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Podcast Profile: Dialogues: a philosophy podcast

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13 episodes
2018
Median: 18 minutes
Collection: Philosophy

Description (podcaster-provided):

Snodger Media produces the Dialogues Podcast, and other radio works.

Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):

➤ applied ethics debates • justice, equality, redistribution • organisational wrongdoing, consumer complicity • immigration, national identity • procreation, parenting obligations • consent and autonomy over time • climate adaptation justice • social esteem • insect consciousness

This podcast features conversational discussions with philosophers about ethical and political questions that arise in contemporary life. Episodes typically take a dilemma or contested concept and work through the underlying assumptions, competing principles, and real-world implications, often with a guest philosopher joining a small group of regular hosts.

A recurring theme is responsibility: how to think about wrongdoing or harm when it involves organisations, groups, or consumers participating in everyday markets, and how individual choice relates to broader structures and circumstances. The show also examines justice in public policy contexts, including redistribution, equality and what counts as a “fair go,” as well as cross-border issues such as immigration, cultural change, and national identity.

Several discussions focus on personal ethics and interpersonal norms, exploring topics like charity and partiality toward family or friends, shame and respect across cultures, and questions around consent and uncertainty. The podcast also engages applied moral philosophy in areas shaped by science and environmental change, such as sea-level rise and adaptation justice, the ethics of procreation in relation to environmentalism, parental obligations and limits, and whether nonhuman animals—in particular insects—might be conscious and why that matters.

Overall, listeners can expect accessible but conceptually focused dialogue that connects abstract philosophical ideas to practical decisions, institutions, and social debates.

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