The Slow Death of Local News and Its Impact on Critical Thinking
What happens when local journalism disappears, and how does it affect democracy, critical thinking, and informed citizens? Is local journalism disappearing, and what does that mean for democracy? In t...
15 Apr 41min
The Sex Recession Is Real: A Sex Coach Explains How to Find Your Way Back to Intimacy
In 1990, 55% of American adults reported having sex weekly. By 2024 that number had fallen to just 37%, and among adults aged 18–29, the share reporting no sex at all in the past year has doubled, fro...
31 Mar 27min
Your Phone Is Watching You: Privacy, Surveillance, and the Law with Prof. Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
Every time you turn on your phone, you're building a case against yourself. You just don't know it yet. Your Ring camera. Your Google searches. Your Alexa. Your 23andMe DNA. Your fitness tracker. The...
21 Mar 44min
How To Be Mindful about our Brains: Brain Surgery, Free Will, and the Illusion of Mind?
What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How much of our personality is determined by brain structure? Do we truly have free will or is it an illusion created by neural processes? Will there ever be a c...
1 Mar 58min
Introduction to Philosophy and Critical Thinking: Bill Tomlinson on Reasoning, Paradox, and AI as a Tool for Thinking
In this episode of Good Is In The Details, hosts Gwendolyn Dolske and Rudy Salo are joined by philosopher and author Bill Tomlinson to explore the foundations of critical thinking and the practice of ...
20 Feb 37min
Thinking Clearly When Everything Feels Heavy: A Conversation on Media, Bias, and Context
In this special mini-episode of Good Is In The Details, hosts Gwendolyn Dolske and Rudy Salo step away from their usual expert interview format to pause and reflect on the current cultural and politic...
2 Feb 31min
Revisiting The Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster
On this anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, Good Is In The Details revisits one of history's most consequential moments in engineering, ethics, and public trust. On January 28, 1986,...
28 Jan 40min
Everyday Philosophy and Wisdom from the Aztecs
What did the Aztecs believe about ethics, virtue, and the good life? How does Aztec philosophy compare to Aristotle's ethics? And what can Aztec moral thought teach us about community, responsibility,...
15 Jan 46min
