Welcome. I'm Dr. Vinay Prasad. I'm a hematologist, oncologist, and I'm associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. In my professional life, I see patients, I teach trainees, and I do research in health care policy. This is Plenary Session.

Plenary Session is a podcast at the intersection of medicine, oncology, and health policy,

and you're listening to Season 3. On this week's episode. This week on Plenary Session,

we got Matthew Smith. Professor of Philosophy, Matthew Smith, is back from Northeastern University.

By popular demand, people want to hear what he has to say.

You won't want to miss this discussion.

You know, normally every week you hear me say, if you're fan of this show,

go support us on Patreon, you get access to the slides.

I got something new to say this time.

I think the good to say this time. I think

the good old days are over. We're living in a unique time where people are very happy to

extinguish voices and ideas that they deem unfit for consumption. And so I personally have gone

on Patreon. I've supported a number of people who I listen to, the podcast that I love.

And I'm encouraging you to do the same.

The only way we can combat this growing force of illiberalism is to support with our dollar bills podcasts we enjoy.

So that's my plug.

I'm back in plenary session. I'm joined by Professor Matthew Smith. Matthew Smith is

Associate Professor Philosophy at Northeastern University in the Northeast, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Dr. Smith, it's a pleasure to have you back. It is a really, it's a real pleasure to be back.

Thank you for having me. Hey, people really liked your last episode. People

loved it. I got a lot of positive, I've got a lot of positive email. And people wanted to take

me to task because I, I may, I often make this error. When I talk to you and I'm going to talk

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