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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):
➤ expert-led student philosophy discussions • epistemology: truth, evidence, bias, disinformation • political philosophy: democracy, anarchism, civil disobedience, rights • ethics: war, care, grief, children, sex, drugs • metaphysics, logic, language, science, maths, natureThis podcast, created by University of Glasgow philosophy students, features conversations with academics and other experts about a wide range of philosophical problems and traditions. Across the episodes, the hosts aim to clarify core concepts, map major debates, and show how philosophical methods—argument, counterexample, thought experiment, and conceptual analysis—apply both within scholarship and in everyday life.
A recurring focus is epistemology and the challenges of forming and evaluating beliefs: disinformation and the “knowledge crisis,” truth and evidence, bias and non-ideal approaches to knowing, and the ways legal institutions rely on testimony, proof, and standards of fairness. Several discussions also connect philosophy to political and social life, including democracy and civil disobedience, anarchism, rights and who can hold them, freedom of speech, and how oppression can be built into social categories such as gender.
The podcast also spends significant time on ethics in both personal and public contexts—moral education and children’s agency, duties toward children, grief and empathy, lying, sexuality and consent, care in digital spaces, war and propaganda, drugs and harm reduction, and environmental responsibilities. Alongside applied topics, listeners can expect introductions to foundational areas such as logic, metaphysics, philosophy of language and linguistics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mathematics, as well as engagement with historical and cross-cultural traditions including Aristotle, Spinoza, Stoicism, and Buddhist ethical narratives.
Occasionally, the show turns reflexive, discussing what philosophers do, how philosophical training is used outside academia, and how students approach dissertation research.
