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About John Kaag and John Traphagan

John Kaag is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at UMass Lowell and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. John W. Traphagan, Ph.D. is Professor and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Fellow in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a professor in the Program in Human Dimensions of Organizations.

NBN Episodes hosted by John Kaag and:

How to Be Wrong March 5, 2023

Error, Ego, Humility and Music

A Discussion with Tony Monaco

Tony Monaco

Hosted by John Kaag and John Traphagan
For today’s episode we welcome jazz organist Tony Monaco to the show. Tony is a master of the Hammond B3 and has collaborated with many other great jazz musicians, including …
How to Be Wrong February 13, 2023

Bioethics, Humility, and Responsibility

A Conversation with Arthur Caplan

Arthur Caplan

Hosted by John Kaag and John Traphagan
For this episode we welcome Dr. Arthur Caplan, who is currently the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at …
How to Be Wrong January 31, 2023

Otherness, Disability, and Beauty

A Conversation with Pulitzer finalist Chloé Cooper Jones

Chloé Cooper Jones

Hosted by John Kaag and John Traphagan
This episode of How To Be Wrong is about humility, beauty and the ways in which our society dictates the nature and boundaries of what is deemed beautiful. We talk …
How to Be Wrong January 23, 2023

The Editor and Humility

A Conversation with the NYT's Peter Catapano

Peter Catapano

Hosted by John Kaag and John Traphagan
In this episode we talk with New York Times Opinion Section Editor Peter Catapano, who has edited and published more than 1,000 pieces in The Times and worked with thinkers …
How to Be Wrong January 8, 2023

Neoliberalism and Higher Education

Frank Fear, Claire Polster, and Rubén Martinez

Hosted by John Kaag and John Traphagan
This episode is a roundtable discussion on the influence of the neoliberal project on higher education. Our guests are Professor Emeritus Frank Fear from Michigan State University, Professor Claire Polster …