The Philosophy Guy
About the show
This podcast is about the many ideas in the world of philosophy, psychology, and spirituality that are popularized by our society and culture through books, movies, TV shows, and the public figures all around us.
Insightful ideas are everywhere and I'll be taking a deeper dive into those ideas presented to us in cultural and society. In working to understand those ideas, I don’t mean just understanding, instead, applying various insights to our lives. Even if you disagree with various ideas in society, there’s always something to learn from them and be applied to your everyday life. This podcast will take you on the journey into the deeper ideas of philosophy, spirituality, and psychology while giving you just a touch of helpful existential dread! Tune in.
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Episodes
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Science and the Spiritual Experience | Altered States, Higher Consciousness, Meaning, Purpose, Science, Atheism, and Spirituality
May 27th, 2020 | 22 mins 59 secs
How does science relate to meaning? How does spirituality relate to meaning? How does science view truth? How does spirituality view truth?
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Culture: The War on Your Mind
May 1st, 2020 | 23 mins 27 secs
How can we shape our culture to propagate wonder? Culture, capitalism, religion, psychedelics, and the mind.....all of this discussed. Tune in!
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The Creation of a Worldview | Beliefs, Truth, Christianity, Spirituality, and Nihilism
April 22nd, 2020 | 1 hr 21 mins
I'm joined by Tyler and Urias, which was originally a Discord chat but I found the conversation so helpful that I turned it into an episode! We discuss the creation of our worldviews, how we use spirituality to justify belief, the possibility of truth, and a possible reality of nihilism. All of this and more discussed! Let's talk theology
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Philip Goff | Consciousness
April 8th, 2020 | 1 hr 3 mins
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Pseudo-Humility | Religion, Christianity, Spirituality , Humility, and Curiosity
March 31st, 2020 | 26 mins 1 sec
Are Christians humble? What does it mean to be humble? Can we benefit from being humble and humbling ourselves?
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Cory Allen | The Astral Hustle joins the podcast to discuss mindfulness, life, and philosophy
March 12th, 2020 | 1 hr 11 mins
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Who Created God? | New Perspectives and the Content Often Missed Around this Question
February 27th, 2020 | 32 mins 37 secs
Who created God? What is God? How has the concept of God changed? Is the Universe Conscious?
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What is Consciousness? | And the Important Understandings Often Missed by Science
February 21st, 2020 | 28 mins 40 secs
What is Consciousness? And the Important Understandings Often Missed by Science
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Innerverse | Panpsychism, Materialism, Idealism, and Intelligence in Nature
February 6th, 2020 | 1 hr 23 mins
I join Chance Garton from the Innerverse podcast (check it out!). In this host-to-host discussion, we look at the flaws in the materialist worldview and consider a variety of alternative cosmologies. We also consider the epistemology or moral lessons available to us by looking at intelligence in nature, the power of the individual, the ideas of thinkers like J. Krishnamurti, and more.
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Psychedelics | Self-Development, Mental Health, Government Overlords and Morality
February 4th, 2020 | 24 mins 14 secs
Discussing our society's contradictory narratives and blind faith in institutions. Le'ts examine psychedelics, self-improvement, mental illness, government, the pharmaceutical industry and morality.
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Kevin Vallier | Polarization, Social Trust, Bias, and Politics
January 27th, 2020 | 1 hr 16 mins
Kevin Vallier is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University. He is the author of Liberal Politics and Public Faith: Beyond Separation and Must Politics Be War?: Restoring Our Trust in the Open Society. Kevin discusses the key problem for political theory in our current situation—that Americans today are far less likely to trust their institutions, and each other, than in decades past. Kevin’s focus is on how diverse people can cooperate despite their differences and why liberalism is the answer to our contemporary culture wars.
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Metaphysics | Mystery, Knowledge, Reality, and Why Am I Here?
January 23rd, 2020 | 17 mins 44 secs
Mystery, Knowledge, Reality, and Why Am I Here?
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Jordan Bates | Consciousness, Psychedelics, and the Importance of Finding Your Path
January 21st, 2020 | 53 mins 9 secs
Jordan Bates is a co-owner of the very successful website, High Existence. I recommend you check it out. He’s also the creator of Escaping the Rat Race, which is a toolkit on escaping the 9 to 5, following your bliss, and living free. He also runs the popular newsletter at Refine the Mind.
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The Myth of Morality | Morality, God, Purpose, Meaning, and the Pursuit of Understanding it all
January 16th, 2020 | 29 mins
Morality exists. And it will continue to exists. That's the reality we face. Is it subjective? Is it objective? It doesn't matter, as the story of morality will continue to provide justification, purpose, meaning, insight, and a uniting force for groups of people to live by that's the point....maybe
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Ben Burgis | Politics, Values, Human Nature, and Philosophy
January 15th, 2020 | 1 hr 14 mins
Ben Burgis is a philosophy professor at Georgia State University Perimeter College and the author of 'Give Them An Argument: Logic for the Left.' He's a regular weekly contributor to Jacobin Magazine and he does a regular weekly segment on The Michael Brooks Show called 'The Debunk.'