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Children's impossible questions addressed by the greatest minds in philosophy. With jokes.Hosted by philosopher Christabel Cane and comedian Steve Cross.
Clever Make Funny Productions Ltd hosts Philosophy Playdate, a society show with 12 episodes published.
This week, our hosts ransack the bookshelf of the prototypical edgy teenager to answer ‘What makes a good leader?’. Steve and Christabel start off strong with the classics: Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, Thomas Hobbes
Show notesThis week, Steve and Christabel respond to Max, who asks ‘What is it like to be a dog?’ Christabel tells us of Thomas Nagel’s seminal paper ‘What is it like to be a bat?’ and his sceptical answer. This leads discussion t
Show notesSteve and Christabel set off to bravely go where no one has gone before to answer this week’s question: ‘Who looks after outer space?’ but due to the Kessler effect, they spend most of the episode bumping around in low-E
Show notesIn this episode, Steve and Christabel sit down with author, podcaster and capricious god Iszi Lawrence to discover how to impart big ideas to small humans. She lets us in on the intoxicating power (and crushing burden) o
Show notesThis week, Steve and Christabel take irony, malapropisms and poetry to task in their quest to find the meaning of meaning. To begin, they survey a couple of naïve theories; the reference theory, and John Locke’s idea the
Show notesCan we be in the same family again? This week’s question was posed by Ralph, who – after losing a beloved family dog – asked if he, his pet and his parents could ever be born into the same family again. Casting around fo
Show notesUsually when Steve’s daughter asks why she has to wear a bike helmet whilst he doesn’t (tut tut), Steve responds “Because your head is important, and mine is not.” However, over the course of this episode, Steve’s head i
Show notesThis episode sees Steve and Christabel explore a topic that has fascinated philosophers for centuries in their attempt to answer Steve’s daughter's question “Is your brain a separate thing that tells you to do things?”.
Show notesContent note: extensive discussion of death, mortality and loss. This week’s episode is an existential crisis courtesy of Steve's daughter, who asks “When will I die?”. This triggers a brief discussion of the chic contin
Show notesIn this episode, Steve and Christabel smash through Marxian false consciousness as they answer this week’s question: “Why do people make the same bad choice again and again?”. The duo embark on a heroes’ journey through
Show notesTo answer this week’s question, “Am I too perfect?” Steve and Christabel begin with a brief survey of a selection of religious conceptions of human perfection. This takes them from the contemplation of fitra in Sufi Isla
Show notesThis week, Steve and Christabel try their best to avoid suffering the fate of John William Dunne, who was laughed out of metaphysics circles for proposing that time is an infinite layer cake. In fact, in answering this w
Show notesThis week Christabel is on a mission to convince us that navy blue is the objectively best colour. In her efforts to do this, she enlists the help of Immanuel Kant, and his distinction between things that are capital B B
Show notesFor the very first episode of Philosophy Playdate, Steve and Christabel tackle a fresh new take on the trolley problem, provided by a 7-year-old nascent ethicist. Her question was: “If there was a switch that turned all
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Philosophy Playdate is hosted by Clever Make Funny Productions Ltd. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 12 episodes.
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