One Philosopher At A Time

Bilal Tahir
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One Philosopher At A Time is a story-driven philosophy podcast that explores the thinkers who shaped how we understand life, truth, morality, power, love, death, and meaning. Each episode focuses on one philosopher: who they were, what they believed, the world they lived in, and why their ideas still matter today. From Socrates and Plato to Nietzsche, Confucius, Simone de Beauvoir, Marcus Aurelius, and beyond, this show makes philosophy clear, human, and useful. Powered by Jellypod.

  1. 12h ago

    Bertrand Russell and the Logic Revolution

    Explore how Bertrand Russell helped launch analytic philosophy by replacing vague systems with logical analysis, from his groundbreaking work in mathematical logic to the paradox that shook the foundations of set theory. The episode also traces Russell’s remarkable public life as an antiwar activist, literary Nobel laureate, and outspoken critic of nuclear weapons.

  2. 1d ago

    Heidegger, Dasein, and the Question of Being

    Explore Heidegger’s radical question about Being and his idea of Dasein as human existence understood through action, tools, mood, and possibility. The episode also examines his concept of being-in-the-world, the role of anxiety and thrownness, and the difficult moral legacy of his Nazi involvement.

  3. 2d ago

    Husserl and the Structures of Experience

    This episode explores Edmund Husserl’s phenomenology, from intentionality and psychologism to the epoché and phenomenological reduction. It explains how ordinary experience already presents the world as meaningful, structured, and open to further perception.

  4. 3d ago

    Bergson and the Flow of Lived Time

    This episode explores Henri Bergson’s philosophy of duration, showing how lived time, memory, and consciousness flow differently from clock time. It also examines his ideas on freedom, pure memory, and intuition as a way of understanding life from within rather than reducing it to mechanical parts.

  5. 5d ago

    Peirce, Pragmaticism, and the Science of Signs

    Explore Charles Sanders Peirce’s strict, scientific version of pragmatism, from the pragmatic maxim and the role of doubt in inquiry to his ideas about fallibilism and communal truth-seeking. The episode also breaks down Peirce’s semiotics, explaining how signs, objects, and interpretants work together to create meaning.

  6. 6d ago

    William James and the Practical Meaning of Truth

    This episode explores William James’s pragmatism, from his idea that truth must work in experience to his psychology of the stream of consciousness and his defense of belief under uncertainty. It also looks at how James approached religion as a lived human experience, shaped by the practical fruits of faith rather than abstract doctrine.

  7. Jul 17

    Max Stirner, Spooks, and the Unique One

    This episode explores Stirner’s attack on sacred abstractions like humanity, morality, nation, and the state, and explains why he saw them as spooks that can possess us. It also unpacks his ideas of the unique individual, egoism, property, and voluntary association in the turbulent world of post-Hegelian Germany.

  8. Jul 17

    Beauvoir on Radical Freedom and the Fear of Choice

    In postwar Paris, Simone de Beauvoir pushes back against Marxist critics and lays out her vision of radical freedom—and the ways we evade it. The episode explores the Serious Man, the Sub-Man, ambiguity, and why your freedom is inseparable from the freedom of others. Show Notes The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir: https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/de-beauvoir/ambiguity/ch02.htm

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One Philosopher At A Time is a story-driven philosophy podcast that explores the thinkers who shaped how we understand life, truth, morality, power, love, death, and meaning. Each episode focuses on one philosopher: who they were, what they believed, the world they lived in, and why their ideas still matter today. From Socrates and Plato to Nietzsche, Confucius, Simone de Beauvoir, Marcus Aurelius, and beyond, this show makes philosophy clear, human, and useful. Powered by Jellypod.

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  • Creator
    Bilal Tahir
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    50
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Copyright 2026 One Philosopher At A Time
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