{"podcast":{"title":"Philosophy Bites","slug":"philosophy-bites-894386","podcast_index_feed_id":894386,"rss_url":"https://philosophybites.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.philosophybites.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/6/2/9/6629afb289ae5c80/philo_bites.jpg","author":"Nigel Warburton","episode_count":405,"summary":"David Edmonds (Uehiro Centre, Oxford University) and Nigel Warburton (freelance philosopher/writer) interview top philosophers on a wide range of topics. Two books based on the series have been published by Oxford University Press. We are currently self-funding - donations very welcome via our website http://www.philosophybites.com","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/philosophy-bites-894386"},"episode":{"title":"Carissa Veliz on Prophecy","slug":"carissa-veliz-on-prophecy","published_at":"2026-05-11T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/philosophy-bites-894386/carissa-veliz-on-prophecy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/philosophy-bites-894386","url":"https://philosophybites.libsyn.com/carissa-veliz-on-prophecy","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/philosophybites/Carissa_Veliz_on_Prophecy.mp3?dest-id=14010","summary":"Predictions aren't quite what they seem to be, according to Carissa Véliz, author of the book Prophecy. They often are intended to persuade you of the inevitability of a certain outcome, and may be self-fulfilling to some degree. Yet they look like simple factual claims about what is likely to happen. We need to be far more aware of the role of prediction in our everyday lives, according to Véliz.","meta_description":"Predictions aren't quite what they seem to be, according to Carissa Véliz, author of the book Prophecy. They often are intended to persuade you of the ine…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1032,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/philosophy-bites-894386/episodes/carissa-veliz-on-prophecy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/philosophy-bites-894386/carissa-veliz-on-prophecy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}