Hello and welcome to Overthink.

The podcast where two professors talk about our philosophical heroes.

And Shiro's.

You're my Shiro, David. And I'm happy with that. And with that, I am

Dr. David Pena Guzman. And I am Dr. Ellie Anderson. I want to start us off today, Ellie,

by thinking about who counts as a hero in our society. Recently, I was checking out the CNN website, and I realized that there's a whole page

called CNN Heroes, where they feature characters that are considered modern-day heroes,

and they tell you the story of what they do.

So if you go to the CNN website and then find this page, you'll find a number of stories that I think are indicative of how we tend to think about heroes in our collective imaginary.

I've never heard of the CNN webpage before. Tell me about like, who are we talking?

Like firemen rescuing kittens out of trees? Yeah. So basically, yes,

it's all about the average person doing modern day acts of heroism, where they go out of their way

to basically help other people. So let me give you a couple of examples of the sorts of stories

that they cover. And I'm just going to read a couple of the headlines.

Okay.

So listen to this.

Hero upcycles old computers to open new worlds for young Kenyans.

Another one.

Dining with a purpose.

Restaurants serving refugees recipes helps immigrants start new lives in the U.S.

Okay.

Final one. These friends rescued harvests headed for the trash and helped turn food waste into millions of

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