New Persuasive Words

In this episode we talk about the role of rudeness and manners in contemporary life, inspired by a piece in the NY Times magazine.

Show Notes:

You can find the NY Times magazine piece by Rachel Cusk here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/magazine/the-age-of-rudeness.html.

You can find David Zahl's thoughts on the piece here: http://www.mbird.com/2017/02/another-week-ends-rude-saviors-happy-students-married-valentines-fifty-shades-christo-singularity-and-crashing/.

We were going to talk about the history and philosophy of science. Then the press conferences happened!

Traditionally relativism has been something that conservatives blamed on liberals. But in a new world of alternative facts is there a new relativism on the rise? We talk about this, and Bill's frustrations after doing a google search.

In this episode we discuss the concept of American Exceptionalism, in addition to rehashing Bill's recent chastisement by a Facebook Group administrator.

Show Notes:

We reference this article by Kevin Baker which appeared in the New York Times on January 21, 2017:

The most recent Supreme Court Nominee is Neil Gorsuch. Mr. Gorsuch is a respected legal scholar and intellectual whose work has focused on, among other things, natural law. He wrote a monograph on the topic which served as his doctoral thesis at Oxford. We talk a little about natural law and its role in public life.

In this episode we continue thinking about the nature of truth in a world of alternative facts.

In this episode we continue to reflect on the nature of truth, specifically the relationship between truth, lies and bull@#!$. We reference the following pieces in the podcast:

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In this episode we talk about a recent NY Times exchange about objectivity in a post-fact world. You can find the piece here.

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