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True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & InterviewsBREAKING: Judge Who Let Accused Child Rapist Walk REMOVED From Aaron Spencer Case — Trial Delayed, Evidence Missing
Major breaking news in the Aaron Spencer case out of Arkansas. Judge Barbara Elmore has been removed from the case by the Arkansas Supreme Court just two days before trial was set to begin. This marks the second time the state's highest court has had to intervene due to her conduct.Elmore is the same judge who set bond for Michael Fosler — the 67-year-old man facing 43 felony charges including rape of a minor and child pornography. Fosler walked. Three months later, he allegedly took Spencer's daughter again. Spencer killed him. And the case landed right back on El...
2026-01-2825 min
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastGood and Bad AdviceTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Eric Wiland joins Spencer to discuss his book, Guided by Voices: Moral Testimony, Advice, and Forging a 'We'. In the ensuing discussion, Eric and Spencer cover a wide range of topics, including how moral testimony can generate moral understanding, what sort of responsibility those who give advice have for the actions of those who act on it, and further lessons about standpoint epistemology and collective agency.
2026-01-271h 05
Aaron Spencer: Hero Dad on TrialFather vs. Predator: The Aaron Spencer Case & the Murder Charge Shaking Arkansas | 2025 True CrimeWhat would YOU do if a man already accused of dozens of crimes against your child came back and took her again? That’s the impossible question at the heart of the Aaron Spencer case — a story that exposes not only a horrific personal nightmare, but a justice system many say failed at every step.
In this emotional and legally complex episode of Hidden Killers, Tony Brueski and defense attorney Bob Motta walk through the events leading up to the fatal confrontation. According to reports, 67-year-old Michael Foster — already facing multiple charges involving Spencer’s 14-year-old daughter — was released o...
2026-01-0435 min
True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & InterviewsFather vs. Predator: The Aaron Spencer Case & the Murder Charge Shaking Arkansas | 2025 True CrimeWhat would YOU do if a man already accused of dozens of crimes against your child came back and took her again? That’s the impossible question at the heart of the Aaron Spencer case — a story that exposes not only a horrific personal nightmare, but a justice system many say failed at every step.
In this emotional and legally complex episode of Hidden Killers, Tony Brueski and defense attorney Bob Motta walk through the events leading up to the fatal confrontation. According to reports, 67-year-old Michael Foster — already facing multiple charges involving Spencer’s 14-year-old daughter — was released o...
2026-01-0435 min
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & CommentaryFather vs. Predator: The Aaron Spencer Case & the Murder Charge Shaking Arkansas | 2025 True CrimeWhat would YOU do if a man already accused of dozens of crimes against your child came back and took her again? That’s the impossible question at the heart of the Aaron Spencer case — a story that exposes not only a horrific personal nightmare, but a justice system many say failed at every step.
In this emotional and legally complex episode of Hidden Killers, Tony Brueski and defense attorney Bob Motta walk through the events leading up to the fatal confrontation. According to reports, 67-year-old Michael Foster — already facing multiple charges involving Spencer’s 14-year-old daughter — was released o...
2026-01-0435 min
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastAI Dangers (The Dark Side of Technology, Part 3)Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Full professor of philosophy at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and sometimes David Cross impersonator Ryan Jenkins returns to Micro-Digressions to discuss the dangers of AI. The conversation covers such matters as the AI-alignment problem and why Chat GPT can't be horny.
2025-12-041h 11
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastWhat is Hate Speech?Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Mark Oppenheimer from Brain in a Vat discusses controversies surrounding hate speech in South Africa.
2025-11-2659 min
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastPhilosophical HorrorsTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Philosophers J.P. Andrew, Mark Oppenheimer, Jason Werbeloff, Nicholas Delon, and Jason Brennan discuss their worst philosophical nightmares.
2025-10-241h 21
Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & BreakdownsIs the System Hiding Something in the Aaron Spencer Case?
Is the System Hiding Something in the Aaron Spencer Case?Why is Aaron Spencer — a father who allegedly saved his daughter from a man accused of dozens of sex crimes — the one facing murder charges?In this explosive segment, Tony Brueski and Bob Motta dig into the deeper, darker questions behind the Spencer case. Was this just a tragic legal misfire… or is something being covered up? With parallels to other controversial prosecutions and historical cases where justice systems have gone into self-protection mode, this discussion explores motive — not just Spencer’s, but the prosecution’s.Could...
2025-09-1718 min
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastOn Moderates and ExtremistsTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Marcus Arvan returns to MD to talk about his new book, Why It's Ok to be a Moderate, which you can find here:Amazon.com: Why It's OK to Be a Moderate: 9781032613864: Arvan, Marcus: Books
2025-09-161h 06
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastWhat is Wokeness?Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Nathan Cofnas joins Spencer Case to discuss the nature of the political ideology/movement known as "wokeness." Cofnas argues that wokeness follows from accepting environmental differences combined with post-Christian morality. Case partly agrees with this analysis, but places greater emphasis on moral egalitarianism than empirical egalitarianism. Both interlocutors agree that wokeness isn't going away anytime soon, despite wishful thinking to the contrary. Cofnas' newsletter can be found here:https://ncofnas.com/
2025-08-151h 22
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastConundrums of Academic FreedomTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Oliver Traldi challenges the standard conservative model of academic freedom in his article, "Defusing Academic Freedom." Link here:Defusing Academic FreedomSpencer and Oliver discuss. Topics include: does the university have a univocal purpose? Does a truth norm really justify academic freedom as it's ordinarily understood and practiced.
