The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast

By Jack Symes | Andrew Horton, Oliver Marley, and Rose de Castellane

What's The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast about?

An 'informal and informative' philosophy podcast inspiring and supporting students, teachers, academics and free-thinkers worldwide. All episodes are available at www.thepanpsycast.com.

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The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast episodes:

04.07.2024
Episode 128, ‘Domestic Labour’ with Paulina Sliwa & Tom McClelland (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)
‘The kitchen needs cleaning, but only one of us seems to notice. I mean, he looked straight at the dishes in the sink…and just stacked his dish on top of them. How high does this precarious tower of crockery have...
03.24.2024
Episode 128, ‘Domestic Labour’ with Paulina Sliwa & Tom McClelland (Part I - Affordance Perception)
‘The kitchen needs cleaning, but only one of us seems to notice. I mean, he looked straight at the dishes in the sink…and just stacked his dish on top of them. How high does this precarious tower of crockery have...
03.10.2024
Episode 127, ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’ with Jeffrey Rosen (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)
Alongside life and liberty, the Declaration of Independence marked the pursuit of happiness as the foundation of American democracy. Yet, as the history of philosophy has taught us, understanding happiness is no easy task. Pursuing happiness as the cessation of...
02.25.2024
Episode 127, ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’ with Jeffrey Rosen (Part I - The Founding Fathers)
Alongside life and liberty, the Declaration of Independence marked the pursuit of happiness as the foundation of American democracy. Yet, as the history of philosophy has taught us, understanding happiness is no easy task. Pursuing happiness as the cessation of...
02.11.2024
Episode 126, ‘Playfulness Versus Epistemic Traps’ with C. Thi Nguyen (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)
There’s great pleasure to be found in make-believe. Instantly shifting our perspectives and belief systems gives rise to new possibilities – possibilities that are unavailable to the serious and sober-minded. Yet, as time passes, so does our desire to play....
01.28.2024
Episode 126, ‘Playfulness Versus Epistemic Traps’ with C. Thi Nguyen (Part I - The Ideal Thinker)
There’s great pleasure to be found in make-believe. Instantly shifting our perspectives and belief systems gives rise to new possibilities – possibilities that are unavailable to the serious and sober-minded. Yet, as time passes, so does our desire to play....
01.14.2024
Episode 125, The Christmas Special (Part III - Further Analysis and Discussion)
Days grow shorter, rain turns to sleet, and nature’s creatures are forced into hibernation. Winter is here; when the world wages war on us, through darkness, danger, and impending depression. But from the clouds of winter’s despair, therein shines a...
12.31.2023
Episode 125, The Christmas Special (Part II - The Nativity Continued)
Days grow shorter, rain turns to sleet, and nature’s creatures are forced into hibernation. Winter is here; when the world wages war on us, through darkness, danger, and impending depression. But from the clouds of winter’s despair, therein shines a...
12.17.2023
Episode 125, The Christmas Special (Part I - The Nativity)
Days grow shorter, rain turns to sleet, and nature’s creatures are forced into hibernation. Winter is here; when the world wages war on us, through darkness, danger, and impending depression. But from the clouds of winter’s despair, therein shines a...
12.03.2023
Episode 124, ‘Narrative Critique’ with Rachel Fraser (Part II – Further Analysis and Discussion)
Two people can encounter the same state of affairs – a crime, a book, a building – and yet their attention, interests, and emotional responses can be radically different. The perspectives of others are closed off from us, and our...
11.19.2023
Episode 124, ‘Narrative Critique’ with Rachel Fraser (Part I – Disrupting Ideology)
Two people can encounter the same state of affairs – a crime, a book, a building – and yet their attention, interests, and emotional responses can be radically different. The perspectives of others are closed off from us, and our...
11.05.2023
Episode 123, ‘The Building Blocks of Reality’ with Donnchadh O'Conaill (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)
What is the underlying nature of reality? For Thales, the essence of the world was water; for the Stoics, it was Logos; for Heraclitus, the universe consisted, fundamentally, of fire, life-energy, or the ‘thinking faculty’. The search for the building...
10.22.2023
Episode 123, ‘The Building Blocks of Reality’ with Donnchadh O'Conaill (Part I - Substance)
What is the underlying nature of reality? For Thales, the essence of the world was water; for the Stoics, it was Logos; for Heraclitus, the universe consisted, fundamentally, of fire, life-energy, or the ‘thinking faculty’. The search for the building...
10.08.2023
Episode 122, ‘Justice for Animals’ with Martha Nussbaum (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)
Whaling, poaching, factory farming: we know they’re wrong. Yet, most of us do nothing about them. In fact, for each trip around the sun, we satisfy our collective tastebuds with over seventy billion land animals and seven trillion sea creatures....
09.24.2023
Episode 122, ‘Justice for Animals’ with Martha Nussbaum (Part I - The Capabilities Approach)
