love & philosophy

#97 Sophie Strand & Henry Kramer on Imaginal Empathy, Consciousness, and Re-Enchantment

Send a love message Sophie and Henry explore consciousness, mind, and the porous boundary between inner and outer experience. The conversation ranges from panpsychism an

#96 Systems Neuroscience and Why Automaticity Matters for Cognitive Evolution with Mac Shine

Send a love message Find Mac at https://macshine.github.io/publications/ Mac’s Lab: https://profiles.sydney.edu.au/mac.shine The Brain Inspired conversation Andrea men

#95 Inventing Temperature, Operational Coherence, Activist Realism and Active Knowledge with Cambridge philosopher Hasok Chang

Send a love message Philosopher of science Hasok Chang (University of Cambridge) joins Andrea Hiott to trace the through-line of his work — from Inventing Temperature (2

#94 Action without Attachment, Conversational Care, and the Bhagavad Gita with philosopher and professor Keya Maitra

Send a love message Keya Maitra is the Lenney Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawai'i Mānoa. Keya joins Andrea to talk about her Philosop

#93 Is there a Cure? Reconsidering Freud, chemical imbalances, transference, functionalism & embodied science with Mark Solms

Send a love message Mark Solms began translating Freud's neuroscientific writings in the late 1980s, then gave twenty-nine years to revising the translation of Freu

#92 Molyneux's Problem and Questioning the Perception/Cognition Border with philosophers Janet Levin and Brian Glenney

Send a love message Molyneux's Question with Janet Levin and Brian GlenneyLove & Philosophy — Beyond Dichotomy In 1688, an Irish scientist named William Molyneux s

#91 Rethinking Biological Agency & What Really Matters in Life with Charlie Munford and the Agential Biology Institute

Send a love message Charlie has been gathering some of the best scientists in the world to rethink what agency is together and form new connections outside the usual aca

#90 Paradox as Praxis: Johannes (Yogi) Jaeger & Marcus Neustetter on Collaborations Between Art and Science, & The ZoNE

Send a love message Andrea, Yogi and Marcus are forming Paradoxis. This is one of the conversations towards that, a Third Space episode of Love & Philosophy. Philosophe

#89 Wrestling is Part of It: Care Ethics, Motherhood, Embodiment & the Meaning in Dependency with Journalist Elissa Strauss

Send a love message Why Caring Isn't Self-Sacrifice with Elissa Strauss The episode of Love and Philosophy introduces a conversation with journalist and essayist E

BONUS: Moving From Worry to Wonder with Isabela Granic of Liminal Learning (Guest Podcast: Life Itself with Jacob Kishere)

Send a love message Isabella Granic on Liminal Learning, Neither Nor, and Education for Flourishing Andrea Hiott introduces a guest podcast from Life Itself, Jacob Kish

#88 How Life Works Beyond Genes: the New Biology of Meaning with scientist and author Philip Ball

Send a love message Beyond Genes, Toward Meaning & Care, But Rigorously Andrea Hiott hosts British science writer Philip Ball (former Nature editor; trained chemist and

#87 the Money Koan: towards a new philosophy of curren(t)cy and care with investor Jenna Nicholas

Send a love message Andrea Hiott in conversation with investor Jenna Nicholas.  Jenna discusses her book The Enlightened Bottom Line and how spirituality, love, and pur

#86 A.A. Kostas and his Way Markers (including Chris McCandless, C.S. Lewis, Robert Pirsig, Thomas Merton, D.T. Suzuki, & Christian mystics)

Send a love message What Marks our Movement through life? Andrea Hiott interviews A.A. Kostas, a Singapore-based lawyer and writer who runs the Substack Way Markers, bl

#85 Punk, Tech & Care: B. Scot Rousse on Being Human in the Age AI and Ambassadors of Possibility (Dreyfus, Flores, Heidegger, Kierkegaard)

Send a love message B. Scot Rousse (“B”)'s substack, "Without Why," focuses on what it means to be alive in an age of intelligent machines. He is philosopher in res

#84 There is No Average Individual: The Great Psychology Delusion with Marek McGann

Send a love message The Great Psychology Delusion: Why the Mean Misleads and Pluralism Matters Read the book here. This is an academic psychology-focused episode with

BONUS Performance of your life: Is acting inherent to being human? Sophie Fiennes, Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod, Macbeth

Send a love message This is an impromptu bonus episode previewing the NYC premiere of Sophie Fiennes’s documentary film Acting, which follows the celebrated theatre comp

#83 Wisdom Gates and Serious Play: Paradox, Care and Discovery with Puzzle-Maker Jasen Robillard

Send a love message  Holding Paradox Through Serious Play: Can serious play be a portal to wisdom?  This is an episode about puzzles and care. Andrea has a conversation

#82 Philosophy of the Heart with Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Scilla Elworthy

Send a love message Facing Reality with Clear Eyes but without Desperation: Scilla Elworthy on Listening with the Heart to Transform Conflict  Three-time Nobel Peace Pr

#81 Changing Minds, Metaphysics, and a Life in Analytic Philosophy with Janet Levin of USC

Send a love message  Janet Levin on Physicalism, Zombies, and Changing Minds  Andrea hosts philosopher Janet Levin, newly retired after 40 years at USC and the departme

Focusing on Care: Field Notes from Love and Philosophy

Send a love message Love and Philosophy Beyond Dichotomy: Way Making, Care, and a New Season Andrea Hiott introduces Love and Philosophy Beyond Dichotomy and reflects o