Philosophy On Tap

Tanner and Ryan are joined again by special guest Alex Vice to discuss the American education system: what works, what doesn't, and how might it be improved. The conversation centers around what incentives and requirements educators face, and what sort of role should the school system play in our society. There are several references to the previous episode featuring Alex on Dungeons & Dragons, however the episodes are mostly separate and that episode is not required to understand this one.
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What happens when a thing becomes more than its parts? How do the parts shape the whole and make something even more? Join hosts Ryan and Tanner on the final episode of Season 2 as they discuss the concept Transcendence and seeing the forest for the trees.
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What is the power of a word? Can difference in language lead to differences in beliefs? Join hosts Tanner and Ryan as they are joined by his brother and friend of the show Stephen to discuss how determining if something is a soup or a salad may actually shed light on how words shape our reality.

How is a pencil made? What does this seemingly simply process entail? How many people? What materials? Join Ryan and Tanner reading and discussing the essay, "I, Pencil", where a pencil explains the marvels of the modern world by giving a brief glimpse of what it takes to make itself.
Also, how is the environment connected to wealth generation in the modern world? Cars, coffee, and coats are great, but at what cost? Not monetarily, but to the environment. And, how large of a cost to and from the environment are we willing to front before our shoddy calculus leaves the economy in shambles, having destroyed the cornerstone of the economy, the environment itself.
These thoughts, questions, and more inspired by the essay, "I, Pencil", by Leonard Read.

As the Covid-19 pandemic begins to wind down and things are becoming more open again it's easy to want to get back to normal. But was our normal before the pandemic really so good that we want to get right back to it? What lessons did we learn during this past year that we can adopt to keep moving onwards and upwards, not backwards.
In this episode Tanner and Ryan discuss ways to move forwards not backwards out of the pandemic including working from home, new hobbies, mental health, and livable wages. They hope to spark the conversation that despite so much bad in the past year we can all take away things personally, and as a society to make a better world going forward.
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