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A philosophy of home
The household is a community, as much as the state, and ancient philosophy had much more to say about it than we think. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays…
The no-human future
Terrorists and tech bros alike view accelerationism as a revolutionary weapon. Nick Land glimpsed something much darker. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays…
The joy of autism
Yes, we’re in a world of our own: for the autistic mind, it’s a place of intense curiosity, deep focus and sensory delight. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through…
What shape is the Earth?
The extraordinary challenge of determining the true shape of Earth reveals the deep value of measurement to scientific progress. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through…
Artist of sympathy and cruelty
Mozart’s genius lay in writing music of such power that he could draw his audience into morally wrenching predicaments. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays…
Flickering Enlightenment
Attacked by the Left and Right, the Enlightenment can only be saved through use of its greatest legacy: permanent critique. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through…
The embattled witnesses
The UN’s special rapporteurs are experts charged with a singular mandate: to monitor the world’s worst human rights abuses. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through…
Can ecosystems malfunction?
We are told the natural world is ‘breaking down’. But forests don’t work like airplanes or human hearts. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us…
Being small
Nobody quite recovers from being a child: the asymmetry of power between parents and children always leaves a trace. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that…
Make immigration boring
The fiercest political battle of our age needs less moral drama and more hard thinking about numbers and fair tradeoffs. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays…
Maritime China
Far from turning its back on the sea, the fate of Qing China was tied as much to tides and storms as to cavalry and walls. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through…
Mathematics is out there
Sergiu Klainerman spent years proving that black holes won’t fly apart; and arguing that maths is not a human invention. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays…
Gen Z but two centuries ago
A generation of young people with ‘full hearts in an empty world’ sought hope in the face of insurmountable malaise. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that…
Rights require money
Talk as much as you like about human rights, nothing will change until the architecture of global finance is reformed. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays…
Beneath our human shallows
We need a new imagination for the whole Earth, linking the power of the deep planet with the vitality of the surface. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays…
Children are apprentices
The emotional and practical skills of adulthood can only be learned from (appropriate) levels of discomfort and stress. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays…
The eye in your pocket
Things have jobs: pillows are made for comfort, scissors are sharp, and digital devices are made to track your every move. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through…
The origins of Indians
Genetic studies support what historians have argued for decades: ancient India was a place of migration and mixture. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that…
Embrace the edge!
Brilliance and kindness shine brightest when far from the comfortable centre. Even nature is more generative there too. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays…
Reality emerges
Particles are nature’s smallest constituents, but that doesn’t mean they’re fundamental. So what is the Universe made of?. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through…
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Aeon Magazine has published 123 episodes since December 2025, covering topics in Philosophy, Society & Culture.
Aeon Magazine is currently highly active with new episodes every few days. Average episode length is 25m.
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