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064: Ep60 – Existentialism and Romantic Love

Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show & podcast

The cover for Dr. Cleary's book, 'Existentialism and Romantic Love,' which features red hearts on a white background.In this sixtieth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, the first that aired in 2018, co-hosts Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Dr. Skye Cleary on “Existentialism and Romantic Love,” the theme and title of her 2015 book.

Dr. Skye Cleary.

Dr. Cleary not only has her PhD in philosophy, but also a Master’s degree in Business Administration. She teaches at Columbia University, Barnard College, and The City College of New York, and she has taught at the New York Public Library. She also is the managing editor for the American Philosophical Association’s APA Blog, as well as an Advisory Board Member to the global executive learning firm, “Strategy of Mind.” She has published numerous articles for popular media outlets like Aeon, The Huffington Post, and Business Insider. She is also a lieutenant in the Australian Army Reserves. Last but not least, Dr. Cleary was Awarded The New Philosophers Writers Award in July of 2017.

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 4 mins)

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Notes

  1. The Blog of the American Philosophical Association.
  2. REBT, Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy.
  3. Skye Cleary, Existentialism and Romantic Love (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2015).

 

You Tell Me!

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

“What shouldn’t you do for love?”

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063: Ep59 – Finding Peace

Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show & podcast

Dr. Annie Davis WeberIn this fifty-ninth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, we interview Dr. Annie Davis Weber yet again, this time on the subject of “Finding Peace” with Buddhism. This episode is different and special, as the very first wholly live episode, recorded while on the air live on WRFL Lexington, 88.1 FM in Lexington, Kentucky. The episode aired and was recorded on December 18th, 2017, our final episode for 2017, the first official season of the show.

A photo of a man walking peacefully on the beech at sundown.

Photo courtesy of Maxlkt, creative commons license.

Dr. Annie Davis Weber earned her doctorate in Higher Education Leadership and Policy at Vanderbilt University and is the Assistant Provost for Strategic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness at the University of Kentucky. In this episode, she is representing only her own point of view. This episode is a follow-up of sorts on Ep0.1 from the “pilot season,” titled “Acceptance and Happiness with Stoicism.” We talk about Annie’s experience learning about and growing from some challenges that arose at the start of Eric and Annie’s daughter’s life, when Helen suffered a stroke and other medical difficulties. Annie learned a great deal from Buddhism and joined Anthony and Eric in this episode to talk about her experience and the insights that she found most valuable from the Buddhist tradition. We also celebrate the end of our first official season of Philosophy Bakes Bread.

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 8 mins)

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Notes

  1. This episode was the second time Annie appeared on the show. The first time was in Episode 25, on “Assessing Assessment.”
  2. This episode features shout-outs to: Daniel Wayne Rinn, TheLetterWriter, Karl Aho, Helena Tubridy, Samuel Douglas, Amy Glover, & Kaylen Addison.
  3. More information about Buddhism’s 4 noble truths and about the 8-fold path.
  4. Cover of Buddhism Plain and Simple.Steve Hagen, Buddhism Plain and Simple (Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 2011).
  5. Pema Chodron, Start Where You Are (Boston: Shambhala, 1994).
  6. PBS documentary, The Buddha [YouTube], narrated by Richard Gere.
  7. At the end of the episode, we reminisce about our favorite episodes of the first seasons, 2017. A record of the most downloaded episodes and some of our favorites is available with links in this post.

 

You Tell Me!

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

“What are you grateful for?”

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062: Ep58 – Posthumanism and the Media

Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show & podcast

Dr. J. J. Sylvia of Fitchburg State University.In this fifty-eighth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, we interview J. J. Sylvia of Fitchburg State University about “Post-Humanism and the Media.”

Neil Harbisson, who hears colors that he cannot see.

J.J. is an assistant professor in Communications Media at Fitchburg State University. Since 2014, he’s been a HASTAC Scholar and in 2015 he received North Carolina State University’s Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching. J.J.’s research focuses on understanding the impact of big data, algorithms, and other new media on processes of subjectivation. Using the framework of posthumanism, he explores how the media we use contribute to our construction as subjects.

