Honest, True, or Authentic? (They're Not the Same Thing)
Honesty might be the character trait we claim to value most, but what does it actually mean to be honest, and how is that different from simply telling the truth, or "being authentic"? Philosopher Chr...
19 Aug 48min
Cults, Conspiracy Theories & Critical Thinking: The History America Didn't Teach You
What if the United States was never immune to cult thinking, but was built on it? Journalist Jane Borden joins Gwendolyn and Rudy to unpack her book Cults Like Us: Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America...
31 Juli 41min
Are You Living in an Echo Chamber? The Psychology of Misinformation & Critical Thinking | Matthew Facciani
How do echo chambers influence our beliefs? How do you know what is true on the internet? Why does misinformation spread so quickly online? What is an echo chamber, and how does confirmation bias infl...
16 Juli 50min
Rewind, Play, Repeat: Nicole Morrison on Music, Memory, Coming Out, and Memoir
The mixtape structural metaphor ushers in a philosophical lens. Because a mixtape (as every Gen X person who ever made one knows) is a curated act of autobiography. It's how you tell someone the truth...
1 Juli 40min
How To Critically Think About Career Choices: Hope for Unhappy Lawyers
Gwendolyn Dolske and Rudy Salo welcome Casey Berman: former attorney, founder of Leave Law Behind (the leading coaching program helping attorneys transition into non-legal careers), multipreneur, stra...
16 Juni 43min
How To Navigate The Homeless Crisis With Humanity and Reason
In this episode of Good Is In The Details, Gwendolyn Dolske sits down with Karen Olson — founder and CEO emeritus of Family Promise, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping homeless and...
25 Maj 40min
The Good in Getting There: Thinking Critically About Your Career/Skills and The Meaning of Your Life's Work
Critical thinking, happiness, career goals, and...how we understand moving about our cities. What assumptions do we hold onto about our purpose? In this episode of Good Is In The Details, Gwendolyn...
15 Maj 51min
Encore: The Philosophy of Star Wars. Eastern Wisdom, Attachment, and the Search for Happiness
What can Star Wars teach us about happiness, attachment, and the search for meaning? In this episode of Good Is In The Details, we explore the philosophy behind one of the most influential cultural ph...
30 Apr 47min
