All Episodes

What to do with a meaningless life?

A Flaw of Analytic Philosophy

Why Effective Altruists (And Everyone Else) Should Become Nihilists

What’s it like being a raven or a crow?

Panpsychism is a New Form of Creationism

What is consciousness?

Possums and the Evolution of Consciousness

Why Consciousness Science Needs Darwin

#46 - Scaffolding Natural Selection (Part 2)

#45 - Scaffolding Natural Selection (Part 1)

#44 - Feminism and Enhancement

#43 - Recognizing the Diversity of Cognitive Enhancements

#42 - ESEB Talk: Evolution of Multicellularity

#41 - Eric Schliesser: On Synthetic Philosophy

#40 - Cory Clark: Is there Political Bias and Censorship in Science?

#39 - Why is Health?

#38 - Elizabeth Paul: Animal Consciousness and Welfare

#37 - Carolyn A Ristau: A Biography of Donald Griffin - Discoverer of Bat Echolocation

#36 - Toward an Ethological Science of Animal Consciousness

#35 - Guest Podcast Sentientist Conversations "Animal Consciousness"

#34 - Guest Podcast Episode: The NonSequitur Show Genetic Engineering Dr Sy Garte & Walter Veit

#33 - Guest Podcast Sentientist Conversations "Maybe moral systems are harmful!" + Deleted Scenes

#32 - AI Conversation: A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness

#31 - AI Discussion: Procreative Beneficence and Genetic Enhancement

#30 - Modeling Morality - PART 2

#29 - Modeling Morality - PART 1

#28 - Peter Singer: Retirement, Effective Altruism, Animal Rights, Zoos

#27 - MA by Research in Philosophy at the University of Reading

#26 - Evolution of multicellularity: cheating done right - PART 2

#25 - Evolution of multicellularity: cheating done right - PART 1

#24 - Existential Nihilism: The Only Really Serious Philosophical Problem

#23 - Daniel C. Dennett Tribute

#22 - Cognitive Enhancement and the Threat of Inequality

#21 - Eric Helms: Is Bodybuilding a Sport?

#20 - Drawing the boundaries of animal sentience

#19 - Matti Wilks: On the Psychology of Moral Motivations and Effective Altruism

#18 - Improving Invertebrate Welfare

#17 - Alex Rosenberg: On Science, Philosophy, and Meaning

#16 - Modeling Morality

#15 - Nicola Clayton: Animal Cognition, Magic, Corvids, Dance, Embodiment

#14 - Enhancement Technologies and Inequality

#13 - Richard Yetter Chappell: Why Not Effective Altruism?

#12 - Procreative Beneficence and Genetic Enhancement

#11 - Kristin Andrews: Animal Minds, Animal Culture, Orangutans, Philosophy

#10 - Princeton Panel on the Ethics of AI in Farming

#9 - Princeton: Artificial intelligence, animal welfare, and the ethics of smart farming

#8 - Kevin Mitchell: Free Will, Evolution of Agency, Control, Consciousness

#7 - Dalai Lama Conference in India: Animal Consciousness

#6 - Eva Jablonka: Epigenetics, Evolution, Consciousness, Israel and Palestine

#5 - Chapter 1 of A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness

#4 - Preview for A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness

#3 - Heather Browning: Zookeeping, Philosophy, Sentience, Animal Welfare, and AI

#2 - Why start a podcast?

#1 - Daniel C. Dennett: Consciousness, AI, Free Will, Evolution, & Religion