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 6 mins)

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Notes

  1. Different findings about what percentage of a person is human cells: Michael Greshko, “How Many Cells Are in the Human Body—And How Many Microbes?” National Geographic, January 13, 2016 and Ron Sender, Shai Fuchs, and Ron Milo, “Revised Estimates for the Number of Human and Bacteria Cells in the Body,” PLOS Biology 14, Issue 8 (2016): 1-14.
  2. Katherine Hayles, How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999).
  3. Walter Ong, Orality and Literacy (London: Routledge, 2012).
  4. Neil Harbisson, “I Listen to Color,” TED Talks, July 2012.
  5. Video of Angel Giuffria, speaking with Grant Imahara on the White Rabbit Project, and demonstrating the shooting of an arrow with her prosthetic forearm.
  6. The Rob Dunn Lab, North Carolina State University.
  7. National Geographic, “Are Mites Having Sex on Your Face? [Video],” YouTube.com, September 23, 2014.
  8. According to their Web site, “HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory) is an interdisciplinary community of humanists, artists, social scientists, scientists, and technologists that are changing the way we teach and learn.”

 

You Tell Me!

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

“How do you think our current media environment is shaping the way that we understand and interact with the world? How might we experiment with those media?”

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061: Ep57 – Philosophy Outdoors

Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show & podcast

Dr. Alejandro Strong.In this fifty-seventh episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, Anthony and Eric talk with Dr. Alejandro Strong, about “Philosophy Outdoors,” especially about the company he started, Apeiron Expeditions.

This is a photo of a canoe on a beautiful river in Maine with a blue sky above.

Alex’s philosophical work specializes especially in environmental philosophy. He founded an “L3C” company, Apeiron Expeditions. According to the company Web site, “Our guides are here to lead you in the footsteps of Henry David Thoreau, Helen Hamlin, Louise Dickinson Rich, Frederic Edwin Church, Neil Welliver, and others who have shared the story of their encounters with this beautiful land. It is your turn to venture forth with us and be inspired. Apeiron Expeditions provides the equipment and expertise for you to enjoy a wilderness expedition, even if this is your first camping trip.” Apeiron is also on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram with some lovely photos and stories about their ventures.

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 4 mins)

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Notes

  1. Meriam Webster’s definition of “Apeiron“: “the unlimited, indeterminate, and indefinite ground, origin, or primal principle of all matter postulated especially by Anaximander.”
  2. Alex started an L3C company. What are those? See: Anne Field, “Another Reason to Become an L3C,” Forbes, August 22, 2014.
  3. Check out Apeiron Expeditions’ Web site.
  4. Follow Apeiron’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram profiles.

 

You Tell Me!

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

“Where do you think best?”

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060: Ep56 – Inclusion and Philosophy

Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show & podcast

Grace Cebrero.In this fifty-sixth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, Anthony and Eric talk with Grace Cebrero, a rising star in philosophy, a graduate of Mount Saint Mary’s University, and an alumna of the Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute. We talk with Grace about “Inclusion and Philosophy.”

An image of a tree with multicolored hands for leaves.

Grace has worked as a research intern for a professor at MSMU and has been recognized a number of times in impressive ways. She was a leader on campus, furthermore, having revived Mount Saint Mary’s Philosophy Club known as “The Seekers.” She has been recognized as a University of Michigan Compass Scholar and as an Iris Marion Young Fellow in the PIKSI program at Penn State University. She received two Mount Saint Mary’s President’s Awards, including the Mother Margaret Mary Brady Founder’s Award and the Sister Dolorosa Alumnae Courage Award. She’s also won two awards from the Philosophy department. She is pursuing graduate study next and was greatly inspired and encouraged by her experience in the PIKSI program. We ask Grace about that, but also more generally about inclusion and exclusion in philosophy education.

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 4 mins)

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Notes

  1. Plato, Parmenides.
  2. The Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institutes (PIKSI) program, with application deadline of January 31st.
  3. Robert Sanchez and Carlos Sanchez, Mexican Philosophy in the 20th Century: Essential Readings (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017).

 

You Tell Me!

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

Is it more important that we have “the best people” or a nice variety of people at the table? For an example, consider conferences and publishers, in terms of what they choose, include, and exclude.

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