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Reading Our Times podcast

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Reading Our Times

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  Theos  

Reading Our Times is the podcast that explores the books and the ideas that are shaping us today. It is hosted by Nick Spencer, Senior Fellow at the think tank, Theos. We’re going to be talking to some of the world’s leading authors about issues like meritocracy, justice, populism, human rights, the brain, liberalism, and religion. Above all, we'll be exploring what these books have to say about the times we live in and about the people we are. So listen with us, and we’ll introduce you to authors, books and ideas that illuminate ourselves and our world today. For more information about the people and ideas behind the podcast, visit https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/about/who-we-are or follow us on Twitter @theosthinktank and @theosnick.

Reading Our Times is the podcast that explores the books and the ideas that are shaping us today. It is hosted by Nick Spencer, Senior Fellow at the think tank, Theos. We’re going to be talking to some of the world’s leading authors about issues like meritocracy, justice, populism, human rights, the brain, liberalism, and religion. Above all, we'll be exploring what these books have to say about the times we live in and about the people we are. So listen with us, and we’ll introduce you to authors, books and ideas that illuminate ourselves and our world today. For more information about the people and ideas behind the podcast, visit https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/about/who-we-are or follow us on Twitter @theosthinktank and @theosnick.

 

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#95

What is the ultimate nature of reality? In conversation with Graham Harman

What is the ultimate nature of reality? And how best to describe it? Is it fundamentally s... more

09 Dec 2025

43 MINS

43:41

09 Dec 2025

#94

What is consciousness? In conversation with Baroness Susan Greenfield

Consciousness is famously called the “hard problem” and it elicits a very wide range of (s... more

02 Dec 2025

41 MINS

41:44

02 Dec 2025

#93

What does Quantum Theory mean? In conversation with Paul Davies

Everyone has heard of quantum physics. Many of us can parrot its key ideas – uncertainty, ... more

25 Nov 2025

41 MINS

41:06

25 Nov 2025

#92

Can music redeem time? In conversation with Michael Symmons Roberts

The performance of Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time in a freezing WW2 pr... more

18 Nov 2025

46 MINS

46:16

18 Nov 2025

#91

What can a life tell us about transcendence? In conversation with Clare Carlisle

The idea of transcendence is common, perhaps even universal, among human beings. But what ... more

11 Nov 2025

44 MINS

44:17

11 Nov 2025

#90

Is God nothing? In conversation with Gilbert Markus

Many of the New Atheist arrows fired in the religion wars of 2000s and 2010s hit their tar... more

04 Nov 2025

42 MINS

42:14

04 Nov 2025

#89

How does life work? In conversation with Philip Ball

Recent decades have seen the gene as supreme in all discussions of what life is and how it... more

28 Oct 2025

50 MINS

50:23

28 Oct 2025

#88

Trailer: Series 11 of Reading Our Times

Reading our Times is back – and this series we’re getting metaphysical.   We're going ... more

21 Oct 2025

01 MINS

01:54

21 Oct 2025

#87

What are children for? In conversation with Anastasia Berg

Western societies have fallen out of love with (having) children, and all too often this i... more

15 Jul 2025

45 MINS

45:14

15 Jul 2025

#86

How have we come to deify choice? In conversation with Sophia Rosenfeld

Choice is so important to who we are in the West is no longer feels like something we do, ... more

08 Jul 2025

51 MINS

51:22

08 Jul 2025

#85

Would it matter if Christianity were eclipsed? In conversation with Rupert Shortt

Strange things are happening to Christianity in the West. Some people are talking about re... more

01 Jul 2025

39 MINS

39:11

01 Jul 2025

#84

Are there limits to economic growth? In conversation with Richard McNeill Douglas

The idea that society should grow - and continue to grow, economically, without ending, wi... more

24 Jun 2025

45 MINS

45:01

24 Jun 2025

#83

Why is the Orthodox church so supportive of Putin's war? In conversation with Lucy Ash

The Russian Orthodox Church has been conspicuous in its support of Putin's war against... more

17 Jun 2025

44 MINS

44:44

17 Jun 2025

#82

What is the future for democracy? In conversation with Jonathan Sumption

The UK has one of highest levels of dissatisfaction with democracy in the world, though ot... more

10 Jun 2025

44 MINS

44:20

10 Jun 2025

#81

What has religion to do with sex? In conversation with Diarmaid MacCulloch

One of the major changes in Western society in the last half century is the so-called sexu... more

03 Jun 2025

42 MINS

42:28

03 Jun 2025