Within Reason

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Within Reason

Within Reason

Creator: Alex J O'Connor

For the curious. A philosophy podcast that sometimes flirts with other disciplines, Within Reason has featured guests including Richard Dawkins, Douglas Murray, William Lane Craig, Peter Singer, Konstantin Kisin, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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Recent Episodes

155 episodes
#159 Aristotle: The World's Greatest Philosopher?

#159 Aristotle: The World's Greatest Philosopher?

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2026-06-25 18:35:10 01:24:29
#158 Could Consciousness Be an Illusion?

#158 Could Consciousness Be an Illusion?

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2026-06-18 15:11:05 02:07:10
#157 How a Blind Man Sees the World - Tommy Edison

#157 How a Blind Man Sees the World - Tommy Edison

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2026-06-08 17:43:54 01:04:08
#156 Mysticism: The Heretics Who Got Too Close to God - Simon Critchley

#156 Mysticism: The Heretics Who Got Too Close to God - Simon Critchley

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2026-05-26 13:51:15 01:17:36
#155 AI Music is Not Music - Adam Neely

#155 AI Music is Not Music - Adam Neely

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2026-05-13 11:35:01 01:57:19
#154 Happiness: Epicurus' Ancient Guide - Jonny Thomson

#154 Happiness: Epicurus' Ancient Guide - Jonny Thomson

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2026-05-04 12:37:31 01:48:33
#153 If Anyone Builds It, EVERYONE Dies - AI Expert on Superintelligence

#153 If Anyone Builds It, EVERYONE Dies - AI Expert on Superintelligence

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2026-04-26 09:43:18 01:35:13
#152 Why AI Will Never Be Conscious

#152 Why AI Will Never Be Conscious

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2026-04-20 13:25:42 01:41:50
#151 John Lennox - What Nearly Dying Taught Me About God

#151 John Lennox - What Nearly Dying Taught Me About God

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2026-04-13 16:31:39 01:18:44
#150 Materialist AND Panpsychism are True - Galen Strawson

#150 Materialist AND Panpsychism are True - Galen Strawson

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2026-04-08 13:26:46 00:57:39
#149 My Problem With C.S. Lewis - Philip Pullman

#149 My Problem With C.S. Lewis - Philip Pullman

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2026-04-02 12:05:43 01:27:00
#149 Blaise Pascal: Philosopher, Mathematician, Genius - Graham Tomlin

#149 Blaise Pascal: Philosopher, Mathematician, Genius - Graham Tomlin

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2026-03-25 13:38:51 01:34:28
#147 What is PURE Consciousness? - Thomas Metzinger

#147 What is PURE Consciousness? - Thomas Metzinger

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2026-03-18 12:05:33 02:03:28
#146 The Most Complicated Thing in the Universe: What is the Brain?

#146 The Most Complicated Thing in the Universe: What is the Brain?

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2026-03-08 14:27:34 02:24:33
#145 The Algorithm is God Now - The Etymology Nerd

#145 The Algorithm is God Now - The Etymology Nerd

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2026-03-04 12:47:45 01:15:49
#144 Sam Harris - Spirituality for Atheists.

#144 Sam Harris - Spirituality for Atheists.

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2026-02-25 09:38:15 01:52:47
#143 Hinduism, Consciousness and Advaita Vedanta - Swami Sarvapriyananda

#143 Hinduism, Consciousness and Advaita Vedanta - Swami Sarvapriyananda

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2026-02-16 14:05:30 01:55:22
Atheist Slogans You Should Stop Using - Joe Schmid

Atheist Slogans You Should Stop Using - Joe Schmid

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2026-02-08 13:19:24 02:55:40
#141 Stoicism: Everything You Need to (Actually) Know - John Sellars

#141 Stoicism: Everything You Need to (Actually) Know - John Sellars

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2026-02-03 12:44:31 01:41:58
#140 Sean Carroll - The Limits of Scientific Explanation

#140 Sean Carroll - The Limits of Scientific Explanation

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2026-01-26 12:05:39 01:19:39
#139 David Bentley Hart - All Things Are Full of Gods

#139 David Bentley Hart - All Things Are Full of Gods

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2026-01-18 10:35:17 01:49:04
#138 Rhett McLaughlin - How to Save Christianity From Christians

#138 Rhett McLaughlin - How to Save Christianity From Christians

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2026-01-11 13:10:08 01:35:54
#137 Debunking Arguments for God - Graham Oppy

#137 Debunking Arguments for God - Graham Oppy

Graham Oppy is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of Research at Monash University. An Australian philosopher of religion, he is often conside...

