All episodes of Walter Veit Podcast

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#42 - ESEB Talk: Evolution of Multicellularity

Here a talk I gave in 2019 at the European Society for Evolutionary Biology on the evolution of multicellularity. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes:...

Published 11/20/24

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Published 11/20/24

#41 - Eric Schliesser: On Synthetic Philosophy

Today's episode gave me a chance to talk to Eric Schliesser on his work and especially his article on what he described as synthetic philosophy. His website can be found here: https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/s/c/e.s.schliesser/e.s.schliesser.html PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS:...

Published 11/19/24

#40 - Cory Clark: Is there Political Bias and Censorship in Science?

Today I'm talking to Cory Clark - a behavioral scientist interested in how social motivations influence human judgment and empirical beliefs. Check her website and research out here: https://www.coryjclark.com/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full...

Published 11/18/24

#39 - Why is Health?

Today's episode features a talk I gave in Sydney in 2023. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN YouTube Clips:...

Published 11/17/24

#38 - Elizabeth Paul: Animal Consciousness and Welfare

In today's episode I talk to Liz Paul, who is a leading researcher in animal emotions and welfare. https://www.bristol.ac.uk/people/person/Liz-Paul-a2f9a5b6-a5bf-4ea3-a8a2-9ff2ea09bf19/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes:...

Published 11/16/24

#37 - Carolyn A Ristau: A Biography of Donald Griffin - Discoverer of Bat Echolocation

Today, I talk to Dr. Carolyn A. Ristau is a Cognitive Ethologist who had the privilege of working in Donald R. Griffin’s Rockefeller University lab. Those were the times when he was ardently working to develop the new field of Cognitive Ethology he had just created, while also enthusiastically continuing his studies of avian migration and bat echolocation. Carolyn Ristau was impressed by his ideas and dedication. She wanted others to know more of their development, hence this broad-based...

Published 11/15/24

#36 - Toward an Ethological Science of Animal Consciousness

Today's episode features a talk I gave in 2012 at the Joint Brazilian Annual Ethological/Latin American Ethological Conference. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes:...

Published 11/14/24

#35 - Guest Podcast Sentientist Conversations "Animal Consciousness"

This podcast episode originally aired on the Sentientism Podcast on 16 Jun 2023. Link to original video: https://youtu.be/aEDtTl8sPPQ?si=lQfGN5biB2lgtz6A Republished with permission. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes:...

Published 11/13/24

#34 - Guest Podcast Episode: The NonSequitur Show Genetic Engineering Dr Sy Garte & Walter Veit

This podcast episode originally aired on The NonSequitur Show on June 22, 2018. Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wgcwBGbEDQ&list=PLV0j8uiNxfktd9d66oXHeaUg5bWs18v8J&ab_channel=TheNonSequiturShow Republished with permission. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS:...

Published 11/12/24

#33 - Guest Podcast Sentientist Conversations "Maybe moral systems are harmful!" + Deleted Scenes

This podcast episode originally aired on the Sentientism Podcast on 20 Apr 2021. Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxSGItuaSn4&list=PLV0j8uiNxfktd9d66oXHeaUg5bWs18v8J&index=3&ab_channel=Sentientism Republished with permission. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS:...

Published 11/11/24

#32 - AI Conversation: A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness

Testing out new AI features to create a fake conversation using my book: Veit, W. (2023). A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness. New York: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/A-Philosophy-for-the-Science-of-Animal-Consciousness/Veit/p/book/9781032343617 PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS:...

Published 10/05/24

#31 - AI Discussion: Procreative Beneficence and Genetic Enhancement

AI Podcast Discussion of my first paper: Veit, W. (2018). Procreative Beneficence and Genetic Enhancement. KRITERION – Journal of Philosophy 32(1), 75-92. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.11026.89289 [Download] PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full...

Published 10/02/24

#30 - Modeling Morality - PART 2

In today's episode I'll read and discuss the following paper: Veit, W. (2019). Modeling Morality. In L. Magnani, A. Nepomuceno, F. Salguero, C. Barés and M. Fontane (eds), Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology, Springer, 83-102. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32722-4_6 PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts:...

