Philosophy Gets Personal

Final Episode: In this beautiful talk Zsuzsanna Chappell, a philosopher madwoman, discusses the intersection between mental illness, philosophy and social justice.

In this nice talk Magnus reflects on the notion of empathy, how it differs from compassion and sympathy. He finds in music a form of empathy and home.

In this beautiful interview Deena Lin guides us through her understanding of religion and spiritual growth through the themes of death, education, racial differences.

This interview is built on Weidenbaum's beautiful article, 5 days, where he recounts the most difficult days in his life. During these days he had to decide whether to keep his wife alive through machines or unplug it. With candor and extreme honesty, Jon guides us through the emotional upheaval that accompanies choices of this sort. Reading of these cases on bioethics books remain instead often dry and detached.

In this episode prof. Gruin tells us a bit about his relationship with the environment and how philosophy helped him to look at it from the point of view of nature.

In this episode prof. Churchill tells us how got curious about empathy in animals and why he started this type of investigations.

In this beautiful talk with prof. Stone, she talks about her fondness for English female philosophers. In doing so, an implicit comparison leads us to examine her life as a female philosopher and to understand what motherhood had meant for her life and her career.

In this nice talk with Prof. Baiasu we touched upon different themes, such as mental health, death, philosophy of feminism. It was a beautiful exploration of her path to life and philosophy.

What is normality? How can we live a kind life with each other? What does impede us from being fully ourselves? In today's episode, Professor Susi Ferrarello is joined by Francesca Brencio. Francesca Brencio is an Associate Researcher in Philosophy at the Research Group “Filosofía Aplicada: Sujeto, Sufrimiento, Sociedad” at the University of Seville. Today's insightful discussion dives into how personal experience shapes our reality, and questions on what love of philosophy means.

'Mum, can we pray for the devil?' So Yancy's interview goes toward an exploration of the use of categories in society and race theory. In this episode Dr. Susi Ferarello is joined by Dr. George Yancy, an American philosopher and Professor at Emory University. George Yancy has written extensively on African-American philosophy, critical race theory, and critical whiteness studies. This episode delves into the core of what propels George Yancy's philosophical studies and the metaphysics of race and the controversy surrounding these studies.

Do we have a duty to be happy? Isn't happiness a value that make us pretend to be what we are not. Welcome to this new episode of Philosophy gets Personal. In this episode Dr. Susi Ferarrello is joined by Dr. Qui Lin, a Chinese philosopher and Researcher into Émilie du Châtelet and the Chinese Islamic philosophy of Wang Daiyu. Dr. Qui Lin is the winner of the 2023 Einstein Fellowship, with the project How She Disappeared and What We Ought To Do. This episode's discussions involve Émilie du Châtelet's contributions to philosophy and eastern philosophy's relationship with the...

Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal. In this episode Dr. Susi Ferarello is joined by Dr. Shay Welch, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Spelman College. Shay Welch has written on Native American epistemology, feminist ethics, and contemporary embodied cognition theory. This episode delves into Shay Welch's love for philosophy, the role of women in regards to the social contract, and Shay Welch's perspective and new approach on rational choice theory.

Why do we cheat? Is technology ruining our lives? Can we really be happy in this life? In this episode Dr. Susi Ferarello is joined by Dr. Nicolle Zapien to discuss about technology, the way it affects our personal life and what psychoanalysis can do to make our life better. Dr. Nicolle Zapien is a licensed clinician with two decades of experience. She is currently a candidate training at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC). She is a member of the PINC visiting scholar committee and its ethics committee. Dr. Zapien recently won an IPA research grant to...

How do we become ourselves? How much courage does it take to even think of ourselves as we wish we want to be? This episode dives into one's choices of responsibility, gender identity, and Cannon's personal philosophical journey on his gender identity.Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal. In this episode Dr. Susi Ferarello is joined by Dr. Loren Cannon, an American philosopher and Professor at Humboldt State University. Loren Cannon has written on trans-theory, and feminist ethics. Cannon also specializes in applied ethics, metaethics, and collective responsibility and collective belief .

Do ghosts exist? Do we have reasons to believe in the afterlife? In this episode Dr. Susi Ferarello is joined by Dr. Christopher Moreman, professor and chair of the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, at California State University East Bay. Christopher Moreman specializes in afterlife, death & dying, mysticism and religious experience. This episode discusses Moreman's initial interest in philosophy and religious experiences, afterlife beliefs, and the meaning of life.

In this episode of the podcast Philosophy Gets Personal, prof. Eagan examines the role of practice in philosophy. She shows the delicate balance between philosophy and praxis and offers practical examples on how that applied in her practical life

Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal, This podcast is a series of conversations between Dr. Susi Ferrarello and Philosophers from around the world exploring the ever persistent question of “what is the meaning of life” from an intimately personal perspective amongst other topics in philosophy. Our host, Dr. Ferrarello received her PhD in philosophy from the Sorbonne University in Paris. She is an expert in Phenomenology, Ethics, Moral Psychology and, Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy. Dr. Ferrarello is currently a professor of philosophy at California State University East Bay, and also a philosophical counselor. Follow our soci...

Brannigan is an expert scholar in bioethics. In this talk we spoke about well-being, education, connection with each other

In this beautiful talk Salice reflects on sociality and what it means to be a citizen of the world.

In this beautiful talk Maren explains us what embodiment means and how it feels to be in your ow body.

Bornemark defends a form of culture that can be accessed by people and doesn't hide itself behind numbers and idealization. She is a force of nature, capable of very refined arguments conveyed in a very communicative way.

In this talk with Massimo he guides us in his path into becoming himself. How he got to know Stoicism, how he transitioned from being a scientist to a philosopher, how stoicism helped him in radical moment of his life. It was a beautiful and honest talk.

Lou Marinoff explains to us what it means to be a philosophical counselor and how we can practically use philosophy in our life to make it better.

In this beautiful talk we discussed Bizzari's work with autism and how she approaches it. We also considered the impact of the pandemic on her work and personal life

This was our very first episode and Mike was a great guest. He told us about his care for food and the important impact it has on psychological well-being.