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https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/a-right-to-health/David Edmonds, Maria Carla Galavotti, and Cheryl Misak discuss the life and work of Moritz Schlick, the informal leader of the Vienna Circle murdered in 1936

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/moritz-schlick/David Edmonds, Maria Carla Galavotti, and Cheryl Misak discuss the life and work of Moritz Schlick, the informal leader of the Vienna Circle murdered in 1936

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/food/C Thi Nguyen, Or Rosenboim, and Ahmed Sinno explore the complex history, philosophy, and politics of food

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/silence/Monica Vieira, Rachel Muers, and Naomi Waltham-Smith offer perspectives on silence from philosophy, religion, and political thought

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/grief/Michael Cholbi, Will Daddario, and Priya Jay explore the nature of grief and grieving

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/beauvoir/Kathryn Belle, Skye Cleary, and Kate Kirkpatrick on the life, legacy, and literature of Simone de Beauvoir

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/modern-conversations/Alexandra Georgakopoulou, Daniel Miller, and Rebecca Roache on what philosophy, linguistics, and anthropology tell us about how we communicate today

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/outer-space/Klara Anna Capova, Neil McDonnell, and Kelly Smith discuss the philosophy, ethics, and anthropology of space travel

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/fake-it-till-you-make-it/Margaret Hampson on imitation and being good

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/whats-wrong-with-rights/Adam Etinson, Yoriko Otomo, and Lyndsey Stonebridge discuss the advantages and limitations of the human rights model

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/susan-stebbing/Michael Beaney, Siobhan Chapman, and Peter West discuss Stebbing, a pioneer of analytic philosophy who applied her technical expertise to pressing social issues

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/addiction/Molly Mathieson, Alexander Mazonowicz, and Hanna Pickard explore the relationship between addiction, recovery, identity, and philosophy

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/you-would-say-that/Clare Moriarty on philosophical mud-slinging and ad hominem arguments

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/out-of-the-vat-lucy-campbell/In this episode, we talk to Lucy about self-knowledge, sheepdogs, and pinhole photography…

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/the-modern-mind/Adrian Alsmith, Tim Lewens, and Lauren Slater trace the development of our modern ideas about the mind

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/the-philosopher-queens/Anita L Allen, Rebecca Buxton, and Désirée Lim discuss The Philosopher Queens and the history of women in philosophy

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/fantasy/Maria Balaska, Jason Mohaghegh, and Adam Roberts draw on philosophy, psychoanalysis, and art to re-assess fantasy

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/whos-a-good-boy/In this episode, Kristin Andrews, Sarah Brosnan, and Susana Monsó explore whether non-human animals can be moral

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/not-being-earnest/In this episode, Robert Newman, Kieran Setiya and Zoe Walker explore what's philosophically interesting about comedy

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/the-human-paradox/In this episode, Fiona Hughes and Adrian Moore discuss Alan Montefiore’s latest book, Philosophy and the Human Paradox

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/a-theory-of-everything/In this episode, Philip Ball, Vanessa Seifert, and Jessica Wilson assess the prospects for a general theory of everything

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/hot-logic/Sara Uckelman, Justin Vlasits and Audrey Yap on the history of logic, from Aristotle and medieval thought to its role in the so-called culture wars

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/hot-phil/Julia Ng, Jonathan Rée, and Justin E H Smith explore more and less familiar histories of philosophy

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/not-suitable-for-work/Ödül Bozkurt, Brian O’Connor, and Judy Wajcman ask whether we work too much, and if it's making us bad citizens and unhappy humans

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/resilience/David Bather Woods, Serene Khader, Mark Neocleous and David Westley trace the philosophical traditions of resilience and explore its modern forms.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/tolstoy-ivan-ilyich/The Philosophers’ Book Club is joined by Thomas Karshan and Olga Sobolev to discuss Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/spaced-out/COVID-19 has transformed our cities and our homes. Katie Beswick, Julia King, and Antoine Picon discuss planning for future public and private spaces.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/on-the-road/What’s the value of travel? Why is it politicized? Colin Clark, Nick Hayes and Emily Thomas on the future of travel in the twenty-first century.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/misinformation/Quassim Cassam, Lisa Bortolotti, and Cailin O’Connor consider the world's misinformation problem, its causes, and some potential solutions.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/putting-practice-into-theory/More than simply an idea, but not a material object either, Steven French asks what kind of thing a scientific theory is

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/religious-art/Mehreen Chida-Razvi, Ben Quash, and Lieke Wijnia discuss how traditions of religious art differ and what role art plays in religion today

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/science-fiction-and-philosophy/James Burton, Lewis Powell, and Lisa Walters explore philosophy and science fiction's shared history, putting the ‘phi’ back into ‘sci-fi’.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/mary-midgley-and-why-she-matters/Celebrating the thought of Mary Midgley, whose writing ranges across animal ethics, religion, and science, connecting philosophical thought to lived experience.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/talking-carefully-about-science/Uwe Peters on how science communication can cause harm

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/the-nature-of-beauty/Artist Adrian Holme and philosopher Milena Ivanova discuss the nature of beauty and the relationship between art and science.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/empathy/What role does empathy play in our social, moral, and political life? What are its limits? Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca, Nadine El-Enany and Danielle Sands discuss.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/the-musical-mind/Ian Cross, Diana Omigie, and Barry Smith explore the phenomenon and evolution of music. How deep does music go in human history? Is the ability to hear music uniquely human?

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/anti-vaxxers/Katherine Furman, Rohin Francis, and Heidi Larson discuss the causes of and cures for distrust in medical expertise.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/iris-murdoch-under-the-net/The Philosophers’ Book Club is joined by Hannah Marije Altorf, Lucy Bolton, and Mara-Daria Cojocaru to discuss Iris Murdoch’s Under the Net.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/on-time-pod/Ammar Azzouz, Elizabeth F. Cohen, and Matthew Soteriou discuss the politics and philosophy of time

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/out-of-the-vat-glenney/We talk to Brian Glenney about perception, illusion and (literally) seeing the world through the eyes of another being…

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/out-of-the-vat-ashcroft/Richard Ashcroft discusses his recent work on utopias, his love of trains, and 'the other Richard Ashcroft'…

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/out-of-the-vat-french/Steven French discusses his current interest in phenomenological approaches to quantum mechanics, and his early forays into art-rock journalism

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/from-the-vaults-eating-animals/Jonathan Safran Foer discusses themes from Eating Animals, his exhaustively argued account of one man's decade-long struggle with vegetarianism.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/from-the-vaults-stewards-of-the-earth/Are humans exceptional among living beings? How should we understand our relationship with the natural world? Jennifer Gabrys and Simon James discuss.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/from-the-vaults-animals/In this episode, John Ó Maoilearca, Undine Sellbach, and Lynn Turner discuss the role animals play in our understanding of issues as wide as ethics, art, friendship, and technology.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/from-the-vaults-multiculturalism-and-animal-ethics/What should we do when cultural or religious traditions appear to conflict with current ideas about animal welfare? In a world where animal rights are often used as a cover for racism, David Grumett, Angie Pepper, and Varun Uberoi discuss how to advocate for animals without reinstating cultural imperialism.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/from-the-vaults-invasive-species/When does conservation become 'green xenophobia'? Fred Pearce, Chris Thomas, and Emma Townshend discuss theoretical and practical responses to non-native species.