The invention of the soul
Humans weren’t given souls by God or genes. We made them ourselves with language – turning sentience into something sacred. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essay...
17 Huhti 25min
Join the dots
Peering into the origins of our Universe, astronomers found something that shouldn’t be there: what are those little red dots?. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through e...
16 Huhti 14min
You’ve lived this life before
The mystical insight came to Nietzsche like a lightning flash: time eternally recurs – and life must be lived accordingly. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays...
14 Huhti 21min
The sterilisation-seekers
In the story of eugenics, disabled people are often depicted as passive victims. But for some it seemed an opportunity. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays th...
13 Huhti 22min
Patterns without desires
The art expert is the fulcrum of all value and significance in the museum and auction world. Could AI supplant them?. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that...
10 Huhti 27min
Living without my self
Our culture valorises the big, coherent self: reading Robert Musil helps me embrace the beauty of my no-self existence. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays th...
7 Huhti 20min
The antibiotic trap
Easy access to desperately needed drugs has made India the global accelerant of our antimicrobial resistance crisis. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that ...
6 Huhti 28min
Playing in flatland
Physicists believe a third class of particles – anyons – could exist, but only in 2D. What kind of existence is that?. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays tha...
4 Huhti 30min
