History of Philosophy Audio Archive
Curated lectures, interviews, and talks with philosophers, social scientists, and historians together in one place. Each week, we explore brand new research in history, economics, psychology, political science, philosophy, indigenous studies, and human rights while presenting the work of canonical scholars in a way that is accessible to newcomers while retaining interest for students and specialists. If you are an author in nonfiction or a scholar in the humanities/social sciences and are interested in being interviewed for the show please email me at williamengels@substack.com or @Bluesky.
Episodes
It's not easy being a gay brain-sex icon and a straight brain-sex icon at the same time but ya boi Byron did it. Part 1 of 2. Poll in the thing for the next topic. I will abide by the results.
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Also, I decided Richard and I's biographical series is gonna be called "Bad Role Models" since that seems to be the theme... Also "Behind the Bastards" was a...
Alasdair MacIntyre's book After Virtue:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Virtue
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Gregory Sadler:
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Books and Sources Mentioned:
- Black Skins, White Masks, and The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (Algerian Revolutionary Psychoanalyst)
- The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Life of Frantz Fanon by Adam Shatz (About Fanon)
- Congo, Inc b...
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Boethius Critical Edition I Used (Although not the Translation)
Music Credit: Schubert, Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat Major, performed by Max John
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Table of Contents Below >>>
Original Course Listing on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEA18FAF1AD9047B0
Buy Prof. Kagan's Book on Death:
About the Course (Yale)
There is one thing I can be sure of: I am going to die. But what am I to make of that fact? This course will examine a number of issues that arise once we begin to reflec...
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People Mentioned:
Mahmoud Khalil
Maria Lugones
Byung-Chul Han
Lars von Trier (dir. Melancholia, 2011)
Hannah Arendt
Tyson Yunkaporta
Concepts:
Kenosis (self-emptying)
Books:
Putnam, Bowling Alone
News/References:
Zinc Mine in Georgia/https://thecurrentga.org/2025/06/20/okefenokee-mine-sale-conservation-fund/
Minister of Loneliness UK
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Photo Credit:
Morning Tai Chi by Shuolong Ma
Music Credit:
Music Copyright Kevin MacLeod
Coconut Tree Meme Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7_5nHIbsjo
Books/Sources
Hans-Georg Moeller Daoism Explained
https://www.amazon.com/Daoism-Explained-Butterfly-Fishnet-Allegory/dp/0812695631
Oliver Sacks, the Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Iain McGilchrist, the Master an...
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REFERENCES:
Trump Golden Dome Cost Projection
SDI / Star Wars in the 1980s with Reagan
Costs associated with SENTINEL and ICBM Upgrades
Fallout and Downwinders, Thyroid Cancer, Nevada Test Site
At long last, Book 4 of the 5-book masterpiece, De Consolatione de Philosophiae by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius. Translated by W. V. Cooper, critical edition by Goins and Wyman.
I would describe this one as "a comfy doozy slightly too close to home."
Enjoy~
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Breaking News.....
America has bombed 3 Iranian nuclear reactors.
Happy summer solstice.
References
Iraq 1981 Nuclear Reactor Bombing by Israel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Opera?wprov=sfla1
Kissinger's Flip-Flop on the Iran Deal
"Today, the standard claim is that Iran has no need for nuclear power, so it must be pursuing a secret weapons program: "For an oil producer such as Iran, n...
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Nuclear weapons in Iran, Middle East environmental crisis, Israeli grand strategy, US covert action skullduggery, and a healthy reminder that it's all just oil at the end of the day.
References
FDR and Saudi King Abdul Aziz
https://www.history.com/articles/fdr-saudi-arabia-king-oil
Nuclear Blackmail at ...
Sabrina is back for the second installment of the Documentary Doctors!
As a reminder, you can sign up for her class on Palestine here. If you can't attend you can also donate! And if you can't donate you can still attend!
This time we are watching (and curling up in a ball after viewing) The Act of Killing, a 2012 documentary about the massacre of the Indonesian PKI (communist party) in 1965 by Western-backed fascist paramili...
Art Credit: "Piece Offering" by Mr. Fish
https://clowncrack.com/2025/06/10/piece-offering/
Find William's writing on Substack:
https://philosophicalrebellion.substack.com/
References:
Greta Thunbeg's interview on Al Jazeera youtu.be/OY38HjfrNGQ
Democracy Now youtu.be/jkKRxD8D2kU
Book about Ukraine War:
Our Enemies Will Vanish- Yaroslav Trofimov
Book about Israel Lobby: The Israel Lobby - John Mearsheimer
Osho, AKA Bhagwan, AKA Raj Rajneesh, AKA....we get it - mystic, con artist, cult leader, philosopher, terrorist, dupe? Your guess is as good as mine. Join Bhagwan Richard and myself as we explore the world of a man with 93 Rolls Royces and enough devoted worshipers to keep his toes permanently sucked and prescriptions filled.
References and Citations:
Building Utopia by Russell King
The Golden Road - William Dalrymple
The Eknath Easwa...
In this kickoff episode, activist and teacher Sabrina Jennings (links below) calls in to review two outstanding exposé documentaries, The Bibi Files, and The Lobby, both released 2024. Sabrina's critical class on the history of the Israel and Palestine conflict can be found right here - there are still a few slots left, so please sign up if you are interested in getting educated and getting active on the Gaza genocide.
CLASS SIG...
Written by Professor A. J. Mandt (Wichita State University)
https://philpeople.org/profiles/a-j-mandt
Voiced by Charlton Heston. Original here:
https://archive.org/details/thegiantsofphilosophy
Remastered for clarity using thousands of dollars of gear, free for the Internet forever.
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Original Video (SFU)
Summary
In a passionate and wide-ranging lecture, Cornel West pays tribute to Edward Said, framing him not just as a brilliant academic but as a "poet" in the broadest sense—a human being of immense courage, imagination, and compassion who wrestled with complex truths. West emphasizes Said's deep connection to music...
I will end with a little scene that took place in the last months of peace. They were the most terrible months of my life, for helplessly and hopelessly one watched the inevitable approach of war. One of the most horrible things at that time was to listen on the wireless to the speeches of Hitler—the savage and insane ravings of a vindictive underdog who suddenly saw himself to be all powerful. We were at Rodmell during the late su...
How I learned to stop worrying and love the Dome.
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Music Credit (under the FOX clip):
Anapse Entertainment
https://anapse.bandcamp.com/
Streamsafe Essentials I
References:
Reykjavik Summit 1986
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk_Summit
Katyn Forest Massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre
Operation CYCLONE 1979-92 (Aid to Afghan Mujahideen)
Oliver's Book Trans Technologies:
Oliver's Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/haimson.bsky.social
Guest: Oliver Haimson, Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information, and Director of the Community Research on Identity and Technology Lab.
Episode Overview:
In this episode, host William Engels sits down with Professor Oliver Haimson to discuss his new book, Trans Technologies. They e...
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