Death Lectures

Death – Open Yale Course

http://oyc.yale.edu/philosophy/death

Debates & Discussions

“Is God Necessary for Morality?” – a debate with William Craig

Veritas Forum, Columbia University, February 24, 2009

“Living Well in the Light of Death” – a discussion with NT Wright

Veritas Forum, Yale University, November 24, 2014

“To Speak or Not to Speak” – a discussion with Michael Lynch, Lida Maxwell, and Colin McEnroe

The Colin McEnroe Show, NPR Radio, November 11, 2015

http://wnpr.org/post/speak-or-not-speak-what-philosophers-have-say-about-days-top-stories#stream/0

Interviews

“A Philosopher’s Library” – an interview on death and books that influenced him

May 9, 2013, at Naver, NHN, the Green Factory, South Korea

Article available at: http://navercast.naver.com/contents.nhn?rid=254&contents_id=53506

“How to Die”

“How to Do It,” with Josh Bloch and Sarah Treleaven, CBC radio,  August 27, 2013

http://www.cbc.ca/howtodoit/episodes/2013/08/27/how-to-die/ (Introduced at the 19:00 mark)

“Living Longer Means Rethinking Social Structures”

“The Takeaway,” with John Hockenberry, Public Radio International, March 14, 2014

http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/finding-value-living-longer/

“Speciesism”

“Philosophy Bites,” with Nigel Warburton and David Edmonds, June 12, 2015

http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/3/5/1/351047b488a37ae4/Shelly_Kagan_on_Speciesism.mp3?c_id=9518325&expiration=1458874005&hwt=f9dee14b06bfafc3bc382a178df767ed

Talks

“Why is Death Bad for You?”

The Maquire Ethics Center, Southern Methodist University, April 1, 2013

“What’s Wrong with Speciesism” – popular talk

Conference on “Ethics of Human Relations with Animals,” Yale University, October 31, 2014

“What’s Wrong with Speciesism” – professional talk, audience discussion, and interview

Annual Lecture of the society for Applied Philosophy, University of Oxford, June 11, 2015

 Other

“School Spirit”

Unorthodox, a radio podcast, March 14th, 2016

Article available at: http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/194191/unorthodox-school-spirit

An interview on various religious topics

 Open Questions: Diverse Thinkers Discuss God, Religion, and Faith,  edited by Luis Rodrigues (Praeger, 2010), pp. 157-176