Philosopher's Zone
Hosted by David Rutledge · Australian Broadcasting Corporation
4.5from 193 ratings
- 317
- Episodes
- 122
- Transcribed
- 193
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Philosopher's Zone
The simplest questions often have the most complex answers. The Philosopher's Zone is your guide through the strange thickets of logic, metaphysics and ethics.
- Publisher
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 27 Oct 2019
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
122 of 317 episodes have a transcript.
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
What is pleasure?
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
05 | Unsteady State | Politics for the future and the past
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
04 | Unsteady State | Confucianism and crisis
Inside a recent episode
What is pleasure?
Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yes. So whatever religion we talk about or ideology as such, it limits us in certain desires. So to have a control over us. And I'm not saying that control is a bad thing. We can talk about it. So a hedonist like me is not a crazy person who would go after all kinds of pleasures, just the opposite. […]
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- Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek
- Krushil Watene
- Sor-hoon Tan
- Adrian Daub
- Alejandra Mancilla
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- 4.5 / 5
- 193 ratings
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- Quality
- 73
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 67
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Who hosts Philosopher's Zone?
David Rutledge host the show. Published by Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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