Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast

About Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast

Philosophical excursions into interesting, and often controversial, topics. Hosted by Spencer Case.

Publisher

Spencer Case

Category

education · news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Mar 2020

Latest episode

28 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

82 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Sept 2026

   When Things Get Personal

   Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Mark Schroeder, a professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California and author of many books, joins Spencer to talk about his new book, When Things Get Personal. One of the book's key ideas is the signal/noise distinction. Roughly, this amounts to the distinction between what truly reflects on a person and what reflects on external influences on that person's thought and behavior. Personal relationships require us to draw this dist...

2. 

   16 Aug 2026

   The Honesty Crisis

   Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Honestly, a great episode! After a 5-year Hiatus, Christian Miller returns to the podcast to talk about his new book, The Honesty Crisis, which addresses six ways in which technology undermines the virtue of honesty. Topics include AI student cheating, sermon plagiarism by pastors, and the extent to which the norms of honesty are more flexible in certain contexts.

3. 

   27 Jul 2026

   Reading Paradise Lost with a Monk

   Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! Longtime friend Brother Dunstan Enzor -- a monk briefly famous for telling a United Airlines customer service representative "I love you; God bless you; I'll pray for you-- but you have not been helpful" -- joins Spencer to dissect a great work of literature-- John Milton's Paradise Lost. The topics that come up include the nature of free will, the privative account of evil, the problem of evil, and the apophatic approach to knowing God.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

7,366

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100

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Quality

56

Social presence

0

YouTube

74

Engagement

85

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