Festivals
September podcast
In this edition I talk to philosopher of biology John Dupré and the problems with genes, and the Nobel-prize winning Amartya Sen about the idea of Justice. Plus, guest reporter Antonia Macaro talks to John Heaton about Wittgenstein and therapy.
Reason talk at Ciudad de las Ideas
A 20-minute video of my talk on reason at La Ciudad de las Ideas festival in Puebla, Mexico
January podcast
This special edition comes from Puebla, Mexico, at the Ciudad de las Ideas (City of Ideas) festival. The guests are Randy Cohen, writer of The New York Times’s The Ethicist column; Bad Thoughts author Jamie Whyte; and “new atheist” Sam Harris.
June podcast
In the third edition of Baggini’s Philosophy Monthly, I’m off to a new philosophy and music festival at Hay, talking to its founder, Hilary Lawson, radical Tory Philip Blond, and the composer Michael Nyman. Plus I’m debating science and religion on Premier Christian Radio.
twitter feed
- microphilosophy: Inspirational talks and books are like coffee: fine for short-term energy boosts but no substitute for building strength September 3, 2010
- microphilosophy: Sometimes skin deep is all the beauty that is needed. It's the surfaces of landscapes, sculptures, paintings and facades that matter most. September 2, 2010
- microphilosophy: @philosophybites You do bite, don't you? :-) Obviously it's a limited question about the beauty of buildings from the outside! September 1, 2010
- microphilosophy: @philosophybites September 1, 2010
