The Morality of Everyday Things: An Everyday Philosophy Podcast

What is happiness? What form matters? Part 1 - Season teaser drop!

Hi all, excuse the LONG pause - we've been heads down at Stasher.com and super busy. We did manage to get this episode together and decided that as Ant is appearing on a

Replay our first ever episode: Should billionaires exist?

The episode that started it all...Should billionaires exist? We explore classic perspectives from the likes of Nozick and Rawls and give some context on just how much a b

How do we know we're not living in the matrix? Solipsism and another classic philosophy film

The season finale....we bring it back to films we love which are loaded with philosophical ideas and we dive into a little bit of Latin - Cogito Ergo Sum! We discuss the

How should we decide what makes the news? Imploding submarines and manufacturing consent.

In this episode, we use the recent nautical disaster of the imploding submarine to explore how we determine what makes the news, and what should make the news? We examine

INTERVIEW: Life Is Hard, with Kieran Setiya - part 2

Following our episode discussing his book and the concepts within, we speak with the author himself! Kieran is a professor in Philosophy from MIT and author of several bo

INTERVIEW: Life Is Hard, with Kieran Setiya - part 1

Excuse posting this episode 1 day late. This week, following our episode discussing his book and the concepts within, we speak with the author himself! Kieran is a profes

Is it wrong to increase the price of medicine?

Some of you may remember "The Pharma Bro" who raised the cost of medicine 1000%. He recently appeared on a podcast and it led us to consider the question. Should medicine

Life is hard, but can philosophy help deal with our suffering and the meaning of life? A discussion of Kieran Setiya's book

In this episode, we discuss Kieran Setiya's book "life is hard" and discuss the place of philosophy in our everyday lives. Can philosophy be a guide to a life well lived,

Universal Basic Income with Professor Guy Standing (part 2) - how do we practically make it happen, and what will the impact be?

A follow on to last episode where we discuss Basic Income with Guy Standing. Last episode we talked about the moral basis for Basic Income, this week we follow on with a

Universal Basic Income with Professor Guy Standing - what is the moral justification for giving everyone free money?

After having previously said over and over that we'll "do UBI properly at some point", the time has come, and what better way to approach this question than including the

Money in sports - is it wrong to support Newcastle United now they have Saudi money?

We've previously discussed footballers being overpaid...but where is that money coming from? With our beloved clubs being increasingly funded by authoritarian regimes wit

Absurdism, The Meaning of Life, Camus and Everything Everywhere All At Once

In today's episode, we use the lens of the film Everything Everywhere All At Once to examine the absurdist strand of the french existentialists. Specifically, we'll discu

SEASON 3 teaser trailer - out this wednesday!

What to expect this season, each wednesday. Support the show: Here's the link to our new community whatsapp. Please leave us a review! Spotify even let's you do it - see

Is it unfair to overpay footballers? REPLAY

The final episode in our mid-season hiatus - which means season 3 will launch next week! This replay also relates to an upcoming episode in the new season....little tease

Is 'God' a good thing? Part 3 - what's the source of religious moral authority? REPLAY

The third in 3 parts which will relate to the first episode in our next season - absurdism! Old Description: In this episode, we finish our series (of 3 episodes) explori

Is 'God' a good thing? Part 2 - has religion been a net benefit to society? REPLAY

The second in 3 parts which will relate to the first episode in our next season - absurdism! Old Description: In this episode, we begin a series (of 3 episodes) exploring

Community whatsapp group - link in description

As the audio explains, here's the link to our new community whatsapp, to discuss upcoming episodes and engage generally! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone

Is God a good thing? Classic arguments for belief - Replay

The first in 3 parts which will relate to the first episode in our next season - absurdism! Old Description: In this episode, we begin a series (of 3 episodes) exploring

Are NFTs a Scam? - Replay

This episode is an inter-season replay - enjoy! Old intro: Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are all the rage - at time of posting. Should we all be rushing to buy digital image

The Trailer - The Morality of Everyday Things

"...and it's live!"  Welcome, everybody, to the morality of everyday things. This is a 1 minute intro to Ant and Jake and what this podcast is all about.  We'll tackle ev