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Within Reason

Alex J O'Connor•www.cosmicskeptic.com
Society & Culture
Philosophy
Religion & Spirituality
For the curious. A philosophy podcast that sometimes flirts with other disciplines, Within Reason has featured guests including Richard Dawkins, Douglas Murray, William Lane Craig, Peter Singer, Konstantin Kisin, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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Episodes

#79 Elaine Pagels - The Origin of Satan

Elaine Pagels is an American historian of religion. She is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. Pagels has conducted extensive research into early Christianity and Gnosticism. Buy "The Origin of Satan" by Elaine Pagels here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 11, 2024•1 hr 9 min

#78 Rory Sutherland - Why Logical Thinking is Illogical

Rory Sutherland is a British advertising executive, and vice chairman of the Ogilvy & Mather group of companies. His book, Alchemy, is available here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 29, 2024•1 hr 50 min

#77 Bart Ehrman - What is the Gospel of Judas?

Bart Ehrman is a New Testament scholar focusing on textual criticism of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the origins and development of early Christianity. He was one of the first people in the world to see the rediscovered manuscript of the Gospel of Judas, when he was asked by National Geographic to join a small team of experts who verified its authenticity. Study Bart Ehrman's courses and support the show at https://www.bartehrman.com/alex Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

Jul 21, 2024•1 hr 51 min

#74 Rabbi David Wolpe - What is Judaism?

David Wolpe is an American rabbi, and Visiting Scholar at Harvard Divinity School. He was named the most influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek in 2012. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 30, 2024•1 hr 20 min

#73 Arguments for Atheism Tier List w/ Joe Schmid!

Joe Schmid is a PhD student in philosophy at Princeton University. He graduated with a B.A. in philosophy from Purdue University in 2022. He has published articles in metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of time, and the author of books including "Existential Inertia and Classical Theistic Proofs". He runs the YouTube channel, "Majesty of Reason". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 23, 2024•2 hr 37 min

#72 John Nelson - What Did Jesus Really Look Like?

John Nelson holds a PhD in Biblical Studies from the University of Edinburgh. His thesis is the first book-length study of Jesus' physical appearance in the Gospels. He runs a weekly Substack called "Behind the Gospels" which aims to make Biblical studies accessible to all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 16, 2024•1 hr 5 min

#71 Unsolicited Advice - An Introduction to Nihilism

Joe Folley is the creator of the YouTube channel "Unsolicited Advice" which creates short, digestible philosophical videos on a wide range of topics. He joins me today to discuss nihilism: its history, its meaning, and its significance in philosophy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 09, 2024•1 hr 21 min

#69 Iain McGilchrist - The Mind is More Than a Machine

Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, writer, and former Oxford literary scholar. McGilchrist came to prominence after the publication of his book The Master and His Emissary, subtitled The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 26, 2024•1 hr 41 min

#68 Andrew Mark Henry - What is The Gospel of Thomas?

Andrew Mark Henry is a scholar of religious studies. His research focus is early Christianity and late Roman religion. He earned his PhD at Boston University. His YouTube channel is "Religion for Breakfast". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 19, 2024•1 hr 25 min

#67 Elaine Pagels | What Are The Gnostic Gospels?

Elaine Pagels is an American historian of religion. She is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. Pagels has conducted extensive research into early Christianity and Gnosticism. See me speak at Level Up in Atlanta this June: http://levelupconferences.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 13, 2024•1 hr 10 min

#65 Esoterica - The History of Yahweh

Justin Sledge is currently a part-time professor of philosophy and religion at several institutions in the Metro-Detroit area and a popular local educator. His YouTube channel is "Esoterica". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 28, 2024•1 hr 45 min

#64 Rory Stewart - We Are Addicted to a Sense of Crisis

Rory Stewart is a former UK Government minister, MP, and deputy governor in Iraq following the western invasion. He walked on foot for two years across Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India and Nepal in 2002. He was a private tutor to both Prince William and Prince Harry. He now co-hosts The Rest is Politics with Alastair Campbell, one of the UK's most popular shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 21, 2024•1 hr 10 min

#63 A.C. Grayling - Who Will Own the Moon?

A.C. Grayling is a British philosopher and author. In 2011 he founded and became the first Master of New College of the Humanities, an independent undergraduate college in London. Buy "Who Owns the Moon?" here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 14, 2024•1 hr 3 min

#62 750,000 Subscriber QnA

Thank you all for 750,000 subscribers on YouTube! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 07, 2024•35 min

#61 Sam Harris - Can Science Determine Moral Values?

Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, New York Times best-selling author, host of Making Sense, and creator of Waking Up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 31, 2024•2 hr 57 min

#60 Carlo Rovelli - Time is Weirder Than You Think

Carlo Rovelli, an Italian theoretical physicist, is known mainly for his contributions to research in the field of quantum gravity. He is the author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, and White Holes, amongst other works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 24, 2024•1 hr 5 min

#59 William Lane Craig - Is Biblical Slaughter Ethical?

William Lane Craig is a Christian philosopher and public speaker, who today makes his third appearance on Within Reason. We discuss why Richard Dawkins refuses to debate him, and whether Old Testament slaughter can be justified. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 17, 2024•1 hr 7 min

#58 Michael Knowles - Is America a Christian Nation?

Michael Knowles is an American conservative Catholic political commentator and media host. He has worked for the Daily Wire since 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 10, 2024•1 hr 25 min

#57 David Deutsch - The Multiverse is Real

David Deutsch is a British physicist at the University of Oxford. He is a visiting professor in the Department of Atomic and Laser Physics at the Centre for Quantum Computation in the Clarendon Laboratory of the University of Oxford. (Wikipedia.) Buy David Deutsch's book, The Beginning of Infinity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 05, 2024•1 hr 36 min

#56 Susan Neiman - Left is Not Woke

Susan Neiman is an American moral philosopher, cultural commentator, and essayist. She is the author of "Left is Not Woke", available here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 18, 2024•54 min

#55 Robert Sapolsky - Free Will Doesn't Exist. Now What?

Robert Sapolsky is an American neuroendocrinology researcher and author. He is a professor of biology, neurology, neurological sciences, and neurosurgery at Stanford University. He is the author of "Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will", which you can purchase here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 11, 2024•58 min

#54 The Cultural Tutor - Why Is The Modern World So Ugly?

Sheehan Quirke is known online as the Cultural Tutor. With over 1.6 million followers on X, he writes daily threads about art, architecture, and history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 05, 2024•1 hr 50 min

#53 Jason Brennan - The Case Against Democracy

Jason Brennan is an American philosopher and business professo at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. Brennan writes about democratic theory, the ethics of voting, competence and power, freedom, and the moral foundations of commercial society. (Wikipedia.) He speaks in this episode about the faults and flaws of democracy, and why people are often not as good as voting as they think they are. Buy "Against Democracy" (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3HBA5df Buy "Democracy: ...

Jan 28, 2024•59 min

#52 Jonathan Pageau - The Problem With Secular Architecture

Jonathan Pageau is a French Canadian icon carver, public speaker and YouTuber exploring the symbolic patterns that underlie our experience of the world, how these patterns emerge and come together, manifesting in religion, art and in popular culture. He's also the editor of the Orthodox Arts Journal and host of the Symbolic World blog and podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 20, 2024•1 hr
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