You're One to Talk: A Podcast About Hypocrisy
Claim This Podcastby Gary Bryan
Podcast Overview
<p>We love to hate it and hate to admit it. But what actually is hypocrisy? Why does it matter? How does it work? Who is a hypocrite? How do we prove it? And what should (or can) we even do about it? </p><p>Whether it's about seeing or being a hypocrite, this podcast aims to answer these and other questions about this despicable but relatable human trait, drawing from philosophy and various social sciences, to help us make sense of hypocrisy's power, and its impact on society. </p><p>From pop culture and politics, to the practical and the personal, hypocrisy is all around us. Let's deal with it by understanding it.</p><p>New episode (hopefully) every other week.</p>
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7/21/2025
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Recent Episodes
June 21, 2026
Episode 5: The Boy Who Cried Virtue Signaling
<p>What's the deal with "virtue signaling"? What is it? Is it a real thing, or just right-wingers talking crazy? Is it good or bad? Is it hypocrisy? Is it useful or harmful? And are accusations of it useful or harmful?</p><p>Let's unpack the origins and purpose of this over-used term. Because besides simply being rhetorical tools in politics and social media, accusations of virtue signaling often end up revealing more about the accuser (and what their preferred virtues are) than the signaler himself.</p><p>Also, yes, the podcast has finally returned from another lengthy hiatus. So, consider this episode both a discussion of virtue, as well as evidence that I am still working on developing some of my own.</p><p></p>
November 29, 2025
Episode 4: An Aristotelian list of Roman vices and virtues
<p>Hypocrisy is all about claiming to have virtues we don’t have. And the Romans were really into virtue. Our journey to explore hypocrisy takes us back to Ancient Rome, a civilization whose values shaped how we perceive virtue (and even gave us the word “virtue” itself).</p><p></p><p>So, how these virtues influence our perceptions of hypocrisy?</p><p></p><p>This list will detail the most well-known Roman virtues, and their respective vices of excess and deficiency, as per Aristotle’s doctrine of the mean. Between Aristotle and the Romans, we should now know enough virtues to understand how virtue works, and by extension, how hypocrisy works.</p><p></p><p>Oh and… yes, it’s been a while. I’m back from the dead. From now on, I will be releasing these episodes monthly (a more realistic schedule). Thank you for your patience and for continuing to show curiosity about what hypocrisy is, how it works, and what we can (or should) do about it.</p><p></p><p>Tune in next time where we’ll be exploring a human behavior closely associated with hypocrisy, and which you’ve probably accused others of doing, or been accused of yourself: <strong>virtue signaling</strong>.</p><p></p>
September 18, 2025
Episode 3: Aristotle's list of vices and virtues
<p>To properly spot and judge a hypocrite, we must first spot the virtue they claim to have, and the vice (the bad behavior) they actually have. And nobody crafted lists of vices and virtues quite like Aristotle.</p><p>In this episode, we explore this Aristotelian list of vices and virtues, from the "father of virtue ethics" himself, to see how they contradictorily clash to create what we would call: a hypocrite.</p><p>The virtues and vices from this list, taken from Aristotle's work "Nicomachean Ethics," include his list of intellectual virtues, and his (more relevant to hypocrisy) list of moral virtues. </p><p>And while these vices and virtues might be ancient (4th century BCE, to be precise), they're still clearly observable in examples of hypocrisy today. Some vices and virtues change with time, but some are simply timeless.</p><p>Here's the list:</p><p></p><p>Intellectual virtues:</p><ul><li>Scientific knowledge</li><li>Technical skill</li><li>Practical wisdom</li><li>Comprehension</li></ul><p></p><p>Moral virtues:</p><ul><li>Courage</li><li>Temperance</li><li>Liberality</li><li>Magnificence (aka extravagance)</li><li>Magnanimity</li><li>Ambition</li><li>Gentleness</li><li>Truthfulness</li><li>Wittiness</li><li>Friendliness</li><li>Modesty</li><li>Righteous indignation</li></ul><p></p><p>So, which one of Aristotle's vices and virtues have you noticed recently when spotting a hypocrite?</p><p></p><p>Thank you all so much for listening! Hope you'll join the next episode, where we'll list the Roman virtues, and explain how hypocrites pretend to embody these virtues, while actually behaving viciously.</p><p></p>
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<p>We love to hate it and hate to admit it. But what actually is hypocrisy? Why does it matter? How does it work? Who is a hypocrite? How do we prove it? And what should (or can) we even do about it? </p><p>Whether it's about seeing or being a hypocrite, this podcast aims to answer these and other questions about this despicable but relatable human trait, drawing from philosophy and various social sciences, to help us make sense of hypocrisy's power, and its impact on society. </p><p>From pop culture and politics, to the practical and the personal, hypocrisy is all around us. Let's deal with it by understanding it.</p><p>New episode (hopefully) every other week.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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