Podcasts by Deeper Dive - DSUs podcast
The DSU podcast “Deeper Dive” is a weekly dialog between the moderator Walker Uhl and Professor Nick Dungey. Each week we will discuss a current event of global significance. Moving beyond the traditional left – right ideological debate, we identify the deeper core philosophical ideas that give rise to the events themselves and the partisan arguments that surround them.
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My Freedom, My Rights, and the End of the Social Contract from 2021-10-15T02:47:02
In the last two years we have seen an explosion in assertion of “absolute freedom” and “absolute rights” in the social and political crisis surrounding vaccines and the government’s authority to...
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Texas and the Theologico-Political Crisis from 2021-09-23T01:58:03
"I have longer to please the dead than please the living here." (Sophocles, Antigone). With these chilling words, ...
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Texas and the Theologico-Political Crisis from 2021-09-23T01:58:03
"I have longer to please the dead than please the living here." (Sophocles, Antigone). With these chilling words, ...
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We Are Back from 2021-09-09T07:07:31
After an extended break, Walker and Professor Dungey return! In this, "we are back," episode we examine where we are, and identify three main ideas to contextualize what is happening and where ...
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Becoming Mortal Gods and the End of Liberal Democracy from 2019-03-27T15:39:16
A critical theme running throughout Modern, and Modern Liberal Political Theory is the recognition of, and consequ...
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The Age of Acquisition and the Perfection of Inequality from 2019-02-27T15:11:53
The Washington Post proclaims: "The GOP Tax Reform is a Scam." As Millions of working and middle class people are ...
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Government Shutdown, Executive Power, and the Coming Authoritarianism from 2019-02-14T01:27:39
As the Institutions and Processes of Government continue to falter and breakdown, another Government Shutdowns looms, and the ominous threat of a Declaration of National Emergency darkens the Am...
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DSU LIVE FB event - Winning the Culture Wars and the End of Liberal Democracy from 2018-04-20T01:26:31
In our Fourth, Special DSU Event, we share with you the audio from a DSU Live Event, recorde...
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The State of Nature, Social Contract, and Guns from 2018-04-04T18:54:53
In the wake of yet another mass shooting that left 17 young people dead at a high school in ...
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FB1_Chaos as a Political Strategy from 2018-03-18T16:22:23
Recently, Donald Trump said he "likes governing by chaos." And, there are many who would say...
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Welcome to the Post-Truth Presidency from 2018-03-07T16:45:18
For two years we have been told that the informational, social, and political crisis now unf...
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DSU LIVE FB Event, recorded 11/11/17 - Boethius, Machiavelli, and Lady Fortuna: The Origins of the Modern Sexual Assault Crisis from 2018-03-04T15:56:01
DSU LIVE FB event, recorded 11/2/17 - Collusion, Conspiracy, Trump, and Locke's Account of the Dissolution of Government from 2018-02-25T18:00:28
In this SPECIAL DSU Podcast event, we share with you the audio from a DSU LIVE Facebook Event, recorded on November 2, 2017. In this episode, "Collusion, Conspiracy, Trump, and Locke's Account ...
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We are thrilled to be back from 2018-02-21T16:01:09
After an eight month hiatus, the DSU podcasts are back! In this episode, Walker and Professor Dungey welcome the DSU family and muse about the most significant themes and events that have transp...
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Living "Life as Art:" The Ana Kasparian Interview from 2017-04-12T14:05:26
In our most recent episode: "Living 'Life as Art:' the Ana Kasparian Interview," we revisit our most favorite theme. In a past episode titled, "Life as Art," we raised the question of what it wo...
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Deconstruction of the Administrative State from 2017-04-04T17:15:05
In a recent interview, Stephen Bannon, the Chief Advisor and Intellectual Strategist of the ...
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Informational Tribalism from 2017-03-15T11:00
Recently, Donald Trump stated: "The Past 'Phony' Jobs Numbers are now 'Very Real.'" In our l...
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A (Very) Brief History of Truth from 2017-03-01T14:06:03
The headlines declare: We live in a Post-Truth world, characterized by Alternative Facts and...
