Microphilosophy with Julian Baggini

Microphilosophy with Julian Baggini

Julian Baggini

Episodes 40
Avg. Duration 30m
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 5.0 (2)
Since May 2011
Latest Episode Jan 2026

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Diverse discussions with philosophers worth listening to.

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S5E9 An Interview with Martin Parr

Jan 01, 2026 46m

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 defied low-brow / high-brow distinctions. In 2011 I…

S5E8 How to Think Like a Philosopher Ep7

May 03, 2023 56m

Julian Baggini and guests Myisha Cherry and Catarina Dutilh Novaes explore how the exemplary habits and principles of the best philosophers can help us to think better. Their focus today is on the…

S5E7 How to Think Like a Philosopher Ep6

Apr 24, 2023 44m

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 better. Their focus today is on the problems of…

S5E6 How to Think Like a Philosopher Ep5

Apr 13, 2023 42m

Julian Baggini and guests Nilanjan Das and Leah Kalmanson explore how the exemplary habits and principles of the best philosophers can help us to think better. Their focus today is on the value of…

S5E5 Stand-up Philosophy

Mar 31, 2023 35m Bonus

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 guest philosophers. We’ll be resuming these episodes…

S5E4 How to Think Like a Philosopher Ep4

Mar 17, 2023 51m

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 think better. Their focus today is on the principles…

S5E3 How to Think Like a Philosopher Ep3

Mar 09, 2023 50m

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 better. Their focus today is on how to use…

S5E2 How to Think Like a Philosopher Ep2

Mar 03, 2023 39m

Julian Baggini and guests Patricia Churchland and Owen Flanagan explore how the exemplary habits and principles of the best philosophers can help us to think better. Their focus today is on following…

S5E1 How to Think Like a Philosopher Ep1

Feb 23, 2023 41m

In this discussion recorded live at St Georges, Bristol, philosopher Julian Baggini and guests Lisa Bortolotti and Rebecca Buxton explore how the exemplary habits and principles of the best…

S4E10 Hope I Get Old before I Die

Nov 25, 2022 22m Bonus

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 of Rock Festival in Minehead. We talked about…

S4E9 The Art of the Moog

Apr 01, 2022 23m

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 Gregory is best known as half of Goldfrapp and is also a…

S4E8 Take your mind for a ride

Mar 18, 2022 38m

Today’s episode features another Philosophy salon recorded live pre-Covid at St George’s in Bristol. This time, we’re talking about the perhaps unlikely and surprising connections between philosophy…

S4E7 Anarchism Today

Mar 04, 2022 40m

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 Government of No One, Ruth Kinna argues that…

S4E6 The history of philosophy in English

Feb 25, 2022 48m

Jonathan Rée rejects the ‘condescending smugness’ of traditional histories of philosophy. In his new history of philosophy in English Witcraft he abandons the standard, tired narratives and presents…

S4E5 Existentialism Today

Feb 18, 2022 52m

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 Becoming Beauvoir: and Jonathan Webber, author…

S4E4 Learning from Asian Philosophy

Feb 12, 2022 41m

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 and Postmodernity combines Zen and Huayan Buddhism with…

S4E3 How can we talk about trans rights and women’s rights? Pt3

Feb 04, 2022 27m

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 debate is such a fraught one, Catarina Dutilh Novaes…

S4E2 How can we talk about trans rights and women's rights? Pt2

Jan 28, 2022 31m

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 debate is such a fraught one, Catarina Dutilh Novaes…

S4E1 How can we talk about trans rights and women's rights? Pt1

Jan 18, 2022 39m

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 debate is such a fraught one, Catarina Dutilh Novaes…

S3E10 Hierarchy and Inequality in Nietzsche and Falsafa

Dec 02, 2016 22m

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 provide interesting, rich challenges to modern western…

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