In the penultimate Vim Podcast episode, Justin and Zach do a book report. They read Kwame Anthony Appiah's 2006 book 'Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers'. Appiah is a British-Ghanaian political and moral philosopher at NYU and regularly writes for the NY Times. 

Justin and Zach attempt to unpack the philosophical content of the book. They discuss different types of cosmopolitanism, Appiah's type, and his takedown of Peter Singer in the final chapter.

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(recorded sometime in Jan., 2020)

Kwame Anthony Appiah on Cosmopolitanism

The final episode of the Vim Podcast.

Ask the Vim Anything with Justin C., Dylan, Gabe, Zach, and Justin D. 

Questions include:
- What political issue doesn't get enough attention? 
- If you could meet with Trump for 15 minutes, would you? And if so, what would you tell him?
- Is democracy overrated or underrated? 
- If you could snap your fingers and pass any constitutional amendment, what would it be?
- Who are your most hated public figures?
- Will Lebron win another title?
- Who will win in 2016?


Book recommendations:  
- Famine, Affluence, and Morality, Peter Singer 
- Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, David Hume 
- Phenomenology of the Alien, Bernhard Waldenfels 
- Constructing the World, David Chalmers
- Black Feminist Thought, Patricia Hill Collins
- Are Prisons Obsolete, Angela Davis
- Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon

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(recorded August 7, 2020)

The Vim Podcast is philosophers talking about politics. We step outside the  news cycle and discuss the broader issues. 

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