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Thales' Well

A podcast exploring Philosophy, Politics, Current Affairs, Literature and Film.

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On Cormac McCarthy with Julius Greve

On Cormac McCarthy with Julius Greve

I discuss American novelist Cormac McCarthy with literary scholar Dr Julius Greve. Cormac McCarthy is known for his ofte... Read more

17 Feb 2020

48mins

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On Difference and Repetition with David Deamer

On Difference and Repetition with David Deamer

Dave is back! We speak again about French philosopher Gilles Deleuze. This time we try to crack one of his most famous w... Read more

21 Feb 2020

1hr 6mins

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On Nietzsche with Lars Iyer

On Nietzsche with Lars Iyer

I had tremendous fun talking to philosopher and novelist Lars Iyer. We discussed Nietzsche in light of Lars' new novel N... Read more

14 Jan 2020

59mins

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Will Large teaches Patrick about Heidegger

Will Large teaches Patrick about Heidegger

Here Dr William Large from the University of Gloucestershire talks about one book, Martin Heidegger's magnum opus, Being... Read more

10 Aug 2018

56mins

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Deleuze and Cinema with David Deamer

Deleuze and Cinema with David Deamer

Here I talked with my friend Dr David Deamer about French Philosopher Gilles Deleuze. Dave explains to me what Deleuze w... Read more

17 Aug 2018

1hr 7mins

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On Religion and Violence with Felix O'Murchadha

On Religion and Violence with Felix O'Murchadha

This month I spoke to Prof. Felix O’Murchadha of the National University of Ireland at Galway about religion and violenc... Read more

3 Jan 2020

1hr 6mins

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On Social Work with Joe Smeeton

On Social Work with Joe Smeeton

This month I am talking to Joe Smeeton. We had a brilliant chat about the nature of social work, anxiety, risk, child pr... Read more

29 Nov 2019

55mins

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On Levinas with Will Large

On Levinas with Will Large

I spoke with Will Large about the Jewish philosopher Emmanual Levinas.  Levinas is a philosopher who had a unique concep... Read more

29 Oct 2019

1hr 8mins

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On Shame with Luna Dolezal

On Shame with Luna Dolezal

This month I am talking with Dr Luna Dolezal from the University of Exeter. Luna is Senior Lecturer in Medical Humanitie... Read more

28 Sep 2019

55mins

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On Denial, Conspiracy and Post-Truth with Keith Kahn-Harris

On Denial, Conspiracy and Post-Truth with Keith Kahn-Harris

This week I discuss the nature of denial, post-truth, and conspiracy theories with Dr Keith Kahn-Harris. We ended up tal... Read more

30 Nov 2018

55mins

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On Dirt with Olli Lagerspetz

On Dirt with Olli Lagerspetz

This week I am talking to Olli Lagerspetz about his recent book A Philosophy of Dirt (Reaktion, 2018). This book is a fa... Read more

23 Nov 2018

57mins

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On Metaphysics, Objects and Decent Politics with Graham Harman

On Metaphysics, Objects and Decent Politics with Graham Harman

This week I had a fantastic conversation with Prof. Graham Harman about his unique theory of Object-Oriented Philosophy.... Read more

16 Nov 2018

1hr 12mins

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On Forensic Linguistics with David Wright

On Forensic Linguistics with David Wright

This week I am talking about forensic linguistics with Dr David Wright from Nottingham Trent University. We chatted abou... Read more

2 Nov 2018

57mins

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Horror, Ghosts and Monsters with Sorcha Ní Fhlainn

Horror, Ghosts and Monsters with Sorcha Ní Fhlainn

This week, as we approach All Hallows Eve, we turn to the ghastly, the monstrous,  the shocking, the ghoulish, the spook... Read more

26 Oct 2018

1hr 2mins

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On US Politics, Edmund Burke and Trump with Michael Baranowski

On US Politics, Edmund Burke and Trump with Michael Baranowski

With the upcoming US elections I thought it would be a good time to see what a political philosopher has to say about it... Read more

19 Oct 2018

1hr

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