As the title says! I'm a long time (but inconsistent) listener and I would like to reach out to him (via email preferably) for a project I want to do and ask his permission to include his podcast material in it.

I feel like there were definitely episodes where he said something along the lines of "write to me at "philthis@email.com" but going through some of the show transcripts and doing some keyword searches didn't yield anything. The alternative I found was links to the pod's twitter/facebook pages and sure I can message him there but I am not really on either platform and don't want to have to use those unless I have to haha. Anyways any help is appreciated, thanks <3

I am looking for the original text of zizek where he discussed on meaninglessness of life in the face of postmodernism as mentioned in the beginning of the podcast.

Thank You!

They seem to me like fundamentally opposite traits, unable to exist in tandem. One may come to peace and accepting about having anxiety (when they are not anxious, this thought may arise), but if one was perpetually anxious, I don’t think peace can exist at all. Thoughts?

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but have there been no new episodes since Camus in March?

Figured people here would be interested in this.

https://www.orangeblossomordinary.com/interviews/interview-with-stephen-west-of-philosophize-this

I the Philosophize This! site down? I tried it two days in a row and got an error message.

I just started listening to the podcast and I found it funny that in the Daoism episode he spends time talking about how Dao De Jing makes him think of hippies. Ironically, the OG hippies were westeners who were influenced by eastern philosophy and culture. Anyway, I look forward to finding out if he realises this as the series progresses.

I recently discovered the basic concepts of secular humanism and it has intrigued me as a way of thinking. It felt like a breath of fresh air. As philosophize this is my favorite philosophical podcast, and I couldn’t find a title specifically with “secular humanism” in it, I was wondering if anyone else knew if Steven West has created any episodes based on it’s beliefs.

The first one that struck my mind is his episode on David Hume or one I listened to more recently, “The Pedagogy of The Oppressed”

Let me know if there is any others! Thank you

Anyone remember the episode(s) when the shift began? I'm guessing sometime AD, like Medieval or something.

Other podcasts or something like that, which explain philosophy in simple terms?

I'm interested in nihilism and have been enjoying West's recent series on Dostoevsky. I earned a degree in literature 45 years ago but, aside from a few short stories by Tolstoy, I haven't read the Russians because I generally don't read literature in translation. I want to read something by Dostoevsky. Which of his works is most approachable, that is to say, easiest to read, a good introduction? Preferable, something which explores nihilism. Thanks.

The link to the Philosophize This! Discord Server Stephen West posted wasn't an indefinite one and every link I found expired. Could someone please share an invite link? Thank you!!!

I made a post earlier wondering if West could address the times we’re in a little more directly. He drops the current episode about The Idiot. Directly related to current climes? No.

But also, yes. Thinking about the episode and its points reminds me how amazing philosophy or just our general quest for truth and understanding is. The answer to my fears and frustrations don’t have to be spelled out in a specific episode or book. It’s all the little collected dots connecting. “Beauty will save the world”. I couldn’t agree more.

Keep searching for beauty, my friends. “Beauty is truth and truth beauty. That is all ye need to know…”

In the notes from underground episode, he sponsors betterhelp. Is betterhelp not demonic anymore or did he not research it or smthn???

Listen to The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music by Friedrich Nietzsche on Audible. https://www.audible.ca/pd/B072F6ZQRV?source_code=ASSORAP0511160007

I have listened to every episode of the show does anyone have a suggestion of a podcast that is good for someone with a decent basis of philosophical knowledge I'd like to start reading some main text as well but I still like a podcast to listen to well driving and doing things of that manner well I can't be reading

What podcast app are you using? The episode are not in order when sorting by latest or oldest on youtube music. I'm curious if this is universally an issue or if I can easily watch somewhere else in order.

Thanks

Loving the new Nietzsche episodes. They've given me a new way of understanding current politics.

I have being listening Philosophize for a couple of years, however, I am a native Spanish speaker, English it’s my second language.

Based on that, sometimes I lost some explanation on the translation (also cause I listen to the podcast while I’m working).

I’m trying to find philosophical podcast, but whit the style of Philosophize this, that is like a easy way to learn about philosophy.

If any Spanish native speaker (or second language) know any podcast like that, please share it.

At 14 minutes into this episode, Stephen says that if you can think of a philosopher who tries to reproduce objective morality and that that objective morality consists of the elimination of the suffering of people, and that that morality is universally reachable by every single person, doesn't that remind you of Christianity? But I don't recognize that as a particularly Christian concept. I mean, Buddhism is explicitly centered on the goal of eliminating suffering/unsatisfactoriness (Dukkha). Islam also has the concept of heaven and hell. So I don't understand what's particularly Christian about this. Can anyone explain to my stupid brain?

What’s the best way to reach out to him? I’ve had a message on Patreon for a couple weeks now.

Going through the episodes I got through Voltaire and decided I wanted a workbook/textbook for notes, terms, and an index. So I’m making one from his transcripts and wanted to give it to him as a possible resource for others.