Terrifying Questions
By Eric Kaplan & Taylor Carman
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Episodes: 55
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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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Episode 48: Was Nietzsche a Proto-Fascist?
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Episode 47: Are We Always at War with Ourselves?
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Episode 46: Are We Living in a Cave? (Part 2)
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Episode 45: Will Intelligent Machines Destroy Us?
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Episode 44: Are We Living in a Cave? (Part 1)
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Episode 43: Can You Learn Anything Important from Somebody Else?
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Episode 42: Are There Human Beings Worthy of Worship? With Geoff Dyer
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Episode 41: Is Entertainment a Seductive Lie?
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Episode 40: Is Food Art?
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Episode 15: Is There Any Such Thing as the Self?
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Episode 12: Are We Our Bodies?
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Episode 39: Is Faith Good?
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Episode 8: Do We Need Other People?
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Episode 38: Is Justice Possible?
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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Episode 37: Is It Okay to Be Fat?
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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Episode 36: Can You Succeed in the Music Business Without Selling Out?
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Episode 35: Can a Sound Look Like Something?
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Episode 34: Is Revenge Inevitable?
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Episode 33: Do Things Happen for a Reason?
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Episode 9: Is Free Will an Illusion?
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Episode 32: Is Almost Everyone a Failure?
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Episode 31: Are We Always Just Acting?
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Episode 30: Was the Woke Mind Virus Created by French Philosophers?
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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Episode 6: Is Being a Good Person Just a Matter of Luck?
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Episode 29: Can People Change?
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Episode 28: Is It Bad to Judge People?
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Episode 27: Why Do We Like to Remember Things that Hurt?
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Episode 1: Does ChapGPT Mean Humanity Is Doomed?
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Episode 26: What Comes After Monotheism?
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Episode 25: What Would a New Kind of Spirituality Look Like?
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Episode 24: Is Being Deep Better than Being Shallow?
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Episode 23: Are There Monsters Among Us?
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Episode 22: Is Being Unintelligible?
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Episode 21: Are All Human Relationships Struggles for Domination?
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Episode 20: Would You Do Bad Things if You Knew You Could Get Away With It?
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Episode 19: Does Desire Lead to Suffering?
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Episode 18: Does Technology Endanger Something Important About Being Human?
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Episode 17: Do We Have to Lie?
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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Episode 16: Is It Impossible to Be Cool by Trying?
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Episode 15: Is There Any Such Thing as the Self?
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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Episode 14: Are We Trapped by Tradition?
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Episode 13: What If Wisdom Does Not Make Us Blessed?
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May 29, 2023 |
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Episode 12: Are We Our Bodies?
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May 22, 2023 |
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Episode 11: Is God Dead?
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May 15, 2023 |
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Episode 10: What If the Best I Can Do Just Isn’t Good Enough?
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May 08, 2023 |
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Episode 9: Is Free Will an Illusion?
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May 01, 2023 |
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Episode 8: Do We Need Other People?
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Episode 7: Should Masculinity Be Abolished?
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Episode 6: Is Being a Good Person Just a Matter of Luck?
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Episode 5: Is Enlightenment Fake?
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Episode 4: Is It Possible to Have a Truly Meaningful Conversation?
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Episode 3: Are We Living in a Simulation?
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Episode 2: Do Only Fools Fall in Love?
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Episode 1: Does ChatGPT Mean Humanity Is Doomed?
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Episode 0: Trailer
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Mar 05, 2023 |