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A Podcast Created by Glasgow University Philosophy Students. In every episode, we explore a different philosophical topic with the help of an expert. Whether you're new to philosophy or already love the subject, we look forward to embarking on this philosophical journey together!Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Student-led expert interviews • epistemology: truth, evidence, disinformation, bias • political philosophy: democracy, civil disobedience, anarchism, rights • ethics: war, care online, sexuality, drugs • metaphysics, logic, language, science, maths, mind, virtue ethics, nature, artThis podcast, created by University of Glasgow philosophy students, offers guided conversations with academic philosophers and other specialists on a wide range of philosophical topics. Across the episodes, the hosts introduce core areas of the discipline—ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, political philosophy, philosophy of science, logic, philosophy of language and linguistics, aesthetics, and philosophy of mathematics—often by connecting abstract debates to concrete examples, case studies, and contemporary social concerns.
A recurring theme is how knowledge is formed, justified, and undermined, with discussions touching on truth, evidence, bias, disinformation, testimony, and the ways institutions like law and media shape what counts as reliable belief. Political and social philosophy also features prominently, including examinations of democracy, civil disobedience, anarchism, freedom of speech, rights, oppression, gender and social identity, socialist-feminist thought, and the ethical implications of pornography and consent. Several conversations focus on applied ethics in lived contexts, such as online conduct and care, medical power and obstetric violence, drugs and harm reduction policy, war and propaganda, duties toward children, grief and death, and questions about moral education and children’s agency.
The show also explores historical and cross-cultural sources—such as Aristotle, Spinoza, Stoicism, Wittgenstein, and Buddhist narrative traditions—alongside contemporary frameworks like enactivism and physicalism. Some content includes explicit trigger warnings (for example, sexual violence or medical trauma), reflecting the serious subject matter addressed in certain episodes.
