250 - Norman Finkelstein: Trump, Israel, Gaza, and the Criminalization of Dissent

Nick is a software engineer at a biotech company. He studied politics, philosophy, and economics at the University of Pennsylvania. He and Robinson talk about the events that led him to abandon his deeply-held religious beliefs after a lifetime of Christianity. They also talk about moral facts, whether there are any, and whether their absence should play a role in Robinson deciding to shift toward being a vegetarian. Instagram: @robinsonerhardt TikTok: @robinsonerhardt Twitch: @robinsonerhardt YouTube (Robinson Eats): youtube.com/@robinsoneats

7 Nov 20221h 7min

Ronnie is Robinson’s father. They talk about the Elgin Marbles and also a little bit about ice cream and donuts. Instagram: @robinsonerhardt TikTok: @robinsonerhardt Twitch: @robinsonerhardt

31 Okt 20221h 19min

Ezekiel Quittner-Strom is a physician doing his residency in internal medicine at the University of Iowa. In this episode Robinson and Ezekiel eat a three-course feast of frozen food from Trader Joe’s and talk about it while they eat it, heated up and not frozen. Said talking concerned, in addition to said not-frozen frozen food, Ezekiel’s legendary perfect score on the MCAT and how he got it. Instagram: @robinsonerhardt TikTok: @robinsonerhardt Twitch: @robinsonerhardt

24 Okt 20221h 10min

Ethan Hoppe is a violinist and technical sergeant in the United States Air Force. He studied violin at Northwestern and Yale before the pandemic changed the trajectory of his career. We talk about the history of classical music, the power of listening to the same in an ancient world, memorizing the Game of Thrones theme song for a White House performance, and how visualization can be used as a tool to combat stage fright. Instagram: @robinsonerhardt TikTok: @robinsonerhardt Twitch: @robinsonerhardt

17 Okt 20221h 11min

Caroline Hudson is a facial plastic surgeon completing her fellowship in Palo Alto, California. She and Robinson discuss why an ENT (ear, nose, and throat specialist) would become a plastic surgeon, the fine (or illusory?) distinction between “meh” and “tasty,” forehead lowering surgery, the nuances of rhinoplasty, and everything you might want to know about stimulating collagen to improve the quality of your skin. They also talk about baked goods and eat them while they talk about them. Instagram: @robinsonerhardt TikTok: @robinsonerhardt Twitch: @robinsonerhardt

13 Okt 20221h 34min

David Albert and Justin Clarke-Doane are both professors of philosophy at Columbia University. While David is one of the world’s most respected philosophers of physics, Justin has staked his own claim as the authority on the intersection between mathematics and ethics. Though this episode was unfortunately plagued by some audio problems, it proved an exciting glimpse into a debate between two leading thinkers. Before a heated discussion concerning the nature of moral facts in a physical world, David, Justin, and Robinson discuss the problem of absolute vs. relative space, physics’s potential to swallow up other disciplines, and the sophisticated relationship between physics proper and the philosophy of the same. Instagram: @robinsonerhardt TikTok: @robinsonerhardt Twitch: @robinsonerhardt

10 Okt 20221h 49min

Graham Winn-Lee is Robinson’s best friend. Though that is how he likes to introduce himself, Graham is also an artist, graphic designer, and crocheting enthusiast with a lifelong passion for competitive dog grooming. This episode is exclusively about Robinson and Graham's respective post-apocalyptic fantasies and related feelings about zombies, dragons, and other pertinent creatures. Instagram: @robinsonerhardt TikTok: @robinsonerhardt Twitch: @robinsonerhardt

6 Okt 20221h 9min

Haim Gaifman is a philosopher and mathematician. He teaches at Columbia University in New York City. In this episode Haim answers two questions of Robinson’s: What is philosophy? What is mathematics? Instagram: @robinsonerhardt TikTok: @robinsonerhardt Twitch: @robinsonerhardt

3 Okt 20221h 26min