Hosts

Robin Heaston is the co-host who keeps Dewey or Don't We? anchored in the present. He pushes every conversation toward what a given idea actually means for how someone lives, works, or decides something this week, not just what a philosopher once wrote about it.

Where the show could drift into pure theory, Robin is the one asking what it looks like in practice, which is a large part of why the podcast calls itself practical philosophy.

Dr. Fisher holds a doctorate in philosophy and brings decades of life experience to the table, along with a longstanding connection to John Dewey and the pragmatist tradition the show borrows its name from.

The contrast between the two hosts is deliberate rather than incidental: Dr. Fisher's grounding in the history and discipline of philosophy meets Robin's current, applied instincts, and neither host is a stand-in for the other.