Podcasts by The Pondering Primates Podcast
Founded in 2018, the Pondering Primates podcast is a series of conversations about issues in philosophy, politics, religion, reason, and much else besides. It is brought to you by students of the University of Edinburgh Atheist, Humanist, and Secularist Society.
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S2: Summer Special: Dr. Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens on Anwar al-Awlaki's western jihad from 2020-06-14T11:05:01
In this unexpected addition to the series, Daniel speaks to Dr. Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens. Listen
S2: A Coda and a Farewell from 2020-05-05T14:47:57
In which Daniel concludes the series, and his tenure as president of the Society, with a farewell message.
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S2 E21: Finale with a Philosopher- A.C. Grayling on Brexit, coronavirus, humanism, the history of philosophy, and more. from 2020-05-05T14:46:08
Professor A.C. Grayling is a British philosopher and writer and Master of the New College of the Humanities in London. A Fellow of the Royal Society of...
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S2 E20- Andrew Copson: Humanism, Humanists UK, secularism, and writing from 2020-03-31T14:07:33
Andrew Copson is the Chief Executive of Humanists UK and President of Humanists International. Andrew has re...
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S2 E19: Peter Hitchens: coronavirus, dissent, conformity, Scotland, history, and literature from 2020-03-24T13:57:04
Peter Hitchens is an English journalist and author who writes for The Mail on Sunday. Once a revolutionary socialist, he has long since been a Burkean conservative and Anglican Christia...
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S2 E18: Conrad Hamilton part 2- a long digression on China (and some more on Jordan Peterson) from 2020-03-16T16:08:40
In this episode, Daniel and Conrad discuss China and the Chinese Communist Party, the rights and wrongs of Chinese policy, democracy, freedom, revolution and much else. This second part of the d...
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S2 E17: Conrad Hamilton part 1- critiquing Jordan Peterson from 2020-03-11T14:10:18
Conrad Hamilton is a doctoral student with Catherine Malabou and lecturer at Paris 8 university. He is a contributor to What Is Post-Modern Conservatism: Essays On Our Hugely Tremendous Times edite...
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S2 E16: Psychology, fear, and more from Los Angeles with Dr Patrick Lockwood from 2020-03-07T17:59:48
Daniel talks to Dr Patrick Lockwood, a Los Angeles based psychologist who’s lectured on trauma, neuroscience, critical theory, and many other topics. He offers science-based psychological help f...
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S2 E15: Seth Andrews- atheism, activism, politics, Trump, Game of Thrones, and more! from 2020-03-03T21:33:13
Seth Andrews was a Christian fundamentalist and radio host for decades before he left faith behind and founded The Thinking Atheist in 2009. TTA is an online community, YouTube...
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S2 E14: Ben Sixsmith discusses conservatism, agnosticism, literature- and much else besides! from 2020-02-12T14:11:52
Daniel talks to Ben Sixsmith, an Englishman living in Poland and writer of fiction, poetry, essays, articles, and reviews among other things; his writing has been featured in an array of publica...
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S2 E13: Dr Nathan G. Alexander on the history of race and atheism from 2020-02-05T16:19:59
Daniel is joined by Dr Nathan G. Alexander, a Canadian historian who specialises in the history of race and racism as well as the history of atheism and secularisation and often combines the two...
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S2 E12: Prof. Matthew McManus on Postmodern Conservatism and Jordan Peterson from 2020-01-29T13:58:21
Matt McManus is Professor of Politics and International Relations at TEC de Monterrey. He is author of the books Making Human Dignity Central to International Human Rights Law and T...
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S2 E11: Aayushi Gupta on the Philosophy and Practice of Photography from 2020-01-22T17:27:08
Photography student Aayushi Gupta discusses the theory and practice of photography and how photography relates to philosophical concerns about truth and beauty.
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S2 E10: Prof. Richard Wiseman- science, skepticism, psychology, and more. from 2019-11-25T13:49:22
Professor Richard Wiseman is the Professor for the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, a fellow for the Committee of Skeptical Inquiry, and a patron of Humanists ...
