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Hotel Bar Sessions podcast @hotelbarpodcast.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Enjoy this first installment of our between-seasons "Minibar" episodes from @jenhkling.bsky.social, who explains the merits and demerits of "Hanlon's Razor" for guiding our everyday interactions with one another. hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/hanl...

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MINIBAR: Hanlon’s Razor (with Jennifer Kling) - Hotel Bar Podcast

On attributing to malice what is best attributed to stupidity.

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Why are philosophers so obsessed with possible worlds—thought experiments, counterfactuals, fictional worlds, and ideal worlds? What’s going on with all that? @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social, @philosophymatters.bsky.social, and I discuss!

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Episode 219: Possible Worlds - Hotel Bar Podcast

What philosophers do with worlds that don't exist — and whether it helps.

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Imagine Strauss and Adorno…on the same side?! Stranger things have happened. With Jeffrey Bernstein, we discuss his work bringing these two theorists together to develop a philosophy of anti-fascism—which involves, crucially, rejecting soundbites! Sign me up 😎 hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/stra...

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Episode 218: Strange Bedfellows: Adorno and Strauss (with Jeffrey Bernstein) - Hotel Bar Podcast

Strauss and Adorno walk into a bar. Turns out they both hate fascism.

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

This week, @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social, @philosophymatters.bsky.social, special guest Simon Critchley, and I are talking about the future—how should we think about it? Are we for it or against it? Optimism or pessimism? Yay or nay? Check it out!

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Episode 216: Against the Future (with Simon Critchley) - Hotel Bar Podcast

Why is Simon Critchley "against" the future?

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Families can be....complicated. This week, @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social, @philosophymatters.bsky.social, and I, with special guest Kiran Bhardwaj, consider families, and what's going on with people going "low" or "no contact" with their families. (Nothing gets people going like family...)

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Episode 215: Family “No Contact” (with Kiran Bhardwaj) - Hotel Bar Podcast

Is family "estrangement" a defensible choice?

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

This week, we take on the philosophy of food! What are the main courses in a philosophy of food, you may ask? Luckily, we have guest Bob Valgenti to walk @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social, @philosophymatters.bsky.social, and me through the issues, which are, it must be said, delicious 😎

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Episode 214: Food (with Bob Valgenti) - Hotel Bar Podcast

Philosopher and culinary professor Bob Valgenti explains how the history of humanity is the history of gastronomy.

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Moral, social, and political questions of anonymity go all the way back to Socrates and before. What does anonymity do to our social and political relations? @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social, @philosophymatters.bsky.social, and I discuss it all, including masked federal agents today. This one’s a doozy!

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Episode 213: Anonymity - Hotel Bar Podcast

Why must state power wear a mask?

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Our latest episode is out, and it’s a doozy! @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social @philosophymatters.bsky.social and I discuss thinking in, with, around, and through catastrophe. This was an incredibly thought-provoking episode for me, and I’m still not sure I have a settled view 🤔 Have a listen!

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Episode 212: Catastrophic Philosophy - Hotel Bar Podcast

How does philosophy respond to catastrophes? And how does it generate them?

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Leigh M. Johnson @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I tried to forward a somewhat unorthodox definition of "intelligence" in this episode. Would love to hear your feedback!

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Aaaand we’re back for Season 15 (15!) of Hotel Bar Sessions. We kick off this season with a discussion about intelligence—what is it, and what do we want it to be? Shocking no one, I worry about the socio-political implications of the category 😝 You won’t want to miss this one! Check it out:

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Episode 211: Intelligence(s) - Hotel Bar Podcast

What counts as intelligence?

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Interested in or concerned about AI? Check out @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social’s mini bar episode on algorithmic nostalgia!

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MINIBAR: Algorithmic Nostalgia (with Leigh M. Johnson) - Hotel Bar Podcast

Why do AI's fabricated memories "feel" so true?

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Find yourself feeling nostalgic for the olden days? Check out our episode on the phenomenon of nostalgia! This is the one where I ask many questions, and Bob and Leigh are extraordinarily patient with me. 😄 It made me a little bit nostalgic for grad school! 🤣

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Episode 209: Nostalgia - Hotel Bar Podcast

What does nostalgia fondly remember, and what might it dangerously enable?

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

If we are actually harmed—as individuals and as a society—by bad reasoning, logical fallacies, and the generic chicanery of sophists, what can we do to restore the robust critical thinking that we need to combat them? Or should we just ignore them altogether? Check out this week’s episode!

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Episode 208: Sophistry - Hotel Bar Podcast

What to do when "just asking questions" is not that.

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The newest episode of Hotel Bar Sessions is out! Leigh M. Johnson, Bob Vallier, and I discuss "enshittification": what it is, how it functions, and why it seems like everything just gets worse. We had fun recording this one, and I hope you'll give it a listen! hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/the-...

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Episode 207: The Enshittification of… everything? - Hotel Bar Podcast

How late capitalism turns every click into crap.

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Is it possible to resist oppression without following Western scripts surrounding protest? This week, @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social, @philosophymatters.bsky.social, and I are joined by Dr. Tamara Fakhoury, of the U of Minnesota, to talk about what it means to be a quiet resistor. #hotelbarsessions

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Episode 206: Quiet Resistance (with Tamara Fakhoury) - Hotel Bar Podcast

What can Palestinian rock climbers teach us about resisting differently?

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

What does it mean to be well-adjusted in a society that might itself be profoundly unwell? When we use therapy-speak to explain everything from bad relationships to bad politics, do we risk losing sight of moral responsibility altogether? @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social, @philosophymatters.bsky.social

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Episode 205: Therapy - Hotel Bar Podcast

What problems arise when "therapy speak" becomes our default social vocabulary?

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

This week, @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social, @philosophymatters.bsky.social, and I discuss imagination with our guest, Dr. Stephen Asma. Although I ask a lot of questions in this episode, I think Asma has a point that we need to focus more on imagination, especially as we look to the future!

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Episode 203: Imagination (with Stephen T. Asma) - Hotel Bar Podcast

How can we recover not only the power, but the importance, of imagination for philosophy?

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

The philosophical side of comedy! What is it, how does it function, is anything universally funny? Or universally not funny? Have a listen! @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social @philosophymatters.bsky.social

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Episode 202: Comedy - Hotel Bar Podcast

What's so funny about comedy, anyway?

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

A new episode of Hotel Bar Sessions is out! This one’s cool—we talk about what hills we’re willing to die on, what it means to be willing to die on a hill, pedagogy, and more. Check it out! @philosophymatters.bsky.social @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/epis...

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Episode 201: The Hills We Die On - Hotel Bar Podcast

How do we choose the hills where we make our stand?

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Heading to Concerned Philosophers for Peace conference in San Marcos, TX! Excited to talk diversifying and decolonizing peace 🤩✌️🕊️ #cpp #concernedphilosophersforpeace

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Jen Kling @jenhkling.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Hi! I'm on bluesky now, which is cool. 😄😎

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