Philosophical Apocrypha
 
 
 
 
Stephen T. Asma is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Columbia College Chicago, where he holds the title of Distinguished Scholar. In 2003, he was Visiting Professor at the Buddhist Institute in Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia. There, he taught "Buddhist Philosophy" as part of their pilot Graduate Program in Buddhist Studies, and he studied Theravada Buddhism throughout Southeast Asia. His latest book, entitled The Gods Drink Whiskey: Stumbling Toward Enlightenment in the Land of the Tattered Buddha (HarperSanFrancisco) chronicles his adventures in Asia. Asma is the author of several books: Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums (Oxford), Following Form and Function (Northwestern Univ. Press), and Buddha for Beginners (Writers and Readers). Recently he has issued a reprint Buddha: An Illustrated Introduction (available at Amazon.com). He has written many articles on a broad range of topics that bridge the humanities and sciences, including his recent “Against Transcendentalism” in the book Monty Python and Philosophy (Opencourt Press). He is also a regular contributor to the Chronicle of Higher Education, Skeptic Magazine, and Chicago Public Radio's news magazine show Eight-Forty-Eight. His website is: www.stephenasma.com http://www.stephenasma.comshapeimage_3_link_0
 
1. China Dispatches:
“Supermarket”
 
How I ended up standing in my underwear in a Chinese supermarket.
II. China Dispatches:
“Giving Good Face in China”
 
What do others think of you? To care, or not to care?
 
III. China Dispatches:
“Superstition or Secret Wisdom?”
 
Reflections on acupuncture and drinking turtle’s blood
“Saddle Up that Stegosaurus!”  
 
The Creationist Museum in Kentucky.
 
Listen to my interview with Scientific American magazine’s podcast.
 
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Buddhism in Cambodia
 
Listen to an hour long interview about my experiences living and teaching in Cambodia.
 
Interviewed by Donna Seaman for Open Books Radio
 
Listen here: open books