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Intelligent thinking for turbulent times, from New Humanist magazine and the Rationalist Association. Interviews with writers, researchers and academics who speak to our age – on subjects including religion, belief, race, politics, sex, technology, science, work and more. Hosted by New Humanist editor Samira Shackle, deputy editor Niki Seth-Smith, and series producer Alice Bloch.

  1. Black Resistance and Racist Policing, with Adam Elliott-Cooper

    19/10/2021

    Black Resistance and Racist Policing, with Adam Elliott-Cooper

    Racism is not an externality to British policing but is integral to its history, says sociologist and ex-youth worker, Adam Elliott-Cooper. He tells Samira Shackle about the ideas behind his book ‘Black Resistance to British Policing’. Recognising racism as far more than just interpersonal or about prejudice alone, he connects it to colonialism and the state, and highlights the role of resistance - including by women of colour who have long championed justice and radical change. Plus: why the tendency in the UK to see racism as "something that happens somewhere else"? What’s obscured when we talk about “knife crime”? And why must we insist on continuing to talk about whiteness? Podcast listeners can get a year's subscription to New Humanist magazine for just £13.50. Head to newhumanist.org.uk/subscribe and enter the code WITHREASON Hosts: Samira Shackle and Alice Bloch Executive producer: Alice Bloch Sound engineer: David Crackles Music: Danosongs Reading list: ‘Black Resistance to British Policing’ (2021) Adam Elliott-Cooper  W.E.B Du Bois (1868-1963) collected works ‘Policing the Crisis: Mugging, the State, and Law and Order’ (1978) Stuart Hall et al. ‘Folk Devils and Moral Panics’, (1972) Stanley Cohen  ‘There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack’ (1987) Paul Gilroy ‘Women, Race and Class’ (1981) Angela Davis  Frantz Fanon (1925-1962) collected works  ‘And Still I Rise’ (2006) Doreen Lawrence  ‘Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays’ (1950) George Orwell  ‘Leviathan’ (1651) Thomas Hobbes  ‘On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life’ (2012) Sara Ahmed ‘Assembly’ (2021) Natasha Brown ‘In Search of Whiteness’ (2017), Lola Okolosie for New Humanist magazine, with Vron Ware

    45 min
  2. Quantum Physics & Philosophy, with Carlo Rovelli

    05/10/2021

    Quantum Physics & Philosophy, with Carlo Rovelli

    Carlo Rovelli, the globally celebrated physicist and bestselling storyteller of science, talks to Niki Seth-Smith about the history - and sheer wonder - of quantum theory. How did a feverish young man named Werner Heisenberg, working alone on the North Sea island of Helgoland in 1925, develop a radical insight that would shake the world of physics? What’s its legacy for how we think about the nature of reality and perception itself? And how does the ‘relational’ interpretation of quantum mechanics transform the way that we might see not only the physical world, but our relationships and politics, too? A fascinating conversation about collaboration and mentorship, our attachment to truth and certainty,  and the humbling power of science. Podcast listeners can get a year's subscription to New Humanist magazine for just £13.50. Head to newhumanist.org.uk/subscribe and enter the code WITHREASON Hosts: Niki Seth-Smith and Samira Shackle Exec producer: Alice Bloch Sound engineer: David Crackles Artwork: Christopher Wahl (photograph), Ed Dingli (artwork) Music: Danosongs Further reading: 'Helgoland' (2021), Carlo Rovelli 'There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness' (2020), Carlo Rovelli 'The Order of Time', (2018), Carlo Rovelli 'Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity' (2016) Carlo Rovelli 'Seven Brief Lessons on Physics' (2015), Carlo Rovelli '‘‘The beauty in physics is the kind of beauty that people have embodied in art’’ A Q&A with Frank Wilczek (2015) by Daniel Trilling, New Humanist magazine.

    41 min
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Intelligent thinking for turbulent times, from New Humanist magazine and the Rationalist Association. Interviews with writers, researchers and academics who speak to our age – on subjects including religion, belief, race, politics, sex, technology, science, work and more. Hosted by New Humanist editor Samira Shackle, deputy editor Niki Seth-Smith, and series producer Alice Bloch.