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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. The podcast's very own Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ponderingprimates/. Read the page details for information on the team and more! All views the hosts'/guests' own, not necessarily the Society's.
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S2: Summer Special: Dr. Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens on Anwar al-Awlaki's western jihad
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In this unexpected addition to the series, Daniel speaks to Dr. Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens. Meleagrou-Hitchens is a lecturer in Terrorism and Radicalisation at King’s College London and Research Director of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University. He is an expert on extremist movements whose research on jihadism has taken him as …
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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.
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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 Literature and the Royal Society of Arts, a Vice-President of Humanists UK, and an honorary associate of the National Secular Society, he is a frequent contributor to magazines and newspapers such a…
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S2 E20- Andrew Copson: Humanism, Humanists UK, secularism, and writing
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Andrew Copson is the Chief Executive of Humanists UK and President of Humanists International. Andrew has represented humanist organisations to places such as the House of Commons and the United Nations and has contributed to many outlets including New Humanist, The Guardian, and New Statesman and has appeared on TV and radio many times. He is the …
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S2 E19: Peter Hitchens: coronavirus, dissent, conformity, Scotland, history, and literature
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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 Christian who believes that Britain has lost its way over the past century. He views British society as irredeemably fallen thanks to the decline of Christianity, marriage, …
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S2 E18: Conrad Hamilton part 2- a long digression on China (and some more on Jordan Peterson)
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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 discussion was an unplanned digression so it made sense to separate the conversation into two episodes; in the notes for the previous episode can be found de…
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S2 E17: Conrad Hamilton part 1- critiquing Jordan Peterson
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S2 E16: Psychology, fear, and more from Los Angeles with Dr Patrick Lockwood
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S2 E15: Seth Andrews- atheism, activism, politics, Trump, Game of Thrones, and more!
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S2 E14: Ben Sixsmith discusses conservatism, agnosticism, literature- and much else besides!
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S2 E13: Dr Nathan G. Alexander on the history of race and atheism
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S2 E12: Prof. Matthew McManus on Postmodern Conservatism and Jordan Peterson
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S2 E11: Aayushi Gupta on the Philosophy and Practice of Photography
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S2 E10: Prof. Richard Wiseman- science, skepticism, psychology, and more.
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S2 E9: Maryam Namazie- Apostasy, Blasphemy, Dissent, Islam, and Dancing
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S2 E8: Adam Ramsay- Open Democracy, fascism, and fundamentalism
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S2 E6: A Chat with Duncan Sutherland on Film and TV
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S2 E5: Halloween Special: Professor Chris French on ghosts and science
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S2 E4: A Conversation with Josep Martí Bouis
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S2 E3: Prof. Frank Cogliano on Thomas Jefferson- Live!
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S2 E2: Truth, Beauty, and Goodness: an open discussion between believers and non-believers- live!
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Season 2 (2019-2020) Episode 1: Dr Iona Italia- India, migration, Areo, and much more!
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S1 Episode 7: On Spirituality with Rev Dr Liam Fraser- Live!
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S1 Episode 6: Milan Marcus of the Jewish Society
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S1 Episode 5: Nathan Sharp on Buddhism, gender, and more.
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S1 Episode 3: Julian Baggini on Global Philosophy- Live!
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Season 1 (2018-2019) Episode 1: Amrita's Life: Hinduism and Identity
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