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Within Reason

For the curious. A philosophy podcast that sometimes flirts with other disciplines, Within Reason has featured guests including Richard Dawkins, Douglas Murray, William Lane Craig, Peter Singer, Konstantin Kisin, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Website ↗ Last published 18 October 2026 163 posts collected by Sputnik

Said on Within Reason

“Consciousness, I think, is a modern way for soul.” — Carlo Rovelli, Within Reason
Carlo Rovelli · 18 Oct 2026 Listen →
“Morality is relative, but not arbitrary. It's not arbitrary at all.” — Carlo Rovelli, Within Reason
Carlo Rovelli · 18 Oct 2026 Listen →
“Physics is badly overrated. There's this idea. Oh, we figure out the fundamental equation of the universe. We have figured out the universe. It's bullshit. We haven't figured out anything. It's like, oh, if I learn the basic rule of chess, I figure out playing chess. No, you haven't at all.” — Carlo Rovelli, Within Reason
Carlo Rovelli · 18 Oct 2026 Listen →
“I interviewed another scientist who did believe plants felt pain. When I said, so it hurts them when we eat them, he shrugged his shoulders and said, yeah, it's a dog-eat-dog world. We have to eat them and they feel pain, and that's just the way it is. … It may be for very self-interested reasons that I gravitate to the view that they don't feel pain, because I want to continue eating them with a clear conscience.” — Michael Pollan, Within Reason
Michael Pollan · 27 Sep 2026 Listen →

Hosts

Within Reason is hosted by Alex O'Connor , Madison Skinner and Eva Jovich .

Recent Episodes

  1. 18 Oct 2026

    #167 There is No Ultimate Reality - Carlo Rovelli

    With Carlo Rovelli

  2. 27 Sep 2026

    #166 Are Plants Conscious? - Michael Pollan

    With Michael Pollan

  3. 31 Aug 2026

    #165 Buddhist Emptiness Explained - Jan Westerhoff

    With Jan Westerhoff

  4. 9 Aug 2026

    #164 The Chosen Creator: Putting Words in Jesus' Mouth?

    With Dallas Jenkins

  5. 31 Jul 2026

    #163 Religion is an Obligation - Ross Douthat

    With Ross Douthat

  6. 30 Jul 2026

    #162 Two Million Subscriber QnA

  7. 15 Jul 2026

    #161 What’s the Point of Going Back to the Moon? Chris Hadfield -

    With Chris Hadfield

  8. 2 Jul 2026

    #160 Every Theory of Consciousness - Robert Lawrence Kuhn

    With Robert Lawrence Kuhn

  9. 25 Jun 2026

    #159 Aristotle: The World's Greatest Philosopher?

    With John Sellars

  10. 18 Jun 2026

    #158 Could Consciousness Be an Illusion?

    With Keith Frankish

  11. 8 Jun 2026

    #157 How a Blind Man Sees the World - Tommy Edison

    With Tommy Edison

  12. 26 May 2026

    #156 Mysticism: The Heretics Who Got Too Close to God - Simon Critchley

    With Simon Critchley

Guests

Joe Folley (4 episodes), Bart Ehrman (4 episodes), Joe Schmid (4 episodes), William Lane Craig (3 episodes), Andrew Mark Henry (3 episodes), Sheehan Quirke (3 episodes), David Deutsch (2 episodes), Elaine Pagels (2 episodes), John Sellars (2 episodes), Richard Dawkins (2 episodes), Adam Aleksic (2 episodes), Ed Winters (2 episodes), and 108 more.