Relevant episodes:

1. E2 - Road House

2. E18 - Hypnosis

3. E27 - Reiki & Alternative Medicine

Potential course readings:

1. Epictetus's Enchiridion

2. Selections from Hilgard, E.R. & Hilgard, J.R. (1994). Hypnosis in the Relief of Pain 

3. The weird power of the placebo effect, explained | Vox 

Relevant episodes:

Potential Course Readings:

1. Schwitzgebel, E. (2002). "Why did we think we dreamed in black and white?" Studies in History and Philosophy of Science

2. MacFarquhar, L. (2025). "Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound," The New Yorker

3. Mitchell-Yellin, B. & Fischer, J. M. (2014). "The Near-Death Experience Argument Against Physicalism: A Critique," Journal of Consciousness Studies

Relevant episodes:

1. E2 - Bigfoot

2. E13 - Near Death Experiences

3. E19 - Ghosts & Hauntings

Potential course readings:

1. Naish, D. (2017). Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths, Ch. 4

2. Habermas, G.R. (2018). "Evidential Near-Death Experiences." In The Blackwell Companion to Substance Dualism

3. Nagel, J. (2014). Knowledge: A Very Short Introduction, Ch. 6

Relevant episodes:

1. E20 - Astrology

2. E23 - The Enneagram

3. E27 - Reiki & Alternative Medicine

4. E6 - Extra-Terrestrial Life

Potential course readings:

1. Grim, P. (1982). Philosophy of Science and the Occult

2. Kidd, I. J. (2016). "Why did Feyerabend Defend Astrology? Integrity, Virtue, and the Authority of Science," Social Epistemology

3. Kukla, A. (2001). "SETI: On the prospects and pursuitworthiness of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence," Studies in History and Philosophy of Science

Relevant episodes:

1. E17 - Biohacking

2. AE6 - Virtual Minds

Potential course readings:

1. Kagan, S. (2012). Is Death Bad for You?, Chronicle of Higher Education

2. Fritts, M. (2023). "Arresting Time's Arrow: Death, Loss, and the Preservation of Real Union"

3. Chalmers, D. (2014). "Mind Uploading: A Philosophical Analysis" 

Relevant episodes:

1. E10 - Alcohol

2. E29 - The Prophecies of Nostradamus

3. A4 - Demonic Possession

4. E14 - Luck

Potential course readings:

1. Stohr, K. (2022). Choosing Freedom: A Kantian Guide to Life, Ch. 19

2. Guthrie, S. (2022). How Not to Object to Demonic Realism, Religions, sect. 4.

3. Cahn, S. (2019). "David Foster Wallace and the Challenge of Fatalism", The Blog of the APA

4. Nagel, T. (1979). "Moral Luck," Mortal Questions.

Relevant episodes:

1. E24 - The Illuminati: Bavarian Order

2. E25 - The Illuminati: Conspiracy Theories

3. E28 - Mandela Effect

Potential course readings:

1. Neugebauer-Wölk, M. (2008). Illuminaten. In W. J. Hanegraaff (ed.), The Brill Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism Online

2. Boudry, M. (2023). "Why We Should Be Suspicious of Conspiracy Theories: A Novel Demarcation Problem," Episteme

3. Levy, N. (2019. “Is Conspiracy Theorising Irrational?” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective

Relevant episodes:

Potential course readings:

1. Wiland, E. (2018). "Should Children Have the Right to Vote?." In The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Public Policy

2. Schwitzgebel, E. (2023). "The Coming Robot Rights Catastrophe," The Blog of the APA

3. Schwitzgebel, E. & Garza, M. (2015), "Defense of the Rights of Artificial Intelligences," Midwest Studies In Philosophy

Relevant episodes:

Potential course readings:

1. Copson, A. (2019) Secularism: A Very Short Introduction

2. Jones, B. (2022). Apocalypse without God Apocalyptic Thought, Ideal Politics, and the Limits of Utopian Hope