Maria Balaska is a research fellow at the University of Hertfordshire and at Åbo Akademi University. She is the author of a number of articles and books on psychoanalysis, ethics, Wittgenstein, and other topics, including Anxiety and Wonder: On Being Human (Bloomsbury, 2024). Maria Balaska: Website: www.mariabalaska.com Profile at PhilPeople Twitter/X: @BalaskaMaria Work discussed in this episode: Maria Balaska, Anxiety and Wonder: On Being Human (Bloomsbury, 2024) ––– More episodes o...

Sam Wilkinson is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy in the Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology at the University of Exeter, whose research has focused on hallucinations, delusions, and the philosophical foundations of psychiatry, among other topics. This interview focuses primarily on his work on auditory verbal hallucinations and his recent book Philosophy of Psychiatry: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, 2023). Sam Wilkinson: Profile at University of Exeter Profile at G...

Elizabeth Schechter, who is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she is also a member of the Brain and Behavior Institute. The focus of our discussion today is her paper 'Introducing Plurals,' published in the Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics. Elizabeth Schechter: • Website • Profile at University of Maryland Work discussed in this episode: • Elizabeth Schechter, Introducing Plurals • T.M. Luhrmann, When God Talks Back ––– More episode...

HELLO LISTENERS! PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR A SHORT LISTENER SURVEY Anne-Marie Gagné-Julien is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy at McGill University, where she is affiliated with the Centre for Research in Ethics, the Canada Research Chair in Feminist Ethics and the Canada Research Chair on Epistemic Injustice and Agency. Her work focuses on the nature of mental disorder, medicalization and epistemic injustice in psychiatry, mad studies, and the ...

Eleanor Byrne is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Birmingham. She received her PhD from the University of York in 2022. Her work explores the philosophical and phenomenological aspects of a number of current topics in psychiatry and medicine, including grief, chronic fatigue syndrome, and long COVID. Eleanor Byrne: • Website • Twitter/X Work discussed in this episode: • Eleanor Byrne, Striking the balance with epistemic injustice in healthcare: the case of Chronic Fatigu...

Cheshire Calhoun is Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State University, and the author of multiple books, edited volumes, and prize-winning articles on normative ethics, moral psychology, and feminist philosophy, among other topics. Website: cheshirecalhoun.com Karen Stohr is Ryan Family Chair Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy at Georgetown University, and is also the author of multiple books and articles in ethics, especially contemporary Kantian and Aristotelian ethics...

Dr. David Brendel is a psychiatrist, author, and executive coach in Belmont Massachusetts. He is a board certified psychiatrist who holds an MD from Harvard Medical School. He directs Leading Minds Executive Coaching, a leading executive coaching firm. He additionally holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Chicago and is the author of the book Healing Psychiatry and several articles on the role of philosophical pragmatism in psychiatry. Dr. David Brendel: • Website • Leading ...

Lydia Amir is Lecturer in Philosophy at Tufts University and a leading expert in philosophical practice. She is the author of The Legacy of Nietzsche's Philosophy of Laughter, Philosophy, Humor, and the Human Condition, Taking Philosophy Seriously, and Rethinking Philosophers' Responsibility, as well many other books and articles on philosophy and the transformative power of philosophical practice. More about Lydia Amir: • Profile at Tufts • Profile at Philpeople • New Yorker article featuri...

Robert Kelly is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Bakersfield College in Bakersfield, California. He is the author of several publications on addiction and ontology, including his paper 'Towards a dispositionalist (and unifying) account of addiction' (Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, 2023). Robert Kelly: • Profile at Bakersfield College • Profile at Philpeople Work discussed in this episode: • Robert Kelly, Towards a dispositionalist (and unifying) account of addiction --- ...

Shane McLoughlin is Lecturer in Character Education at the Jubilee Center for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham. His research involves designing and testing interventions that help people to clarify their values and to engage in valued action. He is the author of multiple peer-reviewed articles on the empirical evaluation of interventions, therapies such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and practices of value and value clarification. Shane McLoughlin: • Profile at Un...

