The Free Will Show

Do any of us really have free will? What does it mean to have free will, anyway? Is free will compatible with determinism? Hasn’t science disproved free will? How could we have free will if God exists and foreknows everything that we will ever do? The Free Will Show provides a beginner-friendly introduction to the topic of free will while at the same time exposing listeners to cutting-edge developments on the topic. Hosted by a couple of philosophers, Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer, The Free Will Show features interviews with guests on a diverse array of issues relating to free will, including issues in science and theology. thefreewillshow.com

Recent Episodes

Episode 98: Taking Responsibility with Elinor Mason
Apr 28, 2025 – 37:00
Episode 97: Intention and Memory with Wayne Wu
Apr 14, 2025 – 43:53
Episode 96: The Problem of Blame with Kelly McCormick
Mar 31, 2025 – 01:01:53
Episode 95: Experimental Philosophy and Free Will with Eddy Nahmias
Mar 17, 2025 – 59:23
Episode 94: Time Travel and Free Will with Neal Tognazzini
Feb 24, 2025 – 01:01:07
Episode 93: Basic Responsibility with Matt King
Feb 10, 2025 – 47:27
Episode 92: The Paradox of Moral Education with Sabrina Little
Jan 27, 2025 – 30:14
Episode 91: Agency Incompatibilism with Helen Steward
Jan 13, 2025 – 41:59
Episode 90: Sin and Free Will with Leigh Vicens
Dec 23, 2024 – 31:53
Episode 89: Free Will in Heaven with Benjamin Matheson
Dec 9, 2024 – 37:01
Episode 88: Divine Freedom with Thomas Ward
Nov 25, 2024 – 54:22
Episode 87: Grace and Free Will with Kevin Timpe
Nov 11, 2024 – 40:25
Episode 86: God, Purpose, and Reality with John Bishop and Ken Perszyk
Oct 28, 2024 – 01:06:25
Episode 85: Petitionary Prayer and Free Will with Scott Davison
Oct 14, 2024 – 38:27
Episode 84: Free Will and Providence with Alan Rhoda
Sep 30, 2024 – 47:31
Episode 83: Divine Causation and Creaturely Action with Gloria Frost
Sep 16, 2024 – 31:11
Episode 82: Compatibilism and the Problem of Evil with Jason Turner
Sep 2, 2024 – 39:18
Episode 81: Free Will and the Problem of Evil with Daniel Speak
Aug 19, 2024 – 49:57
Episode 80: Instrumentalist Accounts of Moral Responsibility with Anneli Jefferson
May 30, 2024 – 45:38
Episode 79: Neuroethics and Moral Responsibility with Josh May
May 6, 2024 – 34:56
Episode 78: Narrative and Moral Responsibility with Meghan Griffith
Apr 22, 2024 – 49:16
The Free Will Show Book Trailer
Apr 15, 2024 – 06:59
Episode 77: Ambivalence with Justin Coates
Apr 8, 2024 – 44:58
Episode 76: The Standing to Punish with Tommie Shelby
Mar 25, 2024 – 38:32
Episode 75: Group Responsibility and Historicism with Stephanie Collins and Niels de Haan
Mar 11, 2024 – 50:38
Episode 74: Omissions and Moral Luck with Joseph Metz
Feb 26, 2024 – 36:43
Episode 73: Corporate Criminal Responsibility with Mihailis Diamantis
Feb 12, 2024 – 50:02
Episode 72: Crime and Reparations with Raff Donelson
Jan 29, 2024 – 31:22
Episode 71: The Principle of Alternative Possibilities with Justin Capes
Jan 15, 2024 – 41:13
Episode 70: Forgiveness and the Law with Simone Gubler
Dec 18, 2023 – 26:56
Episode 69: Addiction and the Law with Stephen Morse
Dec 4, 2023 – 38:15
Episode 68: Psychopathy and the Law with David Shoemaker
Nov 20, 2023 – 41:30
Episode 67: Children and the Law with Gideon Yaffe
Nov 6, 2023 – 39:21
Episode 66: Overpunishment with Saul Smilansky
Oct 23, 2023 – 42:42
Episode 65: Rehabilitation with Katrina Sifferd
Oct 9, 2023 – 35:59
Episode 64: Moral Authority and Punishment with Victor Tadros
Sep 25, 2023 – 30:27
Episode 63: Mens Rea with Craig Agule
Sep 18, 2023 – 24:51
Episode 62: Theories of Punishment with Erin Kelly
Sep 6, 2023 – 30:22
Episode 61: Introduction to Free Will and the Law with Kyle Fritz
Aug 16, 2023 – 50:54
Episode 60: Compatibilism and Reduction with Robert Wallace
May 29, 2023 – 55:02
Episode 59: Crime and Public Health with Nadine Elzein
May 15, 2023 – 38:11
Episode 58: Options and Agency with John Maier
May 1, 2023 – 30:36
Episode 57: The Reason View with Susan Wolf
Apr 17, 2023 – 42:33
Episode 56: Raising the Stakes in the Free Will Debate with Justin Caouette
Apr 3, 2023 – 42:15
Episode 55: Blameworthiness and Forgiveness with Per-Erik Milam
Mar 20, 2023 – 45:47
Episode 54: Action Explanations with Megan Fritts
Mar 6, 2023 – 25:41
Episode 53: Manipulation and Intentional Agency with Andrei Buckareff
Feb 20, 2023 – 51:25
Episode 52: Free Will as a Natural Kind with Oisín Deery
Feb 6, 2023 – 33:03
Episode 51: Flickers of Freedom with Bradford Stockdale
Jan 23, 2023 – 34:07
Episode 50: Double Compatibilism with Greg Welty
Dec 12, 2022 – 01:30:07

Recent Reviews

1983AuburnTiger

Awesome Show

Really love this podcast. I was more of a theology geek before finding it, but since listening I’ve developed a real interest in philosophy. They have great guests to discuss difficult topics. Subjects are always very interesting. Would highly recommend the podcast
The Handsome Brother

Parker’s Pensées

This podcast is amazing! I love Taylor and Matt. They are first rate philosophers of free will in their own right as well as philosophy professors. They get amazing guests on and they ask so many of the questions that I want to ask them as well as the questions I’m too dumb to think of. I highly recommend this podcast!
Lucas Hondros

Brilliant Podcast

An amazing podcast with 2 brilliant scholars working in the field of free will.
apologeticsgeek

I freely chose to write this

I just discovered this podcast. For the last 10 years, I’ve been focused on the study of free will and have defended a libertarian understanding of it with Calvinists and atheists in debate. That there is a show with competent hosts, who choose relevant guests and engage the subject in a friendly manner is a a great benefit to this field.