Terrifying Questions
- Society & Culture · Philosophy
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About
Eric Kaplan, a comedy writer (Futurama, Big Bang Theory) and doctor of philosophy, and Taylor Carman (Barnard College, Columbia University), a philosophy professor specializing in phenomenology, existentialism, and hermeneutics, host a podcast that addresses unsettling questions concerning human existence and the order of things with the goal of finding a path to courage using comedy, imagination, and dialogue. Along the way they occasionally grapple with the deep uncanniness of being.
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Recent episodes
- Episode 48: Was Nietzsche a Proto-Fascist?
- Episode 47: Are We Always at War with Ourselves?
- Episode 46: Are We Living in a Cave? (Part 2)
- Episode 45: Will Intelligent Machines Destroy Us?
- Episode 44: Are We Living in a Cave? (Part 1)
- Episode 43: Can You Learn Anything Important from Somebody Else?
- Episode 42: Are There Human Beings Worthy of Worship? With Geoff Dyer
- Episode 41: Is Entertainment a Seductive Lie?
- Episode 40: Is Food Art?
- Episode 15: Is There Any Such Thing as the Self?