Podcast Episodes

Why You Need to Stop "Fussing Over" Your Partner...

'Mummy-fication' is the fateful process whereby a woman turns into a proxy of her partner's mother and the partner turns into a small recalcitrant bo…

3 days, 5 hours ago

One Reason Dwellings Cost So Much

Very high house prices aren’t an act of God or a fact of nature. They’re the result of all sorts of policy and design mistakes – which we should try …

3 days, 6 hours ago

How Science Can Be As Comforting As Religion

We are used to religions telling us consoling and soothing things; but what we often miss is that science has just as many wise and kindly perspectiv…

3 days, 6 hours ago

Stay in - or Quit - a Relationship?

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3 days, 7 hours ago

How to Deal With A Crisis of Meaning

Many of us are regularly thrown off course by what we might term ‘crisis of meaning’; periods when what we are up to seems not to connect up with any…

3 days, 7 hours ago

PHILOSOPHY - Baruch Spinoza

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Uploaded 12-06-15

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3 days, 8 hours ago

Why You Aren't Sleeping (and How to Resolve It)

Our 3am awakenings are signs that we have not been doing the sort of self-reflection we need to do in order to be at – or sleep in – peace. Enjoying …

3 days, 8 hours ago

In Defence of Melancholia

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3 days, 9 hours ago

LITERATURE - James Baldwin

James Baldwin was a great African-American writer who understood the meaning of freedom. His work and life give us a guide to how to escape our narro…

3 days, 9 hours ago

Who We Can Love

One of the strangest things about relationships is that we aren’t free to get together with just anyone. We all have strong types: but where do these…

3 days, 10 hours ago