2025-07-2357 min
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast"You're Under Arrest!" On Ethical PolicingTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Jake Monaghan joins Spencer to discuss his new book, Ethical Policing. The discussion covers such questions as: what makes policing legitimate? What sorts of considerations undermine that legitimacy? How can police appropriately balance order and respect for individual freedom in a non-ideal world?
2025-06-221h 31
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastBetter Arguments for the Existence of GodTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Matthew Adelstein returns to Micro-Digressions to talk about the arguments for the existence of God at the top of his tier list. You can find his complete ranking of arguments for God's existence here:Arguments For God Tier-list - by Bentham's Bulldog
2025-05-191h 34
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastFree Will and Responsibility: Huemer vs. KershnarTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Mike Huemer and His Offensiveness Steve Kershnar join Spencer to discuss free will and moral responsibility.
2025-03-281h 06
The Good FightSpencer Case on Defending PatriotismEditor’s Note: This podcast was produced as part of Persuasion’s partnership with the Civil Discourse @ MIT program, at which Spencer Case spoke late last year on the topic “Does Citizenship Require Patriotism?” To learn more about Civil Discourse @ MIT, visit the program’s website here, and to see prior episodes in the series click here.
Spencer Case hosts Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast. He's the author of many academic philosophy articles and coauthor of Is Morality Real? A Debate. He is currently an assistant teaching professor in the Bowling Green State University philosophy department.
In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Sp...
2025-03-011h 00
The Good FightSpencer Case on Defending PatriotismEditor’s Note: This podcast was produced as part of Persuasion’s partnership with the Civil Discourse @ MIT program, at which Spencer Case spoke late last year on the topic “Does Citizenship Require Patriotism?” To learn more about Civil Discourse @ MIT, visit the program’s website here, and to see prior episodes in the series click here.Spencer Case hosts Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast. He's the author of many academic philosophy articles and coauthor of Is Morality Real? A Debate. He is currently an assistant teaching professor in the Bowling Green State University philosophy department. ...
2025-03-011h 01
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastNot-So-Great Arguments for the Existence of GodTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Matthew Adelstein, the prolific young writer who posts at "Bentham's Bulldog" on Substack, has recently attracted attention for a tier ranking of philosophical arguments for the existence of God. Matthew and Spencer discuss the arguments at the bottom of his list, ascending from arguments that get an "F" to one in the C tier.
2025-02-241h 32
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastThe Virtuous GamerTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Sarah Malanowski and Nicholas Baima join Spencer Case to discuss their book Why it's Ok to be a Gamer. They cover common objections to gaming, such as the claim that gaming is addictive and violent games promote violence. They also consider ways that video games can promote friendships and cultivate virtue. Finally, they debate the supposed vice of being a "tryhard."
2025-01-201h 21
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastRant-a-thon 2024! (Part 2)Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Featuring rants by Matt Lutz (on a priori knowledge and the politicization of the university) Travis Timmerman (on the film "Megalopolis") Spencer Case (on the depraved adulation of Luigi Mangione) and Ben Burgis (on the hypocrisy of "heterodox" liberals on Palestine).
2024-12-261h 31
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastRant-a-thon 2024! (Part 1)Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Featuring rants from Matthew Adelstein (on shrimp welfare), Mark Oppenheimer (on missing the golden age of universities), Craig White (on the folly and immorality of American involvement in Ukraine) David Baker (on the wrongness of peacetime conscription) and Jason Werbeloff (on common misconceptions about AI).
2024-12-211h 12
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastProgressive Myths about Sex and GenderTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Michael Huemer returns to the podcast to discuss more of the issues in his self-published book, Progressive Myths (which you can buy on Amazon for a mere $12.50). Mike and Spencer discuss the gender pay gap, the claim that women don't lie about sexual assault, and the sex-gender distinction.
2024-11-281h 13
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastProgressive MythsTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Michael Huemer returns Micro-Digressions to discuss his new self-published book, Progressive Myths, which you can purchase here for a mere $12.50:Progressive Myths: Huemer, Michael: 9798332272073: Amazon.com: BooksDiscussed here: Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and George Floyd cases, as well as some of the general patterns of police violence; the science of climate change and masking (compared with what activists say about these things), and the causes of progressive myths.
2024-10-211h 51
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastNuclear War, Part 2Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Dave Baker returns to Micro-Digressions to finish the discussion of nuclear weapons. Topics this time include the development of the hydrogen bomb, the problems with developing missile defense systems, and nuclear proliferation.
2024-09-251h 25
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastNuclear WarTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Is the possession of nuclear weapons morally justified? Was it a mistake to invent them to begin with? Dave Baker joins Spencer to discuss these and other questions about nuclear war. (Correction: Joseph Stalin died in 1953, not 1952).
2024-08-171h 32
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastCome on, man! Debating the Joe Biden presidencyTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!You may have heard that there's an election going on in the U.S. A big one in fact. This episode is a debate about the records of one of the candidates, Joe Biden. Matt Lutz, noted error theorist and Biden enthusiast, returns to the podcast to argue that Americans are insufficiently appreciative of Biden's performance on the economy and foreign policy. Spencer provides pushback on Biden's various student loan repayment schemes and immigration.Errata: The student loan repayment plan that Biden unveiled on July 18, 2024, was an expansion...