2026-01-04 13:19:25 01:40:36
#136 Why Did The World Get So Ugly? - Alain de Botton

#136 Why Did The World Get So Ugly? - Alain de Botton

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2025-12-26 18:55:34 00:59:53
#135 Christmas Isn't What You Think - John Nelson

#135 Christmas Isn't What You Think - John Nelson

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2025-12-20 10:55:40 01:19:03
1.75m QnA - Triangles, Getting Owned by GodLogic, and Douglas Adams' Puddle

1.75m QnA - Triangles, Getting Owned by GodLogic, and Douglas Adams' Puddle

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2025-12-19 12:40:22 01:02:09
#133 Hank Green on God, Science, and Consciousness

#133 Hank Green on God, Science, and Consciousness

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2025-12-07 12:26:13 02:12:32
#132 Vsauce - Does Anything Exist?

#132 Vsauce - Does Anything Exist?

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2025-11-30 11:46:14 01:34:37
#131 Toby Ord - Will AI Destroy Humanity?

#131 Toby Ord - Will AI Destroy Humanity?

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2025-11-26 20:23:36 01:01:45
#130 Philip Goff - Why I'm a Heretical Christian

#130 Philip Goff - Why I'm a Heretical Christian

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2025-11-16 12:18:24 01:18:15
#129 Will MacAskill - We're Not Ready for Artificial General Intelligence

#129 Will MacAskill - We're Not Ready for Artificial General Intelligence

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2025-11-09 16:00:00 01:19:01
#128 Bernardo Kastrup - Materialism is Complete Nonsense

#128 Bernardo Kastrup - Materialism is Complete Nonsense

Bernardo Kastrup is a Dutch philosopher and computer scientist recognised for his contributions to consciousness studies, notably through his formulat...

2025-11-02 16:04:57 01:54:27
#127 Bear Grylls - Retelling Jesus' Life as a Thriller

#127 Bear Grylls - Retelling Jesus' Life as a Thriller

Bear Grylls is a British adventurer, writer, television presenter and former SAS trooper who is also a survival expert. Widely known for his televisio...

2025-10-26 11:47:08 01:01:15
#126 Was Jesus an Ancient Magician? - Religion for Breakfast

#126 Was Jesus an Ancient Magician? - Religion for Breakfast

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2025-10-19 12:06:52 01:11:31
#125 Emily Emily Qureshi-Hurst - Does God Know What Time It Is?

#125 Emily Emily Qureshi-Hurst - Does God Know What Time It Is?

Dr. Qureshi-Hurst is a Philosopher of Religion and Science at the University of Cambridge. Her work focuses on the relationship between physics—and ti...

2025-10-12 11:04:02 01:02:25
#124 Sisyphus 55 - So You're Having an Existential Crisis

#124 Sisyphus 55 - So You're Having an Existential Crisis

Ben Thomas is @Sisyphus55, a YouTuber creating videos about philosophy, existentialism, nihilism, absurdism, and meaning.

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2025-10-05 11:09:00 01:31:16
#123 Candida Moss - Were Early Christians Really Persecuted by Rome?

#123 Candida Moss - Were Early Christians Really Persecuted by Rome?

Candida Moss is a historian of Christianity and author of The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom.

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2025-09-28 11:11:00 01:21:17
#122 Robert Greene - Near-Death Experiences and the Mind Apart From the Brain

#122 Robert Greene - Near-Death Experiences and the Mind Apart From the Brain

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2025-09-21 13:53:00 01:23:41
#121 John Cottingham - The Father of Modern Philosophy: René Descartes

#121 John Cottingham - The Father of Modern Philosophy: René Descartes

John Cottingham (born 1943) is an English philosopher. The focus of his research has been early-modern philosophy (especially Descartes), the philosop...

2025-09-16 13:30:00 01:40:15
#120 Brant Pitre - Jesus DID Claim to be God

#120 Brant Pitre - Jesus DID Claim to be God

Brant Pitre is an American New Testament scholar and Distinguished Research Professor of Scripture at the Augustine Institute. He has written extensiv...

2025-09-10 13:14:00 01:59:35
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