HeyJaredOverthink
Philosophy podcast & YouTube channel co-hosted by professors Ellie Anderson & David Peña-Guzmán overthinkpod.substack.com
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182. Reflection (Extended) (opens the original)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit overthinkpod.substack.com As Overthink comes to a close, why not take a look back? In Episode 182, Ellie and David tackle the concept of reflection and explain why it is so central to philosophy. What is the value of reflection, and what are its drawbacks? How does philosophy go astray when it treats the self as a product of reflection, and how can phenomenology and existentialism shed light on the proper role of reflection in our liv
181. Mourning (Extended) (opens the original)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit overthinkpod.substack.com Nothing can devastate us more than the loss of a loved one. In this episode of Overthink, David and Ellie talk about mourning. What kinds of losses hurl us into a state of mourning? Are there healthy and unhealthy ways of mourning? Or does this distinction not apply in cases when we are dealing with irreparable loss? And how do we deal with the loss of someone when the feeling of loss doesn’t naturally resolv
180. Weddings (Extended) (opens the original)
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Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue! In this episode, Ellie and David talk about weddings. What kind of celebration is a wedding? And what social function do these festivities serve? Do weddings necessarily legitimize the institution of marriage? Or can weddings be dissociated from this legal institution and its problematic history? As they ponder these issues, your hosts walk you down the aisle of history by considering how early Christians developed their views abo
179. Unemployment (Extended) (opens the original)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit overthinkpod.substack.com After a BIG announcement (!!!), your hosts David and Ellie get into the economic and psychological features of the state no one wants to be stuck in: unemployment. How does capitalism structurally construct “wageless life” while nonetheless treating it as a personal failure or unhappy accident? What’s the connection between unemployment and reactionary politics? And is AI going to put us all out of a job? Cor
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