The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast

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The End of The Panpsycast

Hey everyone, Today I have to break some sad news. After ten years of The Panpsycast, we have taken the difficult decision to bring the show to an end. We started thi

Aug 23
2 min

Episode 163, The Battle for Reality with Slavoj Zizek, Sabine Hossenfelder, Rowan Williams, and William Lane Craig

Hey Everyone, I'm delighted to present our third and final live show from The Mystery of Existence series at the Royal Institution Theatre, London. People travelled fro

Aug 9
1 h 32 min

Episode 162, Animal Consciousness with Peter Godfrey-Smith

Hey everyone, Jack here with another special episode – my recent conversation with Peter Godfrey-Smith, Professor in the School of History and Philosophy of Science at th

Jul 26
46 min

Episode 161, The Story of Everything Debate, with William Lane Craig, Jessica Frazier, Philip Goff, and Joe Folley

This week's episode is a live debate we hosted recently at The Royal Institution Theatre in London. The topic is 'The Story of Everything' – a discussion between four dif

Jul 12
1 h 46 min

Episode 160, Jack Symes vs Philip Goff

Welcome to a special Episode 160 – a conversation / debate between Jack Symes and Philip Goff. Philip Goff and Jack Symes have known each other since 2011, when Philip

Jun 28
1 h 21 min

Episode 159, The Rowan Williams Interview

This episode brings together Jack and Rowan Williams, the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury and one of the world's most distinguished theologians. As they explore the inte

Jun 14
52 min

Episode 158, Live Debate: Alex O'Connor x William Lane Craig

This episode brings together two leading voices in philosophy of religion: William Lane Craig, one of the world's foremost Christian apologists, and Alex O'Connor, one of

May 31
1 h 50 min

Episode 157, 'Jesus' Physical Appearance' with John Nelson

"Hey, it's Jack here – I'm still out in the van writing up my travel book. The wind and rain coming down hard in France, as you might hear in the background. We're reco

May 17
51 min

Episode 156, 'Epicurus – Worst Philosopher Ever?' with Jonny Thomson

Hey everyone, it's Jack here. I'm still out in the camper van writing a travel book – I'm really excited to share more on this soon. At the same time, we've been produc

May 3
45 min

Episode 155, 'On Veganism' with Earthling Ed

Hey, it's Jack here – I'm currently in the snowy hills of Switzerland, recording this from the back of my campervan, so forgive the audio quality. (It won't be like this

Apr 19
57 min

Episode 154, 'African Philosophy of Religion' with Aribiah David Attoe (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

The meaning of life is, as Albert Camus put it, the most urgent question in philosophy – the one on which everything else depends. Yet, when Western philosophy looks to a

Apr 5
28 min

Episode 154, 'African Philosophy of Religion' with Aribiah David Attoe (Part I – The Meaning of Life)

The meaning of life is, as Albert Camus put it, the most urgent question in philosophy – the one on which everything else depends. Yet, when Western philosophy looks to a

Mar 22
31 min

Episode 153, 'Beautiful Veganism' with Vid Simoniti

Hello, it's Jack here! I'm excited to share that I'll soon be launching a new YouTube video series, interviewing previous guests from The Panpsycast – along with a few

Mar 8
52 min

Episode 152, 'God, Consciousness, and Fundamental Reality' with Philip Goff, David Godman, and Miri Albahari (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

The supreme being of classical theism is unlimited in power, knowledge, and goodness – a being distinct from the world, who creates it out of nothing and governs it from

Feb 22
46 min

Episode 152, 'God, Consciousness, and Fundamental Reality' with Philip Goff, David Godman, and Miri Albahari (Part I - The Debate)

The supreme being of classical theism is unlimited in power, knowledge, and goodness – a being distinct from the world, who creates it out of nothing and governs it from

Feb 8
41 min

Episode 151, 'Afro-Brazilian Religions' with José Eduardo Porcher (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

In the beginning, there was nothing but air. The supreme being breathed upon it, and the air became water. Air and water moved together, forming mud. Seeing its shape, th

Jan 25
34 min

Episode 151, 'Afro-Brazilian Religions' with José Eduardo Porcher (Part I - Candomblé)

In the beginning, there was nothing but air. The supreme being breathed upon it, and the air became water. Air and water moved together, forming mud. Seeing its shape, th

Jan 11
35 min

Episode 150, The World's Worst Philosopher (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Slavoj Žižek, Friedrich Nietzsche, Kehinde Andrews – the world has never been short of bad philosophers. But of all the minds who have graced, tortured, or otherwise affl

Dec 28 2025
55 min

Episode 150, The World's Worst Philosopher (Part I - T.R.U.T.H)

Slavoj Žižek, Friedrich Nietzsche, Kehinde Andrews – the world has never been short of bad philosophers. But of all the minds who have graced, tortured, or otherwise affl

Dec 14 2025
39 min

Episode 149, 'The Philosophy of Jainism' with Marie-Hélène Gorisse (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

Jainism, along with Buddhism and Hinduism, is one of India's great dharmic traditions – though far less well known than its siblings. Emerging around the second century B

Nov 30 2025
36 min

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I only found the show this summer and I’m working my way through the back catalogue, but I find it very well done. If you’re the type of person who has several philosophy podcast in your regular feed, this should be one of them.

ersmed · Nov 2024

A bit addicted to this podcast. I can barely even listen to music anymore, every time I turn it on I go “hmmm maybe I should listen to the panpsycast instead.” The pod goes into lots of detail without being confusing or too academic about things. You don’t really need any background knowledge on philosophy, they give you the basics and build up from there, always ending with a pretty complete overview of the topic. Love the banter too <3

Plorbius · Apr 2023

So I started with the Nietzsche episode after the first like 30 seconds (a sort of intro to the topic) I was hesitant, bored perhaps. Suddenly, Jack introduced himself and his co-hosts in a unique and comical manner that had me hooked. The use of levity continued as they spent a few episodes explaining Nietzsche’s philosophy and I thought this Nietzsche guy was pretty compelling. Then in the final episode of further analysis their criticism was insightful and well, critical. All of sudden Nietzsche didn’t seem so hot. When they were able to unpack the ideas trying to look from the author’s perspective and make them seem great while not agreeing with them; then unpack the ideas of some of his critics from this entirely different perspective: Well, that’s when I knew this was the podcast for me.

Mr. Bownds · Jul 2021

I’m enjoying these well produced discussions tremendously. Giving me insights and new ideas relevant to my life and my ongoing fascination with philosophy. I listen to them in the car while stuck in LA traffic. Which makes the slog actually fun and interesting.

ChristopherJG · Jun 2021

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