Philosophy Talk's
“WHAT IS A WIFE”
and
“FACES, FEELINGS AND LIES”

with Hosts John Perry and Ken Taylor

January 31, 2010
Two different Shows
Sun at 12pm & 3pm


at 12pm
WHAT IS A WIFE
with Marilyn Yalom
Buy tix here 12pm show

at 3pm
FACES, FEELINGS and LIES
with Paul Ekman
Buy tix here 3pm show

PHILOSOPHY TALK: Live at The Marsh! Join us for two rousing shows, on Sunday, January 31st.

“’Philosophy Talk’ is as accessible as it is thoughtful…”
Los Angeles Times

“An American radio show, ‘Philosophy Talk,’ could teach British broadcasting a thing or two about quality intellectual debate…one of the great joys of American radio. It’s radio that knows how to talk.” The Guardian UK

Each program runs approx 80min
one intermission

All seating for this performance is first-come, first-served. 

This show is 13 and over.

Please do not bring infants to the show.

Marsh Mainstage Theater Downstairs

Philosophy Talk is a weekly, one-hour public radio series that originates from San Francisco’s KALW 91.7fm, Sunday mornings at 10am. With a down-to-earth, no-nonsense approach, the program brings the richness of philosophic thought to everyday subjects. Topics are lofty (Truth, Beauty, Justice), arresting (Terrorism, Intelligent Design, Suicide), and engaging (Baseball, Love, Happiness).

Not a lecture or a college course, its philosophy in action! Philosophy Talk gives its audience the opportunity to explore issues of importance in a thoughtful, friendly fashion, where thinking is encouraged.


12:00 pm show:
"What is a wife?"
with Marilyn Yalom

Wives have been around since Eve, and the concept of being a wife has been embedded in cultures, religious practices, social customs and economic patterns of wildly different sorts. Is there a core concept of what it is to be a wife? Is it a good concept, or one that deserves to be thrown on the junkpile of intellectual history -- like the concept of a witch -- because it perpetrates corrosive stereotypes of women? What conceptions of being a wife do Americans have today? Join John and Ken as they discuss wives and the concept of being a wife with Marilyn Yalom, author of "A History of the Wife".


3pm show:
"Faces, Feelings, and Lies"
with Paul Ekman

According to Proverbs, lying lips are an abomination to the Lord. But lies on human lips are as common as fleas on a dog. What is a lie? Are all untruths lies? Is lying always immoral? Do our faces inevitably betray our lies? Join the hosts as they uncover the concept, practice, and detection of lies with pioneering psychologist Paul Ekman, author of "Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life" and "Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage".