Episode 33: Carrots, Sticks, and Rituals
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1:34:45Apr 14, 2026
This Is The Way: Chinese Philosophy Podcast
33 episodes
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Episode 32: Music Has in It neither Grief nor Joy
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1:09:42Mar 13, 2026
Episode 31: The Great Music Debate -- Mohists vs. Classical Confucians
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1:13:07Feb 8, 2026
Episode 30: Confucianism and Reverential Reading
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1:26:19Jan 18, 2026
Episode 29: Shen Dao on Law
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1:35:07Dec 25, 2025
Episode 28: Mencius Against Mohist Impartialism
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1:26:16Nov 27, 2025
Episode 27: Mohism—Two Arguments for Impartial Caring
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1:02:43Nov 4, 2025
Episode 26: The White Horse Dialogue: Language, Logic, and Categories in Early China
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1:34:43Oct 11, 2025
Episode 25: Daoist Utopia
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1:16:42Sep 18, 2025
Episode 24: Robber Zhi—Honor Among Thieves?
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1:16:41Aug 28, 2025
Episode 23: Confucianism on the Assessment of Character
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1:06:44Aug 7, 2025
Episode 22: The Good Life in the Analects
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58:24Jul 18, 2025
Episode 21: Xunzi’s Way—Discovered or Invented?
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1:12:33Jun 27, 2025
Episode 20: Confucianism vs. Buddhism (first "live show")
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1:30:13Jun 5, 2025
Episode 19: Zhu Xi on the Unity of the Virtues
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1:26:29Apr 6, 2025
Episode 18: Neo-Confucian Metaphysics
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1:31:15Mar 8, 2025
Episode 17: The Mohist State of Nature Argument
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1:19:33Feb 14, 2025
Episode 16: Zhuangzi on Uselessness
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1:19:41Jan 22, 2025
Episode 15: Ritual in the Analects
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1:14:14Jan 1, 2025
Episode 14: Women in the Analects
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1:04:34Dec 15, 2024
Episode 13: Family Before State
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57:20Nov 19, 2024
Episode 12: Play
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1:36:33Oct 29, 2024
Episode 11: Nonaction
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1:11:48Oct 7, 2024
Episode 10: Mencius on Moral Development
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1:29:58Sep 14, 2024
Episode 9: Moral Sprouts
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1:26:30Aug 30, 2024
Episode 8: The Golden Rule
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1:38:50Aug 19, 2024
Episode 7: The Butcher
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1:34:48Jul 24, 2024
Episode 6: Partiality and Justice
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1:25:55Jul 5, 2024
Episode 5: Cultivation and the Autobiography of Confucius
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1:28:13Jun 2, 2024
Episode 4: Persuasion
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1:36:28Mar 11, 2024
Episode 3: Oneness
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1:27:05Feb 20, 2024
Episode 2: Shame
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1:12:45Feb 1, 2024
Episode 1: Detachment
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1:11:46Jan 31, 2024