Whaling, poaching, factory farming: we know they’re wrong. Yet, most of us do nothing about them. In fact, for each trip around the sun, we satisfy our collective tastebuds with over seventy billion land animals and seven trillion sea creatures....
09.10.2023
Episode 121, The Philosophy of Privacy (Part III - Further Analysis and Discussion)
Introduction 'I was sold a story about the modern world. I was told that I could connect with friends for free and that I could have everything conveniently tailored to my tastes. I was also promised I’d be kept safe...
08.27.2023
Episode 121, The Philosophy of Privacy (Part II - Privacy in Peril)
Introduction 'I was sold a story about the modern world. I was told that I could connect with friends for free and that I could have everything conveniently tailored to my tastes. I was also promised I’d be kept safe...
08.13.2023
Episode 121, The Philosophy of Privacy (Part I - Privacy is Power)
Introduction 'I was sold a story about the modern world. I was told that I could connect with friends for free and that I could have everything conveniently tailored to my tastes. I was also promised I’d be kept safe...
07.30.2023
Episode 120, The Mystery of Existence (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)
Introduction This episode features Jack Symes in conversation with four of the biggest names in philosophy: Richard Dawkins (representing science and atheism), Jessica Frazier (on Hinduism), Silvia Jonas (speaking on Jewish philosophy), and Richard Swinburne (defending Christianity). With over six-hundred...
07.16.2023
Episode 120, The Mystery of Existence (Part I - The Debate)
Introduction This episode features Jack Symes in conversation with four of the biggest names in philosophy: Richard Dawkins (representing science and atheism), Jessica Frazier (on Hinduism), Silvia Jonas (speaking on Jewish philosophy), and Richard Swinburne (defending Christianity). With over six-hundred...
07.02.2023
Episode 119, ‘Perfect Me’ with Heather Widdows (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)
Beauty is nothing trivial. We get up in the morning, look in the mirror, and ask ourselves: ‘How do I look?’ The thinner, firmer, smoother, and younger we seem, the better our self-image and prospects. If you are not improving...
06.18.2023
Episode 119, ‘Perfect Me’ with Heather Widdows (Part I - The Beauty Ideal)
Beauty is nothing trivial. We get up in the morning, look in the mirror, and ask ourselves: ‘How do I look?’ The thinner, firmer, smoother, and younger we seem, the better our self-image and prospects. If you are not improving...
06.04.2023
Episode 118, Romantic Love (Part IV - Further Analysis and Discussion)
Introduction I was told not to think too much about love. Obsess over it, let it dye the very fabric of my being: but do not think about it. Why, after all, would I want to...
05.21.2023
Episode 118, Romantic Love (Part III - Sad Love)
Introduction I was told not to think too much about love. Obsess over it, let it dye the very fabric of my being: but do not think about it. Why, after all, would I want to...
05.07.2023
Episode 118, Romantic Love (Part II - What Love Is)
Introduction I was told not to think too much about love. Obsess over it, let it dye the very fabric of my being: but do not think about it. Why, after all, would I want to...
04.23.2023
Episode 118, Romantic Love (Part I - Happily Ever After)
Introduction I was told not to think too much about love. Obsess over it, let it dye the very fabric of my being: but do not think about it. Why, after all, would I want...
04.09.2023
Episode 117, ‘The Rationality of Theism’ with Silvia Jonas (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)
For Judaism, it is practice over theology. The most important aspect of one’s faith is not philosophical reflection on God, but the rules and actions of the faithful. After all, according to Maimonides – arguably the most significant philosopher in...
03.26.2023
Episode 117, ‘The Rationality of Theism’ with Silvia Jonas (Part I - Judaism, Knowledge and Understanding)
For Judaism, it is practice over theology. The most important aspect of one’s faith is not philosophical reflection on God, but the rules and actions of the faithful. After all, according to Maimonides – arguably the most significant philosopher in...
03.12.2023
Episode 116, 'Why Honour Matters’ (Part II – Further Analysis and Discussion)
Honour calls a person to defend their teammates, support their family, and have self-respect. To heed the call of honour, say those who listen, leads us towards a good life. Yet, honour does not bear the marks of modern liberal...
02.26.2023
Episode 116, 'Why Honour Matters’ (Part I - The Centre of Morality)
Honour calls a person to defend their teammates, support their family, and have self-respect. To heed the call of honour, say those who listen, leads us towards a good life. Yet, honour does not bear the marks of modern liberal...
02.12.2023
Episode 115, ‘Intellectual Seemings’ with Laura Gow (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)
Our sensory experiences make up the fabric of our worlds. It’s a fabric that keeps us warm; a fabric that makes the world worth living in. If you couldn’t hear the cry of your new-born child, if you couldn’t taste...
01.29.2023
Episode 115, ‘Intellectual Seemings’ with Laura Gow (Part I - Everything is Clear)
Our sensory experiences make up the fabric of our worlds. It’s a fabric that keeps us warm; a fabric that makes the world worth living in. If you couldn’t hear the cry of your new-born child, if you couldn’t taste...
01.15.2023
Episode 114, ‘Changing Minds’ with Robin McKenna (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)
