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Apr 30, 2023 • 59min

#29 Richard Swinburne - Souls, Free Will and the Problem of Evil

Richard Swinburne is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and author of a number of books on the philosophy of religion, the soul, and Christianity, amongst other subjects. To support the podcast, please visit support.withinreasonpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 23, 2023 • 47min

#28 Neil deGrasse Tyson - What Is Earth's Biggest Threat?

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium, and one of the most recognisable communicators of science in the world. His most recent book is Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilisation: https://amzn.to/40Cdkgi (affiliate link) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 18, 2023 • 2h 7min

#27 Philip Goff - Is Everything Conscious?

Philip Goff is an Associate Professor at Durham University whose research focuses on philosophy of mind and consciousness. He is one of the world's most prominent proponents of "panpsychism", the view that consciousness is a fundamental and ubiquitous property of the universe. Buy Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness (affiliate link, which supports my work): https://amzn.to/3MTfKnu To support the Within Reason Podcast financially, please visit support.withinreasonpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 9, 2023 • 1h 7min

#26 David Renton - No Free Speech for Fascists

David Renton is a barrister and historian. He is the author of "No Free Speech for Fascists", discussing the history of, and the case for, "no-platforming" fascist speakers (and only fascist speakers). To support the Within Reason Podcast and get early access to episodes, please visit support.withinreasonpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 2, 2023 • 1h 12min

#25 Andrew Mark Henry - What is Religion?

Andrew Mark Henry is a scholar of religion specialising in early Christianity and the religions of the late Roman Empire. He is also the host of "Religion for Breakfast", a YouTube channel with over 600,000 subscribers producing informative videos on a variety of topics related to religion. Dr. Henry joins host Alex O'Connor to discuss a number of questions: what is religion? Where does it come from? Why is it so ubiquitous? To support Within Reason, please consider signing up at support.withinreasonpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 26, 2023 • 1h 4min

#24 William Lane Craig - Did Jesus Rise From The Dead?

William Lane Craig is a Christian philosopher, author, and debater. He speaks to host Alex O'Connor about secularism in the US and UK, argument vs emotion in coming to faith in God, and the historical case for the resurrection of Jesus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 19, 2023 • 1h 5min

#23 Konstantin Kisin - Free Speech and Reparations

Konstantin Kisin is a satirist, comedian, journalist, and co-host of the Triggernometry Podcast. He recently went viral for a speech delivered at the Oxford Union arguing that "wokeness has gone too far", which has since been viewed over 100,000,000 times across various social media platforms. Konstantin talks to host Alex O'Connor about the limits of free speech, whether he considers himself to be a conservative or right-wing, and whether there can be a sensible case made for reparations for historical injustices such as slavery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 12, 2023 • 1h 8min

#22 Bishop Robert Barron - Seeking Meaning, Finding God?

Bishop Robert Barron is the bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester and the founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. His website, WordOnFire.org, reaches millions of people each year, and he is one of the world’s most followed Catholics on social media. Bishop Barron joins host Alex O'Connor to discuss the "crisis of meaning" we might be living through, the reducibility of purpose to evolutionary drives, the conditions for salvation on Christianity, and whether God can be accurately described as analogous to a tyrannical dictator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 12, 2023 • 1h 15min

#21 Trent Horn, Cameron Bertuzzi & Joe Schmid - The Problem of Evil

In this episode of the Cosmic Skeptic Podcast, Alex is joined by Joe Schmid, an agnostic, Cameron Bertuzzi, a (then) protestant, and Trent Horn, a catholic, to discuss the problem in detail, and analyse various responses to it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 17, 2022 • 1h 56min

#20 Joe Schmid - Arguments For God Tier List

Joe Schmid is the owner of the Majesty of Reason YouTube channel, a platform dedicated to the analysis of a variety of philosophical topics. He is the author of "The Majesty of Reason: A Short Guide to Critical Thinking in Philosophy", and in this episode joins Alex to rank eight arguments for the existence of God, and discuss them in depth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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