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Breaking the Spell is a channel dedicated to exploring philo


02:15:20
Is Technology Reducing Our Humanity? A Conversation with Richard King
02:21:28
Which Singapore Do You Recognise? A Conversation with Kirsten Han
02:18:55
Is Human Extinction Possible and Should We Care? A Conversation with Émile P. Torres
01:43:03
What To Do About Caste? A Review of 'Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents' by Isabel Wilkerson
01:56:29
What's Wrong with a Cashless Society? A Conversation with Brett Scott on Cash, Banks and Crypto
01:39:34
Is the Future Degrowth? A Conversation with Andrea Vetter and Aaron Vansintjan
01:19:19
How Can We Bring Invisible Stories to the Visible? A Conversation with Entrepreneur Chua Ningpei
01:06:19
How to Identify and Learn from Trauma? Alex Pavlotski on the Anthropology of Trauma
01:42:05
Are Our Bodies Good Enough? Review of "Intact: A Defence of the Unmodified Body" by Clare Chambers
01:40:05
How Should We Look After Those at End of Life? A Conversation with End-of-Life Doula Tay Jia Ying
01:56:39
How Should We Live and Die? A Conversation on Existentialism and Mortality with Kevin Aho
02:04:01
Can We Have A Different Economic Vision for Singapore? A Conversation with Professor Linda Lim
02:27:45
Can Movies Save the World? A Conversation with Professor Kenneth Paul Tan
01:28:42
How Can We Lean to Connect with Our Bodies Better? A Conversation with Somatic Expert Daphne Chua
01:36:32
Why We All Lose When We Compete - Review of "No Contest: The Case Against Competition" by Alfie Kohn
01:59:38
Is Capitalism Good For Us? A Review of "23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism" by H.J Chang
01:22:57
Can We Transform the Justice System, Government and Capitalism? A Conversation with Kokila Annamalai
01:43:54
Can We Be Good Without Religion? A Conversation with Tan Ding Jie of Humanist Society Singapore
02:32:26
What is Dehumanization and How Do We Address It? A Conversation with David Livingstone Smith
01:25:22
What Can The Disadvantaged Teach Us About Improving Welfare? A Conversation with Liyana Dhamirah
01:39:40
Can a Green New Deal and Social Movements Address Climate Change? A Conversation with Taylor Hickem
01:22:23
What's Wrong With Objective Measure & Meritocracy? The Faults of Measuring and Rewarding Merit
01:28:55
Our Reflections for 2021 and Resolutions for 2022 - Coffee Break #4
01:43:48
Why Care About Media and Democracy in Singapore? A Conversation with Sudhir Vadaketh
02:05:57
How Can We Approach Self-Knowledge, Anxiety and Authenticity? A Conversation with David Egan
01:25:20
Can Our Cities Be More Regenerative and Natural? A Conversation with Urbanist Sarah Ichioka
01:50:23
How Should We Work Towards Gender Equality? A Conversation with Corinna Lim, Exe Director of AWARE
01:48:33
Can We Stop Shopping? A Conversation with J.B. MacKinnon on 'The Day the World Stops Shopping'
02:09:25
Is It Fair to Condemn Humankind? How Do We Live in a Cruel World? A Conversation with Ian James Kidd
01:54:19
How Much Do We Understand Our Selves and Agency? A Conversation with Jeff Ong (aknowbrainer)
01:54:54
How Can We Organize? How Should We Look After the Poor? A Conversation with Suraendher Kumarr
01:35:42
How Much Is Good Enough? A Conversation About What It Takes to Meet A Good Life
01:46:20
Why Try to Be More Sustainable and Focus on Our Body? A Conversation with Santa Meyer-Nandi
01:47:01
Are We Miserable and Dying Due to Civilization? Review of 'Civilized to Death' by Christopher Ryan
01:42:32
How Do We Speak Truth to Power? A Philosophical Dialogue About the Complexity of Confronting Power
01:51:31
Can We Reshape Our Culture, Trauma, Masculinity and Economy? A Conversation with Alex Pavlotski
01:59:15
On Speaking to Our Viewers, Helping Friends, Our Time in Government & Being Real - Coffee Break #3
01:52:43
Is Chinese Privilege Real? How Should We Address Privilege? A Conversation with Aaron K.H. Ho
01:45:29
How Should We Understand and Relate to Religion? A Conversation with Mohamed Imran Taib
01:21:49
What Can We Learn from the COVID19 Pandemic? A Conversation with Virologist Dr. Nathan Wolfe
01:31:06
What is the Value of Anger? A Philosophical Dialogue about the Meaning of Anger
02:35:59
Is Philosophy Racist? Should the Ignorant Be on Public Media? A Conversation with Bryan V. Norden
01:30:04
What is Essentialism? A Philosophical Dialogue into What Defines Our Essence
01:23:44
Are We Free Under Capitalism? Review of 'Capitalism vs Freedom' by Rob Larson
01:14:50
Why It is Ok to Do Nothing - Review of 'How to Do Nothing' by Jenny Odell
01:32:15
Coffee Break Session #2 (Where Anything and Everything Goes)
01:36:49
Can We Build a Values-Based Politics? A Conversation with Ravi Philemon of Red Dot United (RDU)
01:07:34
Why Growth Is Killing Us - Review of 'Less Is More' by Jason Hickel
01:25:39
Is Compassion a Virtue? A Comparison Between Two Philosophies (Schopenhauer vs Nietzsche)
01:00:06
Are We Living in Trauma? A Conversation with Santosh Kumar on Race, Economics and Democracy
50:22
Why We Justify Bad Decisions and How to Stay Honest - Review of 'Mistakes Were Made (but not by me)'
01:29:01
Our First Coffee Break Session (Where Anything and Everything Goes)
57:08
Can You Be Happy Missing Out? Review of 'The Joy of Missing Out' by Svend Brinkmann
35:25
Introduction Series (4/5) - Why Read?
38:39
Introduction Series (3/5) - Why Talk Politics?
33:59
Introduction Series (5/5) - Why Reason and Debate?
18:30
Introduction Series (2/5) - Why Philosophize?
13:28
Introduction to Breaking the Spell (1/5) - What this Channel is All About