Philosophy For Our Times

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.

Latest Episode

The unconscious mind: Is the unsconcious real? (09.09.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • A landscape of consciousness | Robert Lawrence Kuhn and Hilary Lawson 02.09.2025
  • Will psychedelics revolutionize mental health treatment? | Matthew Johnson, Shayla Love, and Kevin Sabet 29.08.2025
  • The illusion of separation | Jessica Frazier on the Monism of Hindu philosophy 26.08.2025
  • The limits of nothingness | Peter van Inwagen 20.08.2025
  • Is free will an illusion? The chemistry of freedom | Patrick Haggard, George Ellis, Jennifer Hornsby 12.08.2025
  • Has the world gone to Hell? | Slavoj Žižek on fascism, shame, and dirty jokes 05.08.2025
  • Video games and the meaning of life | James Tartaglia 29.07.2025
  • The philosophy of literature SPECIAL | George Orwell, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Aldous Huxley, and more 25.07.2025
  • How other species challenge our idea of consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith 22.07.2025
  • Utopia and human nature | Paul Bloom 15.07.2025
  • More choice means less freedom | Psychologist Barry Schwartz 11.07.2025
  • The limits of logic: Should we embrace the irrational? |Iain McGilchrist, Beatrix Campbell, Simon Blackburn 08.07.2025
  • Consciousness begins in the body | Antonio Damasio 02.07.2025
  • The Selfish and The Selfless SPECIAL | JD Vance, Pope Francis, and the 10 Commandments 27.06.2025
  • Being mindful in a mindless world | Ellen Langer 24.06.2025
  • The beautiful in philosophy | Babette Babich, Paul Ernest, Ankhi Mukherjee, Sarah Wilson 20.06.2025
  • A world without values | Janne Teller, Dale Turner, Robin van den Akker, Isabel Hilton 17.06.2025
  • The challenge to optimism | Angus Deaton 10.06.2025
  • Searching for the purpose of life |Babette Babich, Frank Tallis, Jonathan Webber, Sandra Laugier 03.06.2025
  • Nietzsche, the birth of tragedy, and the technology trap | Babette Babich 29.05.2025

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