Microphilosophy with Julian Baggini
Episodes
An Interview with Martin Parr
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I was very saddened to hear of the death of photographer Martin Parr on the 6th of December last year. Parr had a singular, signature style which defi...
How to Think Like a Philosopher Ep7
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Baggini and guests Myisha Cherry and Catarina Dutilh Novaes explore how the exemplary habits and principles of the best philosophers can help u...
How to Think Like a Philosopher Ep6
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Baggini and guests Simon Kirchin and Anil Seth explore how the exemplary habits and principles of the best philosophers can help us to think be...
How to Think Like a Philosopher Ep5
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Baggini and guests Nilanjan Das and Leah Kalmanson explore how the exemplary habits and principles of the best philosophers can help us to thin...
Stand-up Philosophy
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re at the midpoint of series five of Microphilosophy, in which I’ve been discussing the habits and virtues of highly effective thinkers with gu...
How to Think Like a Philosopher Ep4
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Baggini and guests Clare Chambers and Lucy O'Brien explore how the exemplary habits and principles of the best philosophers can help us to thin...
How to Think Like a Philosopher Ep3
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Baggini and guests Peter Adamson and Tom Kasulis explore how the exemplary habits and principles of the best philosophers can help us to think ...
How to Think Like a Philosopher Ep2
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Baggini and guests Patricia Churchland and Owen Flanagan explore how the exemplary habits and principles of the best philosophers can help...
How to Think Like a Philosopher Ep1
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this discussion recorded live at St Georges, Bristol, philosopher Julian Baggini and guests Lisa Bortolotti and Rebecca Buxton explore how the...
Hope I Get Old before I Die
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This edition was dropped the week that the legendary guitarist Wilko Johnson died, aged 75. Back in February 2014 I interviewed Wilko at the Giants o...
The Art of the Moog
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talked to Will Gregory and Graham Fitkin when they visited St Georges in Bristol in 2018 to perform with Will Gregory’s Moog Ensemble, Will Gregor...
Take your mind for a ride
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode features another Philosophy salon recorded live pre-Covid at St George’s in Bristol. This time, we’re talking about the per...
Anarchism Today
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our tumultuous times, is anarchism a fate to be dreaded or could it actually be part of the solution? In her definitive history of anarchism The Go...
The history of philosophy in English
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Rée rejects the ‘condescending smugness’ of traditional histories of philosophy. In his new history of philosophy in English Witcraft he...
Existentialism Today
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This was recorded at one of my series of Philosophy Salons at St Georges, Bristol. My guests were Kate Kirkpatrick, the author of the biography B...
Learning from Asian Philosophy
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan van Norden and Jin Y. Park are two of the world’s leading philosophers working at the intersection of east and west. Park’s book Buddhism an...
How can we talk about trans rights and women’s rights? Pt3
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2021 I facilitated a lengthy discussion between two philosophers who take different views on the best way to advance trans rights about why the deb...
How can we talk about trans rights and women's rights? Pt2
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
n 2021 I facilitated a lengthy discussion between two philosophers who take different views on the best way to advance trans rights about why the deba...
How can we talk about trans rights and women's rights? Pt1
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2021 I facilitated a lengthy discussion between two philosophers who take different views on the best way to advance trans rights about why the deb...
Hierarchy and Inequality in Nietzsche and Falsafa
02 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In many ways medieval Islamic philosophy and the works of Friedrich Neitzsche couldn’t be more different. But as we see in this podcast, both p...
Confucian Harmony and Freedom
12 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Harmony is as core a value in classical Chinese thought as Freedom is in the modern west and it is often thought that the two conflict, with major pol...
Age, Expertise, Gender and Hierarchy
22 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The third podcast in a series examining the relationship and tensions between hierarchy and equality sees three very different scholars all with roo...
The Confucian Uses of Hierarchy
16 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second podcast in a series examining the theme of the relationship and tensions between hierarchy and equality. This episode looks at Co...
Freedom and Harmony, Intimate and global
20 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second podcast in a series examining the theme of the relationship and tensions between harmony and freedom. This episode approaches thi...
Harmony and Freedom in Africa, India and Europe
16 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Are freedom and harmony political goals that complement or compete with each other? Joining me are Rajeev Bhargava, Director of the Institute of Ind...
Hierarchy and Equality in America
13 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In a culture that values equality, what is the role and function of hierarchy in America today? With Kwame Anthony Appiah, Stephen Macedo and Carlin ...
Self East and West (Part 3)
15 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The last of three podcasts on conceptions of self, East and West, asks whether the West suffers from “too much self”. With Rebecca Goldstein, Pet...
Self East and West (Part Two)
09 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The second of three podcasts on conceptions of self, East and West, looks at the idea of the relational self. With Roger Ames, Daniel Bell and Jin L...
Self East and West (Part 1)
19 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The first of three podcasts on conceptions of self, East and West, looks at how the self needs to be cultivated. With Akeel Bilgrami, Thomas Kasulis a...
The virtues of our vices
03 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest microphilosophy podcast I talk to the author of The Virtues of Our Vices Emrys Westacott about how the moral importance of everyday acti...
Science as a guide to life
08 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest microphilosophy podcast I talk to the author of The Atheist's Guide to Reality, philosopher of Science Alex Rosenberg, about what scienc...
The Shrink & The Sage
08 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
To coincide with the publication of The Shrink and The Sage, Julian Baggini and Antonia Macaro, authors of the book and the FT Weekend Magazine column...
True crime and evil
30 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest microphilosophy podcast I talk to Richard Lloyd Parry, author of People Who Eat Darkness, and Tobias Jones, author of Blood on the Altar...
Warnock on religion
08 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Mary WarnockIn the latest microphilosophy podcast I talk to Mary Warnock about her latest book, Dishonest to God: On Keeping Religion out of Politics....
Inside the minds of animals
18 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In his book, In Defence of Dogs, John Bradshaw provides a fascinating insight into the inner life of dogs, raising issues of consciousness and animal ...
Humanity 2.0
04 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
As homo sapiens develops more and more technologies for changing itself, what will, and should, the humans of the future look like? In Humanity 2.0, S...
The Lust for Certainty
30 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Do we suffer from a lust for certainty? This is an edited version of a talk given to a Sea of Faith Network conference in London earlier this year. Ho...
John Gray on Immortality
13 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
John GrayIn this programme I talk to John Gray about some of the ideas that emerge from his latest book, The Immortalization Commission: The Strange Q...
The most human human?
13 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Brian ChristianCan artificial intelligence teach us about what it means to be human? That is the fascinating question behind Brian Christian‘s r...
New podcast series
17 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Richard SwinburneAfter a hiatus, I'm replacing my Philosophy Monthly podcast with a new series, microphilosophy. Each one will be an interview, talk, ...