Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2023!STORY SUMMARY: After Dinner Conversation editor Kolby wraps up the Season Five podcast and answers ten listener questions.BOOK LINK: Download the accompanying short stories here.MAGAZINE: Sign up for

For Your Safety

Nov 6th, 2022 40m 12s

Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Magazine: Code “Happy” for 12 Issues/$4.95! https://www.afterdinnerconversation.com/subscribe/yearlyNamed “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!STORY SUMMARY: In this work of philosophical short story fiction, a c

For Your Safety

Oct 20th, 2022 40m 32s

Cruel Means, Bitter Ends

May 10th, 2022 36m 24s

Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Magazine: Code “Happy” for 12 Issues/$4.95! https://www.afterdinnerconversation.com/subscribe/yearlyNamed “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!STORY SUMMARY: When, if ever, is it okay to let evil win? Should all

Exodus

Apr 18th, 2022 26m 13s

Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Magazine: Code “Happy” for 12 Issues/$4.95! https://www.afterdinnerconversation.com/subscribe/yearlyNamed “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!STORY SUMMARY: What makes a “religious” holiday? Does the combination

Rose-tinted Glasses

Apr 4th, 2022 33m 12s

Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Magazine: Code “Happy” for 12 Issues/$4.95! https://www.afterdinnerconversation.com/subscribe/yearlyNamed “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!STORY SUMMARY: What do we lose when we leave childhood and become adu

The Wrong Side Of History

Mar 21st, 2022 37m 5s

Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Magazine: Code “Happy” for 12 Issues/$4.95! https://www.afterdinnerconversation.com/subscribe/yearlyNamed “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!STORY SUMMARY: Is it appropriate to hold politicians accountable for

The Machine

Mar 7th, 2022 25m 19s

Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Magazine: Code “Happy” for 12 Issues/$4.95! https://www.afterdinnerconversation.com/subscribe/yearlyNamed “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!STORY SUMMARY: A review of “Newcomb’s paradox” and “Roko’s Basilisk,”

Bugs In The Valley

Feb 21st, 2022 31m 42s

Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Magazine: Code “Happy” for 12 Issues/$4.95! https://www.afterdinnerconversation.com/subscribe/yearlyNamed “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!STORY SUMMARY: Should medicine developed through privately funded res

Appreciating Hate

Feb 7th, 2022 37m 27s

Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Magazine: Code “Happy” for 12 Issues/$4.95! https://www.afterdinnerconversation.com/subscribe/yearlyNamed “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!STORY SUMMARY: Is acceptable to consume art that reflects the “deprav

Conscience Cleaners

Jan 24th, 2022 33m 12s

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Home For The Holidays

Jan 10th, 2022 33m 2s

Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Magazine: Code “Happy” for 12 Issues/$4.95! https://www.afterdinnerconversation.com/subscribe/yearlyNamed “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2022!STORY SUMMARY: How do you find common ground with those that believe

Choice

Dec 27th, 2021 29m 4s

Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Magazine: Code “Happy” for 12 Issues/$4.95! https://www.afterdinnerconversation.com/subscribe/yearlyNamed “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!STORY SUMMARY: Are there certain things you shouldn’t be able to ins

Season Four Recap - Listener Questions

Nov 29th, 2021 21m 4s

Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!STORY SUMMARY: After Dinner Conversation editor Kolby wraps up the Season Four podcast and answers ten listener questions.DISCUSSION:What got you interested in doing After Dinner Conversation?How do a

The Devil You Know

Nov 15th, 2021 47m 22s

Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!STORY SUMMARY: The narrator is walking down a small-town street when he comes across the devil, relaxing on vacation for the holidays. The narrator knows it is the devil because of his horns and goat l

Blackorwhite

Nov 1st, 2021 45m 19s

Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!STORY SUMMARY: The prison medical doctor is called in the middle of the night to take care of Fuzzy, an uneducated, mostly toothless, prisoner who has spent the majority of his life behind bars. Fuzzy,

The Perfect Daughter

Oct 18th, 2021 38m 32s

Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!STORY SUMMARY: Jane goes to visit her parents over the Christmas holiday. She has recently learned that her parents, under a program that favors the rich and elite, had had her genetically modified bef

The Freedom Machine

Oct 4th, 2021 44m 53s

Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!STORY SUMMARY: Kiki has a problem, the computer program that continually whispers the best choices, the Infinity System, is broken. She has been using it for years and simply doing what it says. Follow

Step Back

Sep 20th, 2021 42m 48s

Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!STORY SUMMARY: Beth and Bob are expecting a baby. However, in this future, womb carried babies have been almost entirely replaced by the far safer “womb farms.” Beth has already decided she wants to ha

Guilt-Edge Security

Sep 6th, 2021 32m 16s

Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!STORY SUMMARY: A traveling salesman sits at the bar after a long day drinking bourbon. He is approached and cleverly pitched a new product he has discovered on a distant rim planet, Life. The product s

A Wolf On The Bus

Aug 23rd, 2021 26m 30s

Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!STORY SUMMARY: The narrator is simply going about her life riding the bus home from work. A few stops later, a wolf gets on the bus, pays the bus ticket, and has a seat. The woman has heard about wolv

Prey

Aug 9th, 2021 52m 10s

Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!STORY SUMMARY: Jared has decided to enter a government program that, after 15 hours of counseling, will allow him to legally take his own life. Doctor Ansley is the top government therapist with 199

Take-Em!

Jul 26th, 2021 42m 43s

Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!STORY SUMMARY: The narrator is invited by his father to go duck hunting as part of their bonding time. The narrator wants to spend time with his father, but expresses ethical concerns about hunting d

Reach

Jul 12th, 2021 33m 45s

Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!STORY SUMMARY: Jack Benson gives his child a prototype toy from his company as a Christmas present. When they check the toy battery compartment, they find a sad poem written in Chinese. Jack decides

Echo

Jun 28th, 2021 48m 8s

Named “Top 20 Philosophy Podcast” for 2021!STORY SUMMARY: Martha dies. She wakes up three years later with her consciousness put into the body of an android. She did not ask for this, it simply happened. She is forced to accept that Martha is