Reading Our Times

Theos

Reading Our Times is the podcast that explores the books and the ideas that are shaping us today. It is hosted by Nick Spencer, Senior Fellow at the think tank, Theos. We’re going to be talking to some of the world’s leading authors about issues like meritocracy, justice, populism, human rights, the brain, liberalism, and religion. Above all, we'll be exploring what these books have to say about the times we live in and about the people we are. So listen with us, and we’ll introduce you to authors, books and ideas that illuminate ourselves and our world...

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Reading Our Times

Episodes (96)

Dec 16, 2025 Does the universe have a purpose? In conversation with Philip Goff
Dec 9, 2025 What is the ultimate nature of reality? In conversation with Graham Harman
Dec 2, 2025 What is consciousness? In conversation with Baroness Susan Greenfield

Reading Our Times

Dec 16, 2025
36¼ minutes
34 MB

Human beings need a sense of purpose but differ strongly on whether that purpose is discovered or created, on whether the universe itself has a purpose or whether purpose is just the result of a hyperactive human mind? This disagreement often maps onto the theist/atheist divide - but not always and not necessarily. Perhaps the issue of purpose is wider than belief in God. So does the universe itself show signs of purpose? If so, how would we know? Or is all this simply a delusion of a hominid brain than needs purpose and...

Reading Our Times

Does the universe have a purpose? In conversation with Philip Goff

Theos

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