A duty to oneself
African philosophical values of harmony and vitality have much to offer our thinking about what we owe to ourselves. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that ...
13 Mar 19min
Reversing extinction
Technologies of preserving and reviving organisms are already redefining the meaning of life, death, and extinction itself. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essay...
12 Mar 25min
Does culture make emotion?
Franz Boas helps us solve the puzzle of where our emotional lives originate: in our selves or in the cultures around us. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays t...
10 Mar 28min
Nothing alive is alien to me
Who belongs to our moral community? The Greek philosopher Empedocles had an answer: all life, from humans to the laurel bush. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through ess...
8 Mar 22min
Not in our name
The gravest of all decisions, to go to war, happens without the consent of the people. This is a great flaw in democracy. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays ...
7 Mar 19min
Savage care
Neat ethical principles have nothing to say to doctors like me, faced with the brutal, bloody compromises of hospital life. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essay...
6 Mar 24min
On her own terms
Doris Lessing’s Golden Notebook remains shocking, necessary and imperfect – a dazzling experiment in living as a woman. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays th...
5 Mar 31min
The insurance catastrophe
Whole regions of the world are now uninsurable, bringing radical uncertainty to the economy. How do we fix the problem?. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays t...
3 Mar 27min