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Liberal Philosophy, Happiness, and Affluenza Anonymous from 2017-02-15T16:46:15
In our most recent episode, "Liberal Philosophy, Happiness, and Affluenza Anonymous," we continue our discussion of the Ancient-Modern debate surrounding the meaning and pursuit of Happiness. In...
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Locke's Prerogative Power, Trump's Executive Order, and the Appeal to Heaven from 2017-02-02T04:55:34
In light of the extraordinary legal, social, and political events of the past week, we return to an examination of Locke's notion of Prerogative Power, The Take Care Clause, and Executive Orders...
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The Great Debate Between Hobbes and Locke Finally Settled? from 2017-01-11T09:10:52
While Hobbes and Locke are two of the most important thinkers of Modern, Liberal Political P...
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The Philosophies and Tactics of War and the DAPL Protestors from 2016-12-08T04:29:39
In our most recent episode, "The Philosophies and Tactics of War and the DAPL Protestors," we examine the recent, alarming events at Standing Rock, North Dakota. Grounding our conversation in Lo...
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Boethius' Philosophy of Happiness and False Happiness from 2016-11-23T03:20:04
In our Thanks giving episode, "Boethius' Philosophy of Happiness and False Happiness," we ex...
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Liberal Philosophy, Tolerance, and Where We Go From Here from 2016-11-16T07:42:51
In our first episode after the most controversial Presidential Election in American History,...
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Answering the Big Questions from 2016-11-02T05:51:27
We are living in an existential, social, and political maelstrom. In our most recent episode...
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The End of Legitimacy? from 2016-10-26T03:34:48
During the final Presidential debate, both candidates where asked, once again, if they would...
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Machiavelli, Public and Private Positions, and Hillary Clinton from 2016-10-19T05:14:12
In a recently revealed document, Hillary Clinton said to a group of real estate investors, "you need both a public and private position." Earlier in the year, during a highly paid speech for exe...
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JS Mill's Philosophy of Anxiety and its Role in Personal and Political Transformation from 2016-10-14T12:56:24
This is the season of Political Anxiety. A recent article in Reuters recommends to Americans...
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Locke's Philosophy of Law, the State of War, and Wells Fargo from 2016-10-07T14:16:58
The only separating the State of War from the Political community is the law, and the willin...
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Donald Trump, Guns, and the On-Going Crisis of Political Legitimacy from 2016-09-28T14:16:08
In a recent speech about the issue of gun ownership in America, Donald Trump said about Hill...
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Colin Kaepernick, Martin Luther King, and the Philosophy of Protest and Civil Disobedience from 2016-09-21T04:38:55
Two weeks ago, Colin Kaepernick decided to "sit-out" the National Anthem. He did so to call ...
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Requiem for Liberal-Democratic Capitalism from 2016-09-14T05:03:54
In a recent editorial in the "Financial Times," the eminent British economics writer, Martin...
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Locke, the US Constitution and the New Machiavellian Prince. from 2016-09-07T08:21:50
In our fourth and final installment of our series on the transition from Liberal Democracy t...
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Hobbes and the Democratization of the Prince, from 2016-08-31T03:40:31
In Part 3, "Hobbes and the Democratization of the Prince," of our on-going series on the tra...
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Machiavelli and the DNA of Authoritarian Democracy from 2016-08-24T03:52:14
In Part 2 of our ongoing series that examines the philosophical origins of, and the reasons ...
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From Liberal Democracy to Authoritarian Democracy from 2016-08-17T14:54:16
It is commonplace to assume that Democracies and Authoritarian regimes are fundamentally dif...
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Mill's Philosophy of Free Speech, Radical Democracy, and Trump from 2016-08-10T13:29:45
In his classic treatise, "On Liberty," JS Mill makes some very powerful claims about free sp...
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Locke's Subjectivist Philosophy of Revolution from 2016-07-25T15:40:49
In our most recent episode, "Locke's Subjectivist Philosophy of Revolution," Walker and Prof...
