This morning I woke up to a nice email. An Idle Talk episode on Audioboo has been listened to over 1000 times. Hear the episode here- https://audioboo.fm/boos/1502575-idle-talk-14-07-13-email-and-the-alienation-of-the-worker 1000 people cant

Idle Talk 11 08 13 Do we have free will?

Aug 12th, 2013 34m 32s

This week we try and tackle the somewhat scary question of whether or not we have free will. If you subscribe to the idea of cause and effect then everything happens as a result of a prior cause. This must apply to us so are we truly in control

Article Explaining the Idle Talk radio show

Aug 12th, 2013

People often ask me why I started presenting Idle Talk, my philosophy radio show. Previously I had mostly presented comedy/entertainment breakfast show style programs. Admittedly it does seem a bit weird to go from a show called “Thank God it’

Idle Talk 14 07 13 Email and the alienation of the worker

Jul 15th, 2013 44m 43s

Nicola @nicola_patten joins @rhodders for another week of philosophical talk and odd silly side trackThis week we talked about Carl Marx’ idea of alienation. Defined in the simple terms as a feeling of being our of sorts with ones self and th

Idle Talk 07 07 13 Can Films be Philosophical?

Jul 9th, 2013 42m 3s

Catch the show live by following @rhodders on twitter or Facebook- http://facebook.com/thisisrhoddersThis week the topic is can films be philosophical? We argue over how suitable the medium of film is in articulating philosophical questions

Idle Talk listed in “whats Hot” on iTunes

Jul 8th, 2013

It came as a pleasant surprise to find that the iTunes podcast store has a philosophy section. It was an event nicer surprise to find my Idle Talk podcast is listed under “whats hot”. So its not just the weather. Thanks for all your downloads

Idle Talk 30 06 13 What is beauty?

Jul 1st, 2013 1h 8m

This week’s topic is What is beauty? Everybody thinks they have an idea of beauty, they can point out a beautiful person, a beautiful painting etc but where do we get this conception of beauty from? why is it we can call a landscape and a pers

Idle Talk 23 06 13 Charity and effective altruism

Jun 25th, 2013 49m 17s

This week’s topic is charity and effective altruism. In an age where many charities are run in the same way as commercial businesses we question whether it is even possible to give to charity effectively. We explore a possible solution to this

Idle Talk 19 05 13 Is free riding wrong?

May 20th, 2013 38m 47s

This week’s topic is the free rider problem. “A free rider, in economics, refers to someone who benefits from resources, goods, or services without paying for the cost of the benefit”.We try and workout if someone who avoids paying tax, yet st

Idle Talk 05 05 13 What is the best form of Government?

May 7th, 2013 34m 18s

What is the best form of government? Should it be any dictatorship, democracy or something else? One way of answering this question is to examine our human nature, find out what we’re really like and find a type of government that suits our inc

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