Is this your podcast?
Sign up
to track ranks and reviews from Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more
Theos Think Tank
Reading Our Times
Reading Our Times is the podcast that explores the books and the ideas that are shaping us today. It is hosted by Nick Spencer, Senior Fellow at the think tank, Theos.
We’re going to be talking to some of the world’s leading authors about issues like meritocracy, justice, populism, human rights, the brain, liberalism, and religion.
Above all, we'll be exploring what these books have to say about the times we live in and about the people we are.
So listen with us, and we’ll introduce you to authors, books and ideas that illuminate ourselves and our world today.
For more information...
Listen now
Ratings & Reviews
☆
☆
☆
☆
☆
4.8 stars from 55 ratings
Excellent podcast for exploring ideas
☆
☆
☆
☆
☆
“This is a great place to go for new, exciting, and thoughtful ideas relevant to the modern world. Thanks for the great content!”
ZZito10 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/17/22
Joyce
☆
☆
☆
☆
☆
“Great show with Helen Joyce! She is fascinating and I am getting her book. Eye opener!”
Gnome chopper via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/09/22
Engaging and thought provoking
☆
☆
☆
☆
☆
“Have enjoyed listening to articulate thinkers on important topics. Would love to read the books I’ve heard discussed, but if I don’t get to, hearing them discussed is perhaps next best thing. Thank you Theos.”
Baz64+ via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
01/07/22
Recent Episodes
Assisted Dying is back on the legislative agenda, with parliament voting on it this autumn. It is a profound and contentious debate about which good and well-meaning people can and do disagree deeply.
What is really at stake here? Apart from the obvious, the debate kicks up some profound and...
Published 11/12/24
Published 11/05/24
For many people, many of whom would not call themselves religious or even spiritual, poetry is somehow able to enchant, to inspire, to heal– to give them a glimpse of connection, of transcendence that transforms their life.
Particularly today, in “A secular age” in the West, it is poetry and...
Published 11/05/24
Do you host a podcast?
Track your ranks and reviews from Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.
Links
Genres
Artwork or description wrong?
Request an update »
Updates may take a few minutes.
Do you host a podcast?
Track your ranks and reviews from Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.
