When people interview philosophers, they should take them more seriously and actually try to get at whether their propositions are correct. We definitely see in the status that listeners are not willing to give certain episodes a chance. But it's pretty clear that one of the factors is also whether they're a woman. The're just one of the great injustices of podcast life, under reported. So i will say this year it's better news.
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On this special year-in-review episode, Tyler and producer Jeff Holmes talk about the past year on the show, including one episode’s appearance on Ancient Aliens, Tyler’s picks for most underrated guests, how his 2021 predictions fared from last year’s retrospective, further reflections on the most downloaded—and most polarizing—episode of the year, how David Deutsch influenced Tyler’s opinions of Karl Popper, why he thinks his interviews with women tend to be better, and more. They also evaluate Tyler’s pop culture picks from 2011, play “Name that Production Function,” and answer listener questions from Twitter.
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Recorded December 8th, 2021 Other ways to connect