In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Dr. David Pizarro, who is a professor of psychology at Cornell University, and cohost of the popular podcast, Very Bad Wizards. In this episode, Professor Pizarro and I talk about his podcast, his work on moral judgment, disgust sensitivity and trustworthiness, and the art of rap Continue reading "28. Moral Judgment, Disgust Sensitivity, and Political Affiliation (with Professor David Pizarro)"...
Oct 10, 2019•1 hr 11 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Dr. Rowan Lockwood. Dr. Lockwood is currently Professor and Chair of the Geology Department at the College of William & Mary, having received her BA from Yale University and PhD from the University of Chicago. Professor Lockwood is a Paleontologist whose research seeks to understand how Continue reading "27. Dinosaurs and Extinction (with Professor Rowan Lockwood)"...
Oct 04, 2019•1 hr 12 min
In this episode, I speak with my friend Caleb Wurster about his religious faith. Caleb is currently a pitcher for the University of Connecticut baseball team and a practicing Christian. We spend a lot of time in this episode talking about the pastor that brought Caleb back to Christ: Erwin Mcmanus. Check out one of Continue reading "26. Christianity 2.0 (with Caleb Wurster)"
Sep 13, 2019•1 hr 43 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Dr. Kate Harrigan. Dr. Harrigan is currently Lecturer of Psychology and Linguistics at the College of William & Mary, having received her PhD in linguistics from the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on language acquisition, social cognition, and how the two interact. In this episode, Continue reading "25. Language Acquisition (with Professor Kate Harrigan)"...
Sep 07, 2019•1 hr 53 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with my brother Brad Turner about various mental principles to live by. We cover a range of different topics, including authenticity, mindfulness, Buddhism, Existentialism, Social Media outrage culture, and psychological paradoxes.
Aug 29, 2019•32 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with my friend Dan Sequeira about a range of issues, including Marxism versus Capitalism, Structuralism, Critical Theory, Existentialism, Healthcare Policy, and the 2020 Presidential Election. Dan is currently a law student at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is particularly interested in studying Legal Theory from a Continue reading "23. Marxism, Critical Theory, and the 2020 Election (with Dan Sequeira)"...
Aug 21, 2019•1 hr 25 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Dr. Angela Mendelovici. Dr. Mendelovici is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario, having received her PhD in philosophy from Princeton University. Her research is in the philosophy of mind, specifically on intentionality, consciousness, and the relationship between the two. Her most recent Continue reading "22. Intentionality, Consciousness, and Panpsychism (with Professor Angela Mendelovici)"...
Aug 17, 2019•2 hr 13 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Cormac Duffy and Preston Lennon about issues in the philosophy of mind, including introspection, the hard problem of consciousness, AI consciousness, and experiential thinking. Cormac is currently a masters student in philosophy at the University College Dublin, whereas Preston is a PhD student in philosophy at Continue reading "21. Mental Reality (with Cormac Duffy and Preston Lennon)"...
Jul 16, 2019•1 hr 9 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Takuya Niikawa, who is a postdoctoral researcher in philosophy at the Institut Jean Nicod in Paris. Takuya received his PhD in philosophy from Hokaiido University in 2015, defending the position of naive realism in the philosophy of perception. In this episode, Takuya and I discuss his Continue reading "20. Dimensions of the Mind (with Takuya Niikawa)"
Jul 13, 2019•1 hr 41 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Dr. James Kaufman, who is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Kaufman is one of the world’s leading experts on the study of creativity. He is the author/editor of more than 35 books, including Creativity 101 (2nd Edition, 2016) and the Cambridge Handbook of Creativity Continue reading "19. Creativity (with Professor James Kaufman)"...
May 02, 2019•1 hr 44 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Dr. Heather Battaly, who is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Battaly specializes in epistemology, ethics, and virtue theory, is one of the leading researchers in the world on the concept of intellectual humility, and is a pioneer on the topic of epistemic Continue reading "18. Virtue Epistemology (with Professor Heather Battaly)"...
Mar 28, 2019•1 hr 11 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with my friend and colleague Darian Spearman about many different topics, including contemporary politics, capitalism, socialism, the phenomenon of fake news, artificial intelligence and automation, universal basic income, race relations in America, the nature of science, the replication crisis, mythology, and psychedelic drugs.
Mar 14, 2019•2 hr 22 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with my colleague Steve Nunez. Steve spent five years in the U.S. army as a Green Beret before moving into academia. He holds a BA in the philosophy of religion and anthropology from UNC W and an MA in theological studies from Harvard. Currently, Steve is a Continue reading "16. The Philosophy of Hip Hop and Trap Music (with Steve Nunez)"
Mar 06, 2019•1 hr 31 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Dr. William Lycan. Dr. Lycan is William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of North Carolina, and currently Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Connecticut. Professor Lycan has made groundbreaking contributions in many areas of philosophy, including philosophy of mind, philosophy Continue reading "15. The Mystery of Consciousness (with Professor William Lycan)"...
