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Reading Our Times

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Reading Our Times is the podcast that explores the books and the ideas that are shaping us today. It is hosted by Nick Spencer, Senior Fellow at the think tank, Theos. We’re going to be talking to some of the world’s leading authors about issues like meritocracy, justice, populism, human rights, the brain, liberalism, and religion. Above all, we'll be exploring what these books have to say about the times we live in and about the people we are. So listen with us, and we’ll introduce you to authors, books and ideas that illuminate ourselves and our world today. For more information about the pe...

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What can dementia teach us about being human? In conversation with Nicci Gerrard 03.11.2020 36:23

Approximately 850,000 people in the UK today are living with dementia – and that number is just set to grow. But what actually is dementia? What does it do to us? And what does it say about us, and in particular about our humanity? In the third episode of Reading Our Times, Nick Spencer talks to novelist and journalist Nicci Gerrard about her experience of her father’s dementia and the moving and...

What does it mean to live in a secular age? In conversation with Charles Taylor 27.10.2020 34:04

We live in “a secular age”, but what does that actually mean? How does secularism relate to religion? And how should it? Nick Spencer talks to the Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor, about his famous book 'A Secular Age', which has done more to bring sophistication and nuance to the debates about secularism than any other published in a generation.

What’s wrong with meritocracy? In conversation with Michael Sandel 15.09.2020 43:05

In the first episode of Reading Our Times, Nick Spencer talks to leading political philosopher Michael Sandel about the pitfalls of meritocracy.

Introducing Reading Our Times 08.09.2020 2:12

Nick Spencer introduces new podcast from Theos Think Tank 'Reading Our Times'