Antisocial
Crush #14 When Facebook came into existence my first thought was, this will be very popular among unusually narcissistic adolescents, maybe teenagers too. I was surprised to learn that people in their twenties were using […]
The Importance of Reading Books Podcast
Do you care about books? Does anyone even read books anymore? What makes books so important in a world which seems to value them less? What is the difference between reading books—e-books, audio books, whatever—or […]
Rush Crush Podcast
What is it about this highly unusual rock band that gets them nominated for the list of the greatest of all time? After a career which lasted almost 50 years, why do they belong in […]
Philosophy For Children Podcast
In this podcast Paul Fairfield asks, can you get children interested in philosophy? And if you could, would you want to? The point here isn’t to make your kids into professional philosophers. A child can come […]
Can Creative Thinking Be Taught? Podcast
In this podcast, Paul Fairfield discusses whether or not it is possible to teach creativity effectively. What role, if any, does formal education play in fostering creative thought or artistic talent? How much does creativity […]
