UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Matthew Crawford in San Francisco. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode of the podcast Ryan talks to author Matthew B. Crawford about his New York Times bestselling book Shop Class as Soulcraft (which you can pick up at the Painted Porch), why philosophy must be practiced and experienced in actual life rather than in the classroom, our inherent fear of death and how it i

The 373rd episode of the Reading & Writing podcast features an interview with New York Times bestselling writer Matthew B. Crawford, author of the new book - WHY WE DRIVE: TOWARD A PHILOSOPHY OF THE OPEN ROAD. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/reading-and-writing-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: h

Matthew B. Crawford is the author of Shop Class as Soulcraft and The World Beyond Your Head. He earned a PhD in Political Philosophy from the University of Chicago, specializing in ancient political thought; he majored in physics as an undergraduate at UC Santa Barbara. Crawford has been working on cars since the age o

The best selling author of Shop Class As Soulcraft and The World Beyond Your Head has a new book coming out entitled Why We Drive. He sits down with Jay Shapiro to ponder the philosophical and psychological transformations afoot in a future world of automated driving. "Human Intelligent Action", "Deskilling", "Mass Inf

What if our distractions are robbing us of our individuality? Philosopher-machinist Michael B. Crawford noticed just how much attention we give up -- often against our will -- to all the distractions strategically placed in front of us, from commercials on ATM screens to blaring airport televisions. He has written a gu