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Erin McKean: Go ahead, make up new words! Aditi Shankardass: A second opinion on developmental disorders. Dan Dennett: The illusion of consciousness. Steven Pinker and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: The long reach of reason. Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy. Eric Liu: Why ordinary people need to understand power. Podcasts and Downloads - In Our Time Archive: Philosophy. BBC Radio 4 - The Public Philosopher, Series 3, Morality and the State. Podcasts and Downloads - Michael Sandel: The Public Philosopher. BBC Radio 4 - Mind Changers - Episode guide. Glenn Greenwald: Why privacy matters. Dan Dennett: Dangerous memes. David Brooks: The social animal. Colin Grant: How our stories cross over.

Uri Alon: Why truly innovative science demands a leap into the unknown. Dan Pacholke: How prisons can help inmates live meaningful lives. How philosophy can save your life: Jules Evans at TEDxBreda. Karen Thompson Walker: What fear can teach us. Kwame Anthony Appiah: Is religion good or bad? (This is a trick question) Lesley Hazleton: The doubt essential to faith. Fascinating psych experiments. Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong. Rory Sutherland: Sweat the small stuff.