Hello, everyone. I'm Stephen West. This is philosophize this

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A couple things about Amazon this week

But getting a lot of emails from people saying they don't believe me

They think Amazon really is endorsing the stuff that's going on on this show each week

Look, I get how it looks right. I'm in Seattle. Amazon's in Seattle

It's a natural question that comes up like are there secret back room meetings going on where Amazon's having parties and actually endorsing everything that's going on on this show

I'm here to tell you it's the furthest thing from the truth. I

Full transparency because I think it's important. I had one meeting with the higher-ups at Amazon

Okay, I played them the show said what do you think they said?

Stephen we in no way endorse nor denounce anything that we just heard and any money that we send you has absolutely nothing to do with your show

And I swear that was the end of it. That's the last time I ever talked to them

And if any of you out there doubt me

I have the validated parking pass that I will gladly photo copy and send you your house's proof for all the rest of you

Front page of the website philosophizes.org. I hope you love the show today

So we're going to be talking about individual philosophers on most shows

But let's never forget the fact that our ultimate goal throughout this current arc of the show is to tell some of the main philosophical stories of the 20th century

And look realistically you can never tell the full story on a show like this anyway

But the point is we're talking about more than just individuals now

We're talking about movements. We're talking about massive historical events that thinkers are living within and reacting to

We're telling a story here

And whenever you're telling the story

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