immediate future

If you're in middle Tennessee and you care about the future of life, you can dial up 89.5 FM at 8 a.m. this very morning to hear a local philosophy prof talking with Gina Logue (of MTSU On the Record) about that very topic.

Or catch the live stream at their website. Or download the podcast from iTunes in a day or so. (While you're there, check out On the Record podcast #45, too: "Pursuit of Happiness".)

Or you can watch Charlie Osgood's Sunday Morning on CBS. Or go for a walk. Or cook some pancakes. Or roll over and dream some more.

Whatever. But I'd love to see you on the radio.

Have a great sabbath.

"future of life" on the radio

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 26, 2010

EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081, or WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

“MTSU ON THE RECORD” TACKLES NEW “FUTURE OF LIFE” COURSE     
      Dr.  Phil Oliver Delves into How We Look at Life, Ethics, Planet’s Prospects

(MURFREESBORO) – Dr. Phil Oliver, professor of philosophy, will discuss his new fall 2010 course “The Future of Life,” on the next edition of “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue at 8 a.m. this Sunday, May 30, on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).

            Oliver will integrate themes from two previous courses that focused on biomedical ethics and biotechnology with an examination of the sustainability of life on Earth, genetic engineering and humanity’s evolutionary prospects.
             He cites a question from Pragmatism by William James as a starting point for discussion: “The really vital question for us all is, ‘What is this world going to be? What is life eventually to make of itself?’”
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And here's the "happiness" interview I did for "On the Record" last year.

Happy talk

Here's my radio interview on WMOT, as broadcast live yesterday morning. It was fun. (And it was weirdly self-displacing, hearing myself as others might have heard me while walking the dogs Sunday morning.)

MTSU "On The Record" 2009

June 21, 2009

Title: "The Pursuit of Happiness" Host: Gina Logue Guest: Dr. Phil Oliver Synopsis: Dr. Phil Oliver, assistant professor of philosophy, explains "The Philosophy of Happiness," a new class he will be teaching beginning this fall.

Happiness on the radio

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 17, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081; WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

HAPPINESS IS A WARM PUPPY—MINUS THE FLEAS AND VET BILLS
New Class on the Nature of Happiness is Topic of Latest “MTSU on the Record”

(MURFREESBORO) – Everyone seeks the elusive quality of happiness, yet different people define it in different ways. What is the key? Money? Success? Beauty? Sex? Fame? Solitude? Family? Freedom? Great minds through the ages have pondered this matter and arrived at widely varying conclusions.
Dr. Phil Oliver, professor of philosophy, will teach a class titled “The Philosophy of Happiness” at MTSU beginning this fall. He’ll talk about it on “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue at 7 a.m. this Sunday, June 21, on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).

WMOT-FM

Just in case anyone besides me tuned into WMOT-FM at 7 am this morning, expecting to hear a scintillating interview with a philosophy professor talking about happiness: are you crazy? But it's been bumped to June 21. (My interview, that is, not the station...yet. They too have been targeted by the budget-loppers.) So you still have plenty of time to subscribe to the program ("MTSU On the record") on iTunes. Gina Logue asked excellent questions and had obviously done her homework, so any infelicities of expression or inanities of utterance are strictly the responsibility of Your Philosopher.