2024-07-201h 31
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastConsciousness and the selfTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Mike Huemer rejoins Spencer to discuss the nature of consciousness. They consider the reasons for thinking that consciousness can't be physical and some prominent physicalist rejoinders to dualist arguments. Here's a link to Mike's excellent "Fake Nous" substack:Fake Noûs | Michael Huemer | Substack
2024-06-181h 24
THE P.O.C. (PATTERN OF CONDUCT) PODCAST©1/9/2021 FEDERAL GROUP STALKING & MONITORING 18 U.S.C. §§2261A(1) & 2261A(2) (#S.I.I.S.)DOCUMENTATION OF THE STATE'S ONGOING CRIMINAL PATTERN OF CONDUCT WHILE I REMAIN HOMELESS SLEEPING OVERNIGHT AT THIRD PARTY FACILITATING VENUE- ONTARIO MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART LOCATED AT 225 S. EUCLID AVE., ONTARIO, CA. THIS DOCUMENTATION CAPTURES THE STATE FOLLOWING ME AS I GO TO AND FROM THIS LOCATION.
THIS DOCUMENTATION CAPTURES THE CRIMINAL FACILITATION, CRIMINAL HARASSMENT AND CRIMINALLY THREATENING CONDUCT OF THE STATE ACTING VIA STATE FACILITATING VENUES INCLUDING THE SAN BERNARDINO SUPERIOR COURT, THE CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEALS, 4TH DISTRICT, 2ND DIVISION AND THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT- EACH OF WHICH ARE DOCUMENTED UPON EN...
2024-06-042h 35THE P.O.C. (PATTERN OF CONDUCT) PODCAST©1/8/2021 FEDERAL GROUP STALKING & MONITORING 18 U.S.C. §§2261A(1) & 2261A(2) (#S.I.I.S.)DOCUMENTATION OF THE STATE'S ONGOING CRIMINAL PATTERN OF CONDUCT WHILE I REMAIN HOMELESS SLEEPING OVERNIGHT AT THIRD PARTY FACILITATING VENUE- ONTARIO MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART LOCATED AT 225 S. EUCLID AVE., ONTARIO, CA. THIS DOCUMENTATION CAPTURES THE STATE FOLLOWING ME AS I GO TO AND FROM THIS LOCATION.
THIS DOCUMENTATION CAPTURES THE CRIMINAL FACILITATION, CRIMINAL HARASSMENT AND CRIMINALLY THREATENING CONDUCT OF THE STATE ACTING VIA STATE FACILITATING VENUES INCLUDING THE SAN BERNARDINO SUPERIOR COURT, THE CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEALS, 4TH DISTRICT, 2ND DIVISION AND THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT- EACH OF WHICH ARE DOCUMENTED UPON E...
2024-06-044h 29THE P.O.C. (PATTERN OF CONDUCT) PODCAST©5/3/2020 FEDERAL GROUP STALKING & MONITORING 18 U.S.C. §§2261A(1) & 2261A(2) (#S.I.I.S.)DOCUMENTATION OF THE STATE’S ONGOING CRIMINAL PATTERN OF CONDUCT WHILE I REMAINED INSIDE OF THE PRIVATE RESIDENCE OF THIRD PARTY, TRACEE BANKS, AT THIRD PARTY FACILITATING VENUE- WOODSIDE SENIOR APARTMENTS LOCATED AT 408 W. G ST., ONTARIO, CA. THIS DOCUMENTATION CAPTURES THE GROUP STALKING AND MONITORING, CRIMINAL FACILITATION, CRIMINAL HARASSMENT AND CRIMINALLY THREATENING CONDUCT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS I REMAIN AT THIRD PARTY FACILITATING VENUE- WOODSIDE SENIOR APARTMENTS.
THIS DOCUMENTATION ALSO CAPTURES THE CRIMINAL PATTERN OF CONDUCT WHILE I REMAIN KIDNAPPED BY THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT PURSUA...
2024-06-0145 minTHE P.O.C. (PATTERN OF CONDUCT) PODCAST©KIDNAPPING BY ENTITY WITH INTENT TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE VIA FICTITIOUS PROSECUTION-THE PEOPLE v SPENCER, CASE NO. FWV19001471THE STATE'S CRIMINAL ACT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE VIA FICTITIOUS PROSECUTION - THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. ERICA LORRAINE SPENCER, FWV19001471. THE FICTITIOUS PROSECUTION IS A COOPERATIVE CRIMINAL ACT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE BY THE ENTITY THAT IS ENGAGED IN FEDERAL GROUP STALKING & MONITORING WHICH INCLUDES THE ONTARIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT (WEST VALLEY DETENTION CENTER AND GLEN HELEN REHABILITATION CENTER), THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA SUPERIOR COURT, THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE, THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THE FICTIT...
2024-06-011h 02THE P.O.C. (PATTERN OF CONDUCT) PODCAST©KIDNAPPING BY ENTITY WITH INTENT TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE VIA FICTITIOUS PROSECUTION- THE PEOPLE v SPENCER, CASE NO. MWV20000640THE STATE'S CRIMINAL ACT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE VIA FICTITIOUS PROSECUTION - THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. ERICA LORRAINE SPENCER, MWV20000640. THE FICTITIOUS PROSECUTION IS A COOPERATIVE CRIMINAL ACT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE BY THE ENTITY THAT IS ENGAGED IN FEDERAL GROUP STALKING & MONITORING WHICH INCLUDES THE ONTARIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT (WEST VALLEY DETENTION CENTER, GLEN HELEN REHABILITATION CENTER, AND CENTRAL DETENTION CENTER), THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA SUPERIOR COURT, THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE, THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT, AND TH...
