Episodes
Philosopher Michael Della Rocca challenges conventional philosophy's reliance on common sense, interpreting the world instead as a unified whole.
Published 03/26/24
Published 03/26/24
Two of the most influential thinkers of our time, John Mearsheimer, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, and Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University debate the Enlightenment and its alternative. Sophie Scott-Brown hosts.
Published 03/19/24
Philosopher Sophie Grace Chappell reflects on being transgender in the light of persistent philosophical questions, from Plato to John Stuart Mill.
Published 03/12/24
Kathleen Higgins is a leading continental philosopher at the University of Texas, Austin. Her research interests are broad and include the philosophy of aesthetics, emotions and music. Oliver Ready is a celebrated translator and literary scholar. His translation of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment has received critical acclaim. Janne Teller is a critically acclaimed writer whose novels include Odin's Island, and Come, an existential novel about ethics in art and modern life. Niki Seth-Smith...
Published 03/05/24
David Baddiel and Chine McDonald discuss what humanity's deep-seated longing for God's existence may mean, and why it is okay.
Published 02/27/24
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Published 02/21/24
Chief Economics Commentator for the FT Martin Wolf, Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits and Head of Research at Theos, Madeleine Pennington, debate whether the 21st century will prove to be unique. Hilary Lawson hosts.
Published 02/13/24
Slavoj Žižek discusses the various components of his philosophy in conversation with novelist Joanna Kavenna.
Published 02/06/24
Ground breaking philosopher and psychoanalytic theorist Dr Isabel Millar discusses her work in challenging assumptions around AI by deploying the tools of psychoanalysis to the study of AI.
Published 01/30/24
Rowan Williams and Iain McGilchrist discuss the layered and inter-connected nature of reality from their perspectives.
Published 01/23/24
Simon Blackburn on the dangers of self-love.
Published 01/16/24
Anthropologist and Harvard University Professor Richard Wrangham, renowened philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek, University of Hertfordshire professor Maria Balaska and the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams join Myriam François to discuss the nature of good and evil.
Published 01/09/24
Rupert Sheldrake, Suchitra Sebastian, and Tommy Curry challenge our views about knowledge.
Published 01/02/24
Iain McGilchrist gives Hilary Lawson an exclusive interview on the nature of truth and the cosmos, and the danger of delusional thinking.
Published 12/26/23
Nolen Gertz, Betty Sue Flowers, and Joscha Bach debate language and reality.
Published 12/19/23
Radical scientist, Rupert Sheldrake, and world-leading sceptic, Michael Shermer, go head-to-head on where the edges of knowledge lie.
Published 12/12/23
Rebecca Roache, Simon Baron-Cohen, and Hilary Lawson join Samira Shackle to scrutinize honesty and deception.
Published 12/05/23
Joanna Kavenna, Rory Sutherland and Rebecca Roache debate whether we need reason as much as we think we do in an increasingly chaotic modern age. Bahar Gholipour hosts.
Published 11/28/23
Katarina Schwarz discusses the reality of modern-day slavery.
Published 11/21/23
Sunetra Gupta, Anders Sandberg and Subrena Smith debate whether or not our neurobiology inadequate to deal with the challenges of the 21st century. Güneş Taylor hosts.
Published 11/14/23
Denis Noble cracks the free will debackle.
Published 11/07/23
Barry Smith, Hannah Critchlow and Gary Lachman talk subjectivity and collective experience.
Published 10/31/23
Lucelia Rodrigues discusses the prospects of a sustainably built future.
Published 10/24/23
Stephen Kinsella, Victoria Baines and Hugh Tomlinson debate internet anonymity.
Published 10/17/23