A.C. GRAYLING: How to have your own life philosophy
If only we all learned to think more we might solve the problems of the world. This is a thesis British philosopher A.C. Grayling has devoted much of his life to via his 40-odd books, the philosophy c...
6 Sep 202251min
ANDREW QUILTY: “I chose to live in a war zone” (possibly the most intimate pod chat so far)
This episode is an intense one. It’s with multi-Walkley Award-winning Australian photographer Andrew Quilty who has spent the past eight years living and working in the Afghanistan capital Kabul, docu...
30 Aug 202245min
MARK O’CONNELL: Meet the apocalypse preppers
In exclusive pockets around the world rich, white (mostly) men are prepping for end times. They are hoarding resources and building bunkers, putting billions into funding their place on Mars. They cou...
23 Aug 202243min
WILLIAM MACASKILL: On “longtermism” and moral responsibility
Our existential risk – the probability that we could wipe ourselves out due to AI, bio-engineering, nuclear war, climate change, etc. in the next 100 years – currently sits at 1 in 6. Let that sink in...
16 Aug 202251min
ROB HENDERSON: Woke “luxury beliefs” are the new Birkins and Bentleys
The wealthy elite once signalled their status with expensive handbags and super yachts. Now they do it with what Rob Henderson calls “luxury beliefs” - so-called politically correct pronouncements tha...
9 Aug 202251min
Ask Me Anything: In which British National Treasure Melissa Hemsley fires your questions at me
Breaking things up a bit this episode with an AMA from London where I'm staying with my good friend Melissa Hemsley, cookbook author, sustainable food advocate and humanitarian. Mel kindly reads out a...
2 Aug 202241min
KATHERINE MAY: The power of “Wintering”
Wintering is the process of resting and withdrawing in dark, or fallow, periods, respecting the rhythm of the cycles of nature and the role of winter. A lost art in a summer-based culture. British aut...
26 Jul 202246min
DAVID FULLER: Sensemaking 101
We can’t make sense of the world anymore, right? How can we when our leaders lie, the media publishes non-truths, conspiracies spread faster than facts and the algorithms favour bullshit? Recently, I’...
19 Jul 20221h 4min
