Philosophy Podcasts

[Illuminaughty]

I'm new to the philosophy thing and the first things I realized when I tried to dive in was how little I knew and how massive the field was. How could you begin to have a grasp of even the most basic elements of the debates that have been going on for thousands of years? I haven't found a solution there but I did find something that was very useful- podcasts. Now that I've downloaded and subjected myself to so many of them (some of them are painfully bad too) I just wanted to share the ones I consider the top three in case people want to check them out.

1. The Partially Examined Life. Hands down the best one out there. This podcast provides a great service to newbies like myself and I really wish everyone could have the opportunity to listen to it. They try to keep the discussion understandable , they don't do a lot of name dropping, and yet they still manage to keep from totally dumbing things down.

2. NPR In Our Time Archive. This one is second. Every episode has been interesting and informative so far. I've listened to this for so many hours that my internal dialogue voice started to have an English accent one weekend. Scary actually.

3. History of Philosophy Without Gaps. This guy has a great sense of humor.

Anyone else have a podcast to suggest?

 

[Received]

Partially Examined Life is pretty amazing, and a great tribute to the idea of philosophy as a layman's activity. Their explanation of Kierkegaard's Sickness Unto Death is way up there with the pros.

 

[Paradoxum]

Do you have to pay? How do you get them in case I want to?

 

[Illuminaughty]

No just download Itunes go to store and search for the name. You can subscribe for free.

 

[Illuminaughty]

Partially Examined Life is pretty amazing, and a great tribute to the idea of philosophy as a layman's activity. Their explanation of Kierkegaard's Sickness Unto Death is way up there with the pros.

I haven't listened to that one yet. I'll have to give it a go.

 

[Davian]

Philosophy Bites. "top philosophers interviewed on bite-sized topics"

On iTunes.

I found two of yours on iTunes, and have subscribed. Thanks.

 

[Illuminaughty]

Philosophy Bites. "top philosophers interviewed on bite-sized topics"

Thanks. I will have to check it out.

 

[Illuminaughty]

The Partially Examined life is so awesome I'm thinking of donating some money to the program even though money is a little a tight.

I wish they would do an episode on Alfred North Whitehead and one on Henry Bergson though. I want to learn a little more about them. I've been intrigued by the little bits and pieces I've received in my readings so far.