Philosophy Takes On The News

S3 Ep2 - 11th March 2023

Public Interest - WhatsApp / Religion in Politics / Hate / IWD.  Julian Baggini and Sophie-Grace Chappell chat with Simon Kirchin. 

S3 Ep 1 - 25th February 2023 - Ukraine special

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 Ukraine.  (Details near the top of the show.)  17th-19th March. Hosted here: https://civic.ukma.edu.ua/benefit/ 

S2 Ep 8 - 9th December - End of year special

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 

S2 Ep 7 - World Cup Special

Should we watch the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup?  Human rights / Moral consistency / Personal feelings  / and more, including predictions.  Tom McClelland, Lucy O'Brien, Martin O'Neill and Gerald Lang chat with Simon Kirchin. 

PTOTN - S2 Ep6 - US Mid-Terms Special

Special episode on the 2022 US mid-term elections.  A run-through of the results plus democracy, trust, compromise, Trump, information, media and all the rest.  Julian Baggini, Fiona Macpherson and Chris Carman chat with Simon Kirchin. 

S2 Ep5 - 28th October

Political mandates and legitimacy / Negotiations / Art and Protest.  Josh Forstenzer and Gerald Lang chat with Simon Kirchin.

S2 Ep 4 - 13th October

The absolute state of UK politics / AI.  Fiona Macpherson and Chris Henry chat with Simon Kirchin. 

S2 Ep3 - 1st October

Italian elections / Chess, cheating and limits.  Vittorio Bufacchi and Michael Hauskeller join Simon Kirchin to chat about the news in a philosophically-inspired way.

S2 Ep 2 - 23rd September

The Queen - monarchism and republicanism / Govt. business under the radar.  Julian Baggini, Graeme A. Forbes and Tom McLelland chat with Simon Kirchin.

S2 Ep 1 - 10th September

A new PM! / Climate change and reparations / Moral conscience.  Piers Benn, Kieran Oberman and Graeme A. Forbes chat with Simon Kirchin.