Chasing Leviathan

A Decent Life: Morality for the Rest of Us | Dr. Todd May

Why does modern morality often feel like an exhausting, impossible burden rather than an inspiring way to live? Are we all required to be perfect "moral exemplars," or is

Who's a Good Human? Practical Exercises for Living Mindfully with Dogs | Dr. Jessica Pierce

Why do we claim to love our dogs while breeding them for dependence and keeping them in environments that strip away their daily choices? Bioethicist and author Dr. Jess

Hegel's Sole Idea: The Last Great Metaphysical System | Dr. Mark Alznauer

Why did one of the most famous and ambitious philosophers in European history fall completely out of favor in just a few decades, and why is his totalizing view of realit

How to Change Minds Without Lies, Bullshit, or Moral Compromise | Dr. Colin Marshall

Why do morally good people often hesitate to change other people's minds, viewing persuasion as presumptuous, obnoxious, or downright creepy?  The University of Washingt

Chasing Leviathan Goes on a New Schedule

In this quick update, host PJ Weary shares some news about the future production schedule of the podcast. Thank you all for your continued support. We continue to having

Loneliness in World History | Dr. Katie Barclay

What happens when a feeling we assume is a universal human experience is actually shaped, defined, and even created by our specific cultural language and material conditi

The Psychology of Human Temporality | Dr. David Gilden

What happens when the simple act of slowing down a metronome reveals the exact limits of our attention, and how might our physical body size secretly dictate the way we e

Memory, Place, and the Monuments We Build | Dr. Janet Donohoe

What happens when we blindly accept the monuments in our built world, treating them as permanent fixtures of history rather than invitations to critique the traditions th

Music Perception & the Psychology of Enculturation | Dr. Marcus Pearce

Why is it that an ephemeral arrangement of sounds can move us to tears, while the exact same sequence might sound like chaotic noise to someone from another culture? Rea

The Medieval Culture of Disputation: Pedagogy, Practice, and Performance with Dr. Alex Novikoff

What happens when we assume our modern educational institutions and traditions of debate sprung from a vacuum, dismissing the Middle Ages as an uncritical era blinded by

Turning Away: The Poetics of an Ancient Gesture | Dr. Benjamin Saltzman

What happens when our modern visual culture, which demands we constantly observe global atrocities on our phones, actually leads to apathy instead of a meaningful moral r

A Philosopher at the Crossroads: Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola | Dr. Amos Edelheit

What happens when history remembers a brilliant young philosopher for his eccentric interests rather than the intellectual foundations he laid for the modern world? Mayn

Vico's New Science of the Intersubjective World | Dr. Vittorio Hösle

What happens when a society's pursuit of pure rationality and radical individualism actually threatens to dissolve the trust that holds it together?  Notre Dame Universi

Making Disciples: Catechesis in History, Theology, and Practice | Dr. Alex Fogleman

What happens when secular culture does a better job of shaping our desires and beliefs than the church? Trinity Anglican Seminary theology professor Dr. Alex Fogelman jo

Gadamer & the Transmission of History: Translating Theory into Clinical Practice | Dr. Jerome Veith

What happens when we stop treating therapy as a search for a hidden "inner life" and instead use it to explore our shared, lived world? Seattle University Senior Adjunct

Jürgen Habermas: Public Intellectual and Engaged Critical Theorist | Peter Verovšek

This episode was recorded before the tragic news of Dr. Habermas' death. We deeply mourn his passing. Dr Habermas was a man who carefully and passionately pursued the tru

The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World | Dr. Christian Miller

What happens to our character when being dishonest becomes easier and more rewarding than ever before?  Wake Forest University philosophy professor Dr. Christian Miller

Intertwined Creatures: The Embodied Cognitive Science of Self and Other | Dr. Anthony Chemero

How does recognizing our deep physical and social connections change the way we understand human nature? University of Cincinnati philosophy and psychology professor Dr.

Connection: How Technology Can Make Us Better Humans | Dr. Dan Turello

Are we powerless against the march of modern technology, or can we reclaim our agency to foster true human connection?  Writer, cultural historian, and photographer Dr.

Metamodernism: The Future of Theory | Dr. Jason Ananda Josephson Storm

What comes after the endless critiques of postmodernism?  Williams College professor Dr. Jason Ananda Josephson Storm joins host PJ Wehry to rethink the trajectory of th