Philosophy For Our Times
Institute of Art and Ideas
4.4from 455 ratings
- 579
- Episodes
- 124
- Transcribed
- 455
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
About Philosophy For Our Times
Philosophy for our Times is a free philosophy podcast from the Institute of Art and Ideas, bringing you the latest talks and debates from the world’s leading thinkers. We host weekly episodes on today’s biggest ideas in news, society, culture, politics, science and arts. Visit our website (https://pfot.riverside.com/) and subscribe today to never miss an episode.
- Publisher
- Institute of Art and Ideas
- Category
- arts · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 31 Aug 2016
- Latest episode
- 3 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
124 of 579 episodes have a transcript.
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Enlightenment Under Fire | John Gray
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From Life | Tom Overton on John Berger
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Blue Labour | Maurice Glasman
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The Enlightenment Under Fire | John Gray
Published 3 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So if you don't understand that, you just see this inexplicable outbreak of destructive madness. And then if it takes on, you say, well, that's demagoguery. Demagoguery's done that. So if you could only remove the demagogues, so you have no explanation of the world around you. Why is it? Why is it? […]
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- John Gray
- Tom Overton
- Maurice Glasman
- Nick Enfield
- Timothy Williamson
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- 4.3 / 5
- 314 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 141 ratings
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- 97
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