This Is The Way: Chinese Philosophy Podcast
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This Is The Way: Chinese Philosophy Podcast

by Richard Kim and Justin Tiwald

This Is The Way is a podcast on Chinese philosophy, exploring philosophical themes by reflecting on significant Chinese texts and through interviews with scholars of Chinese thought. We aim to offer discussions that are informative and accessible to a broad audience.Please email us at: ChinesePhilosophyPodcast@gmail.com and follow us on X @ChinesePhilPod

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