Today, and have a special bonus episode. One of the ways that we say thanks to the show's patrons is to release a bonus episode every few months. And we thought that we'd share the first of these episodes with everyone as a sort of taste of what's to come.

Our guest is ⁠Theodore Shotsky⁠ of the University of Kentucky and one of the world's leading authorities on social practices. In fact, Ted quite literally wrote the book on social practices, and it's a book that celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.

A few years ago a ranking of citations of philosophers put Ted as the thirteenth most cited philosopher in the world, which gives you a sense of his enormous impact in the study of ontology and sociology. I interviewed Ted about his book, the basics of social ontology, and why practices are a helpful way to explore the nature of social life. I hope you enjoy.


The Inner Life of Liberalism is produced by Landry Ayres.