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The anonymity of the internet has enabled an epidemic of abuse. Was Hobbes right after all, and humankind are at core wicked and requiring constraint? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, former director at MI6 Nigel Inkster, assistant editor at Spiked Ella Whelan, r ... Show More
Apr 14
How they ruined philosophy | Babette Babich, Genia Schönbaumsfeld, and Christoph Schuringa
Did analytic philosophy ruin the entire discipline?For more than a century there has been a divide in Western philosophy between two distinct approaches, often described as analytic and continental philosophy. Analytic philosophy is predominantly based in the English-speaking wor ... Show More
48m 36s
Mar 31
Crisis in the academy | Yaron Brook, Eric Kaufmann, Catherine Liu
Universities, long celebrated as sanctuaries of free thought and intellectual rigour, have for centuries been regarded as the best way to educate and conduct research. But increasingly, this assumption is being questioned. A recent study found that two-thirds of academics feel th ... Show More
46m 43s
Nov 2023
Episode 166: It's the Divas Episode: Streisand! Kardashian! And ... Napoleon?
This week, Flora Gill discusses why all of us will soon be unable to avoid Kim Kardashian’s nipples. Then, while we’re on the subject of divas, it’s been impossible to avoid the new memoir by Barbra Streisand. Yet there’s one problem with the book, which clocks in at almost 1,000 ... Show More
29m 14s
Dec 2020
Encore: Diana to Meghan | Why You’re Wrong About Diana with Michael Hobbes | 42
<p>Think there’s nothing else we can get out of this story? Well, think again. Today we’re talking to Michael Hobbes, who’s a senior reporter at HuffPost and host of the podcast “You’re Wrong About.” We’ll talk to him about his show’s recent season on Princess Diana, her depictio ... Show More
41m 45s
May 2023
Ep. - 668 - QUEENMAKER: MAKING OF AN IT GIRL WITH BEN WIDDICOMBE
<p>Author and pop culture expert Ben Widdicombe joins Kate to discuss Queenmaker: The Making of an It Girl, a Hulu docuseries. The height of heiress-era NYC, an anonymous blogger infiltrated Manhattan's elite, bringing socialite celebrity to new heights. When the website's creato ... Show More
38m 10s