2024-06-014h 24THE P.O.C. (PATTERN OF CONDUCT) PODCAST©THEFT OF PROPERTY BY ENTITY AND UNLAWFUL DENIAL OF LEGAL RELIEF- SPENCER v. BILL & WAG’S, INC., CASE CIVDS1930644THE STATE’S CRIMINAL ACT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE VIA THEFT OF PROPERTY BY ENTITY AND UNLAWFUL DENIAL OF LEGAL RELIEF- ERICA LORRAINE SPENCER v. BILL AND WAG’S, INC. , CIVDS1930644.
THEFT OF PROPERTY BY ENTITY AND THE UNLAWFUL DENIAL OF LEGAL RELIEF BY STATE- FACILITATING VENUE, THE SAN BERNARDINO SUPERIOR COURT, IS A COOPERATIVE CRIMINAL ACT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE BY THE ENTITY THAT IS ENGAGED IN FEDERAL GROUP STALKING & MONITORING WHICH INCLUDES THE ONTARIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, OFFICER J. MEZA (NO. 20302) OF THE ONTARIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, BARRY PLOTKIN (CBN 41518), JUDGE LYNN M. PONCIN (CBN 18...
2024-06-014h 08THE P.O.C. (PATTERN OF CONDUCT) PODCAST©EVASION OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY ENTITY WITH INTENT TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE- SPENCER v. THE PEOPLE, CASE NO. CIVDS1927330THE STATE'S CRIMINAL ACT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE VIA EVASION OF SERVICE OF PROCESS- ERICA LORRAINE SPENCER v. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CIVDS1927330. EVASION OF SERVICE OF PROCESS TO THE CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL IS A COOPERATIVE CRIMINAL ACT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE BY THE ENTITY THAT IS ENGAGED IN FEDERAL GROUP STALKING & MONITORING WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, JUDGE THOMAS GARZA (CBN 167014), THE SAN BERNARDINO SUPERIOR COURT, THE CALIFORNIA APPEALS COURT FOURTH DISTRICT, DIVISION 2, AND THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT. EVASION OF SERVICE OF PROCESS IS THE STATE’S METHOD OF INSULATING THE ENTITY FROM EXP...
2024-06-012h 07
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastDeath and Immortality (Thinking About Death Part 2)Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Come for Spencer's funeral home jokes; stay for the unanticipated discussion of the movie Her. Travis Timmerman and Spencer Case resume their discussion about death. This time they talk about annihilationism, the idea that being annihilated is an intrinsically bad thing for the annihilated person, as well as popular arguments that immortality would be a bad thing for creatures like us.
2024-05-221h 20
Zone of RiskDelay, Delay, Delay: Case No. 23-CR-80101-CANNONRobert had the pleasure of sitting down with the estimable Roger Parloff to discuss the unending delays in the classified documents case against the former president. Roger and Robert also talked about the latest in the Manhattan case against defendant Trump.Roger is an award-winning journalist and a senior editor of Lawfare. He has his fingers on the pulse of the classified documents case and he, along with the rest of the team at Lawfare, have a series of ongoing episodes called Trump’s Trials and Tribulations. In the N.Y. Dispatch episodes, Lawfare covers the day-to-day ha...
2024-05-2044 min
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastThinking about MarxismTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Ben Burgis rejoins Spencer to defend Marx's record.
2024-04-291h 19
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastDebating Israel/PalestineTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!This episode tackles one of the most controversial topics of the day (really, most days over the last several decades): Israel/Palestine. Craig White, a former diplomat and the author of Iraq: The Moral Reckoning, and Mark Oppenheimer of Brain in a Vat podcast fame join Spencer to discuss the issue.
2024-03-311h 36
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastIs it Ok to Own a Gun?Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Ryan W. Davis, a philosophy professor at Brigham Young University, joins Spencer Case to discuss the ethics and politics of gun ownership in the US. Check out his new book, Why it's OK to Own a Gun (Routledge, 2024).
2024-02-241h 14
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastThinking about Death, Part 1Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!What is death? Does fear of death affect our everyday lives? And will your death harm you or not? Travis Timmerman, associate professor at Seton Hall University, joins Spencer to discuss these and other questions. Timmerman is coeditor, along with Michael Cholbi, of a fine anthology on the philosophy of death, Exploring the Philosophy of Death and Dying. Purchase your copy here:https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Philosophy-Death-Dying-Contemporary/dp/1138393584/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15H1NSANTN5NL&keywords=exploring+the+philosophy+of+death+and+dying&qid=1706235275&sprefix=%2Caps%2C656&sr=8-1
2024-01-251h 32
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastRant-a-Thon 2023Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!It's the end of the year again and time to rant! This year's collection of rants includes:Jarrod Blair on bad habits that crush the philosophical spiritMatthew Adelstein on the stupidity and depravity of Effective Altruism criticsMatt Lutz on possible world confusionsMark Oppenheimer on the Israel-Gaza warOliver Traldi on the university presidents' testimony to CongressJP Andrew on naturalism as a dogma in philosophySpencer Case on scientific dogmatismJason Werbeloff on moralizing vegetariansAlex Byrne on social constructionLinks:Virtue Vibes Podcast:https://www.virtuevibes.org/
2023-12-202h 14
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastPolitical Beliefs (with Oliver Traldi)Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Oliver Traldi rejoins Spencer Case to discuss the nature of political beliefs. Topics they cover include the bad incentives that influence political beliefs, how political beliefs should be defined, and the need for (and possibility of) politically neutral language in which to discuss political issues.
