Podcast Episodes featuring Julian Baggini

Julian Baggini

Private Passions - February 24, 2019 13:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratings
Michael Berkeley talks to the philosopher Julian Baggini about the pleasures of serendipity, transience, philosophy and music. The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten, Do They Think You’re Stupid? and What’s It All About? are just three of the eye-catchingly titled books by Julian Baggini. He’s written...

Why does God allow suffering? Vince Vitale & Julian Baggini

Unbelievable? - February 06, 2015 17:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratings
Following atheist Stephen Fry's viral anti-God video, the question of how a good God could allow suffering has come into focus again. Justin is joined by Christian philosopher Vince Vitale, author of "Why Suffering?" as he debates the issues with atheist think Julian Baggini. To watch the vid...

Debating the history of atheism - Nick Spencer & Julian Baggini - Unbelievable?

Unbelievable? - September 12, 2014 11:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratings
Nick Spencer is the author of 'Atheists: The Origin of the Species'. He explains the origins of various strands of atheism and why the New Atheism of today is constructed on a myth of its own. Julian Baggini is an atheist philosopher and writer. He engages Spencer on whether atheism was a signi...

Julian Baggini on Thought Experiments

Philosophy Bites - December 09, 2007 12:33 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratings
Philosophers often use elaborate thought experiments in their writing. Are these anything more than rhetorical flourishes? Or do they reveal important aspects of the questions under discussion. Julian Baggini, editor of The Philosophers' Magazine and author of a book which surveys some of the mos...