How philosophy can (truly) improve your life, featuring Monica McCarthy

May 08, 2019 00:54:08
How philosophy can (truly) improve your life, featuring Monica McCarthy
Deviate
How philosophy can (truly) improve your life, featuring Monica McCarthy

May 08 2019 | 00:54:08

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Hosted By

Rolf Potts

Show Notes

“The challenge is that we have to become philosophers ourselves, in a way. We have to learn to ask better questions and more questions than we had to before.” – Monica McCarthy

Monica McCarthy (@MissMMcCarthy) is an actress, writer, and host of The Happier Hour podcast and live show, which aims to make philosophy useful and accessible. For more about Monica, you can check our her website or watch her TedX talk, Philosophy: The Life Hack of the Future.

In this episode of Deviate, Rolf speaks with Monica about the “definition” of philosophy (3:00); where people should start when seeking to embrace philosophy (16:00); travel as a metaphor for discussing philosophy (22:00); Western philosophy and common assumptions about it (32:00); and key takeaways from Monica’s podcast (50:00).

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The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel’s 2017 album Lumber.

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