2023-11-191h 09
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastDiscriminating for the Greater Good Part 2: Law and Affirmative ActionTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!His Offensiveness Stephen Kershnar returns to the podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about the philosophy of law. This leads to a discussion of the Students For Fair Admissions (SFFA) Supreme Court Case. Music: "Sweet, Man" by Jeremy Mohney. Available for download $1 here: https://jeremymohneymusic.bandcamp.com/
2023-10-301h 30
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastTrust and the liberal orderTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Kevin Vallier joins Spencer Case to talk about social trust and the role it plays in the psychological and moral foundations of liberal societies.
2023-09-291h 11
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastGender, Pronouns and Linguistic NegotiationTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Alex Byrne discusses the controversy around his article on pronouns in the Journal of Controversial Ideas. Byrne and Matt Lutz debate the meaning of the word 'woman.' Alex's view is that women are adult human females, whereas Matt thinks that the word is ambiguous between that traditional definition and a trans-inclusive meaning. We can be tolerant and accept both are legitimate meanings of the word. The conversation eventually comes to focus on the idea that the meanings of words are outcomes of social negotiations of various kinds. Spencer concludes t...
2023-08-071h 20
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastAmerican PatriotismTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Commentator Charles "Concealed Weapon" Cooke joins Spencer to discuss American identity and patriotism.
2023-07-011h 23
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastWokeness in Science: Critiquing a critiqueTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!MIT philosophy professor Alex Byrne and podcast regular Matt Lutz join Spencer to discuss an article that recently appeared in the Journal of Controversial Ideas entitled "A Defense of Merit in Science." The article, which was written by 27 co-authors, including many social scientists, alleges that the "liberal epistemology" that underlies science is under threat by the institutionalized influence of identity-based ideologies. (The article doesn't use the term "wokeness", but the left identitarian ideologies whose influence it critiques can plausibly be called "woke.") The three conversation partners consider the strengths and w...
2023-06-091h 14
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastThought experiments (Special Brain in a Vat co-production)Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Mark Oppenheimer and Jason Werbeloff of Brain in a Vat join Spencer to discuss one of their favorite subjects: thought experiments.
2023-05-221h 15
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastSikh Metaphysics and EthicsTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Keshav Singh joins Spencer to discuss Sikh religion and philosophy. ("Sikh" is pronounced with the short 'i' sound, and not like "seek"). They cover they history and basic tenets of the Sikh faith, its idea of divinity, and the Sikh idea that "haumai", meaning roughly obsession with oneself, is the root of all human evil. Keshav's personal webpage is here: https://www.keshavsingh.com/
2023-04-211h 11
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastCreating Future PeopleTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Johnny the Anomaly joins Spencer Case to argue that the potential benefits of genetic enhancement outweigh the risks (Spencer is skeptical).The electronic version of Anomaly's book, Creating Future People: The Ethics of Genetic Enhancement can be downloaded free at Amazon for Kindle or here:https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003014805/creating-future-people-jonathan-anomaly?_gl=1*1ui59as*_ga*MjA2NDM2ODk5NS4xNjcxNzM5MTQ4*_ga_0HYE8YG0M6*MTY4MDE0OTA5My44LjAuMTY4MDE0OTA5My4wLjAuMA..
2023-03-301h 37
Bowl After BowlEpisode 227 ★ A Case of Della VALUE FOR VALUE Thank you to the Bowl After Bowl Episode 227 Producers: cbrooklyn112, bruno221pr221, Kyrin, harvhat, HeyCitizen, Boolysteed, Boo-Bury, phifer, SeeDubs Check out our Bowls With Buds ft. Dave Jones which happened LIVE Sunday after No Agenda. TOMORROW we'll be on ABS 'n a 6-Pack for Dreams III with SirSeatSitter. Come back FRIDAY for a Boo-Bury Bowls With Buds. INTRO/OUTRO: Stereon - Diamonds (Music Side Project) ON CHAIN, OFF CHAIN, COCAINE, SHITSTAIN Cash App Bitcoin revenue Q4 (Bitcoin Magazine) BTCPayServer server...
2023-03-012h 19
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastUnreasonable Doubt: Rejecting SkepticismTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Mike Huemer joins Spencer Case for a wide-ranging discussion about epistemology. Mike argues that you should trust the experts rather than relying on your own "critical thinking"; Spencer's not so sure. They also discuss two strategies for rejecting the Brain-in-a-Vat argument for external world skepticism. Music: "April Kisses" by Eddie Lang (1929), www.openaccessmusic.org
2023-02-251h 33
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastThe Dark Side of Technology, Part 2Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Ryan Jenkins, professor of philosophy at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, rejoins Spencer for the first time since the inaugural episode of Micro-Digressions to resume the conversation about how technology can make our lives worse. The topics discussed include anti-Covid measures, government and corporate surveillance, content moderation on social media, and (taking a page from Oliver Burkeman's Four Thousand Weeks), the ways in which technology encourages us to instrumentalize our everyday experiences.
