For Episode 17, I am joined by Dr. Charles Mills to talk about punishment, non-ideal theories of justice, why philosophers love science fiction, and "White Bear" (Season 2, Episode 2 of Black Mirror), which first premiered in 2013.Dr. Charles W

"Arkangel" (with special guest, Shannon M. Mussett)

Jan 22nd, 2021 52m 9s

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"Hated in the Nation" (with special guest, Ammon Allred)

Jan 15th, 2021 1h 6m

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"Men Against Fire" (with special guest, Charles W. McKinney, Jr.)

Jan 15th, 2021 54m 38s

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"Be Right Back" (with special guest, Samir Chopra)

Jan 8th, 2021 56m

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"Black Museum" (with special guest, Zandria F. Robinson)

Dec 31st, 2020 1h 6m

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"USS Callister" (with special guest, David Gunkel)

Dec 24th, 2020 56m 29s

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"Nosedive" (with special guest, John Danaher)

Dec 18th, 2020 53m 22s

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"Shut Up and Dance" (with special guest, Rick Lee)

Dec 11th, 2020 58m 7s

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"The Waldo Moment" (with special guest, Jason Read)

Dec 9th, 2020 58m 58s

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"Playtest" (with special guest, C. Thi Nguyen)

Dec 4th, 2020 1h 2m

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"The Entire History of You" (with special guest, John Cerrito)

Dec 4th, 2020 48m 46s

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"San Junipero" (with special guest, Michael Norton)

Nov 27th, 2020 55m 7s

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"Striking Vipers" (with special guest, Adriel M. Trott)

Nov 27th, 2020 42m 23s

In this episode, Adriel Trott and Dr. J discuss the ways in which VR complicates not only our conventional understandings of the distinction between the "real" and the "simulated," but also our conventional understandings of sex, gender, sexual

"The National Anthem" (with special guest, Ammon Allred)

Nov 26th, 2020 53m 24s

"The National Anthem" premiered as the inaugural episode of Black Mirror in 2011. Despite the fact that it does not include any futuristic technologies, it set the scene for the series and remains one of the most controversial and riveting epis

'White Christmas" (with special guest, Chris Gilliard)

Nov 24th, 2020 1h 4m

Dr. Chris Gilliard joins Dr. J in this episode to discuss his work on "digital redlining," incarceration and e-carceration, the ethics of "blocking," and whether its okay to torture or coerce digital copies of human consciousnesses... all in th

"15 Million Merits" (with special guest, Shannon Mussett)

Nov 22nd, 2020 45m 3s

"15 Million Merits" (Season 1, Episode 2) presents itself as a fairly straightforward story of lost love, of meaningless work, of empty consumerism, and the dangers of reality television. But is there another story hidden in it?Shannon Musset o

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