18: The Struggle to Define Liberalism in the 21st Century, with Jay Shapiro

Why does nothing seem to make sense, anymore? Why do all of our important words seem so slippery, and our definitions ever harder to define? What is a liberal? What really is a conservative? And what does 'liberalism' - the philosophy that undergirds the foundation of American society - actually mean today? Writer and filmmaker Jay Shapiro has spent much of his life trying to figure out society's most confounding dilemmas.

Criticizing Freedom: Food First, Philosophy Later, by Jay Shapiro

S02E17: Atheistic Search for God - Dilemma Podcast

Talking $*** About Tech, Capitalism, Culture, & Philosophy - Talking $#!t Podcast

"Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly;" - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle

Dogs' Eyes Evolve to Appeal to Humans - BBC News

Walden, by Henry David Thoreau

"God is dead." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road, by Matthew B. Crawford

After Riding With Spanish Speakers, White Commuters Favored Anti-Immigration Policies - Big Think

Chesterton's Fence: A Lesson in Second Order Thinking, by Shane Parrish

Ethics Explainer: Deontology

Ethics Explainer: Consequentialism

Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in a Free Society, by Peter McWilliams

The Actual Abortion Debate, by Jay Shapiro

Fundamental Attribution Error - Ethics Unwrapped

The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael Sandel

On Directing Film, by David Mamet

Original Position (Veil of Ignorance) - John Rawls

"Abby Singer" - Filmmaking slang for 'Second to last shot of the day'

Optimistic Nihilism - Kurzgesagt

The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World, by David Deutsch

How to Build a Dyson Sphere - Kurzgesagt

The Fermi Paradox - Wait But Why

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