2023-01-281h 10
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastRant-a-thon spectacular (2022)Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Featuring: Mark Oppenheimer and Jason Werbeloff from the Brain in the Vat podcast ranting against each other, Perry Hendericks on biased refereeing, Bob Pasnau on contemporary philosophy versus history of philosophy, Matt Lutz on probability and China's zero Covid meltdown, Mike Burke on woke enablers, Spencer Case on why moral extremism is bad, and Oliver Traldi on conceptual engineering.
2022-12-251h 35
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastBlack Friday Special episode: Famine, Affluence and Morality, Part 2Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Jim Skidmore joins Spencer to continue the discussion of Singer's argument in "Famine, Affluence, and Morality."
2022-12-091h 08
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastBlack Friday Special episode: Famine, Affluence and Morality, Part 1Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!The first of a two-part series on Peter Singer's famous argument that we must give our expendable income to highly effective charities. This episode features guest Travis Timmerman of Seton Hall University. (Note: Jim Skidmore participated in the first part of this conversation, but his audio wasn't useable due to technical difficulties. That explains a few references to a third participant. Skidmore will appear in part 2).
2022-12-011h 12
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastRealism, idealism, and the War in UkraineTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Philippe Lemoine returns to Micro-Digressions to talk about the difference between realism and idealism in foreign policy thinking, and why he thinks excessive idealism led to the ongoing Russo-Ukraine war.
2022-10-271h 53
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastSelf-Contempt and the Decline of CivilizationsTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Benedict Beckeld joins Spencer Case to talk about his new book Western Self-Contempt: Oikophobia in the Decline of Civilizations. They discuss the phenomenon of oikophobia, which is roughly contempt for one's home country or culture, the decline of philosophy of history, and other topics.
2022-09-171h 17
Cult Liter with Spencer HenrySatanic Panic: Thurston County Ritual Abuse CaseHello Cult Babes! This week we’re back with another story from the Satanic Panic era which is infamously known as the Thurston County Ritual Abuse Case. In 1988 a Sheriff from Olympia, WA was accused of some pretty heinous crimes, but it was who was making the claims that caused a media frenzy. Write me: spencer@cultliter.comSpencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807 Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcastJoin our patreon: Patreon.com/cu...
2022-09-1343 min
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastParenting and PhilosophyTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Big news: Spencer is a father! Jessica Flanigan, mother of four and philosopher, is this episode's guest. The topics they cover include: what are babies' minds like? Do we have good reasons to become parents (or to avoid becoming parents)? Do we have any special duties toward our offspring? Special appearance by new mother Han Ruimei, Spencer's wife. The picture is of their son, Elijah Han Case (Han Yilai).
2022-08-211h 20
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastIs everything becoming political? (Remastered)Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!This first recorded episode of Micro-Digressions has been re-edited for improved sound quality and flow. Justin Kalef and Spencer Case discuss their worries about hyper-politicization, and together develop a case that society requires politically neutral ground.
2022-08-031h 04
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastLet's talk about SocialismTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Ben Burgis joins Spencer to discuss G.A. Cohen's defense of socialism, and objections to it. They also discuss the difference between Marxism and utopian socialism, different conceptions of political freedom, and other topics.
2022-07-181h 43
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastThe University DisasterTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Jason Brennan joins Spencer to discuss the many problems that afflict the university as an institution, all of which stem from bad incentives. They also discuss the psychology of extremism and bad faith engagement. This intro and outro music is "Eddie's Twister" by Eddie Lang (1927).
2022-06-111h 26
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastSPECIAL EPISODE: Moral ExpertsTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!This episode is a companion to the recent moral experts roundtable article in Quillette. Oliver Traldi rejoins Spencer, along with first-time guests Bo Winegard and Geoffrey Miller, to discuss the philosophical and social problems of moral expertise. Over the course of the episode, they touch on the concept of expertise, the moral realism/anti-realism debate, and the extent to which values do (and should) influence scientific research.
2022-05-191h 51
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastThe Problem of Induction and the Uniformity of NatureTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Matt Lutz returns to the podcast to explain his (in his opinion, very neglected) solution to the "counter-induction parody" argument, which is used to bolster Hume's notorious argument for inductive skepticism. Spencer makes a big personal announcement.
2022-04-211h 31
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastHypocrisy and Bad IntentionsTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!What's so bad about hypocrisy? What difference does an agent's intentions make to the morality of his or her action? Craig White joins Spencer Case to discuss these questions, and to register his objections to the unrealistic thought experiments that some moral philosophers deploy.
2022-03-151h 27
THE P.O.C. (PATTERN OF CONDUCT)KIDNAPPING BY ENTITY WITH INTENT TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE VIA FICTITIOUS PROSECUTION: THE PEOPLE v SPENCER, CASE NO. MWV20000640THE STATE'S CRIMINAL ACT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE VIA FICTITIOUS PROSECUTION - THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. ERICA LORRAINE SPENCER, MWV20000640. THE FICTITIOUS PROSECUTION IS A COOPERATIVE CRIMINAL ACT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE BY THE ENTITY THAT IS ENGAGED IN FEDERAL GROUP STALKING & MONITORING WHICH INCLUDES THE ONTARIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT (WEST VALLEY DETENTION CENTER, GLEN HELEN REHABILITATION CENTER, AND CENTRAL DETENTION CENTER), THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA SUPERIOR COURT, THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE, THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT, AND TH...
