Transcripts for Philosophize This!

Stephen West

Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world we live in are broken down and explained.

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Episode #253 ... The Philosophy of Alan Watts - What Am I?

2026-10-27 · 36 min

Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help.  Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis  Social: Instagram...

Episode #252 ... Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut

2026-08-29 · 36 min

Today we talk about Kurt Vonnegut’s book Slaughterhouse-Five. How war stories can distort the reality of war, how trauma can fracture our experience of time and identity, and why Billy Pilgrim becomes...

Episode #251 ... You Must Change Your Life, Pt. 2 - The Worlds That Make Us

2026-08-08 · 35 min

Today we talk more about Peter Sloterdijk’s book You Must Change Your Life. We talk about Heidegger, the subject-object view of the world, how environments form us, symbolic immunity, modern cynicism,...

Episode #250 ... You Must Change Your Life. - Peter Sloterdijk

2026-07-14 · 36 min

Today we talk about half of the book You Must Change Your Life by Peter Sloterdijk. From criticism towards views of change that he thinks are far too centered on belief and moral strength, to a rework...

Episode #249 ... The Trap of Modern Cynicism - Peter Sloterdijk

2026-06-27 · 34 min

Today we talk about the book Critique of Cynical Reason by Peter Sloterdijk. Cynicism as a defense mechanism. Why the cynic isn't crazy. The way it ladders up into institutions and infects things like...

Episode #248 ... What philosophers say about lying.

2026-05-31 · 37 min

Today we talk about some of the best arguments for and against lying in the history of philosophy. Hope you love it. :) Sponsor: Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/philothis Thank you so much f...

Episode #247 ... The Failure of the Modern University - Alasdair MacIntyre

2026-05-10 · 29 min

Today we talk about some of Macintyre's later work. How he thinks philosophy isn’t optional. It’s already hiding inside everything we do. How he thinks modern universities create experts who know thei...

Episode #246 ... The Myth of the Self-Made Person - Alasdair Macintyre

2026-04-26 · 33 min

Today we talk about Macintyre's book Dependent Rational Animals. Hope you love it. :) Sponsors: Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/philothis Saily: https://www.saily.com/philothis Thank you s...

Episode #245 ... The Rival Moral Approaches of the Modern World - Alasdair Macintyre

2026-04-12 · 32 min

Today we talk about the book Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry by Alasdair Macintyre. We talk about each of the different sets of assumptions people bring to moral debates that often contain the t...

Episode #244 ... After Virtue - Alasdair MacIntyre (why moral conversations feel unsatisfying)

2026-02-11 · 37 min

Today we talk about the book After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre. We talk about his genealogy of moral discourse. The teleologies of Aristotle. The failure of the Enlightenment moral project. Our moder...

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