Published 10/02/24

#29 - Modeling Morality - PART 1

In today's episode I'll read and discuss the following paper: Veit, W. (2019). Modeling Morality. In L. Magnani, A. Nepomuceno, F. Salguero, C. Barés and M. Fontane (eds), Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology, Springer, 83-102. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32722-4_6 [Download] PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts:...

Published 09/30/24

#28- Peter Singer: Retirement, Effective Altruism, Animal Rights, Zoos

Today I'm talking to Peter Singer - the perhaps most famous and influential living philosopher about his retirework, work, and future plans. https://www.petersinger.info/PODCAST PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: ⁠https://walterveit.com/podcast/⁠ Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU⁠ Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567⁠ RSS: ⁠https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss⁠ YouTube Full Episodes:...

Published 09/07/24

#27 - MA by Research in Philosophy at the University of Reading

In today's episode a brief presentation and question/answer session about the MA by Research in Philosophy at the University of Reading, which I am currently supervising. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: ⁠https://walterveit.com/podcast/⁠ Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU⁠ Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567⁠ RSS: ⁠https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss⁠ YouTube Full Episodes:...

Published 08/28/24

#26 - Evolution of multicellularity: cheating done right - PART 2

In today's episode I'll read and discuss the following paper: Veit, W. (2019). Evolution of multicellularity: cheating done right. Biology & Philosophy, 34(34). ⁠https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-019-9688-9⁠ [⁠Download⁠] PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: ⁠https://walterveit.com/podcast/⁠ Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU⁠ Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567⁠ RSS:...

Published 08/28/24

#25 - Evolution of multicellularity: cheating done right - PART 1

In today's episode I'll read and discuss the following paper: Veit, W. (2019). Evolution of multicellularity: cheating done right. Biology & Philosophy, 34(34). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-019-9688-9 [Download] PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full...

Published 05/20/24

#24 - Existential Nihilism: The Only Really Serious Philosophical Problem

In today's episode I'll read and discuss the following paper: Veit, W. (2018). Existential Nihilism: The Only Really Serious Philosophical Problem. Journal of Camus Studies 2018, 211-236. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.26965.24804 [Download] PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS:...

Published 05/15/24

#23 - Daniel C. Dennett Tribute

This was a difficult episode to record. Philosophy lost one of the Greats and one of the kindest. Here is the tribute to Daniel Dennett: https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/science-and-philosophy/202404/daniel-c-dennett-tribute-to-a-philosophical-giant PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS:...

Published 04/23/24

#22 - Cognitive Enhancement and the Threat of Inequality

What is the ethical status of cognitive enhancers? Today's article is accessible here: Veit, W. (2018). Cognitive Enhancement and the Threat of Inequality. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 2, 404–410. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41465-018-0108-x [Download] PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS:...

Published 04/09/24

#21 - Eric Helms: Is Bodybuilding a Sport?

Today I'm talking to Eric Helms, professional bodybuilder, exercise scientist at the Auckland University of Technology, influential science communicator, and co-host of the iron culture podcast. Kind, Adrian, and Eric R. Helms. "Is bodybuilding a sport?." Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 50.2 (2023): 281-299. https://doi.org/10.1080/00948705.2023.2234978 https://academics.aut.ac.nz/eric.helms https://www.youtube.com/c/ironculturepodcast PODCAST INFO: Podcast website:...

Published 04/05/24

#20 - Drawing the boundaries of animal sentience

Link to the paper: Veit, W. & Huebner, B. (2020). Drawing the boundaries of animal sentience. Animal Sentience 29(13). http://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1595 [Download] PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes:...

Published 03/30/24

#19 - Matti Wilks: On the Psychology of Moral Motivations and Effective Altruism

In today's episode, I interview Matti Wilks who is a Lecturer (Assistant Prof) in psychology at the University of Edinburgh. She is researching how our moral circles expand, why we devalue distant beings, and why some people are more altruistic than others. You can visit her website here: https://www.mattiwilks.com/home PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts:...

Published 03/13/24