2022-02-264h 24
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastWhy Philosophy?Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Mark Oppenheimer and Jason Werbeloff, the two South African hosts of the irreverent and fearless Brain in a Vat podcast, join Spencer to discuss the uses of philosophy its role in a flourishing human life. Along the way, they also discuss the permissibility of outsourcing your religious duties to an AI and other surprising topics.
2022-02-201h 20THE P.O.C. (PATTERN OF CONDUCT)KIDNAPPING BY ENTITY WITH INTENT TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE VIA FICTITIOUS PROSECUTION: THE PEOPLE v SPENCER, CASE NO. FWV19001471THE STATE'S CRIMINAL ACT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE VIA FICTITIOUS PROSECUTION - THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. ERICA LORRAINE SPENCER, FWV19001471. THE FICTITIOUS PROSECUTION IS A COOPERATIVE CRIMINAL ACT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE BY THE ENTITY THAT IS ENGAGED IN FEDERAL GROUP STALKING & MONITORING WHICH INCLUDES THE ONTARIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT (WEST VALLEY DETENTION CENTER AND GLEN HELEN REHABILITATION CENTER), THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA SUPERIOR COURT, THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE, THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THE FICTITIOUS PROSEC...
2022-01-261h 02
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastKilling in WarTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Jeff McMahan, White's professor of philosophy at Oxford University and author of Killing in War and other books, joins Spencer to talk about the ethics of participating in wars and other topics.
2022-01-261h 31THE P.O.C. (PATTERN OF CONDUCT)EVASION OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY ENTITY WITH INTENT TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE: SPENCER v. THE PEOPLE, CASE NO. CIVDS1927330THE STATE'S CRIMINAL ACT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE VIA EVASION OF SERVICE OF PROCESS- ERICA LORRAINE SPENCER v. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CIVDS1927330. EVASION OF SERVICE OF PROCESS TO THE CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL IS A COOPERATIVE CRIMINAL ACT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE BY THE ENTITY THAT IS ENGAGED IN FEDERAL GROUP STALKING & MONITORING WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, JUDGE THOMAS GARZA (CBN 167014), THE SAN BERNARDINO SUPERIOR COURT, THE CALIFORNIA APPEALS COURT FOURTH DISTRICT, DIVISION 2, AND THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT. EVASION OF SERVICE OF PROCESS IS THE STATE’S METHOD OF INSULATING THE ENTITY FROM EXP...
2022-01-112h 07THE P.O.C. (PATTERN OF CONDUCT)THEFT OF PROPERTY BY ENTITY AND UNLAWFUL DENIAL OF LEGAL RELIEF- SPENCER v. BILL & WAG’S, INC., CASE CIVDS1930644THE STATE’S CRIMINAL ACT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE VIA THEFT OF PROPERTY BY ENTITY AND UNLAWFUL DENIAL OF LEGAL RELIEF- ERICA LORRAINE SPENCER v. BILL AND WAG’S, INC. , CIVDS1930644. THEFT OF PROPERTY BY ENTITY AND THE UNLAWFUL DENIAL OF LEGAL RELIEF BY STATE- FACILITATING VENUE, THE SAN BERNARDINO SUPERIOR COURT, IS A COOPERATIVE CRIMINAL ACT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE BY THE ENTITY THAT IS ENGAGED IN FEDERAL GROUP STALKING & MONITORING WHICH INCLUDES THE ONTARIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, OFFICER J. MEZA (NO. 20302) OF THE ONTARIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, BARRY PLOTKIN (CBN 41518), JUDGE LYNN M. PONCIN (CBN 180349), JUDGE KHYMBERLI S.Y. APALOO (CBN 19...
2022-01-114h 08
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastShould borders be open?Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Peter Jaworski, a philosophy professor at the Georgetown University McDonough school of business, and Rob Gressis, a philosophy professor at California State University Northridge, join Spencer to debate the pros and cons of open borders.
2022-01-011h 45
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastBeauty, Ugliness and Morality: Some moral quandaries of artTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Mary Beth ("no hyphen") Willard of Weber State University joins Spencer and his wife, May to discuss the relationship between beauty and moral goodness. They pay particular attention to the question of whether an artist's moral character can ever affect the aesthetic or moral qualities of his or her art. Subjects include Bill Cosby and the blues artist Louisiana Red .
2021-11-301h 37
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastSPECIAL EPISODE: Debating abortionTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Two guests, Nathan Nobis and Christopher Kaczor, join Spencer to discuss the ethics of abortion.
2021-11-011h 37
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastThe Dark Side of MoralityTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Is there something bad about being too good? Might belief in objective morality distort our moral behavior? Marcus Arvan joins Spencer Case to discuss.
2021-10-131h 05
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastDiscriminating for the greater goodTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Stephen Kershnar joins Spencer Case to discuss the moral quandaries surrounding affirmative action and other forms of discrimination on the basis of race and gender.
2021-09-231h 56
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastReligious and atheistic experienceTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Many people claim to have experiences of God. Others have experiences that cause them to lose faith. What is the significance of these experiences? Chad McIntosh and Spencer Case discuss.
2021-08-311h 13
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastSPECIAL EPISODE: What's the Deal with Critical Race Theory?Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!What is Critical Race Theory and why is it evil (if it is in fact evil)? Sam Hoadley-Brill and Oliver Traldi join Spencer Case to discuss the culture war controversy surrounding CRT. They discuss the proper way of defining CRT, the relationship between CRT and figures like Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo, and the pros and cons of the anti-"CRT" bills.
