Episodes

12 hours ago
12 hours ago
Ukraine. Sentient chatbots? Strike! Helen Frowe, Aaron Wendland and Gerald Lang with Simon Kirchin

Thursday Jun 09, 2022
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
Boris's vote of no confidence. Jubilee and values. Food and other policies. Julian Baggini, Fiona Macpherson, Michael Hauskeller and Simon.

Friday May 27, 2022
Friday May 27, 2022
Gun violence. Non-binary. Trans conversion therapy. Partygate. Australian elections. Sophie-Grace Chappell, Vittorio Bufacchi, Chris Henry and Simon.

Friday May 20, 2022
Friday May 20, 2022
Ukraine and Media. University admissions. Jordan Peterson. Helen Frowe, Aaron Wendland and Simon

Thursday May 12, 2022
Thursday May 12, 2022
Keir, beer and virtue-signalling. Eurovision. Julian Baggini, Rebecca Roache, Graeme Forbes and Simon.

Thursday May 05, 2022
Thursday May 05, 2022
Roe v. Wade. Elections and Voting. Living with Covid. Piers Benn, Gerald Lang, Fiona Macpherson and Simon

Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Free speech (Musk&Twitter / Rayner). Climate & ultimate sacrifice. Leadership & French election. Reparations. [NOTE: warning in ep. opening about 2nd segment.] Sophie-Grace Chappell, Josh Forstenzer, Michael Hauskeller and Simon.

Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Covid and Masks. House of Lords. Elon Musk and Twitter. Julian Baggini, Fiona Woollard, Chris Henry and Simon.

Thursday Mar 31, 2022
Thursday Mar 31, 2022
Orders in War. Biden's Speech. Partygate. A Slap at the Oscars. 'Tax the Rich!' Rebecca Roache, Michael Hauskeller, Gerald Lang, Philip Goff and Simon. A BUMPER Episode!

Thursday Mar 24, 2022
Thursday Mar 24, 2022
Duties to others. Climate change and energy. Beers in the metaverse. (Plus cool tangents.) Julian Baggini, Fiona Macpherson, Josh Forstenzer and Simon.

News meet Philosophers
Philosophy Takes on the News - or PTOTN as no one lovingly calls it - is a news podcast where philosophers meet each week to chat about the week's events, offer insight, and imagine they're funny. Hosted by Simon Kirchin (University of Kent), with lots of interesting and chatty philosophical guests.
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