On Episode 71, Nick chats with Jennifer Jhun, Assistant Professor of

Philosophy at Duke University, as well as a fellow at the Center for the

History of Political Economy, about her historically-informed philosophy of

science research on the role idealizations play in science, both in

economics and in physics.

On Episode 70, Nick chats with historian of medicine and science, sex

researcher, mainstream writer, and (im)patient advocate, Dr. Alice Dreger

about her early investigations into the broken medical care system and the

intersex rights movement, the story behind her book, Galileo’s Middle

Finger: Heretics, Activists, and One Scholar’s Search for Justice and the

relationship between science and social justice, approaching present-day

cancel culture from a nuanced perspective, and her current efforts as

founder of the local news organization East Lansing Info to rescue local

news in her city and in America more generally.

On Episode 69, Nick chats with Dr. Maya Goldenberg, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph author of the new book, Vaccine Hesitancy: Public Trust, Expertise, and the War on Science, about how we frame and might reframe public debate about vaccines and vaccination. Maya’s argument—that at the foundation of today’s vaccine controversies is a public mistrust of science, not a public misunderstanding of science—offers an important point of view in the larger contemporary debate about vaccine hesitancy.

On Episode 68, Nick chats with Dr. Sean Valles, Associate Professor of

Philosophy at Michigan State University and author of the book, Philosophy

of Population Health: Philosophy for a New Public Health Era, about

problematic discourse surrounding COVID-19, the need for promoting a

“culture of health,” the dangers of COVID-19 hobbyism, addressing COVID-19

mental health concerns, advice for professors planning to add COVID-19

material to their classes, and looking toward a a future ethics of health

resilience post-COVID-19.