Love & Philosophy

About Love & Philosophy

exploring philosophical, scientific, technological & poetic spaces beyond either/or bounds. deeply human, friction friendly & not afraid to care. Support us at https://loveandphilosophy.com/giving-page https://loveandphilosophy.com/ (https://loveandphilosophy.com/) https://youtube.com/@waymaking23 (https://youtube.com/@waymaking23?si=h4HwwpwseRN_DzQz) https://lovephilosophy.substack.com/ (https://lovephilosophy.substack.com/)

Publisher

andrea hiott (buzz feed)

Category

science · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

31 Aug 2023

Latest episode

11 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

149 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Oct 2026

   #99 Persona Fog, Passion, Estrangement, Endurance, and Jung with Patricia Martin

   Send a love message Andrea Hiott talks with cultural researcher Patricia Martin about her book Will the Future Like You?: Reflections on the Age of Hyper-Reinvention and the condition she calls persona fog. By now we know that online life, with its endless content, algorithmic polarization, and pressure to present oneself publicly, is detrimental to our well-being; countless books and articles have dissected these angles. But after a decade of empirical research, Patricia Martin argues the da...

2. 

   3 Oct 2026

   #98 John Vervaeke on Love, Attention and Meaning with Darius Parvizi Wayne (and Iris Murdoch)

   Send a love message This is a coversation between John Vervaeke and Darius Parvizi-Wayne introduced by Andrea Hiott. On Love, Attention, and the Good: Cognitive scientist John Vervaeke (University of Toronto) and philosopher Darius Parvizi-Wayne (Macquarie University) talk about love as a way of paying attention, starting from Iris Murdoch’s The Sovereignty of Good. They discuss John’s idea that getting out of the meaning crisis means “falling in love with being again,” Murdoch’s famous M and...

3. 

   18 Sept 2026

   #97 Sophie Strand & Henry Kramer on Imaginal Empathy, Consciousness, and Re-Enchantment

   Send a love message Sophie and Henry explore consciousness, mind, and the porous boundary between inner and outer experience. The conversation ranges from panpsychism and animism to imaginal empathy, ecology, myth, and why modern life makes it so hard to stay open to mystery. Sophie brings a wide ranging perspective shaped by writing, spirituality, ecology, the history of religion, and Eros. The two ground the discussion in consciousness, reenchantment, and the question of how language and la...

Who has been a guest on Love & Philosophy

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Mark Michael James
• Jessica Böhme
• Tom Morgan
• Jean Boulton
• Julian Baggini

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

1,153,394

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

21 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100

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Quality

89

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

77

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