This month we're featuring episodes from the archives where John and Ken focus on big thinkers born in May: Niccolò Machiavelli (May 3, 1469), Søren Kierkeegaard and Karl Marx (May 5, 1813 and 1818 respectively), and John Stuart Mill (May 20, 1806). There's also a more recent episode where Josh and Ray question the checkered legacy of Sigmund Freud (May 6, 1856), asking their Stanford colleague (and sometime co-host) Blakey Vermeule What Has Replaced Freud? (On May 5, we're also re-broadcasting an episode in which John and Ken question The Legacy of Sigmund Freud with Paul Robinson, author of Freud and His Critics.)
May Moppets
| Episode Title | Guest | Related Content | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Machiavelli | Maurizio Viroli, Professor Emeritus of Politics, Princeton University | Machiavelli | |
 | Karl Marx | Jonathan Wolff, Professor of Philosophy, University College London | ||
 | Kierkegaard | Lanier Anderson, Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University | Kierkegaard | |
 | What Has Replaced Freud? | Blakey Vermeule, Professor of English, Stanford University | Replacing Freud | |
 | J.S. Mill and the Good Life | David Brink, Professor of Philosophy, UC San Diego | JS Mill and the Good Life |