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Daniel's (Audio) Den — 70 episodes
Nihilism in Bo'ness (audio version)
Senile vs Insane (audio version)
'The magnitude of his folly'
A reading from Salman Rushdie's 'Knife' (plus my review of the book)
Goodbye, Granny Ina (audio version)
(Audio version) Becoming editor of the 'Freethinker'
Beware the Hate Monster! (Audio version)
Napoleon the Great #2 (another reading from Andrew Roberts's biography)
Napoleon the Great (a reading from Andrew Roberts's biography)
Jake and animal suffering (audio version)
'Back to Earth': Reading from Olaf Stapledon's 'Star Maker' (1937)
Den Discussion #7: On the Monarchy, with Jamie C. Weir
'Zeus Cross-Examined' by Lucian of Samosata (a reading)
Audio version: Joining 'The Freethinker' (plus: some thoughts on Israel and our darkening world)
Reading: Charles Freeman's 'The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason'
Ralph Ellison's Preface to 'Invisible Man' (1952): A Reading
'Invictus' by William Ernest Henley: A Reading (In Memoriam)
(Audio Version) Reflections on the 10th Anniversary of my Father's Death; Or, Of Grief and Gravity
Den Discussion #6: Ranging Freely and Widely with the Anonymous Substacker Known as Ozkii
The "damnable doctrine" of Christianity: a reading from Darwin's autobiography
(Audio Version) The Fall of the Silver God
A Reading from Serhii Plokhy's 'The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine'
My Loss of Faith (audio version)
A Reading from 'Inside Story' by Martin Amis
(Audio Version) On the Necessity of Enlightenment
'Orwell's failure' - a reading from D.J. Taylor's 'Orwell: The Life'
Confab with a Conservative: Den Discussion #4, with Ben Sixsmith
The Final Step (Audio Version)
Should the U.S. have left Afghanistan? Den Debate #1, with Harry McKenna
The Iraq War, the Kurds, and more: a reading from Matt Johnson's 'How Hitchens Can Save the Left'
(Audio version) Has the dream of Scottish independence died?
Conversation with a Cosmopolitan: Den Discussion #3, with Iona Italia
Musings with Mathew: Den Discussion #2, with Mathew Giagnorio
(Audio Version) Matt Johnson on Christopher Hitchens: A Recommendation
Robert Burns' 'Address to a Haggis': A Reading
Why Hitchens Still Matters: Den Discussion #1, with Matt Johnson
(With Apologies to 'The Critic') Tears for God's Own Monster (Audio Version)
(Audio Version) Happy Christmas Your Arse
(Audio Version) A Week in the Multiverse of Manhattan
Auden's 'September 1, 1939': A Reading
John Keane's 'Tom Paine: A Political Life' - A Reading
Is Religion Good for Humanity? (Audio Version)
Readings from William Shakespeare's Star Wars Nonology
A Reading from Masih Alinejad's 'The Wind in my Hair'
To Persia With Love (Audio Version)
Iran's True Face; or, Persia. A Reading From Richard Le Gallienne's 'Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám'
Some Pungent Republican Readings from Thomas Paine
Afghanistan Was—And Is—Worth Fighting For (audio version)
On the (Gay) Fear of Holding Hands (audio version)
In solidarity: some readings from Rushdie
Into the Berserk: A Reading from Philip Roth's 'American Pastoral' (1997)
Four John Donne Poems: A Reading
The monarchy: should it stay or should it go? (audio version)
The Declaration of Independence and Jefferson's First Inaugural Address: Readings
Shakespeare's Sonnets 1 and 2: A Reading
In lieu: Cineworld's cowardice and religious bullying
On free speech: a reading from Salman Rushdie's memoir 'Joseph Anton' (2012)
A Reading of Orwell's 'Looking Back on the Spanish War' (Part 2)
A Reading of Orwell’s ‘Looking Back on the Spanish War’ (Part 1)
A reading from George Orwell's 'Homage to Catalonia' (1938)
Spain Part 2: Mallorca, Valencia, and Barcelona (Audio Version)
A reading of 'Invictus' by William Ernest Henley
Readings of some excerpts from 'Shalimar the Clown' by Salman Rushdie
Spain Part 1: The Joy of Travelling (Audio Version)
A Reading of Borys Humeniuk's 'When You Clean Your Weapon' in Solidarity with Ukraine
Audio Version: Daniel James Sharp, 21/2/1996-3/2/2060
Monday reading: From Douglas Adams' 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (plus: an update)
Sunday Reading: 'Of Burns and Dawkins'
Monday Reading: From Richard Dawkins' 'Unweaving the Rainbow' (1998)
Some Hitchensian readings