2021-07-141h 44
THE P.O.C. (PATTERN OF CONDUCT)1/9/2021 FEDERAL GROUP STALKING & MONITORING 18 U.S.C. §§2261A(1) & 2261A(2) (#S.I.I.S.)DOCUMENTATION OF THE STATE'S ONGOING CRIMINAL PATTERN OF CONDUCT WHILE I REMAIN HOMELESS SLEEPING OVERNIGHT AT THIRD PARTY FACILITATING VENUE- ONTARIO MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART LOCATED AT 225 S. EUCLID AVE., ONTARIO, CA. THIS DOCUMENTATION CAPTURES THE STATE FOLLOWING ME AS I GO TO AND FROM THIS LOCATION.
THIS DOCUMENTATION CAPTURES THE CRIMINAL FACILITATION, CRIMINAL HARASSMENT AND CRIMINALLY THREATENING CONDUCT OF THE STATE ACTING VIA STATE FACILITATING VENUES INCLUDING THE SAN BERNARDINO SUPERIOR COURT, THE CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEALS, 4TH DISTRICT, 2ND DIVISION AND THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT- EACH OF WHICH ARE DOCUMENTED UPON ENGAGEMENT IN THE ST...
2021-06-152h 35THE P.O.C. (PATTERN OF CONDUCT)1/8/2021 FFEDERAL GROUP STALKING & MONITORING 18 U.S.C. §§2261A(1) & 2261A(2) (#S.I.I.S.)DOCUMENTATION OF THE STATE'S ONGOING CRIMINAL PATTERN OF CONDUCT WHILE I REMAIN HOMELESS SLEEPING OVERNIGHT AT THIRD PARTY FACILITATING VENUE- ONTARIO MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART LOCATED AT 225 S. EUCLID AVE., ONTARIO, CA. THIS DOCUMENTATION CAPTURES THE STATE FOLLOWING ME AS I GO TO AND FROM THIS LOCATION.
THIS DOCUMENTATION CAPTURES THE CRIMINAL FACILITATION, CRIMINAL HARASSMENT AND CRIMINALLY THREATENING CONDUCT OF THE STATE ACTING VIA STATE FACILITATING VENUES INCLUDING THE SAN BERNARDINO SUPERIOR COURT, THE CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEALS, 4TH DISTRICT, 2ND DIVISION AND THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT- EACH OF WHICH ARE DOCUMENTED UPON ENGAGEMENT IN THE S...
2021-06-154h 29
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastThe metaphysics of bitcoinTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!What is Bitcoin, anyway? Craig Warmke joins Spencer Case to discuss his view that Bitcoin is a kind of fictional substance that nonetheless has real economic value.
2021-06-141h 14THE P.O.C. (PATTERN OF CONDUCT)5/3/2020 FEDERAL GROUP STALKING & MONITORING 18 U.S.C. §§2261A(1) & 2261A(2) (#S.I.I.S.)DOCUMENTATION OF THE STATE’S ONGOING CRIMINAL PATTERN OF CONDUCT WHILE I REMAINED INSIDE OF THE PRIVATE RESIDENCE OF THIRD PARTY, TRACEE BANKS, AT THIRD PARTY FACILITATING VENUE- WOODSIDE SENIOR APARTMENTS LOCATED AT 408 W. G ST., ONTARIO, CA.
THIS DOCUMENTATION CAPTURES THE GROUP STALKING AND MONITORING, CRIMINAL FACILITATION, CRIMINAL HARASSMENT AND CRIMINALLY THREATENING CONDUCT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS I REMAIN AT THIRD PARTY FACILITATING VENUE- WOODSIDE SENIOR APARTMENTS.
THIS DOCUMENTATION ALSO CAPTURES THE CRIMINAL PATTERN OF CONDUCT WHILE I REMAIN KIDNAPPED BY THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO THE CRIMINAL ACT OF A FICT...
2021-05-2245 min
Breaking BattlegroundsEpisode 17: Dr. Spencer Case and Henry Olsen on the Future of ProgressivismDr. Spencer Case and Henry Olsen join this week’s episode of Breaking Battlegrounds with our hosts Sam Stone and Chuck Warren. Dr. Spencer Case is a freelance writer and 2018 CU Boulder philosophy Ph.D. He is now an international research fellow at the Wuhan University school of philosophy in China. He is the author … Episode 17: Dr. Spencer Case and Henry Olsen on the Future of Progressivism Read More »
2021-05-0543 min
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastDangerous ideas: an interview with Francesca MinervaTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Francesca Minerva joins Spencer Case to discuss the launch of the new Journal of Controversial Ideas, which allows scholars to publish peer reviewed research anonymously to avoid backlash.
2021-04-2955 min
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastSome conflict, she says: An interview with Holly Lawford-SmithTell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Holly Lawford-Smith joins Spencer to defend her website, No Conflict They Said (.org). This collects anonymous stories from women who say they have been negatively affected by the intrusion of biological males into what have been female only spaces. Critics allege that this website is transphobic. Spencer and Holly discuss these criticism, the extent to which trans-activism is influencing academic philosophy, and some potential downsides to anti-"conversion therapy" laws.
2021-04-021h 22
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy PodcastWhat is knowledge (and who cares)?Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!Crispin Sartwell joins Spencer Case to discuss the nature of knowledge, the relationship between aesthetics and knowledge, and other themes.
2021-03-301h 11