Podcast On Bullshit in AI September 02, 2025 Named for the famous philosophy treatise by the late Harry Frankfurt, The Truth About Bullshit podcast聽seeks to illuminate our world and the pressing issues therein by calling out 鈥榖ullshit鈥� 鈥� a misrepresentation聽of truth 鈥� in all its forms. Today's speaker is Arvind Narayanan, co-author of AI Snake Oil. Read More
Podcast On Bullshit in Politics August 15, 2025 We鈥檙e continuing our series on philosopher Harry Frankfurt鈥檚 seminal work, On Bullshit. Our discussion with Michael Patrick Lynch is on bullshit in politics, and how we might think about ways to combat it. Read More
Podcast On Harry Frankfurt July 24, 2025 Named for the famous philosophy treatise by the late Harry Frankfurt, The Truth About Bullshit podcast聽seeks to illuminate our world and the pressing issues therein by calling out 鈥榖ullshit鈥� 鈥� a misrepresentation聽of truth 鈥� in all its forms. Read More
Essay Elephant graveyards June 25, 2025 In February 2024, a study published in the Journal of Threatened Taxa reported on an intriguing finding: five corpses of Asian elephant calves had been found buried within irrigation drains of various tea plantations in northern Bengal, India. Read More
Podcast What to Expect When You鈥檙e Dead June 19, 2025 Robert Garland explores the fascinating death-related beliefs and practices of a wide range of ancient cultures and traditions鈥擬esopotamian, Egyptian, Hindu, Jewish, Zoroastrian, Etruscan, Greek, Roman, Early Christian, and Islamic. Read More
Reading List Read with Pride June 01, 2025 Celebrate Pride throughout the year with this diverse collection of books exploring LGBTQ+ issues and perspectives. Read More
Reading List Books for advancing the humanities and affirming our shared humanity May 06, 2025 According to the recent World Humanities Report, the humanities are threatened for the very reasons they are powerful. Literature, the arts, philosophy, aesthetics, history: these disciplines鈥攐nce considered vital to understanding what it means to be human鈥攔emain crucial in providing frameworks for understanding human experience, fostering ethical reasoning, countering authoritarianism, and addressing societal problems. Read More
Reading List Books for finding balance May 01, 2025 Research shows conclusively that overwork can be harmful to employees and humans at large, and yet it can be hard to find public examples of choices that support true balance, or guidance that puts health ahead of hustle. Read More
Interview Brian Bruya on A Cure for Chaos April 21, 2025 C. C. Tsai is one of Asia鈥檚 most popular cartoonists, and his graphic editions of the Chinese classics have sold more than 40 million copies in over twenty languages. In A Cure for Chaos, he uses his virtuosic artistic skill and sly humor to create an entertaining and enlightening illustrated version of key selections from the Mencius, a profoundly influential work of Chinese philosophy. Read More
On the freedom to read, speak, and exchange ideas April 14, 2025 The free and open exchange of ideas underlies intellectual inquiry and is the bedrock of a democratic society. Through engaged dialogue we refine our thinking, test our assumptions, and move closer to shared human truths. Read More
Essay Raising the dead April 04, 2025 My fascination, indeed, my love of, death began in my childhood when my mum took me to the British Museum to see the mummies. Read More
Podcast Consider the Turkey November 26, 2024 A turkey is the centerpiece of countless Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. Yet most of us know almost nothing about today鈥檚 specially bred, commercially produced birds. Read More
Essay Peter Singer on Consider the Turkey November 19, 2024 In this Q&A, Peter Singer discusses a few things consumers may want to know about factory farmed turkey heading into the holiday season. Read More
Reading List Smart books for humans on artificial intelligence September 17, 2024 AI鈥檚 involvement in everyday life is ever-evolving, with significant implications for how we work, live, and traverse fields from education to healthcare. As this powerful technology is incorporated into more services and products that we rely upon, here are some books that can help us to embrace human agency and navigate this new digital age. 聽 Read More
Essay Working and investing as an ancient Roman August 03, 2024 Encountering the Romans in the marketplace and observing how they made a living allows us to discover how they negotiated the central questions of civilization. Read More
