Episodes

EPISODE #96 – Can We Be Honest Here? 12.06.2026 1:10:05

Guest: Dr. Christian Miller Honesty is something we say we expect from people—something we like to think our relationships depend on. But is that actually […] Read More

Episode #95 – Training to Travel – Life on the Road 24.04.2026 47:18

Don’t play Never Have I Ever with Dr. Ron Lukens-Bull—unless you’re prepared to lose badly. He has enough strange, wonderful, and genuinely foreign experiences to […] Read More

Episode #94 – Travel, Growth, and Questionable Packing Choices 06.04.2026 57:58

Dr. David Sheffler In this episode, we’re joined by Professor David Sheffler to talk about travel—the kind that changes your perspective… and absolutely destroys your […] Read More

Episode #93 – From Virtues to Vistas- Detecting Character 20.02.2026 1:02:34

Dr. Michael Wiley Welcome to our bridge episode—the conversational span between last fall’s deep dive into “unexpected virtues” into this spring’s theme: the value of […] Read More

Episode #92 – Virtue of Confinement 25.11.2025 1:13:02

“Stayin’ Inside, Stayin’ Inside (Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh… Stayin’ Inside)” I don’t often feel the need to explain how an episode fits into the semester’s […] Read More

EPISODE #91 – Hope as a Communal Virtue 14.11.2025 58:37

Guest: Dr. Aaron Cobb, Ph. D. – Wake Forest University In this episode, we welcome Dr. Aaron Cobb for a conversation about hope—not just as a […] Read More

EPISODE #90 – The Virtue of Poetry and the Failure of Language 31.10.2025 59:12

Episode #90 Guest: Dr. Clark Lunberry, Ph. D. The French poet Charles Baudelaire famously wrote: “You have to be always drunk… But on what? Wine, poetry, […] Read More

EPISODE #89 – Are We There Yet? Brandon, Are We Da? 17.10.2025 1:06:04

Some say boredom is the heart and soul of philosophy—and they’re right, but not in the way they think they’re right! Brandon Underwood joins HTRD […] Read More

EPISODE #88 – Holy Hero, Batman, They are Talkin’ Rebel with a Cause 06.10.2025 1:05:34

Our first guest , Dr. Mitchell Haney has ruined dinner before, in episode 58 of HTRD, we discussed the state of our ethical climate – […] Read More

Episode #87 – How To Podcast (with bonus video) 01.07.2025 1:03:11

How to Ruin Dinner: Conversations from the University In this bonus episode, Hudson and I discuss why we podcast and how we make go about […] Read More