Matt Lundquist is Founder and Director of Tribeca Therapy, a group therapy practice with offices in Lower Manhattan and Park Slope. He holds an MSW from Columbia as well as a Master's in Special Education. His clinical work is influenced by his background in philosophy, and has both expertise and a distinctive perspective on the interplay of philosophy and clinical work. • Matt Lundquist Profile at Tribeca TherapyProfile at Psychology TodayCarrie Lobman and Matt Lundquist, Unscripted Learnin...

Céline Leboeuf is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Florida International University, and received her PhD from Harvard in 2016. She is the author of many publications on gender, race, and embodiment, as well as the philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir, among other topics. Céline Leboeuf: • Website at Florida International University • Personal website • @cc_leboeuf Articles discussed in this episode: • Céline Leboeuf, "Phenomenology at the Intersection of Gender and Race" • Céline Leboeu...

Riana Betzler is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at San Jose State University, and previously held positions at Washington University (St Louis), the University of Cambridge, and the Konrad Lorenz Institute (Austria). She received her Ph.D. in the History and Philosophy of Science from Cambridge. Her primary research project, "The Science and Ethics of Empathy" is an interdisciplinary project addressing debates about empathy and its value in contemporary society. This interview is an ex...

Steven J. Sandage is Albert and Jessie Danielsen Professor of Psychology of Religion and Theology at Boston University, where he is also Research Director and Senior Staff Psychologist at the Danielsen Institute. He has authored or co-authored several books and many more articles on relational spirituality, the clinical significance of forgiveness, the nature of humility, among many other topics. About Steven J. Sandage: • Faculty page at Boston University • Google Scholar profile • The Dani...

Simon Jarrett is a historian and writer, a research fellow at Birbeck, University of London, and the editor of Community Living Magazine. He is the author of Those They Called Idiots:The Idea of the Disabled Mind from 1700 to the Present Day (Reaktion Books, 2020). • Purchase Those They Called Idiots via Reaktion (UK) or U. of Chicago Press (US). • More about Community Living Magazine • More about Corali Dance Company • Follow @SimonJarrett6 on Twitter Other work mentioned in this e...

Dr. Clara Humpston is a Research Fellow in Youth Mental Health Methodology at the Institute for Mental Health at the University of Birmingham, and beginning in April 2022 she will be an Assistant Professor at the University of York. Her work ranges broadly over cognitive neuropsychiatry, computational psychiatry, phenomenology, among other fields. Much of her research has focused on improving our understanding of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. About Clara Humpston: • Faculty profi...

Dariusz Galasiński is Professor at the University of Wroclaw, as well as Head of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research into Health and Illness. He is a linguist and the author of numerous books and articles on language, psychology, psychiatry, and their points of intersection. Website: dariuszgalasinski.com Twitter: @d_galasinski Centre for Interdisciplinary Research into Health and Illness Selected articles: • No mental health research without qualitative research. Lancet Psychiatry. ...

Acacia Parks is the Chief Science Officer at Happify Health and is the author of numerous widely cited publications on positive psychology, digital mental health, and their intersection. She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Positive Psychology and holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvana. About Acacia Parks: Happify Health: Acacia Parks, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer Google Scholar: Acacia C. Parks Twitter: @acaciaparks Psychology Today: The Science of Self-Help...

Elizabeth Eikey is an Assistant Professor in the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science as well as The Design Lab at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). In addition, she is the Director of the Mental Health in Design Lab and the Assistant Director of the iSchool Inclusion Institute. She holds a Ph.D in Information Sciences and Technology from Penn State. About Elizabeth Eikey: Webpage: eveikey.weebly.com Google Scholar: Elizabeth ...

Dr. Kayla Rosen is a staff psychiatrist at UC Santa Barbara Student Health, and also works with Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics and Santa Barbara Street Medicine. She holds an MD from the University of Pennsylvania and did her residency at Mass General Hospital and McLean Hospital, where she was chief resident in the Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorders Unit. About Kayla Rosen: UC Santa Barbara profile Santa Barbara Street Medicine profile About Open Dialogue: Finland in Boston? Applyi...