Philosophy Podcast
From Altruism to Wittgenstein, philosophers, theories and key themes.
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Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Thu 27 Mar 2025
Insights into the relationship between the body and the mind, habits, language and thought
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Socrates in Prison
Thu 23 Jan 2025
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the inspiring last days of the great Athenian philosopher.
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Hayek's The Road to Serfdom
Thu 17 Oct 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hayek's ideas on a state-planned economy's link to tyranny
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Philippa Foot
Thu 16 May 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century
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Panpsychism
Thu 25 Jan 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that fundamental particles have consciousness.
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Condorcet
Thu 11 Jan 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the last great figures of the Enlightenment.
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The Theory of the Leisure Class
Thu 16 Nov 2023
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Veblen on conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure.
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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Thu 2 Nov 2023
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle's ideas on how to live a good life.
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Elizabeth Anscombe
Thu 22 Jun 2023
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential 20th-century moral philosopher.
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Solon the Lawgiver
Thu 23 Mar 2023
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the statesman who transformed Athens in the 6th century BC
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Mercantilism
Thu 16 Mar 2023
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea which dominated European economies for 300 years.
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Tycho Brahe
Thu 2 Feb 2023
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 16th-century astronomer, renowned for his accuracy.
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Rawls' Theory of Justice
Thu 19 Jan 2023
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Rawls' influential ideas on liberty and equality.
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Plato's Atlantis
Thu 22 Sep 2022
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's story of the great, lost island of Atlantis.
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Hegel's Philosophy of History
Thu 26 May 2022
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hegel's ideas on the consciousness of freedom.
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Comenius
Thu 19 May 2022
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 17th-century Czech educator committed to toleration.
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Charisma
Thu 17 Mar 2022
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Max Weber's idea of charismatic authority in leadership
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The Arthashastra
Thu 3 Mar 2022
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Indian Sanskrit text the Arthashastra.
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Walter Benjamin
Thu 10 Feb 2022
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential thinkers of the last century.
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Plato's Gorgias
Thu 25 Nov 2021
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's exploration of the nature of power and freedom.
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Iris Murdoch
Thu 21 Oct 2021
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophy of the celebrated author of The Bell.
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Kant's Copernican Revolution
Thu 3 Jun 2021
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Kant's insight into how we relate to the world around us.
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Marcus Aurelius
Thu 25 Feb 2021
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and meditations of 'the last good Roman emperor'.
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Mary Astell
Thu 5 Nov 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher Mary Astell (1666 – 1731).
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Deism
Thu 8 Oct 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most disruptive ideas of the Enlightenment.
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Rousseau on Education
Thu 10 Oct 2019
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ideas on the education of children
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Bergson and Time
Thu 9 May 2019
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Henri Bergson's ideas about our experience of time passing
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Aristotle's Biology
Thu 7 Feb 2019
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scientific study of life, originated by Aristotle.
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Hope
Thu 22 Nov 2018
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophy of hope - a weakness or a strength?
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