Posted on Saturday, October 6, 2018

079: Ep75 – All Philosophy’s a Stage

Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show & podcast

In this 75th episode of Philosophy Bakes Bread Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Monica McCarthy, host of the Happier Hour podcast, on the theme “All Philosophy’s a Stage.”

Monica is a thespian, a playwright, the founder of Cheshire Parlour, and the creator and host of “The Happier Hour” podcast. Monica has acted on Broadway and in television programs, film, advertisements, including an appearance on the show Six Feet Under, for example, which was a great show. Very impressive. We connected with Monica especially in relation to her work on The Happier Hour podcast, which her Website describes as “equal parts philosophy and self-help (with a dash of humor thrown in for taste).”

Listen for our “You Tell Me!” questions and for some jokes in one of our concluding segments, called “Philosophunnies.” Reach out to us on Facebook @PhilosophyBakesBread and on Twitter @PhilosophyBB; email us at philosophybakesbread@gmail.com; or call and record a voicemail that we play on the show, at 859.257.1849. Philosophy Bakes Bread is a production of the Society of Philosophers in America (SOPHIA). Check us out online at PhilosophyBakesBread.com and check out SOPHIA at PhilosophersInAmerica.com.

(1 hr 7 mins)

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Notes

Dr. Skye Cleary, who was our guest in Episode 60 on “Existentialism and Romantic Love.”
Inside the Actors Studio.
Playwright Donald Marguiles.
Alicia Silverstone.
A piece on the Blog of the American Philosophical Association on The Happier Hour Podcast.

You Tell Me!

For our future “You Tell Me!” segments, Monica asked the following question in this episode:

“In what ways are you being the understudy to your own life and what can you do to change that today?”

Let us know what you think! Via Twitter, Facebook, Email, or by commenting here below.

If you could get away with anything, could you resist the temptation to do what others consider wrong?

Three leaders of the Lexington SOPHIA Chapter, Derek Daskalakes, Lila Wakman, and Erik Jarvis, introduce here this theme of our upcoming meeting, at 6pm on Tuesday, October 16th of 2018 at the Good Foods Coop in Lexington, KY, titled the “Ring of Gyges.” Join us for fellowship and a really fun conversation.

To learn more, check out and join our MeetUp group:
https://www.meetup.com/Lexington-SOPHIA-Chapter/

Connect also with our Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/973809392802752/

And our chapter’s Twitter profile:
https://twitter.com/LexingtonSophia

Finally, here’s the link to our October 2018 get together:
https://www.meetup.com/Lexington-SOPHIA-Chapter/events/254488521/

Posted on Saturday, September 29, 2018

078: Ep74 – Outdoor Education

Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show & podcast

This 74th episode of Philosophy Bakes Bread was recorded on Apeiron Expeditions‘ Philosophy Bakes Bread canoe trip, which ran from July 29th to August 1st of 2018, and in it Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Ben Vockley, Seth Walton, and Dr. Alejandro Strong about “Outdoor Education.”

Ben is an instructor with Outward Bound. Seth is a high school teacher and a registered Maine guide. And Alex runs Apeiron Expeditions. Ben, Seth, and Alex have a lot of experience with outdoor education and in this episode they are representing only their own points of view, not

(1 hr 8 mins)

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Photo Gallery From Our Trip

: Anthony and Eric smiling early on, by the river.

: Anthony paddling on a gorgeous day.

: Alex baking some philosophical bread. Actually, it was a delicious calzone, baked in a dutch oven.

: The upper West branch of the Penobscot River, in Maine.

: The upper West branch of the Penobscot River, in Maine.

: Some guys deep in thought by the river resting and thinking together after lunch.

: The crew hanging out and chatting before dinner.

: Anthony and Eric smiling in anticipation of a nice dinner of Alex’s great cooking.

: Alex baking some philosophical bread for dinner before another day of paddling.

: The upper West branch of the Penobscot River, in Maine.