Jan 30, 2019•1 hr 46 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Drew Johnson, who is a PhD student in philosophy at the University of Connecticut. Drew works primarily in the domain of meta-ethics, epistemology, and truth. For his dissertation, he is developing a neo-expressivist account of morality that aims to explain the possibility of moral knowledge while Continue reading "14. Moral Skepticism (with Drew Johnson)"
Dec 22, 2018•1 hr 15 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Dr. Harry van der Hulst. Dr. van der Hulst is full professor of Linguistics and director of undergraduate studies in Linguistics at the University of Connecticut. He is also, among other things, editor in chief of the peer-reviewed linguistics journal ‘The Linguistic Review’, a lifetime fellow Continue reading "13. The Science of Language (with Professor Harry van der Hulst)"...
Nov 13, 2018•1 hr 4 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with my colleague Eno Agolli. Eno is a first year PhD student in philosophy at the University of Connecticut, specializing in logic and the philosophy of language. We discuss a view called ‘logical nihilism’, before talking about a paper of Eno’s on the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Continue reading "12. Making Sense of Nonsense (with Eno Agolli)"
Nov 09, 2018•1 hr 13 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Kristin Culbertson, who is a fourth year PhD student in philosophy at the University of Connecticut. Kristin works primarily on Buddhist philosophy, Feminist philosophy, Ethics, and the intersection between the three. For her dissertation, she is approaching issues of oppression in feminist philosophy from a Buddhist perspective. Continue reading "11. The End of Psychological Suffering (with Kristin Culbertson)"...
Oct 10, 2018•1 hr 3 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with my friend Nate Johnson, who is a member of the United States Coast Guard. Nate is currently getting his master’s degree in philosophy at the University of Connecticut in preparation for teaching ethics at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. We discuss Nate’s life in the Coast Continue reading "10. Military Ethics (with Nathaniel Johnson)"
Sep 25, 2018•1 hr 19 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with my friend and fellow grad student Rashed Ahmad. Rashed is a third year PhD student in philosophy at the University of Connecticut specializing in logic. We discuss Rashed’s views on the philosophy of humor, the nature of truth, logical paradoxes, and Godel’s Incompleteness Theorem.
Sep 08, 2018•1 hr 45 min
This is a solo episode in which I discuss the philosophy of consciousness. In the episode, I define consciousness and then talk about the primacy of consciousness and what is known in philosophy as the hard problem of consciousness.
Jul 25, 2018•49 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Tai Huynh. Tai has years of work experience as a chemical engineer, and is currently a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Tai and I discuss a variety of subjects that pertain to his interests, including but not limited to stem cell Continue reading "7. The Future of Technology (with Tai Huynh)"
Jul 22, 2018•1 hr 1 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with my friend Emily Cain about architecture. Emily is currently an architecture major at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; her portfolio can be found here: http://www.sarasotaarchitecturalfoundation.org/resources/Documents/Cain_Emily_Portfolio.pdf
Jul 18, 2018•1 hr 29 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with my friend Nik Kennelly, who is a philosophy major and rising senior at Whitman College. Nik and I have a wide-ranging conversation about a variety of topics, including but not limited to Kantian Ethics, Utilitarianism, Hume’s Is/Ought Distinction, the philosophy of Christine Korsgaard, Existentialism, the Self, Continue reading "5. Philosophical Insanity (with Nikolaus Kennelly)"...
Jul 15, 2018•1 hr 39 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with my teaching assistant Lesly Walker. We discuss the ethics of lying, the paradox of tragedy, and the relationship between narration and the existence of the self.
Jun 15, 2018•49 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with my friend Sarah Collier about poetry. Sarah holds a B.A. in English and an M.A.Ed in Secondary English Education from the College of William & Mary. We discuss why we love poetry, talk about how we view it as an art form, and then have a Continue reading "3. Poetry Time (with Sarah Collier)"
May 14, 2018•1 hr 37 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with my friend and fellow grad student Chris Manoharan. Chris is a third year PhD student in Anthropology at the University of Connecticut. He specializes in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Cognitive Science. We touch a lot of topics in this conversation, including Buddhism’s claim that the self is Continue reading "2. Buddhism and Cognitive Science (with Chris Manoharan)"...
Apr 18, 2018•2 hr 4 min
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with my friend and fellow grad student Darian Spearman. Darian is a third year PhD student in philosophy at the University of Connecticut. We discuss psychedelics, spirituality and religion, the nature of science, the so-called regressive left and the notion of safe spaces, and the issue of Continue reading "1. Psychedelics, Spirituality, and Safe Spaces (with Darian Spearman)"...
Apr 14, 2018•1 hr 55 min
