This year British radio and the BBC are celebrating the 40th anniversary of Bob Geldof and Band Aid’s Christmas Song to raise money for the Ethiopian famine. The anniversary has created some stir among the British pop celebrity class. British-Ghanian rapper Fuse ODG and others have critiqued the song as demeaning and ultimately harmful for Africa. …

In this episode of the Moral Imagination Podcast I speak with Catherine Pakaluk about her book Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth Over the last 200 years, we have seen a decline in birth rates in the United States and abroad, especially in Western countries. Most European countries are no longer at replacement rates and f…

Photo Credit: Tyler Follon - Wingman Visuals In this episode of the Moral Imagination Podcast, I speak with Professor William Easterly of New York University about his work in development economics, and the problems of technocracy and social engineering of the poor. Easterly worked at the World Bank from 1985-2001 and began to be troubled by a numb…

Source: Wikimedia Commons Joy Cannot Be Grasped What makes a good life? How can we be happy? Pleasure? Wealth? Honor or Fame? Aristotle argued that all play a role in happiness, but none of these suffice. Pleasure is obviously fleeting. Wealth is always acquired for the sake of something else – a house, a nice car, influence. Honor and fame rely on…

Photo by Shashi Chartuvedula on Unsplash This episode of the Moral Imagination Podcast is a talk I gave at AmPhil’s Center for Civil Society conference in November, 2023 on the “Rise of the Nones.” According to Pew Research, those who declare no religious affiliation - None - are now the largest religious category in the United States. In this talk…

I talk about how distractions can keep you astray from reaching your best self and go in depth on the Story of Jocko Willink. I also touch on the benefits on speaking in absolutes.

Here i talk very deeply about the life of Dr. Sebi and the forces of human nature being suppressed by ones proclivity to become a part of a functioning society.