‘630 million threatened by rising seas!’; ‘Study blames climate change for 37% of worldwide heat deaths!’; ‘Fossil fuels must stay underground!’ Despite the headlines and 97% of climate scientists agreeing that human activity is one of the major causes of...
01.01.2023
Episode 114, ‘Changing Minds’ with Robin McKenna (Part I - Communicating Science)
‘630 million threatened by rising seas!’; ‘Study blames climate change for 37% of worldwide heat deaths!’; ‘Fossil fuels must stay underground!’ Despite the headlines and 97% of climate scientists agreeing that human activity is one of the major causes of...
12.18.2022
Episode 113, Epicurus and the Art of Happiness (Part III - Further Analysis and Discussion)
You’re going to a party, but you don’t care if the other guests will like your dress. You pull onto your drive; you don’t consider what your neighbours will think of your car. You sell books that you’ve written, share...
12.04.2022
Episode 113, Epicurus and the Art of Happiness (Part II - Metaphysics, God, and Death)
You’re going to a party, but you don’t care if the other guests will like your dress. You pull onto your drive; you don’t consider what your neighbours will think of your car. You sell books that you’ve written, share...
11.20.2022
Episode 113, Epicurus and the Art of Happiness (Part I - The Path to Tranquility)
You’re going to a party, but you don’t care if the other guests will like your dress. You pull onto your drive; you don’t consider what your neighbours will think of your car. You sell books that you’ve written, share...
11.06.2022
Episode 112, ‘The Philosophy of Buddhism’ with Jay Garfield (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)
A prick of the skin; the sorrow of grief; the inevitability of change; our dependence on the whim of the cosmos. Suffering bleeds into every aspect of our existence and, according to Siddhārtha Gautama (the Buddha), the anguish of our...
10.23.2022
Episode 112, ‘The Philosophy of Buddhism’ with Jay Garfield (Part I - The Nature of Reality)
A prick of the skin; the sorrow of grief; the inevitability of change; our dependence on the whim of the cosmos. Suffering bleeds into every aspect of our existence and, according to Siddhārtha Gautama (the Buddha), the anguish of our...
10.09.2022
Episode 111, The Banality of Evil (Part IV - Further Analysis and Discussion)
Introduction On April 11, 1961, a Monster was put on trial in the state of Israel and broadcasted to the world. The Monster, who was housed in a glass box, was accused of crimes against humanity and the Jewish people...
09.25.2022
Episode 111, The Banality of Evil (Part III - The Essence of Evil)
Introduction On April 11, 1961, a Monster was put on trial in the state of Israel and broadcasted to the world. The Monster, who was housed in a glass box, was accused of crimes against humanity and the Jewish people...
09.11.2022
Episode 111, The Banality of Evil (Part II - Eichmann in Jerusalem)
Introduction On April 11, 1961, a Monster was put on trial in the state of Israel and broadcasted to the world. The Monster, who was housed in a glass box, was accused of crimes against humanity and the Jewish people...
08.28.2022
Episode 111, The Banality of Evil (Part I - The Life of Hannah Arendt)
Introduction On April 11, 1961, a Monster was put on trial in the state of Israel and broadcasted to the world. The Monster, who was housed in a glass box, was accused of crimes against humanity and the Jewish people...
08.14.2022
Episode 110, ‘The Philosophy of Islam’ with Mohammad Saleh Zarepour (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)
Introduction “How did the universe come into existence?” It’s a question that most of the world’s religions seek to answer. According to the Abrahamic faiths, the world can only exist with the existence of a being who was not caused...
07.31.2022
Episode 110, ‘The Philosophy of Islam’ with Mohammad Saleh Zarepour (Part I - Allāh)
Introduction “How did the universe come into existence?” It’s a question that most of the world’s religions seek to answer. According to the Abrahamic faiths, the world can only exist with the existence of a being who was not caused...
07.17.2022
Episode 109, The Mystery of Consciousness (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)
In this episode, you’ll be treated to a live performance of The Panpsycast. The event took place at Liverpool’s beautiful Tung Auditorium on 20th May 2022. Over three hundred of you purchased tickets to the event, with some of our...
07.03.2022
Episode 109, The Mystery of Consciousness (Part I - The Debate)
In this episode, you’ll be treated to a live performance of The Panpsycast. The event took place at Liverpool’s beautiful Tung Auditorium on 20th May 2022. Over three hundred of you purchased tickets to the event, with some of our...
06.19.2022
Episode 108, The Richard Dawkins Interview (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)
Introduction The flight of a hummingbird, the sprint of a cheetah, the breath of a whale, a daisy turning towards the sunlight. Given the complexity of the natural world, we can understand why – before the publication of Charles Darwin’s On...
06.05.2022
Episode 108, The Richard Dawkins Interview (Part I - Why I’m an Atheist)
Introduction The flight of a hummingbird, the sprint of a cheetah, the breath of a whale, a daisy turning towards the sunlight. Given the complexity of the natural world, we can understand why – before the publication of Charles Darwin’s On...
05.22.2022
Episode 107, ‘The Ethics of Art’ with Daisy Dixon (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)
Introduction Art is created by people, but people are fallible. When the art we love is tainted by the brush of an artist’s biography, we must ask whether the shift in our aesthetic experience is reasonable. One might also wonder...

