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Terrifying Questions

Terrifying Questions

By: Eric Kaplan and Taylor Carman
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Eric Kaplan, a comedy writer (Futurama, Big Bang Theory) and doctor of philosophy, and Taylor Carman (Barnard College, Columbia University), a philosophy professor specializing in phenomenology, existentialism, and hermeneutics, host a podcast that addresses unsettling questions concerning human existence and the order of things with the goal of finding a path to courage using comedy, imagination, and dialogue. Along the way they occasionally grapple with the deep uncanniness of being.Eric Kaplan and Taylor Carman Philosophy Social Sciences
Episodes
  • 51. Are There Important Things That Cannot Be Expressed?

    51. Are There Important Things That Cannot Be Expressed?
    Oct 22 2026

    Can something meaningful lie beyond (or beneath) the expressive powers of language? Tune in this week to see if Eric and Taylor can (or can’t) shed some light on this unsettling question by putting words together to form sentences. Søren Kierkegaard, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Miller Williams, and Wallace Stevens make cameo appearances.

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    45 mins
  • Episode 53: Should We Fear Death?

    Episode 53: Should We Fear Death?
    Sep 20 2026

    Eric and Taylor talk about death and whether we ought be afraid of it. In this episode Taylor speaks partly from personal experience because a few years ago he had a mild brush with death. He did not die, however, which he and Eric agree was a good thing. They also agree that death is, if nothing else, uncanny.

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    53 mins
  • Episode 50: Have We Forgotten Being?

    Episode 50: Have We Forgotten Being?
    Aug 26 2026

    Have we forgotten what it means to be? Is the history of being a history of our becoming oblivious to it? Does being even have a history? Taylor and Eric discuss these terrible, wondrous, “rich and strange” subjects in anticipation of the publication of Taylor's forthcoming book, Heidegger and the History of Being.

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    56 mins
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