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Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on Mattering
Jun 5, 2026
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Monima Chadha on Responsibility Without Selves
May 18, 2026
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Carissa Veliz on Prophecy
May 11, 2026
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Chike Jeffers on Douglass and Du Bois
Apr 20, 2026
26m 42s
Alexander Guerrero on Lottocracy
Mar 24, 2026
15m 57s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/5/26 | Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on Mattering | We are the kind of creature that cares whether or not we matter and how. What follows from this? Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of Mattering, discuses this with David Edmonds. | — | ||||||
| 5/18/26 | Monima Chadha on Responsibility Without Selves | Buddhist philosophy rejects the idea of the self. How then can there be any moral responsibility? Monima Chadha, Professor of Indian Philosophy at Oxford University, explains. This episode was supported by the Ideas Workshop, part of the Open Society Foundations | — | ||||||
| 5/11/26 | Carissa Veliz on Prophecy | Predictions aren't quite what they seem to be, according to Carissa Véliz, author of the book Prophecy. They often are intended to persuade you of the inevitability of a certain outcome, and may be self-fulfilling to some degree. Yet they look like simple factual claims about what is likely to happen. We need to be far more aware of the role of prediction in our everyday lives, according to Véliz. | — | ||||||
| 4/20/26 | Chike Jeffers on Douglass and Du Bois✨ | civil rights movementabolitionism+4 | Chike Jeffers | Ideas Workshop | — | DouglassDu Bois+5 | Open Society Foundations | 26m 42s | |
| 3/24/26 | Alexander Guerrero on Lottocracy✨ | democracylottery system+3 | Alexander Guerrero | Philosophy Bites | — | democracylottery+3 | — | 15m 57s | |
| 2/26/26 | Tarun Khaitan on Decolonising Institutions✨ | decolonizationpost-colonial constitution+3 | Tarun Khaitan | London School of EconomicsOpen Society Foundations | — | decolonisingconstitution+3 | Ideas Workshop | 21m 55s | |
| 1/24/26 | Janet Radcliffe Richards on What is Philosophy?✨ | philosophymedical ethics+3 | Janet Radcliffe Richards | Philosophy Bites | — | philosophyethics+3 | — | 15m 29s | |
| 1/1/26 | Chike Jeffers on Africana Philosophy✨ | Africana PhilosophyPhilosophy+3 | Chike Jeffers | Dalhousie UniversityIdeas Workshop | — | Africana PhilosophyDavid Edmonds+5 | Open Society Foundations | 15m 33s | |
| 12/11/25 | Angie Hobbs on Plato on Power✨ | Platopower+3 | Angie Hobbs | Plato | — | Platopower+3 | — | 23m 50s | |
| 11/21/25 | Samuel Scheffler on Grief and Time✨ | grieftime+3 | Samuel Scheffler | — | — | grieftime+4 | — | 21m 02s | |
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| 11/2/25 | Edouard Machery on Variations in Responses to Thought Experiments✨ | thought experimentsphilosophy+3 | Edouard Machery | Institute of Philosophy | — | thought experimentsphilosophy+5 | — | 21m 36s | |
| 10/17/25 | Lewis Gordon on Frantz Fanon✨ | racismcolonialism+3 | Lewis Gordon | What Fanon Said | Martinique | Frantz FanonLewis Gordon+5 | — | 23m 11s | |
| 10/5/25 | David Edmonds on Peter Singer's Shallow Pond Thought Experiment✨ | moral philosophythought experiments+3 | David Edmonds | Death in a Shallow Pond | — | thought experimentmoral implications+4 | — | 19m 12s | |
| 9/2/25 | Carlos Alberto Sánchez on Mexican Philosophy | What is distinctive about Mexican philosophy? How much is it linked to its geopolitical context? Carlos Alberto Sanchez, author of Blooming in the Ruins, a book about major themes in 20th century Mexican philosophy discusses this topic in conversation with David Edmonds. This episode was supported by the Ideas Workshop, part of Open Society Foundations. | — | ||||||
| 8/17/25 | Ellie Robson on Mary Midgley on Animals | Mary Midgley didn't begin publishing until she was 59 years old, but nevertheless made a significant impact and had a distinctive approach. In this episode of Philosophy Bites Ellie Robson discusses some of her key ideas about our relationship with other animals. | — | ||||||
| 8/17/25 | Sari Nusseibeh on Philosophy and Conflict | Many people think philosophical discucssion is a luxury in times of conflict, but the Palestinian philosopher Sari Nusseibeh is more optimistic. In this episode of Philosophy Bites, recorded in early 2025, he explains why. | — | ||||||
| 7/30/25 | Robert Talisse on Civic Solitude | Democracy is about acting as a group, but, surprisingly, Robert Talisse argues that what it needs to function well is a degree of solitude for citizens. In-group and out-group dynamics mean that individuals become vulnerable to being pushed towards more extreme views than they would otherwise hold. There is, Talisse, maintains, a need to balance times of thinking together with times of thinking alone, at a distance from the fray. | — | ||||||
| 7/11/25 | Hanno Sauer on The World History of Morality | How did morality evolve? Why do different cultures have such a similar set of moral norms and values? Hanno Sauer gives an evolutionary story that explains the genealogy of morality through human co-operation. | — | ||||||
| 7/4/25 | Takeshi Morisato on Japanese Philosophy | Most Western philosophers are deeply ignorant of Japanese philosophy. Takeshi Morisato who was brought up in Japan, and who has studied both continental and analytic Western traditions provides and introduction to some of the key strands in Japanese philosophy. | — | ||||||
| 6/13/25 | Melissa Lane on Plato, Rule, and Office | Melissa Lane, a classics scholar as well as a philosopher, discusses some key features of Plato's political philosophy and shows its continuing relevance. | — | ||||||
| 4/15/25 | Agnes Callard on Lessons from Socrates | Does Socrates still have something to teach us? Agnes Callard thinks he has. Here she discusses the great Athenian and his continuing relevance with David Edmonds. | — | ||||||
| 3/12/25 | Emily Herring on Henri Bergson | Henri Bergson was once one of the most living famous philosophers. Now he is less well known. Emily Herring, his biographer, discusses this and some of his key ideas in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Nigel Warburton is the interviewer. | — | ||||||
| 1/1/25 | Peter Godfrey Smith on Understanding Minds | Peter Godfrey Smith is famous for his work on understanding the minds of other animals, particularly octopuses. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast he discusses animal minds with Nigel Warburton. | — | ||||||
| 8/4/24 | Elizabeth Harman on Moral Heroes | Moral heroes are usually thought of as people who go beyond what is obligatory. Elizabeth Harman discusses whether sometimes we ought to act as moral heroes. She is in conversation with David Edmonds for this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. | — | ||||||
| 6/14/24 | Walter Sinnott Armstrong on AI and Morality | Can AI help us make difficult moral decisions? Walter Sinnott Armstrong explores this idea in conversation with David Edmonds in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. | — | ||||||
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50 placements across 46 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 46 markets.