Have clicks, likes, and shares driven media and democracy to the point of disrepair? Sean Illing is joined by Ben... more

Sean Illing speaks with history professor Robert Zaretsky about Simone Weil, a 20th-century French writer and activist who dedicated her... more

Can we live a good life in a world where animals are factory farmed? Guest host Dylan Matthews talks with... more

Are we responsible for keeping poor people poor? Sean Illing is joined by Matt Desmond, a sociology professor at Princeton... more

The pandemic caused many to rethink our relationship to work. But how did that relationship develop in the first place?... more

What do we know — and what don't we know — about how the human mind works? Sean Illing talks... more

There are many debates within the American left, but the fundamental dispute is over the viability of the current system.... more

Will AI change what it means to be human? Sean Illing talks with essayist Meghan O'Gieblyn, author of God, Human,... more

Why don't more philosophers take psychedelic drugs seriously as a means of examining reality? Sean Illing talks with Justin Smith-Ruiu,... more

What happens when you apply the Socratic method to personal relationships? Philosopher Agnes Callard joins Sean Illing to discuss how... more