CAN YOU PHIL IT?

CAN YOU PHIL IT?

By Jeanne Proust & Johnny NicholsonSociety & CulturePhilosophy
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CAN YOU PHIL IT? episodes

  • Canguilhem + Normal

    In this episode, we will explore what the word “normal” means by looking at Canguilhem’s work, and then discuss the relationship between health and disease. What is it to be, and/or to feel normal?


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    Footnotes + food for thought...

    François Broussais (1772 –1838)

    Auguste Comte (1798 – 1857)

    George Canguilhem (1904 – 1995)

    Donna Billick


    Hosted by Jeanne Proust

    Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson

    Visuals by Pedro Gomes

    33 min
  • Footnotes: Canguilhem + Normal

    In this episode, we will explore what the word “normal” means by looking at Canguilhem’s work, and then discuss the relationship between health and disease. What is it to be, and/or to feel normal?


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    Footnotes + food for thought...

    François Broussais (1772 –1838)

    Auguste Comte (1798 – 1857)

    George Canguilhem (1904 – 1995)

    Donna Billick


    Hosted by Jeanne Proust

    Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson

    Visuals by Pedro Gomes

    2 min
  • Leisure / Work

    In this episode, we will discuss various views that challenge our praising of work over leisure, and the very definition of what leisure is supposed to be.


    Footnotes + Food for thought...

    - Epicurus

    - Blaise Pascal

    - Thomas Hobbes

    - John Locke

    - Adam Smith

    - Karl Marx

    - Paul Lafargue

    - Bertrand Russel

    - Byung Chul Han


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    Hosted by Jeanne Proust

    Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson

    Visuals by Pedro Gomes

    29 min
  • Footnotes: Leisure / Work

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    Footnotes + Food for thought...

    - Epicurus

    - Blaise Pascal

    - Thomas Hobbes

    - John Locke

    - Adam Smith

    - Karl Marx

    - Paul Lafargue

    - Bertrand Russel

    - Byung Chul Han


    Hosted by Jeanne Proust

    Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson

    Visuals by Pedro Gomes

    7 min
  • Cancel + Culture

    This episode explores what has been called « cancel culture », the elements at the root of the arguments for or against online criticism, and the problematic assumptions and misunderstandings behind this ongoing debate.


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    Footnotes + Food for thought:

    - Noam Chomsky

    - JK Rowling

    - Gloria Steinem

    - Jonathan Haidt

    - George Yancy

    - Joel Jammal


    Hosted by Jeanne Proust

    Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson

    Visuals by Pedro Gomes

    38 min
  • Footnotes: Cancel + Culture

    This episode explores what has been called « cancel culture », the elements at the root of the arguments for or against online criticism, and the problematic assumptions and misunderstandings behind this ongoing debate.


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    Footnotes + Food for thought:

    - Noam Chomsky

    - JK Rowling

    - Gloria Steinem

    - Jonathan Haidt

    - George Yancy

    - Joel Jammal


    Hosted by Jeanne Proust

    Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson

    Visuals by Pedro Gomes

    3 min
  • Montaigne + Friendship

    This episode is about the definition of friendship, the possible types of friendship, and the ways our friends can deepen our understanding of ourselves.


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    Food for thought + Footnotes:

    - Friendship 

    - Plato on friendship

    - Epicurus

    - Cicero

    - Seneca

    - Plutarch

    - Michel de Montaigne

    - La Rochefoucauld

    - William James

    - Gustave Thibon


    Hosted by Jeanne Proust

    Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson

    Visuals by Pedro Gomes

    36 min
  • Footnotes: Montaigne + Friendship

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    Food for thought + Footnotes:

    - Friendship

    - Plato on friendship

    - Epicurus

    - Cicero

    - Seneca

    - Plutarch

    - Michel de Montaigne

    - La Rochefoucauld

    - William James

    - Gustave Thibon


    Hosted by Jeanne Proust

    Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson

    Visuals by Pedro Gomes

    7 min
  • Footnotes: Sartre + Love

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    Food for thought + Footnotes:

    - Jean Paul Sartre; existentialism

    - Simone de Beauvoir

    - Contingency

    - Reification

    - Albertine

    - Tristan & Isolde

    - "Everybody Loves My Baby", also known as "Everybody Loves My Baby, but My Baby Don't Love Nobody but Me", is a famous jazz song composed by Spencer Williams in 1924. Lyrics were written by Jack Palmer. - The version we site in this episode was performed by The Boswell Sisters 1932.

    Hosted by Jeanne Proust

    Produced & Scored by Johnny Nicholson

    Visuals by Pedro Gomes

    4 min
  • FYI: Footnotes

    Our 'Footnotes' explain certain references, with short biographies of authors we mention along the way, or definitions of key concepts in philosophy.


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    1 min

About CAN YOU PHIL IT?

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This is an interdisciplinary podcast which uses a philosophical lens to explore any topic: death, time, consciousness, desire, sex and gender, perception, language, truth, art and beauty, love, friendship, happiness or technology. We will critically decipher philosophical jargon and ideas to help our listeners grasp various contributions to the greatest, or the most seemingly trivial, questions of humankind.