Podcasts

I listen to a number of podcasts.

My favourite shows are:

  1. Lives Well Lived with Peter Singer & Kasia de Lazaro Radek. Interviews on the theme of living well.  A privilege to hear fortnightly from the great utilitarian philosopher.   
  2. The 80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin.  This is the principal podcast for Effective Altruism and provides long-form interviews on EA and related subjects.
  3. The Mindscape Podcast with Sean Carroll.  Weekly interviews mainly on fundamental physics and philosophy, made accessible by the brilliant Sean Carroll. The Ask Me Anything episodes are also impressive.
  4. The Rest is Politics with Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart.  Lively one-hour conversations about UK politics. The ‘Leading’ interviews and US editions are also strong.
  5. Econtalk with Russ Roberts. Weekly conversations on economics and wider subjects. 
  6. The Joe Walker Podcast. From Australia, very good long-form interviews around economics, psychology and philosophy with a well-informed host. Formerly called the Jolly Swagman podcast.
  7. Philosophy Bites with Nigel Warbuton and David Edmonds.  A large archive of tightly-edited short talks with expert philosophers.  
  8. The TED Interview with Chris Anderson.  A high-quality archive of interviews conducted by an excellent host. 
  9. The Making Sense Podcast with Sam Harris.  Weekly interviews.  Some very good material in the archives, though there is now less philosophy and psychology.
  10. In Our Time.  A BBC show which covers numerous subjects through weekly one-hour discussions with subject experts and has a substantial archive. 

 

And my favourite individual episodes are:

  1. David Deutsch on The TED Interview.  
  2. Thomas Metzinger on The Making Sense Podcast.
  3. Peter Singer on The 80,000 Hours Podcast.  
  4. Will MacAskill on The 80,000 Hours Podcast in 2018.
  5. Joshua Greene on The Mindscape Podcast.
  6. Anil Seth on The Making Sense Podcast.
  7. Joseph Henrich on The Jolly Swagman Podcast
  8. Will MacAskill on Deep Dive with Ali Abdall Podcast.
  9. Kent Berridge on the Utilitarian Podcast
  10. Tyler Cowan on The Jolly Swagman Podcast.
  11. Peter Singer on the Joe Walker Podcast in 2023.
  12. Rebecca Goldstein on the Panpsycast Podcast.
  13. David Edmonds on the Mindscape Podcast.
  14. Rory Stewart on the Hear This Idea Podcast.
  15. Nick Lane on the Mindscape Podcast.