The face we give the devil is a mirror of our times
For centuries, Satan was a terrifying figure. The hit TV show "Lucifer" shows how far we’ve come.
Ideas
Escaping the logic of work, w/ Mareile Pfannebecker
We talk to the co-author of "Work Want Work: Labour and Desire at the End of Capitalism" on how the logic of labour dominates our lives, and how we might…
Does the left have a problem with empathy?
In our polarised political landscape, it's hard to love our enemies. New evidence suggests that the left find it especially challenging to empathise with the right.
Sensuous knowledge and black feminism, w/ Minna Salami
In this fourth episode of With Reason, we talk to Minna Salami about her bold new book "Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone" and its radical call to…
The symbolic power of charity, w/ Jon Dean
How does charity operate in the real world? We talk to sociologist Jon Dean about giving and the "good glow", from the wave of Covid-19 volunteering to the new fear…
Taking sex robots seriously w/ Kate Devlin
Will future sex tech be more inclusive? What role should robotics play in human relationships? We talk to the author of "Turned On: Science, Sex and Robots" about her research…
Faith, fraternity and the Orange Order, w/ Joe Webster
Anthropologist Joseph Webster discusses his research amongst Protestant groups in Scotland, including the Orange Order. We talk apocalypse and conspiracy, faith and fraternity, hate and masculinity.
Age of anger: The winter New Humanist
Out now – featuring Richard Scorer on the QAnon conspiracy cult, Nicola Cutcher on the left’s empathy blindspot and Evan Smith on the free speech myth.
Should trees have lawyers?
Around the world, campaigners are successfully arguing that mountains, trees and rivers should have legal rights.
“Digital monsters are our contemporary folklore”
Momo, the Slender Man, a jpg that drives its viewers insane: the online world is crawling with monsters. Dr Vivian Asimos has made it her mission to understand them.