SIO233: Welp…. Joe Biden.

It’s a solo show! We’ve got a couple Tuesdays’ worth of primary results to discuss, and they aren’t good for Bernie Sanders. So why is Bernie doing so much worse than in 2016? According to Amanda Marcotte and others, it’s maybe due to sexism. I discuss that and other responses to it. I also talk about some mindset changes I’ve been having, spurred by how awful Twitter has been in this primary and also by the book Politics is for Power, that really has opened my eyes to how many ways politics is merely a hobby and why that’s not good.

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SIO232: Gregg Caruso on Free Will, Part 2

This is a part 2 of 2. We continue the discussion with Gregg Caruso! He is a professor of philosophy at SUNY Corning in New York, honorary professor of philosophy at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, and visiting researcher at the University of Aberdeen School of Law in Scotland. His latest book is Unjust Deserts: Free Will, Punishment, and Criminal Justice (forthcoming). He also debated Daniel Dennett on free will in written form on Aeon, which we highly encourage you to check out!

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SIO231: Gregg Caruso on Free Will and Moral Responsibility

This is a part 1 of 2! We’re doubling the number of philosophers on the show this week, with a fantastic guest in Gregg Caruso! He is a professor of philosophy at SUNY Corning in New York, honorary professor of philosophy at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, and visiting researcher at the University of Aberdeen School of Law in Scotland. His latest book is Unjust Deserts: Free Will, Punishment, and Criminal Justice (forthcoming).
He also debated Daniel Dennett on free will in written form on Aeon, which we highly encourage you to check out!

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SIO230: Blue No Matter Whomberg?

We had ourselves another debate and it was intense, and poorly moderated. Jamie and I break it down, and also go into the question that seemed a lot more relevant last week: would we vote for Bloomberg if he’s the candidate to face Trump in the general? Find out!

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SIO229: Means Testing, #metoo, and Bernie Bros

It’s time for listener questions! It’s been far too long so some of these are older, but they’re very worthwhile to discuss still. First up, why do we prefer means testing for Yang’s UBI but not free tuition to public universities? Then, was there no evidence that Dr. Ford ever met Kavanaugh? Should Franken be able to make a comeback? Why do daycare workers make so little? (insert heated debate about Bernie supporters…) Then finally, some questions about inner monologue!

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SIO228: Iowa, The Debate, and New Hampshire

Well we took a week off of politics and a WHOLE bunch of politics happened, so we need to do some catch-up!

***Jamie had some severe audio problems. Due to a family trip, I don’t have the ability to re-record so I figured it was better to release than not have an episode this week. Apologies for the quality issues.

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SIO227: Do You Have an Internal Monologue?

… because one of your beloved hosts of SIO does not! Needless to say, this was a mind blowing realization to that person. We talk about the extraordinary differences in human internal experience, and some of the current science and philosophy on the topic. This was really one of my favorite episodes in SIO history!

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SIO226: Ben Burgis on Logic, the Left, and Joe Rogan’s Endorsement

Ben Burgis teaches philosophy at Rutgers. He also writes for Jacobin, and delivers regular essays to his patrons, in addition to appearing on the Michael Brooks show regularly. He recently wrote a book called Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left. We discuss his book, the left in general, and the arguments over Bernie being endorsed by Joe Rogan.

***due to a number of technical issues before and during the recording, we ran out of time and the interview had to end a bit abruptly. Apologies for that!***

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SIO225: Australia on Fire, with Jake and Gregg of The Pouch Podcast

You’ve likely seen in the news that Australia is being absolutely pummeled by wildfires, well today we get to speak to two actual Australians about it! We talk about the fires, climate change, the political response, the animal loss, and more. Jake and Gregg have a new podcast about Australian politics called The Pouch Podcast, which you should check out!

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