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In this bonus episode for paid subscribers, Mary and I spoke about why thinking about death makes people want to have children, climate change anxiety, the post-literate future, the new vigilante groups springing up in Britain, and why Britain’s upper classes are suffering from post-colonial grief

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My guest today is Ross Douthat, columnist at The New York Times and author of many books, including a new one titled 'Believe: Why Everyone Should be Religious.'

We spoke about near death experiences, the mystery of the Turin Shroud, how mystical experiences change people (if at all), the challenge of detecting the presence of the Holy Spirit, and what …

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In this bonus episode, I spoke with Nina Power about the symbolic power of terrorism and how this has changed post-9/11, the increasingly nihilistic motivations of terrorists in Europe, the use of the Oasis track ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’ in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing, and the increasing public distrust of government narratives around ter…

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My guest today is Holly Lawford-Smith, a philosopher, author and associate professor in Political Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. We discussed her latest book, titled 'Feminism Beyond Left and Right', in which Holly argues for an expansive definition of feminism that untethers it from its association with the Left.

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In this bonus episode, I spoke with Meghan Murphy about whether marriage is still an attractive prospect for women, Meghan's own objections to getting married, the problem for feminists of working out whether a woman is really choosing something or whether she's deluded about her own desires, and what the apparent return of the bandage dress reveals (if…

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Bijan Omrani is an historian, classicist, and research fellow at the University of Exeter. His most recent book is titled (somewhat provocatively) 'God is an Englishman: How Christianity Created England.' We spoke about how little we know about pre-Christian Britain, why Christianity swept through the country so rapidly during the Early Middle Ages, the…

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In this bonus episode, I spoke with Rob Henderson about expensive weddings, the unexpected consequences of abortion decriminalisation, whether or not hunter gatherers are happier than modern Westerners, and why we should all consider giving up mirrors next Lent.

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Vaishnavi Sundar is a filmmaker, founder of Limesoda Films, and creator of a new documentary titled 'Behind The Looking Glass', a film about the lives of women whose male partners identify as trans. This is the first film to be made about the experiences of so-called 'trans widows.' Vaishnavi interviewed dozens of women and pieced together their testimo…

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In this bonus episode for paid subscribers, I spoke with philosopher Nina Power about the new laws on abortion and assisted suicide passed in the House of Commons this week, and what they tell us about the state of modern Britain.

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My guest today is Ben Cobley, former Labour Party activist turned journalist, and author of a new book titled 'The Progress Trap: The Modern Left and the False Authority of History.'

We spoke about why progressivism is such an attractive ideology, not least because it offers certainty and a feeling of being a part of a grand historical project. We also …

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