Podcasts
October podcast
In his latest Philosophy Monthly, tpm editor Julian Baggini is talking to Timothy Williamson about the virtues of rigour, Simon Blackburn about ethics and emotion, and Nina Power about new and forthcoming books.
September podcast
It’s an all-atheist edition of tpm editor Julian Baggini’s Philosophy Monthly, with novelist Christopher Brookmyer and psychologist Susan Blackmore discussing the alleged aggression of the new atheists and a universe without meaning. The ethicist Peter Singer also defends his brand of utilitarianism.
August podcast
Suffering is the unifying theme of the latest edition of tpm editor Julian Baggini’s Philosophy Monthly. Is it all bad or do we need at least some it. Mark Vernon and Havi Carel argue that suffering can be part of the good life, while transhumanist Nick Bostrom makes the moral case for a future when death and disease will be conquered. Janet Radcliffe Richards also talks about suffering as a manifestly bad thing in her incisive critique of muddled morality.
July podcast
In the latest edition of his Philosophy Monthly, tpm editor Julian Baggini is talking to two philosophical antagonists, AC Grayling and John Gray, discussing belief in progress and the power of reason. Plus he meets Labour MP and political theorist Tony Wright, who reveals how much Blair and Brown really care about ideas.
June podcast
In the latest edition of his philosophy monthly, tpm editor Julian Baggini goes to a new philosophy festival at Hay-on-Wye, meets Michael Nyman, and debates fine-tuning on Christian radio.
May podcast
In the second edition of tpm editor Julian Baggini’s Philosophy Monthly, Julian is debating whether Christianity is a force for good with Richard Harries, former bishop of Oxford, and talking to folk singer and novelist Charlotte Greig about European philosophy and Sussex in the seventies.
New monthly podcast
In the first edition of tpm editor Julian Baggini’s Philosophy Monthly, Julian is talking to the Chief Rabbi, Jonathan Sacks; offering an alternative thought for the day; visiting the first Thomas Hobbes Festival of Ideas and twittering.
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