The Philosophy Guy

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.

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!

Video Games: Becoming Human

July 3rd, 2019  |  18 mins 25 secs

morality, philosophy, video games

How do video games help us become more human?

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.

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!

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).

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!

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!

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.

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!