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The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast episodes:

Episode 128, ‘Domestic Labour’ with Paulina Sliwa & Tom McClelland (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 128, ‘Domestic Labour’ with Paulina Sliwa & Tom McClelland (Part I - Affordance Perception)

Episode 127, ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’ with Jeffrey Rosen (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 127, ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’ with Jeffrey Rosen (Part I - The Founding Fathers)

Episode 126, ‘Playfulness Versus Epistemic Traps’ with C. Thi Nguyen (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 126, ‘Playfulness Versus Epistemic Traps’ with C. Thi Nguyen (Part I - The Ideal Thinker)

Episode 125, The Christmas Special (Part III - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 125, The Christmas Special (Part II - The Nativity Continued)

Episode 125, The Christmas Special (Part I - The Nativity)

Episode 124, ‘Narrative Critique’ with Rachel Fraser (Part II – Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 124, ‘Narrative Critique’ with Rachel Fraser (Part I – Disrupting Ideology)

Episode 123, ‘The Building Blocks of Reality’ with Donnchadh O'Conaill (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 123, ‘The Building Blocks of Reality’ with Donnchadh O'Conaill (Part I - Substance)

Episode 122, ‘Justice for Animals’ with Martha Nussbaum (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 122, ‘Justice for Animals’ with Martha Nussbaum (Part I - The Capabilities Approach)

Episode 121, The Philosophy of Privacy (Part III - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 121, The Philosophy of Privacy (Part II - Privacy in Peril)

Episode 121, The Philosophy of Privacy (Part I - Privacy is Power)

Episode 120, The Mystery of Existence (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 120, The Mystery of Existence (Part I - The Debate)

Episode 119, ‘Perfect Me’ with Heather Widdows (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 119, ‘Perfect Me’ with Heather Widdows (Part I - The Beauty Ideal)

Episode 118, Romantic Love (Part IV - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 118, Romantic Love (Part III - Sad Love)

Episode 118, Romantic Love (Part II - What Love Is)

Episode 118, Romantic Love (Part I - Happily Ever After)

Episode 117, ‘The Rationality of Theism’ with Silvia Jonas (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 117, ‘The Rationality of Theism’ with Silvia Jonas (Part I - Judaism, Knowledge and Understanding)

Episode 116, 'Why Honour Matters’ (Part II – Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 116, 'Why Honour Matters’ (Part I - The Centre of Morality)

Episode 115, ‘Intellectual Seemings’ with Laura Gow (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 115, ‘Intellectual Seemings’ with Laura Gow (Part I - Everything is Clear)

Episode 114, ‘Changing Minds’ with Robin McKenna (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 114, ‘Changing Minds’ with Robin McKenna (Part I - Communicating Science)

Episode 113, Epicurus and the Art of Happiness (Part III - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 113, Epicurus and the Art of Happiness (Part II - Metaphysics, God, and Death)

Episode 113, Epicurus and the Art of Happiness (Part I - The Path to Tranquility)

Episode 112, ‘The Philosophy of Buddhism’ with Jay Garfield (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 112, ‘The Philosophy of Buddhism’ with Jay Garfield (Part I - The Nature of Reality)

Episode 111, The Banality of Evil (Part IV - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 111, The Banality of Evil (Part III - The Essence of Evil)

Episode 111, The Banality of Evil (Part II - Eichmann in Jerusalem)

Episode 111, The Banality of Evil (Part I - The Life of Hannah Arendt)

Episode 110, ‘The Philosophy of Islam’ with Mohammad Saleh Zarepour (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 110, ‘The Philosophy of Islam’ with Mohammad Saleh Zarepour (Part I - Allāh)

Episode 109, The Mystery of Consciousness (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 109, The Mystery of Consciousness (Part I - The Debate)

Episode 108, The Richard Dawkins Interview (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Episode 108, The Richard Dawkins Interview (Part I - Why I’m an Atheist)

Episode 107, ‘The Ethics of Art’ with Daisy Dixon (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)