Some Things Considered with Sean Murphy

Sean Murphy, a cultural critic and rebel advocate covering the world, one story at a time. murphlaw.substack.com

Some Things Considered with Sean Murphy is a society podcast hosted by Sean Murphy, with 56 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Sean Murphy hosts Some Things Considered with Sean Murphy, a society show with 56 episodes published.

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  Season 5 Episode 12 | Laurie Sheck | Exploring AI, Art, and Empathy

  Mar 17, 20261h 4mS0

  <p>What happens when one of the most intellectually fearless writers working today sits down to talk about:</p><p>* Dostoyevsky’s dialogic voice</p><p>* Frankenstein as misunderstood creation myth</p><p>* AI and the future of creativity</p><p>* Illness as altered consciousness</p><p>* Capitalism’s grip on media and academia</p><p>This conversation moves from 19th-century Russia to present-day neural networks — but the real subject is this:</p><p>What does it mean to remain human when machinery dominates the narrative?</p><p>We talk about:</p><p>• Writers who chase status vs. writers obsessed with the...

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  Season 5 Episode 11 | Walt Hunter | Teaching, Poetry, and Refusing to Lower the Bar

  Mar 10, 202659 minS0

  <p>On this episode of Some Things Considered, I spoke with Walt Hunter — senior associate dean at Case Western Reserve University, professor of 20th- and 21st-century literature, poetry editor at The Atlantic, and author of the poetry collection Some Flowers.</p><p>The conversation began with the Atlantic essay that prompted the invitation: “Stop Meeting Students Where They Are.”</p><p>It’s a provocative title — but the thesis is bracing rather than punitive. Hunter argues that in an era defined by devices, distraction, AI, and cultural impatience, educators must resist the impulse to lower expectations in the name of accessibil...

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  Season 5 Episode 10 | Gina Gershon | Autonomy, Art, and Refusing the Path of Least Resistance

  Mar 3, 20261 hourS0

  <p>In this episode of Some Things Considered, the conversation centers on icon, actor, performer, and now memoirist Gina Gershon — a career artist whose new book, Alpha Pussy, reflects on four decades in the entertainment industry and the life that shaped it.</p><p>Rather than a conventional Hollywood tell-all, this book reveals something deeper: Gershon’s career has been defined as much by what she refused as by what she accepted.</p><p></p><p>Key points in this conversation:</p><p>* Autonomy is not rebellion for its own sake — it’s maintenance of self.</p><p>* Longevity in creative...

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  Season 5 Episode 9 | Stephen Marche | Writing, Failure, Endurance...and Civil War

  Feb 24, 202655 minS0

  <p>On this week’s episode, I had a wide-ranging, bracing conversation with Stephen Marche on Some Things Considered—a writer I’ve admired since his Esquire days, and one whose work feels more urgent by the year.</p><p>We focused on two recent books that feel both timely and enduring: The Next Civil War and On Writing and Failure.</p><p>A few key threads from our conversation:</p><p>* The Next Civil War now reads less like prophecy and more like reportage. What once felt foreboding increasingly feels like documentation.</p><p>* What’s changed in America isn’t be...

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  Season 5 Episode 8 | John Lingan | Marching to the Beat of Many Drummers

  Feb 17, 20261h 10mS5

  <p>Had the pleasure of sitting down with John Lingan on Some Things Considered to talk about his new book, Backbeats: A History of Rock and Roll in 15 Drummers — and I can’t recommend it highly enough.</p><p>A few highlights from our conversation:</p><p>* Drummers are the perfect lens for understanding rock history: feel, time, culture, and collaboration all live at the kit.</p><p>* John Bonham vs. Charlie Watts isn’t about better or worse — it’s about how radically different approaches shape a band’s identity.</p><p>* Ringo Starr remains one of the most misunderstoo...

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