We had a couple of requests for a transcript of Episode 1. Here it is. Download (PDF, 132 kb)
Entries from August 2008
August 23, 2008
Upcoming Episodes
To whet your appetite, here’s the release schedule for our next few episodes. 9/15: Leif Wenar (Kings College London) on the Resource Curse 10/6: Jessica Wolfendale (University of Melbourne) on Torture Lite 10/27: Larry Temkin (Rutgers) on Extending Human Lifespans We’ve got lots more in the works, and we’ll let you know about those as [...]
August 22, 2008
Episode 1. Thomas Pogge on Pharmaceutical Innovation
In our first episode, Thomas Pogge explains his proposal for dealing with the thorny intersection of public health, property rights, and poverty. As he sees it, the patent system doesn’t work as well for medicines as it does for, say, consumer electronics. Allowing an inventor a monopoly over her invention works well enough when that [...]
August 19, 2008
Welcome to our show!
Hello, everybody. We’re thrilled to announce the launch of this brand-new podcast. The idea behind the show is to get careful thinking about political problems out into the world in a new way. Many of our discussions will be with people who call themselves philosophers, but we hope to be both intellectually rigorous and engaging [...]
