Consciousness, Humanism and the NHS with Raymond Tallis

I had this conversation with Raymond Tallis before Christmas. Raymond Tallis is one of Britain's leading philosophers. His career was in medicine, which he studied at Oxford Univeristy. He became a Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester.  His primary research was in clinical  neuroscience. As well as being a philosopher, doctor, poet and novelist, Raymond is a campaigning activist for the National Health Service, as well as a strong advocate for Assisted Dying. He retired from medicine in 2006 to become a full time writer, thinker and cultural critic. We spoke about his life, the nature of consiousness, time, on assisted dying and his love for the NHS. We recorded our chat in a pub, so unfortunately the audio is not as clear as I would like. Ray promised to come back another time.  Raymond is the author of countless books, articles and novels. You can find a full bibliography here.