On episode 266, we welcome Mark Schroeder to discuss why we tend to misunderstand each other so much when arguing, the difference between signal and noise, the fundamental attribution error and what philosophers mean by attribution, what addiction is, taking responsibility as a means of improving mental health, whether others know us better than we know ourselves, overestimating ill-will from others, and what it means to be a person.

Mark Schroeder is professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California, where he is founding director of the Conceptual Foundations of Conflict Project. His books include Reasons First, Being For, and Slaves of the Passions. His new book, available October 27, 2026, is called When Things Get Personal: A Philosophical Guide to Conflict.

| Mark Schroeder |

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On episode 267, we welcome Saul Levmore and Ward Farnsworth to discuss how we make everyday decisions, the complexities of tipping, deciding who should pay for a first date, competing values and loyalties as sometimes expressed by a love/hate relationship with one's country, social norms and how they're created, disingenuous praise as a potential good, enthusiasm as a potential expression of genuine admiration, and the general joys of thinking.

Saul Levmore is the William B. Graham Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago Law School. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a past president of the American Law Deans Association and of the American Law and Economics Association.

Ward Farnsworth is Professor and W. Page Keeton Chair at the University of Texas School of Law. He is author of The Latin Tamer, The Socratic Method, The Practicing Stoic, and the Farnsworth Classical English series which includes Argument, Rhetoric, Metaphor, and Style—all published by Godine.

Their new book, available October 27, 2026, is called Should You Tip for Takeout?: Solving the Puzzles of Everyday Life.

| Saul Levmore & Ward Farnsworth |

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On episode 264, we welcome Arlie Russell Hochschild to discuss Trump's appeal in rural America, 'the pride paradox' and shame being the natural result of believing you're completely in charge of your own destiny, how Pikeville, Kentucky addressed a white supremacist march, navigating political polarization and learning how to humanize each other, shame and blame as irrelevant to real but complex understandings of the world, the different ways of navigating the emotional distress of a changing economy, and the predispositions fascists take advantage of.

Arlie Russell Hochschild is the author of many groundbreaking books, including The Second Shift, The Managed Heart, and The Time Bind as well as Strangers in Their Own Land, which became an instant bestseller and was a finalist for a National Book Award, and Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right (both from The New Press). Hochschild is professor emerita of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.

| Arlie Russell Hochschild |

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