
Philosophers chat about the week’s news. Sometimes serious, sometimes funny. A host of tangents. Hosted by Simon Kirchin (University of Leeds, UK) with a galaxy of stars.
| Publishes | Infrequently | Episodes | 26 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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| Categories | News CommentaryPhilosophySociety & CultureNews | ||||

A special Q&A panel at a Philosophy and Comedy conference! (Univ of Kent, May 2023. Sponsored by the good people at The Royal Institute of Philosophy.) What are the limits of free speech when it comes to comedy? Can comedy be a form of philosophy... more
Public Interest - WhatsApp / Religion in Politics / Hate / IWD. Julian Baggini and Sophie-Grace Chappell chat with Simon Kirchin.
A special episode discussing the war in Ukraine on the one year anniversary of its invasion. Angie Hobbs, Aaron Wendland and Gerald Lang chat with Simon Kirchin. Aaron has organised a series of benefit talks supporting academics and students in Ukra... more
Constitutional Reforms / Crypto and Effective Altruism / End of Year round-up plus Hopes and Fears for 2023. Fiona Macpherson, Vittorio Bufacchi and Gerald Lang chat with Simon Kirchin
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Extremely good
There is no episode that would not make me rethink and re-evaluate what I already thought I “knew “.🤔
Brilliant !
Great conversations! So much so that I wish there were some links to some of the people/books/etc mentioned so I can continue to read about some of the arguments put forward.
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