ABOUT THE POD
Philosophy is an important academic subject, one we believe everyone should be exposed to and explore. But philosophy can also feel distant and abstract to many people. The Grindstone is an ‘armchair interviews with philosophers’ podcast that gets to know the people who study and teach philosophy, and tries to apply some of their wisdom to the world around us.
We let the conversations unfold in their own way, but we try to cover three topics with all of our guests:
We also occasionally interview people who majored in philosophy and went on to careers in various industries outside of academia to ask them how their education in philosophy prepared them for and applies to their current work.
The conversations are informal, organic, and go where they go. We hope that they are informative and insightful. And we hope that you enjoy them. Thanks for listening!
YOU CAN FOLLOW US:
@grindstone.pod (Instagram)
@GrindstonePod (Twitter)
ABOUT OUR TEAM
The Grindstone was created, and is hosted, by Matthew Kroll, the Academic Program Manager in the Department of Philosophy at Purdue University. Caroline Cross, a philosophy major at Purdue, mixes, edits and produces the podcast. The intro and outro music is by Al Terity. Special thanks to Purdue philosophy alum Madison Maroney for voicing the intro and outro.
This podcast is supported by the Department of Philosophy and the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
ABOUT THE POD
Philosophy is an important academic subject, one we believe everyone should be exposed to and explore. But philosophy can also feel distant and abstract to many people. The Grindstone is an ‘armchair interviews with philosophers’ podcast that gets to know the people who study and teach philosophy, and tries to apply some of their wisdom to the world around us.
We let the conversations unfold in their own way, but we try to cover three topics with all of our guests:
We also occasionally interview people who majored in philosophy and went on to careers in various industries outside of academia to ask them how their education in philosophy prepared them for and applies to their current work.
The conversations are informal, organic, and go where they go. We hope that they are informative and insightful. And we hope that you enjoy them. Thanks for listening!
YOU CAN FOLLOW US:
@grindstone.pod (Instagram)
@GrindstonePod (Twitter)
ABOUT OUR TEAM
The Grindstone was created, and is hosted, by Matthew Kroll, the Academic Program Manager in the Department of Philosophy at Purdue University. Caroline Cross, a philosophy major at Purdue, mixes, edits and produces the podcast. The intro and outro music is by Al Terity. Special thanks to Purdue philosophy alum Madison Maroney for voicing the intro and outro.
This podcast is supported by the Department of Philosophy and the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second full-length episode of The Grindstone's COVID-19 Series, we look at the disease itself, and put it into historical context. We begin by talking with experts about viruses in general, the ability of COVID-19 to make its way around the world so quickly, and why this only emphasizes our need to be diligent when going out into the world where physical distancing and wearing face masks is concerned, a topic we discussed through an ethical lens in the first episode.
Our guests in this episode are: Dr. David Bernard, an emergency pediatrics physician in Birmingham, AL; returning guests Dr. Amy Martin, a bioethicist at IU Health, and Dr. Audrey Ruple, Assistant Professor of One Health Epidemiology at Purdue; Dr. Kevin Harrelson, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Ball State University; and PhD candidate in the Department of History at Purdue, Caitlin Fendley.
Enjoy and thanks for listening!
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