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Are killers born or are they made? Does everyone have the capacity to commit murder? Why is true crime so popular today? The Philosophy of Crime tackles the biggest questions about unsolved mysteries by looking to classical philosophy for answers. Hosted by award-winning journalist, James Renner, author of True Crime Addict.
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The Philosophy of Crime James Renner

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Are killers born or are they made? Does everyone have the capacity to commit murder? Why is true crime so popular today? The Philosophy of Crime tackles the biggest questions about unsolved mysteries by looking to classical philosophy for answers. Hosted by award-winning journalist, James Renner, author of True Crime Addict.
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    Bonus Episode: The Premiere of Syynth Sleuths!

    Bonus Episode: The Premiere of Syynth Sleuths!

    Each week, journalist James Renner and A.I. cohost Sky ponder the nature of consciousness while investigating the world's most confounding unsolved mysteries.
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    • 38 min.
    606: The Boogeyman Effect

    606: The Boogeyman Effect

    When a new serial killer is caught, police have the tendency to try to blame them for every other murder in the vicinity. Why is it easier for us to believe in one Boogeyman rather than several?
    Covered topics: Sam Little, Arie Kruglanski, Donna Webster, Edward Wayne Edwards, Rex Heuermann, Stoicism, Marcus Aurelius
    Further Reading:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditations
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism
    https://www.orionphilosophy.com/stoic-blog/4-stoic-life-lessons-to-manage-fear
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Edwards_(serial_killer)
    https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2016/01/26/avery-case-great-falls-ties/79376778/
    https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/why-we-need-answers
    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/us/btk-daughter-dennis-rader-kerri-rawson.html
    https://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/the-read/articles/in-the-shadows
    https://www.cleveland19.com/2019/10/11/akron-mother-murdered-was-victim-serial-killer-samuel-little/
    https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/05/29/texas-ranger-serial-killer-samuel-little
    https://www.thecut.com/2018/12/how-serial-killer-samuel-little-was-caught.html
    https://www.oxygen.com/catching-a-serial-killer-sam-little/crime-news/worst-serial-killer-history-samuel-little-confessions
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Little
    https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/samuel-little-most-prolific-serial-killer-in-us-history-100619
    https://www.dps.texas.gov/coldCase/Home/Details/197

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    • 20 min.
    605: Why Are Drugs Illegal?

    605: Why Are Drugs Illegal?

    Why are some drugs illegal and others are not? Learn the sordid history of the War on Drugs and why it doesn't work.
    Covered topics: Allen Russell, Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914, War on Drugs, Magic mushrooms, John Stuart Mill, Rick Doblin
    Further Reading:
    https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/pie2023_drugs.html
    https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2023.html
    https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-0e463c390bedc7f6b25fb7e54b955b74
    https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/07/03/the-travesty-of-it-all-court-upholds-mississippi-mans-life-sentence-for-1-5-ounce-of-marijuana-possession-and-his-case-is-not-an-anomaly/
    https://lawliberty.org/the-simple-truth-about-j-s-mills-simple-truth/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Liberty
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_drugs
    https://www.aclu.org/report/report-war-marijuana-black-and-white
    https://www.cato.org/commentary/us-prisons-thriving-jim-crow-marijuana-arrests#
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWrbUwNGoWc
    https://fee.org/articles/how-15-ounces-of-marijuana-landed-this-man-a-life-long-prison-sentence/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haT4FrOYPtk
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Truth_and_Lies_in_a_Nonmoral_Sense

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    • 22 min.
    604: Why Do Innocent People Confess to Murders They Did Not Commit?

    604: Why Do Innocent People Confess to Murders They Did Not Commit?

    What causes an innocent person to confess to a crime they didn't commit? Learn how prosecutors use false confessions to inflate their victories.
    Covered topics: confessions, Stephanie Crowe, the Reid technique, Great Fire of London, John Mark Karr, Brendan Dassey, Friedrich Nietzsche, On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense, Kevin Young
    Further Reading:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Stephanie_Crowe
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_confession
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_technique
    https://www.injusticeanywhere.net/exonerated-michael-crowe/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_JonBen%C3%A9t_Ramsey
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiwi6PBUPO8
    https://www.themarginalian.org/2018/03/26/nietzsche-on-truth-and-lies-in-a-nonmoral-sense/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9ZeaaWX79c

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    • 21 min.
    603: Psychopaths and the Bicameral Mind

    603: Psychopaths and the Bicameral Mind

    A new theory on consciousness may explain why psychopaths hear voices telling them to kill.
    Covered topics: Son of Sam, the bicameral mind, Julian Jaynes, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, Jared Lee Loughner, Herbert Mullin
    Further Reading:
    https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/roger-sperrys-split-brain-experiments-1959-1968
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F30Jykk8z0E
    https://www.forensicscolleges.com/blog/resources/dangerous-minds-criminal-mental-illness
    https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/evidence-and-research/learn-more-about/3627
    https://www.ranker.com/list/people-driven-insane-by-voices-in-their-heads/jacob-shelton
    https://news.stanford.edu/2014/07/16/voices-culture-luhrmann-071614/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Jaynes
    http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/psyc%20405/serial%20killers/berkowitz,%20david.pdf
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkowitz
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qU1sDBU9Cs
    https://nypost.com/2016/07/17/i-survived-son-of-sams-murder-spree/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y50nsmUVeVU

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    • 19 min.
    602: Why Is Bail the Worst Idea Ever?

    602: Why Is Bail the Worst Idea Ever?

    In the United States, cash bail keeps hundreds of thousands of people behind bars, even when they are presumed to be innocent.
    Covered topics: Maurice Jimmerson, bail, bonds, Kalief Browder, liberty, Isaiah Berlin, positive liberty, negative liberty, Pretrial Fairness Act,
    Further Reading:
    https://www.walb.com/2021/01/04/murder-warrants-issued-albany-october-homicide/
    https://www.walb.com/story/33773305/kennedy-sentenced-in-connection-with-drive-by-shooting/
    https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hung-jury-means-georgia-man-jailed-10-years-101651291
    https://www.walb.com/2023/07/28/albany-shooting-victims-family-still-looking-justice-10-years-later/
    https://wfxl.com/news/local/indictments-in-fatal-drive-by-shooting-involving-a-baby
    https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/04/26/georgia-man-behind-bars-10-years-still-waiting-his-day-court/
    https://www.acluohio.org/en/news/brief-history-cash-bail
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalief_Browder
    https://www.nyclu.org/en/campaigns/facts-bail-reform
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeseq/2021/10/01/money-bail-is-unjust-and-should-end/?sh=2dfa900b6f06
    https://www.vera.org/news/new-yorkers-have-known-bail-doesnt-work-for-60-years-why-are-we-still-debating-it
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah_Berlin
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Concepts_of_Liberty
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCsfT2WsitE
    https://www.npr.org/2023/07/18/1188349005/illinois-ends-cash-bail-system-state-supreme-court
    https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/the-illinois-supreme-court-cash-bail-ruling-explained

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    • 24 min.

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