Philosophy After Hours

In this episode we bring on our good friend Emily to talk about masculinity. Are traditional conceptions of masculinity harmful? Should they be done away with? What is masculinity, anyway? Hear what we think.

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P.S. JP sounds a bit distant in this episode. Sorry for the technical issues. We're working it out ;)

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Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, trans. Ilse Lasch (Boston: Beacon Press, 1992), 115.

In this episode we discuss how and whether to criticize claims made by people who occupy marginalized positions in society. Is it ever ok to level critiques at people from historically oppressed and disenfranchised groups when they make claims about their oppression and what they think should be done about it? If so, how should one proceed? Hear what we think.

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Dante Alighieri, Dante's Monarchia, trans. Richard Kay (Toronto: PIMS, 1998), 70, quoted in Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition, 2nd ed. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1998), 175.

In this episode we discuss "anti-natalism". Is adoption preferable to child bearing? Is bringing a person into the world unethical? Hear what we think.

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Friedrich Nietzsche, "The Birth of Tragedy," in Basic Writings of Nietzsche, trans. Walter Kaufmann (New York: The Modern Library, 2000), 42.

In this episode* we discuss the experience of love. What is it? How does it arrive? What does it feel like? What sustains it? How is it distinct from say obsession or a mere interest in someone? Hear what we think.

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Marissa A. Ross, Wine. All the time. (New York: Plume, 2017), 1.

This week we discuss issues of race. Can black people be racist? Do all Trump supporters hate black people? When did we first realize ourselves as racialized? Hear what we think.

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Fernando Pessoa, A Little Larger than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems, ed. and trans. Richard Zenith (London: Penguin Books, 2006), 28.

In this episode we introduce you to the podcast. If you like what you hear, follow us on Patreon at patreon.com/therilkeanzoo.

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Emmanuel Levinas, Otherwise than Beyond or Beyond Essence, trans. Alphonso Lingis (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1981), 185.