: The upper West branch of the Penobscot River, in Maine.

: The upper West branch of the Penobscot River, in Maine.

: The upper West branch of the Penobscot River, in Maine.

: The canoes set by the river for the night.

: The upper West branch of the Penobscot River, in Maine.

: Anthony after a swim drying off by the river.

: The upper West branch of the Penobscot River, in Maine.

: The upper West branch of the Penobscot River, in Maine.

: The upper West branch of the Penobscot River, in Maine, with mountains in the

: Ben taking a second to enjoy the beauty of the river and relieve and itch on the river.

: Alex looking deep in thought on the river.

: Anthony and Seth in their canoe.

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Notes

Map featuring the Penobscot River in Maine.

Apeiron Expeditions and the AE PBB Canoe trip.
Outward Bound.
Northland College‘s outdoor education program.
Registered Maine guides.
Alex Hutchinson, “How Trees Calm Us Down,” The New Yorker, July 23, 2015.
Florence Williams and Aeon, “Why Fractals Are So Soothing,” The Atlantic, January 26, 2017.
Peter Lambrou, “Fun with Fractals? Why Nature Can Be Calming,” Psychology Today, September 7, 2012.
Situational Ethics.
Astronaut and U.S. Navy Commander Reid Wiseman’s missive about expeditionary behavior.

You Tell Me!

For our future “You Tell Me!” segments, Ben, Alex, and Seth asked the following questions, respectively, in this episode:

“What was the most impactful experience you’ve had in the outdoors?”

“What makes a good road trip partner?”

“Do you want to come up to Maine and talk about fractals together in a beautiful natural environment?”

Let us know what you think! Via Twitter, Facebook, Email, or by commenting here below.

Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2018

077: Ep73 – The Character Gap

Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show & podcast

In this 73rd episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Christian Miller on “The Character Gap,” the title of his recent book.

Christian is the A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University, where he has been the recipient of grant support from the John Templeton Foundation and the Templeton World Charity Foundation for both The Character Project and The Beacon Project. In addition to his books on moral character and 85 academic articles, Christian has written for The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Slate, and The Dallas Morning News.

(1 hr 4 mins)

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Notes

Christian Miller, The Character Gap (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017).
Even Honest Abe was sometimes a politician first. See Jackie Mansky, “When Lincoln Was More a Politician Than an ‘Honest Abe’,” Smithsonian Magazine, February 16, 2017.
Psychologist Daniel Batson.
The John Templeton Foundation.
The Character Project.
The Beacon Project.
Mother Theresa biography.
Gandhi biography.
Jesus biography.
Confucius biography.
Pluralism defined.
“Moral relativism” entry in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

You Tell Me!

For our future “You Tell Me!” segments, Christian posed the following question in this episode:

“How good do you think your own character is and what steps might you take in your life to improve it?”

Let us know what you think! Via Twitter, Facebook, Email, or by commenting here below.

Posted on Monday, September 17, 2018

The Ethics of Dentistry

One-Sheet for SOPHIA Conversations

SOPHIA offers this One-Sheet document for groups to use to make a fun, meaningful conversation easy to hold on the subject of Episode 2 of Philosophy Bakes Bread, which concerned “The Ethics of Dentistry” with Dr. Bill Myers. Naturally, some of the issues raised in this one-sheet overlap topics of interest in medical ethics, but also concern ways in which people think differently about dental insurance and care versus general medical insurance and care.

This document was created by James William Lincoln, SOPHIA’s Secretary and a member of the Lexington SOPHIA Chapter, and edited by Erik Jarvis, Derek Daskalakes, Lila Wakeman, and Eric Thomas Weber of the Lexington SOPHIA Chapter.

Dr. Bill Myers is professor of philosophy at Birmingham Southern College, Treasurer of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, and editor of Philosophers of Process. He teaches the ethics of dentistry in the University of Alabama-Birmingham’s School of Dentistry.