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Philosophy For Our Times

Philosophy for our Times is a free philosophy podcast bringing you the latest talks and debates from the world’s leading thinkers. We host weekly episodes on today’s biggest ideas in news, society, culture, politics, science and arts. Subscribe today to never miss an episode.

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00:46:43

Crisis in the academy | Yaron Brook, Eric Kaufmann,...

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2026/03/31

Yaron Brook, Catherine Liu, and Eric Kaufmann debate whether universities have lost their purpose amid concerns over academic freedom, value, and rising costs, and consider whether education and research should be radically reformed or replaced.

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00:25:56

Why the neoclassical philosophy of economics is...

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2026/03/24

Join political economist Abby Innes as she argues that treating society as a closed systemto be controlled and regulated ignores man's unrelenting capacity for new ideas and technologies.

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00:50:22

Neighbours before strangers | Alain de Botton, Seyla...

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2026/03/10

Alain de Botton, Seyla Behnabib and Tommy Curry debate universalist morality, nationalism, and Kantian ethics.

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00:28:55

The strange search for knowledge in the age of...

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2026/03/03

Steve Fuller argues that knowledge is not, in fact, produced by the experts.

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00:22:55

Perversity and the limits of rational | Psychologist...

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2025/12/30

Join psychologist Paul Bloom in this interview where he discusses his research on rationality and perversion .

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00:49:07

Analytic or Continental philosophy | Christoph...

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2025/12/09

In this panel, philosophy professors Christoph Schuringa, Genia Schönbaumsfeld, and Babette Babich discuss the future of thought for Western philosophy and Europe, and if the division between these schools is obsolete.

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00:47:58

Mazes of the mind: The philosophy of neuroscience |...

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2025/11/12

Join Iain McGilchrist, famous psychologist and researcher of the brain, the late neuroscientist and neurobiologist Colin Blakemore, and journalist Bryan Appleyard delve into the nitty-gritty of neuroscience and what it has to say on major philosophical questions.

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01:00:17

In search of nothing | David Deutsch, Amanda Gefter,...

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2025/11/06

What is nothing? Join leading theoretical physicists David Deutsch and Lee Smolin, alongside science writer Amanda Gefter, as they discuss this age-old question.

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00:31:23

How to fathom timelessness | Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2025/10/14

How the mind can enter a rare state of eternity and collapse into the infinite.

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00:47:13

After postmodernism | Hilary Lawson, Robin van den...

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2025/10/10

This episode explores the lasting impact of postmodernism on culture and academia, the challenges it poses to objective truth, and considers whether emerging alternatives like metamodernism or a revival of Enlightenment rationality offer viable paths forward.

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00:29:46

The language of the unconscious: Pyschoanalysis and...

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2025/10/06

Slovenian philosopher Alenka Zupančič sees ChatGPT as a form of our collective unconscious that has absorbed all discourse at the expense of the subject, analysing especially the Right's use of it to clamp down on alternatives.

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00:20:38

The Enlightenment is racist (and why) | Kehinde Andrews

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2025/09/29

Join Birmingham City University Professor Kehinde Andrews in this exclusive interview as he critiques the core of the Enlightenment.

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00:46:51

Psychedelics and the structure of reality | Julian...

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2025/09/12

Do psychedelics reveal hidden layers of reality? A psychiatrist, an artist, and a philosopher sit down to hash it all out.

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00:48:58

The unconscious mind: Is the unsconcious real?

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2025/09/09

Is the unconscious real or just an invention? Join psychoanalyst Josh Cohen, psychologist Barbara Tversky, and philosopher Edward Harcourt as they discuss this question.

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00:41:19

A landscape of consciousness | Robert Lawrence Kuhn...

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2025/09/02

Robert Lawrence Kuhn on collecting every theory of consciousness

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00:49:34

Will psychedelics revolutionize mental health...

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2025/08/29

Will LSD, Psilocybin, MDMA, and Ketamine treatments live up to the hype?

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00:40:10

Is free will an illusion? The chemistry of freedom |...

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2025/08/12

Is free will an illusion? Neuroscientist Patrick Haggard, Templeton Prize winning physicist George Ellis, and philosopher of mind and action Jennifer Hornsby consider where choice begins and chance ends.

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00:41:11

Has the world gone to Hell? | Slavoj Žižek on...

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2025/08/05

Maverick philosopher Slavoj Žižek offers some hope in a dark, troubling era.

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00:18:32

More choice means less freedom | Psychologist Barry...

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2025/07/11

Psychologist Barry Schwarz explains why more is actually less.

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00:30:56

Consciousness Begins in the Body | Antonio Damasio

Philosophy For Our Times ·

2025/07/02

Join award-winning neuroscientist Antonio Demasio as he argues that consciousness begins in the body, not the brain, challenging Descartes' legacy and offering a radical new theory of feeling, thought, and self.

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