🔮What makes an experience mystical?🔮

Find out as David breaks down the four features of mystical experiences in his new video on William James' philosophy of mind and religion, out now!

youtu.be/VTDQ3VGEqxg

Prepping an episode of Overthink on FUN tomorrow

Any philosophies of fun you recommend? David swears there was some analytic philosophy article recently that people made fun of for being *about* fun but very *unfun* to read, but we can't find it anywhere

YouTube continuing to algorithmically serve vulnerable people dangerous and radicalizing content

We're taking it easy...

...in our new episode, as Ellie and David take a dive into laziness! They discuss everything from couchrotting to the Protestant work ethic to Lafargue's campaign for the right to be lazy. Check it out: at your leisure, of course.

open.spotify.com/episode/3G06Lt…

This book is awesome and also if you want some of our recent thoughts on Dewey, we discuss him in our recent Overthinking episode of Overthink Podcast

Is mixed-race an identity of its own? Do phenomenological accounts of being multiracial push past the traditional Cartesian philosophical subject? Check out our recent episode, Mixed-Race Identity, to hear Ellie and David's discussion on this and more!

open.spotify.com/episode/69ZvNW…

This is what Audre Lorde means when she says that every single person has some power to use in the service of what is right

WATCH: Among those arrested today were Noelle McAfee, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Emory University.

I’ve asked for a comment from Emory on this arrest, no word yet.

This video provided to us by an #Emory PHD student. You can hear him in this video. Atlanta News First

Looking forward to getting into Helen De Cruz’s new book, Wonderstruck! She was a phenomenal Overthink Podcast guest awhile back (check out our Science Fiction episode 💙) and I admire her lucid way of writing and thinking

So fun to split hairs with Ellie Anderson of Overthink Podcast fame
youtu.be/J1MkPfBgaR0?si… Union Square & Co.

🤖 WELCOME YOUR ROBOT OVERLORDS 🤖

...or, dive into the philosophy guiding AI with Dr. Shazeda Ahmed! Who is right about AI: doomers or utopians? Whose voices are a part of the conversation? Check out our episode AI Safety, out now!

open.spotify.com/episode/6xWmik…

What is the mystical truth of human experience? How can religiosity become pathological? Check out our new video, in which David breaks down more of William James' philosophy of religion, specifically his figures of the once- and twice-born believers.

youtu.be/GAfYlmCupWU

No one on philosophy twitter will ever top this 1-2

Overthink goes meta! In episode 100, Ellie and David reflect on the show's journey and its (flawless!) title, from the philosophies of Dewey and the Frankfurt School to the psychological science of rumination. Finally, we answer: what is overthinking?

open.spotify.com/episode/64lLUr…

DJ set at the panopticon would go crazy

Excited about my book BEAUVOIR AND BELLE: A BLACK FEMINIST CRITIQUE OF THE SECOND SEX getting out into the world.

New print publication date: 7 May 2024!