Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast

Feb 24 2025 65 ep. 82 mins 69
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Philosophical excursions into interesting, and often controversial, topics. Hosted by Spencer Case. 

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Not-So-Great Arguments for the Existence of God

Feb 24 2025 92 mins  
Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Matthew Adelstein, the prolific young writer who posts at "Bentham's Bulldog" on Substack, has recently attracted attention for a tier ranking of philosophical arguments for the existence of God. Matthew and Spencer discuss the arguments at the bottom of his list, ascending from arguments that get an "F" to one in the C tier.

The Virtuous Gamer

Jan 20 2025 81 mins  
Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Sarah Malanowski and Nicholas Baima join Spencer Case to discuss their book Why it's Ok to be a Gamer. They cover common objections to gaming, such as the claim that gaming is addictive and violent games promote violence. They also consider ways that video games can promote friendships and cultivate virtue. Finally, they debate the sup

Rant-a-thon 2024! (Part 2)

Dec 25 2024 91 mins  
Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Featuring rants by Matt Lutz (on a priori knowledge and the politicization of the university) Travis Timmerman (on the film "Megalopolis") Spencer Case (on the depraved adulation of Luigi Mangione) and Ben Burgis (on the hypocrisy of "heterodox" liberals on Palestine).

Rant-a-thon 2024! (Part 1)

Dec 20 2024 72 mins  
Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Featuring rants from Matthew Adelstein (on shrimp welfare), Mark Oppenheimer (on missing the golden age of universities), Craig White (on the folly and immorality of American involvement in Ukraine) David Baker (on the wrongness of peacetime conscription) and Jason Werbeloff (on common misconceptions about AI).

Progressive Myths about Sex and Gender

Nov 28 2024 73 mins  
Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Michael Huemer returns to the podcast to discuss more of the issues in his self-published book, Progressive Myths (which you can buy on Amazon for a mere $12.50). Mike and Spencer discuss the gender pay gap, the claim that women don't lie about sexual assault, and the sex-gender distinction.

Progressive Myths

Oct 20 2024 111 mins  
Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Michael Huemer returns Micro-Digressions to discuss his new self-published book, Progressive Myths, which you can purchase here for a mere $12.50: Progressive Myths: Huemer, Michael: 9798332272073: Amazon.com: Books Discussed here: Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and George Floyd cases, as well as some of the general patter

Nuclear War, Part 2

Sep 25 2024 85 mins  
Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Dave Baker returns to Micro-Digressions to finish the discussion of nuclear weapons. Topics this time include the development of the hydrogen bomb, the problems with developing missile defense systems, and nuclear proliferation.

Nuclear War

Aug 17 2024 92 mins  
Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Is the possession of nuclear weapons morally justified? Was it a mistake to invent them to begin with? Dave Baker joins Spencer to discuss these and other questions about nuclear war. (Correction: Joseph Stalin died in 1953, not 1952).

Come on, man! Debating the Joe Biden presidency

Jul 20 2024 91 mins  
Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! You may have heard that there's an election going on in the U.S. A big one in fact. This episode is a debate about the records of one of the candidates, Joe Biden. Matt Lutz, noted error theorist and Biden enthusiast, returns to the podcast to argue that Americans are insufficiently appreciative of Biden's performance on the economy an

Consciousness and the self

Jun 17 2024 84 mins  
Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Mike Huemer rejoins Spencer to discuss the nature of consciousness. They consider the reasons for thinking that consciousness can't be physical and some prominent physicalist rejoinders to dualist arguments. Here's a link to Mike's excellent "Fake Nous" substack: Fake Noûs | Michael Huemer | Substack