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Talking Books episodes
- 29 min
- 55 min
- Chapter 133: The Selected Letters of Charles DickensWhat is happiness? Susan Cahill talks to Economist & Author Paul Anand on 'Happiness Explained' and unravels 'The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens' with Jenny Hartley.55 min
- 53 min
- Chapter 132: Does free will exist?This week Susan Cahill explores the concept of free will with British philosopher and writer Julian Baggini, author of 'Freedom Regained: The Possibility of Free Will'.53 min
- 54 min
- Chapter 131: What is noise?This week Susan Cahill unpacks the nature of sound with sound artist Mike Goldsmith and talks with Colombian novelist, Juan Gabriel Vasquez on his novel 'Reputations'.54 min
- 5 min
- Chapter 130: Are we all pretending?What is pretentiousness? Why do we despise it? This week Susan Cahill talks to Dan Fox on his latest book 'Pretentiousness: Why it matters'.52 min
- 54 min
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