Loneliness and You

Axel Seemann
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Loneliness and You

A podcast on the research and experience of loneliness. In each episode, I have a conversation with a guest who has something interesting to say about loneliness, be it from an academic (and often philosophical), personal, or any other perspective. New episodes air every second Tuesday.

  1. JAN 21

    Loneliness and Ultramarathons

    Axel is joined by Ultrarunner John Kelly, who has completed both the Barkley Marathons and the Pennine Way, two of the world’s most challenging races, multiple times. Axel and John discuss loneliness as it relates to endurance athletics in extreme environments, how we experience reality while pushing the body to its limits, and the value of spending time in isolation. To read more about John’s racing, follow his blog at https://randomforestrunner.com/   Get in touch! Email: lonelinesspod@gmail.com Instagram/TikTok: @loneliness.pod

    33 min

  2. JAN 7

    Loneliness and the Funeral Home

    Axel is joined by mortician Victor M. Sweeney, who you may recognize as the death and mortuary expert from WIRED’s Tech Support and Technique Critique YouTube videos. Axel and Victor discuss loneliness as it relates to death, remembrance, and Victor’s mortuary work in a small community. In addition to his regular work as a funeral director, Victor is currently developing a podcast called "Death And"   NOTE: This conversation includes a discussion of death by suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, help is available. Call or text 988 in the U.S. or visit iasp.info to find a help line in your home country.   Get in touch! Email: lonelinesspod@gmail.com Instagram/TikTok: @loneliness.pod

    33 min

  3. 03/30/2024

    First Series Final

    This is the final episode of the first series of the podcast. I have a look at the conversations of the past year, try to identify some guiding threads, and create some connections. I also ramble on a fair bit about various philosophical questions. Please stay tuned - we'll be back in the autumn with the second series, in which we'll focus on the lived experience of loneliness.

    45 min

  4. 02/16/2024

    Melba Jensen

    My guest in this episode is Melba Jensen. Melba is a guide at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts. She previously taught 19th Century American Literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

    28 min

  5. 02/02/2024

    Richard Deming

    My guest in this episode is Richard Deming. Richard is the Director of Creative Writing at Yale University. He is a writer, critic, and scholar whose work explores the intersections of philosophy, literature, and visual culture. His recent book, This Exquisite Loneliness: What Loners, Outcasts, and the Misunderstood Can Teach Us About Creativity, is published with Viking.

    31 min

  6. 01/19/2024

    Tamara Kayali Browne

    My guest in this episode is Tamara Kayali Browne. Tamara is  Senior Lecturer in Health Ethics and Professionalism at Deakin University, Australia. She works in bioethics and the philosophy of medicine with a focus on reproductive technology (particularly ethical issues related to non-medical sex selection) and neuroethics (particularly ethical and philosophical issues related to diagnoses of mental illness). Her book, Depression and the Self: Meaning, Control, and Authenticity, is published with Cambridge University Press.

    27 min

  7. 01/05/2024

    Olya Kudina

    My guest in this episode is Olya Kudina. Olya is Assistant Professor in Ethics and Philosophy of Technology at TU Delft in the Netherlands. She explores moral questions through the lens of hermeneutics, pragmatism, and empirical philosophy and is particularly interested in AI ethics. Her new book, Moral Hermeneutics and Technology: Making Moral Sense through Human-Technology-World Relations, is published with Rowman & Littlefield. Her paper, “Alexa, who am I?”: Voice Assistants and Hermeneutic Lemniscate as the Technologically Mediated Sense‐Making, is in the journal Human Studies.

    32 min

  8. 12/22/2023

    Ulla Schmid

    My guest in this episode is Ulla Schmid. Ulla is a physician and philosopher. One of her interests, both in research and as a social worker and junior assistant in psychiatry, is addiction. