Tracing the Roots of the Wealth of Nations ~ Oded Galor
Wealth on planet Earth is not evenly distributed. Indeed, our country of birth predicts a huge amount of our access to food and technology. Although such differences have always existed, they have bec...
14 Jan 20231h 25min
An Economic History of Homo Sapiens ~ Oded Galor
If you take a moment to reflect on the economic condition of our species, you are likely to be puzzled over two mysteries. One is the mystery of wealth: How is it that humanity has been able to genera...
4 Jan 202343min
Holiday Highlights ~ Patricia Churchland on Free Will & Neurophilosophy
Ilari is taking some time off for Christmas and New Year. Instead of new episodes, this holiday season features some highlights from this fall's conversations. This highlight revisits episode 1, where...
1 Jan 202317min
Holiday Highlights ~ Ruth Feldman on Empathy, Xenophobia, and Gay Dads
Ilari is taking some time off for Christmas and New Year. Instead of new episodes, this holiday season features some highlights from this fall's conversations. This highlight revisits episode 3, where...
29 Des 202218min
Holiday Highlights ~ Philip Kitcher on Secular Humanism & Religion
Ilari is taking some time off for Christmas and New Year. Instead of new episodes, this holiday season features some highlights from this fall's conversations. This highlight revisits episode 2, where...
27 Des 202216min
A Cultural Biology of Sex, Love, and Monogamy ~ Helen Fisher
Why do we love? And how much does our culture shape the way we do so?In this episode, Ilari talks with Helen Fisher about the powers that drive and shape our romantic relationships. Ilari and Professo...
22 Des 20221h 37min
What Can Science Tell Us About Happiness? ~ Anna Alexandrova
In this episode, a philosopher of science from Cambridge offers us a cautiously optimistic guide to the science of happiness. Dr Anna Alexandrova, the author of A Philosophy for the Science of Well-be...
10 Des 20221h 16min
Do Dogs Feel Love & Other Questions in Animal Neuroscience ~ Gregory Berns
What is it like to be a non-human animal? Can neuroscience tell us the answer?In one of the most famous philosophy essays of the 20th century, Thomas Nagel suggested that we can never use science to k...
3 Des 202241min