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The Perfection and End of Liberal Philosophy from 2016-07-06T17:31:05
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The Cult of Ignorance in the United States from 2016-06-25T19:08:28
After a short break, Walker and Professor Dungey return. And, it does not get any better tha...
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Plato Would be Horrified by Trump's Rise. from 2016-05-06T01:19:41
A recent editorial in the Washington Post declared: "Plato Would be Horrified by Trump's Ris...
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Globalization and the Managed Devaluation of the Western Social- Welfare Democracies from 2016-04-28T00:08:46
Real and raw economic insecurity is driving the electoral turmoil on both the left and the r...
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From the Panama Papers to the Primary Election Process from 2016-04-21T03:37:53
Headlines scream: On both the Left and the Right, the Election Process is Rigged. The Panama...
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From Thoreau to Foucault: Metaphysical and Postmodern Accounts of Resistance and Civil Disobedience from 2016-04-12T14:30:57
As the political season of discontent continues to heat up, we have a little fun investigati...
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Civil Disobedience and the Season of Political Discontent from 2016-04-04T15:23:17
In recent months we have listened to Donald Trump suggest there might be riots if he is deni...
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Foucault, Disciplinary Power, And Your Threat Score from 2016-03-30T00:19:10
In our most recent episode, "Foucault, Disciplinary Power, And Your Threat Score," we invest...
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De-legitimization, Political Violence, and Lockean Revolution from 2016-03-19T02:29:26
The recent episodes of political violence, emanating from both sides of the ideological spec...
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Fear, Death, and the Collapse of the American Political Space from 2016-03-10T17:23:40
In a recent interview, Noam Chomsky said, "fear, along with the breakdown of society" is responsible for the ascendency of Donald Trump's political influence. In this episode we investigate Chom...
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The battle over fillings Scalia's seat from 2016-02-18T16:14:33
In our most recent episode, Walker and Professor Dungey wade into the emerging political and...
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Foucault in the Real World from 2016-02-08T21:20:55
Our most recent podcast, "Foucault in the Real World: Disciplinary Power and the Constructio...
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The Implications of the View that Language is Power: Foucault's account of Power and Identity from 2016-02-05T00:09:53
Our most recent podcast, "The Implications of the View that Language is Power: Foucault's ac...
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the Orwellian State Part 2 - Language as Power from 2016-01-26T02:32:55
Our most recent episode, "Language as Power: Transcending Orwell's account of language through Nietzsche and Foucault," is Part II in a Four Part series. In our last episode, we discussed Orwell...
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The Truth about the Orwellian State from 2016-01-12T14:57:20
In a recent article in Salon magazine, the author claimed that the GOP has become the party of Orwell's nightmare. Is this correct? What is Orwell's nightmare? In this episode we examine the "Or...
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Executive Power (repost) from 2016-01-05T16:43:41
With one year to go in office, President Obama has once again actively "transformed" the legal, political, and institutional relations of power in the United States. Enacting several "Executive...
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Life as Art - #1 Graham Elwood from 2015-12-22T18:05:06
Two years ago DSU did a podcast called "Life as Art." In this episode we explored the philosophical foundations and implications of thinking about our identities a...
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Money in Politics from 2015-12-08T01:42:42
In our most recent episode, Walker and Professor Dungey wade into the emotionally charged and highly "political" issue of "Money in Politics." It is often argued ...
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Where does the hate come from? from 2015-12-01T04:46:57
Responding to the recent episode of political violence, Ben C...
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America's thrust for the Political Outsider from 2015-11-21T02:05:29
In last week's podcast, we examined the deeper philosophical and historical origins of the very idea of the political "outsider." in this episode we examine the specific characteristics of moder...
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The Political Outsider from 2015-11-13T23:41:56
With only 90 days until the presidential primaries, two political "outsiders," Ben Carson and Donald Trump, continue to dominate the Republican party nomination contest. By the term political "o...
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Economic Justice from 2015-10-28T23:00:33
During the last Democratic Party Primary debate, there was one theme ALL the participants co...