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S2 E9: Maryam Namazie- Apostasy, Blasphemy, Dissent, Islam, and Dancing from 2019-11-18T21:44:13
Maryam Namazie is a famed British-Iranian human rights activist and secularist, spokesperson for the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and One Law for All, and hated enemy of the regime of the Is...
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S2 E8: Adam Ramsay- Open Democracy, fascism, and fundamentalism from 2019-11-11T17:05:07
Adam Ramsay is a journalist and writer at Open Democracy, and is co-editor of its UK branch. He tweets @adamramsay and his articles for OD can be ...
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S2 E7: Helen Pluckrose from 2019-11-05T17:37:06
Daniel talks to Helen Pluckrose, writer, editor of Areo Magazine, self-described "exile from the humanities", one of the trio behind the Grievance Studies sting (with Peter Boghossian and James ...
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S2 E6: A Chat with Duncan Sutherland on Film and TV from 2019-10-29T13:52:46
In which Daniel and his dear friend Duncan Sutherland, an aspiring filmmaker and connoisseur of that art form, have a pleasantly rambling conversation on film and TV.
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S2 E5: Halloween Special: Professor Chris French on ghosts and science from 2019-10-28T15:58:28
Professor Chris French is head of the Anomalistic Research Unit at the University of London and a noted skeptic. Here Daniel asks him a few questions before the talk he gave to the Society; also pr...
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S2 E4: A Conversation with Josep Martí Bouis from 2019-10-21T11:57:13
Daniel talks to Josep Martí Bouis, a theology student at the University of Edinburgh, in a wide-ranging discussion on science, faith, religion, atheism, morality, and more.
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S2 E3: Prof. Frank Cogliano on Thomas Jefferson- Live! from 2019-10-14T14:48:44
Frank Cogliano is Professor of American History at the University of Edinburgh, specialising in the early Republic. Daniel sat down to ask him a few questions before he gave a talk on Thomas Jeffer...
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S2 E2: Truth, Beauty, and Goodness: an open discussion between believers and non-believers- live! from 2019-10-04T22:05:43
On 4th October the Society hosted a film screening of Collision, a documentary featuring atheist Christopher Hitchens and Christian pastor Douglas Wilson on a debate tour (link below). After the fi...
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Season 2 (2019-2020) Episode 1: Dr Iona Italia- India, migration, Areo, and much more! from 2019-09-29T19:33:43
We're back! The first episode of the second series (which will comprise the conversations recorded during the 2019-2020 academic year) is hosted by Daniel Sharp, president of the Society, and featu...
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S1 Episode 7: On Spirituality with Rev Dr Liam Fraser- Live! from 2019-06-02T19:35:40
In this episode Adam sits down with Church of Scotland Campus Minister Liam Fraser for a chat about religion and spirituality followed by an audience Q&A.
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S1 Episode 6: Milan Marcus of the Jewish Society from 2019-05-05T19:44:25
Adam and Sam sit down with Milan Marcus, president of the University of Edinburgh Jewish Society for a conversation centred around his thoughts and personal experience with Judaism, antisemitism...
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S1 Episode 5: Nathan Sharp on Buddhism, gender, and more. from 2019-04-04T17:11:40
Adam and Sam sit down with the incoming (2019-2020) Secretary of the Society, Nathan Sharp, for a wide-ranging discussion.
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S1 Episode 4: Feminism from 2019-04-04T17:01:43
Adam and Sam sit down for a conversation with the university's Feminist Society members Izzy Spence (President) and Aathira Prakash (Campaigns Officer).
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S1 Episode 3: Julian Baggini on Global Philosophy- Live! from 2019-04-04T15:25
Adam talks in front of a live audience to the renowned philosopher Julian Baggini, who gave a talk to the Society in 2018.
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S1 Episode 2: European Identity- Live! from 2019-04-04T14:54:02
Adam talks to Robert Włodarski, President of the University's European Union Society on the future of the EU and European identity, live in front of an audience.
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Season 1 (2018-2019) Episode 1: Amrita's Life: Hinduism and Identity from 2019-04-04T14:29:47
Hosted by Adam Frisk and Sam Angell, the 2018-2019 President and Treasurer of the Society respectively, this is the first episode of the first series of Pondering Primates. This first series compri...
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