Dear Abbie - The Non-Advice Podcast

I would like this podcast to start a conversation with women of all ages, convictions and styles of life – wherever situated on the gamut of experience. In principle, there is no bar to men joining in, since how one defines women has a lot to do with what it means to be a man. But it is women I invite to pull up a chair at this virtual café table and put their questions and views into the conversation. Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Emerita of Philosophy, Brooklyn College of The City University of New York. She is the author of A Good Look at Evil, a Pulitzer Prize nominee, now appearing in an expanded second edition and as audiobooks. Dr. Rosenthal writes a weekly column for “Dear Abbie: The Non-Advice Column,” (www.dearabbie-nonadvice.com) where she explores the situation of women. She thinks women’s lives are highly interesting. She’s the editor of The Consolations of Philosophy: Hobbes’s Secret; Spinoza’s Way by her father, Henry M. Rosenthal. She’s written numerous articles that can be accessed at Academia.edu .

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Episoder(283)

Victories

Although never in my grownup life would I again see cheering supporters run across the green to shout the news, sometimes – even now — I win a few.

1 Apr 20227min

Forgiveness

I suppose the opposite of forgiveness is holding a grudge – waiting and watching the person who wronged you till you can get your own back. If so, I must be a very forgiving type.

30 Mar 20228min

Men!

For some years I had a brilliant friend, male, with whom I used to talk far into the night about the most sublime and transcendent matters. . . .

25 Mar 20226min

Atheism

I’m not an atheist at present, but I’ve been one. So, why did I go there and why, eventually, did I turn back?

23 Mar 20228min

Health

I have never, never trusted doctors. It is not because my current medical support team is unskillful or uncaring. Of course, earlier white-coated cohorts, still standing out in memory, were deficient ...

18 Mar 20228min

The Coat

The other day, I could not find my coat . . .

16 Mar 20226min

Guilt

If anyone wants to control us, whether we’re women or men, short of violence the quickest way to get hold of us is by the guilt we carry. If we don’t want to fall prey to the controllers, we must do s...

11 Mar 20229min

Playfulness

Playfulness is a mode of living that always seemed to me stupendously desirable – almost the acme of experience! But if we want to know what it is, that’s rather hard to pin down.

9 Mar 20226min