Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast

Love the show. Refreshingly entertaining and insightful

I’d recommend this entire series rather than most undergrad classes in Western Philosophy. Clif sends it.

As a professional philosopher, I’m equipped to appreciate the quality of Cliff’s work: intelligent and lovingly prepared. I’m especially impressed by the overview of Plato’s Republic, which does justice without getting (too) lost in the weeds. Thank you!

I switched from Apple Music to Spotify recently and started listening to podcasts there as well. During the episode “Plato’s Republic 6” and the part with the discussion of the soul, I was absolutely tickled by what I believe must have been a reference to Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I can’t think of another context where I’ve heard “boy’s soul” and “boy’s hole” confused for comedic purposes. That was the push I needed to come all the way back from Spotify to the apple podcast app and leave a review. I think the name of this show is incredibly clever and as someone who is living unemployed in his high school bedroom with a 2019 vintage political science degree, I find the perspectives in this show incredibly refreshing after 4 frustrating years of my complaints in political theory classes about the incompatibility of these abstract ideas with lived political reality falling on deaf ears.