Seth Adelman
sethadelman.bsky.social
Seth Adelman
@sethadelman.bsky.social
Clinical neurologist (retired) • tour guide and educator, Metropolitan Museum of Art • amateur classical pianist • permanent student at the University of Life
Funny, and I’ve always thought that Professor Kors’ 24-lecture course on this period (one of my faves from your early years) could easily have been longer!
December 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
So sorry to hear this! His calm and approachable lecturing style was one of the things that got me hooked to TGC in the late 90s.
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Indeed, the first lecture I watched in Prof Lincoln’s new course is ‘What Happened before the Big Bang?’ I should stop hoping for an answer, though…
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Sounds like the two Sean Carrolls, who may not have collaborated but have chatted online:

nautil.us/the-sean-car...
The Sean Carrolls Explain the Universe
Why are we here? Is there life on other planets? The renowned scientists who share a name share their answers to life’s big questions.
nautil.us
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
It’s like Christmas morning when we receive the surveys too! knowing that at least some of these titles will be real courses one day…🤞🏻
September 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
And your first episode is nearly 5 hours long? Impressive! 😮
June 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Looks state-of-the-art!
May 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
True!
February 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
That wouldn’t be Prof McWhorter, would it? Sounds like the sort of thing he would do…
February 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My pleasure! This is my favorite kind of philosophy, that illuminates something you might not have thought about before, but still relates to our everyday lives.
May 14, 2024 at 1:00 AM
This is a fascinating idea, that our sense of well-being depends, at least in part, on the continued existence of human society, at least for a while.

It’s been explored by the philosopher Samuel Scheffler. In case you haven’t come across his work, here’s a link:

www.npr.org/2013/10/09/2...
A Philosopher's 'Afterlife': We May Die, But Others Live On
Samuel Scheffler, a philosophy professor at New York University, presents a secular interpretation of life after death. In his book Death and the Afterlife, Scheffler argues that our belief that human...
www.npr.org
May 11, 2024 at 8:23 PM
A, especially if you’ll be discussing cases from everyday life. But B or D if you’re focusing mainly on legal contexts.
February 1, 2024 at 6:24 PM