Brenden Weber
Host of The Philosophy Guy
I'm a farm boy from Iowa turned rogue, I'm a writer with a passion for all things philosophy. Especially those philosophical concepts raised in our cultural entertainment. I have a degree in philosophy with a desire to further my philosophical understandings in hopes of maybe someday earning my PHD in the subject. I'm an outdoorsman with a love for the mountains and the wild west. I will try to turn an average conversation into a deeper philosophical chat about life. A Rick and Morty fan filled with dark humor. Don't let my monotone voice fool you– I'm enthused about the podcast.
Brenden Weber has hosted 45 Episodes.
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12 Essential Truths I've Learned About Life
August 15th, 2019 | 16 mins 16 secs
Instead of reviewing Jordan Peterson's 12 rules for life....I give you my 12 rules.
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Buddhism: Living Life with Compassion
August 8th, 2019 | 16 mins 26 secs
buddhism, philosophy, stoicism
An introduction to understanding Buddhism. This area of thought has seen a cultural trend, so this marks the first episode in various other coming related episodes.
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Gladiator: Is it Stoic?
August 5th, 2019 | 14 mins 8 secs
gladiator, philosophy, stoicism
Contemplating whether or not the iconic film, Gladiator is Stoic?
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Why the Trolley Problem is a Brilliant Question
July 22nd, 2019 | 18 mins 21 secs
philosophy, trolley problem
A response to StoryBrain's video claiming the Trolley problem is a bad question. I discuss why the trolley problem is a brilliant exercise of thinking....
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Stoicism: Escaping Mental Enslavement
July 16th, 2019 | 13 mins 25 secs
philosophy, stoicism
So today’s episode we will dive back into some Stoicism and connecting it with the mental thinking blocks we face.
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Public Leaders: The Power Structure of Echo Chambers
July 9th, 2019 | 20 mins 11 secs
philosophy, politics
Bringing in Michel Foucault's idea of power to examine how talking heads and rising talking heads fall into being on top of these echo chambers. Looking at how their knowledge leads to power and then blocks them off to alternative knowledge! Tune in!
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Video Games: Becoming Human
July 3rd, 2019 | 18 mins 25 secs
morality, philosophy, video games
How do video games help us become more human?
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Philosophy and Death
June 27th, 2019 | 14 mins 32 secs
death, ethics, meaning, philosophy, religion
In today’s episode, we will dive into the relationship between philosophy and death have. And maybe see how philosophy really comes about from our fear of death. Also, a tangent on religions relation to death.
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Blinded by Ideology
June 25th, 2019 | 18 mins 41 secs
ideas, philosophy, politics
So today, we will get slightly political. Not biased political but more so an observation. Let me know what you think!
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Bad Philosophy: Stefan Molyneux
June 3rd, 2019 | 8 mins 31 secs
bad philosophy, philosophy, stefan molyneux
Thought about doing a Stefan Molyneux book review but then I thought better of it. Check out why.....he's bad at philosophy(logic and reasoning).
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Game of Thrones: Political Violence
May 21st, 2019 | 18 mins 6 secs
game of thrones, philosophy, political philosophy, politics
Hello friends, probably my last Game of Thrones episode for a long time! Anyway, in this one, I do a short review of season 8, mainly because I think you need to know where I stand on it. But, the focus on the episode is how this final season concluded a major political theme of the show: political violence. Game of Thrones forces us to ask the political question, what are you willing to support in the name of a cause you believe in? So, in this one, I dive into that question and connect it to some thoughts about real-world political implications. Tune in!
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The Hulk: Should People Be Punished for Crimes They Can’t Remember Committing?
May 15th, 2019 | 14 mins 23 secs
hulk, justice, marvel, philosophy
Analyzing an article by Professor of Philosophy Helen BeeBee, "Should people be punished for crimes they can't remember committing?"
We bring in the help of a murderer with dementia on death row, The Hulk, and an uncontrollable drunk. Tune in!
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Avengers Endgame: Film Analysis, questions, and outcome implications
May 10th, 2019 | 14 mins 41 secs
avengers, marvel, philosophy, society
A little bit less organized in this one friends. Just thought I would get out some thoughts! Anyway, in this episode, I do a quick analysis on Avengers: Endgame and raise some questions I hope the Marvel Universe chooses to get into in their coming films! We will see.
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Understanding Free Speech and the Privilege of having an Audience
May 6th, 2019 | 20 mins 42 secs
alex jones, free speech, mill, philosophy
The recent news story about Facebook banning people such as Alex Jones and Laura Loomer had my mind working about a topic I don't like talking about—free speech. As in it's talked about so often that it becomes tiring. So I decided to contradict myself in this one and do it anyway. In this one, I discuss free speech, John Stuart Mill "On Liberty" and understanding the distinction between free speech and an audience. Tune in!