Expert Interviews on the Great Books

Plato’s Guide to Virtue | Cornell’s Rachana Kamtekar

Rachana Kamtekar on Plato's Virtue Ethics

Jul 5 •

1:37:34

Why You Self-Sabotage | Rachana Kamtekar on Plato’s Moral Psychology

Listen now | Rachana Kamtekar on Plato's Moral Psychology

Jun 9 •

1:06:37

Introduction to Ancient Skepticism | Tad Brennan on Sextus Empiricus

Watch now | One Argument to End All Philosophy | Tad Brennan on Ancient Skepticism

Jun 1 •

1:40:42

How Stoics Reconcile Determinism & Free Will | Cornell's Tad Brennan

Watch now | An interview with Tad Brennan on Stoic determinism

May 24 •

56:54

Why Stoicism Doesn’t Work Without God | Tad Brennan on Stoic Ethics

Watch now | An interview with Cornell's Tad Brennan on Stoic ethics & religion.

Apr 26 •

52:08

The Slave Who Was Free | Berkeley’s AA Long on Epictetus

Listen now | An Interview with AA Long on Epictetus

Apr 11 •

1:05:07

The Case for Emotional Pacifism | Martha Nussbaum on Britten’s War Requiem

Watch now | An Interview with Martha Nussbaum

Apr 4 •

45:54

Introduction to Hellenistic Philosophy | AA Long on Stoicism, Skepticism, Epicureanism

Watch now | Interview with AA Long on Hellenistic Philosophy

Mar 28 •

1:26:26

Why Plato Hated Democracy | GRF Ferrari on the Republic

Watch now | Interview with GRF Ferrari on Plato's Republic

Mar 21 •

1:26:19

The First 80 years of AI, and What Comes Next | Oxford’s Michael Wooldridge

Watch now | Interview with Michael Wooldridge

Mar 11 •

1:26:56

Plato’s Critique of Hookup Culture | GRF Ferrari on the Phaedrus

Watch now | An Interview with Berkeley's GRF Ferrari

Feb 8 •

1:09:12

Making Sense of Christianity's Violent Past | Carlos Eire

Watch now | Companion lectures and interviews:

Feb 2 •

1:00:22

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