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Can an Anti-Capitalist Socialist to be President from 2015-10-19T01:03:41
During Tuesday's Democratic Primary debate, Anderson Cooper asked Bernie Sanders if he thought it was possible for an anti-capitalist socialist to be President of the United States. In this epis...
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TPP in a deeper historical and theoretical context from 2015-10-08T04:17:13
After years of intense negotiations, the United States and ten other countries have reached an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP is the largest regional trade agreement in hist...
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Three Flash points of Religion and Politics in America from 2015-09-29T00:32:22
In this discussion, Walker and Professor Dungey discuss three flash points between Religion and Politics that sparked this week. First, Kim Davis is back in the news. Second, we discuss Ben Cars...
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Kim Davis and her big misunderstanding of the Constitution from 2015-09-16T21:22:51
In this episode, Walker and Professor Dungey discuss the current religious, philosophical, and political drama surrounding Kim Davis' asser...
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Rand Paul and the Dangerous Myth of 'Our' Country from 2015-09-03T15:06:57
This podcast was recorded April 12th 2015, when Rand Paul announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for President. At the time ...
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Thank You Donald Trump from 2015-08-19T14:17:30
In the past month, Donald Trump has turned the political world upside down. In the process he has ignited a firestorm around the debate of ...
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Baltimore is burning 5-1-15 from 2015-05-03T04:43:05
In our most recent podcast, Nick and walker examine the protests in Baltimore from the perspective of John Locke's account of Revolution. Listen
More on Brian Williams 4-21-15 from 2015-04-21T19:00
Indiana's Freedom of Religion 4-2-15 from 2015-04-02T19:00
Brian Williams 3-27-15 from 2015-03-27T19:00
The Oxfam Report 1-30-15 from 2015-01-30T20:00
Greece Again 1-27-15 from 2015-01-27T20:00
The State of the Union as Political Theater 1-23-15 from 2015-01-23T20:00
E.U. in Crisis 1-9-15 from 2015-01-09T20:00
In this episode we look at the Jan 25th Greek elections and what they mean to the E.U. and the course of finance in Europe in the short term.
Prediction #3 The Rich Should Get More Votes from 2015-01-08T02:16:42
Prediction #2 Immigration from 2014-12-20T16:56:25
Prediction #1 Putin from 2014-12-13T16:07:18
The Rich Should Get More Votes from 2014-04-18T15:40:38
In a recent public interview, Tom Perkins made two extraordinary claims: First, only those who pay taxes should be able to vote. And second...
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Ukraine and the Post Revolutionary Society from 2014-03-25T14:44:37
The Detroit Bankruptcy from 2014-01-23T01:27:44
In our most recent podcast, Walker and Professor Dungey return to the ...
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The Consequences of the Truth from 2013-12-20T15:58:53
Following up on "The Nature of Identity and Self Awareness", Walker and Professor Dungey dive deeper into the moral and existential implic...
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The Nature of Identity and the Self-awareness from 2013-12-06T06:28:49
In our most recent podcast, Professor Dungey and Walker dive deeper in...
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Life as Art from 2013-11-23T14:52:31
In our latest podcast, Professor Dungey and Walker travel beyond the m...
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Vanity and Happiness Part 3 of the Crisis from 2013-11-15T22:27
In Parts I and II of "The Crisis," Professor Dungey and Walker have ar...
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The Crisis Part 2 from 2013-11-08T16:56:22
In Part II of this controversial discussion, Professor Dungey provides...
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The Crisis Part 1 from 2013-10-31T18:54
In this "blue-sky" podcast, Professor Dungey provides a totally unique...
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American Exceptionalism from 2013-10-24T00:13:38
In a recent, nationally broadcasted speech about...
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Shutting Down the Government from 2013-10-11T16:26
Going beyond the ideological blame game over who is responsible for the current government shutdown, Walker and Professor Dungey locate t...
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Deeper Dive -001- The Legality of the NSA Spying Program from 2013-10-02T09:28
The Legality of the NSA Spying Program
Ever sinc...
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