Solitary, Poor, Nasty, British, and Short

This week, Scott sits down with Renée B. Adams. Professor Adams focuses on corporate governance, and banking, serving as Professor of Finance at the Saïd Business School at Oxford. A former economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, her research examines how boards, financial institutions, and decision-making structures shape organizational performance and inequality. Get full access to So...

This week, Scott sits down with Thomas Douglas, Professor of Applied Philosophy at the University of Oxford. His work focuses on practical ethics, including the ethics of AI, behavioral influence, neurotechnology, and criminal justice. Follow us for more episodes! Get full access to Solitary, Poor, Nasty, British, and Short at solitarypoornastybritishandshort.substack.com/subscribe

This week, Scott sits down with Thomas Hellmann, a leading expert in entrepreneurship, venture capital, and innovation. He serves as the DP World Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School, and previously taught at Stanford and the University of British Columbia. He has also advised organizations including the World Economic Forum and numerous s...

This week, Scott sits down with Dominic Wilkinson, Professor of Medical Ethics at Oxford. He is the author of Death or Disability?, Ethics, Conflict and Medical Treatment for Children, and Pandemic Ethics: From COVID-19 to Disease X. His work uniquely combines hands-on neonatal care with ethical analysis of emerging technologies like AI in medicine. Enjoy! Get full access to Solitary, Poor, Nasty,...

In this episode, Scott is joined by Professor Ignacio Cofone, Oxford’s Professor of Law and Regulation of AI and a member of both the Institute for Ethics in AI and Reuben College. Author of The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Power in the Information Economy, Professor Cofone’s research examines privacy, fairness, and responsibility, focusing on how the law should govern new harms created by AI-enabled...

Today, Scott is joined by Professor Armand D’Angour, an Oxford classicist and Fellow of Jesus College. Armand’s work spans ancient Greek music, lyric poetry, and the cultural imagination of the classical world. He’s the author of The Greeks and the New, Socrates in Love, How to Innovate: An Ancient Guide to Creative Thinking, and How to Talk About Love: Plato’s Symposium. Get full access to Solita...

This week, Scott sits down with Nigel Biggar. Nigel Biggar is the Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford and the author of more than a dozen books, including Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning (2023), What’s Wrong with Rights? (2020), and In Defence of War (2013). He chairs the board of the Free Speech Union, lectures internationally, and writes regularly for major new...

This week on Solitary, Poor, Nasty, Brutish, and Short, Scott sits down with Dr. Marie Kawthar Daouda, a French literature scholar and Lecturer at Oriel College. They discuss the romantic, the absurd, COVID, and the scapegoat, focusing on Girard and Camus, among others. Happy listening! Get full access to Solitary, Poor, Nasty, British, and Short at solitarypoornastybritishandshort.substack.com/su...

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This week on Solitary, Poor, Nasty, Brutish, and Short, Scott interviews Dr. Harold Carter, a historian at Oxford University specializing in economic and social history, as well as a farmer and community philanthropy leader. He previously worked as a strategy consultant, banker, and think tank director before moving into academia and public service. In addition to his academic work, he is a Fellow...

This week, Scott sits down with Sam Crowe, a Rhodes Scholar and recent graduate from UVA, where he was the first undergraduate student to lead an observing program with the James Webb Space Telescope. Today, they dive into astrophysics, star formation, black holes, and more. Enjoy! Get full access to Solitary, Poor, Nasty, British, and Short at solitarypoornastybritishandshort.substack.com/subscri...

This week, Scott sits down with Edward Hadas, a Lecturer at Oxford’s Department of Continuing Education, with over 25 years of experience as a financial analyst and journalist. He is a writer, academic, and philosopher--with a taste for theology. In this episode, he and Scott talk about the Philosophy of Money. Enjoy! Get full access to Solitary, Poor, Nasty, British, and Short at solitarypoornast...