Love & Philosophy
Exploring philosophical, scientific, technological & poetic spaces beyond either/or bounds. Living into the questions. Loving as knowing. Paradox as portal.
By love and philosophy we mean the people, passions, and ideas that move us, shape the trajectories of our lives, and co-create our wider landscapes.
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- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 82 minutes
- Episodes
- 76
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
#71 Dialectics, Democracy & the Phenomenology of Double Consciousness with Lucius Outlaw Jr.
This episode features esteemed philosopher Lucius Outlaw, professor emeritus of Vanderbilt University. In this thought-provoking conversation, Outlaw…
#70 Fractal Rubik's Cube & the Big Machine with futurist polymath Michael Garfield
Michael Garfield is a futurist polymath who has worked everywhere from the KU Natural History Museum to the Sante Fe Institute to Mozilla to the Lon…
#69 The philosophy of Bioregionalism with Félix de Rosen
A first person exploration of the philosophy of bioregionalism, inspired by the complexity science of Donnella Meadow, with Felix de Rosen, a landscape architect and gardener.
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#68: Loving, Knowing and Participatory Sense-making with philosopher Hanne De Jaegher
4e philosopher of cognitive science Hanne De Jaegher discusses the profound relationship between loving and knowing as intertwined processes. The fir…
Summer of 2024: Synapses of Life with Shoma Chaudhury
Andrea shares a deeply reflective conversation with renowned journalist Shoma Chaudhury. Originally recorded over a year ago for the Synapse confer…
#67: Autonomy, Autopoiesis & the Enactive Approach with philosopher Ezequiel Di Paolo
After Andrea’s introduction, Mirko Prokop talks to Ezequiel Di Paolo about the enactive approach in cognitive science and its roots in Francisco Varela’s work on biological autonom…
#66 Harmonizing the Dao with analytic philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel
This show is about harmonizing the Dao and embracing the world's weirdness at once. Our guest is Eric Schwitzgebel, an analytic philosopher and professor at the University of Cali…
#65 Play & Meaningful Uncertainty: Active Inference and the Intellectual Sweet Spot with Julian Kiverstein of Amsterdam UMC
Julian Kiverstein is a senior professor at Amsterdam Medical. He's co-authored various papers about the importance of play as it relates to predictive processing, active learning,…
#64: Complimentary Science & the Lure of Convenience with philosopher of technology Sabina Leonelli
Sabina Leonelli (hosted live here by Fotis Tsiroukis) is a philosopher of science and technology renowned for pioneering work in the philosophy of data & open science. As a p…
#63 Shaping Habits Together: life's changes and challenges with cognitive scientist Mark Michael James
Andrea in conversation with fellow cognitive scientist Mark Michael James, highlighting his journey from understanding patterns of being to shaping habits and realigning health. M…
#62: Living Philosophically and Thinking Wild with professor of technology Jessica Böhme
Jessica Böhme is a sustainability scientist, transformation researcher, and founder of the Institute for Practical Eco Philosophy. Jessica shares her journey of exploring the conne…
#61: Burning to Give Light: the delicate balance of illness and insight with former Wall Streeter Tom Morgan
The line between a psychotic break and success is not quite as clear as it once was, nor is the question of what medication, therapy, or practice is…
#60: The Dao of Complexity with theoretical physicist Jean Boulton
A heart-meets-mind discussion about complexity science and its suprising relation to Daoism, with physicist Jean Boulton. The conversation explores …
#59: Complexity Coding, Residuality Theory & the Hyperliminal: being flexible and rigid at once with architect Barry O'Reilly
(Kaufmann Neworks are Boolean: see here if you want to know more, but you don't need to know anything about them to understand this episode)
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#58: Hill Making & Lessons for Living with WIRED co-founder Kevin Kelly
Andrea sits down with Kevin Kelly, a true pioneer in the world of technology and futurism. Known for his foundational work with Whole Earth, Wired Magazine and definitive pieces li…
#57: Complexity Fatigue & the Third Entity with philosophers and neuroscientists Beck Todd, Shay Welch and Penijean Gracefire
Participatory sense-making is a term coined by Hanne De Jaegher & Ezequiel Di Paolo. Both these philosophers will be featured in upcoming episodes.
Andrea Hiott hosts Rebecca Todd, …
BONUS: A Quick Podcast about Podcast(s) with Andrea & Fotis
Andrea and Fotis (a guest host of L&P) explore the intricate world of podcasting. Fotis, returning from a previous episode and getting ready to do his second podcast for L&P, asks …
#56: Radical Incompleteness & Windows of Ritournelle with poet philosopher Bayo Akomolafe
Ritournelle is a concept created by Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari for A Thousand Plateaus (1987.) It's the main subject of 11th plateau 1837: Of the refrain. In this episode of '…
#55: How Shall we Live? with anthropologist and lineologist Tim Ingold
Life is not built by blocks but by lines woven together according to Tim Ingold, emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Aberdeen and a leading thinker in anthropol…
#54: Project Love: What We Make & How it Makes Us with service designer Clive Grinyer
"If a thing loves, it is infinite" William Blake:
In this episode of Love and Philosophy, Andrea engages with Clive Grinyer, a renowned industrial and service designer and the dir…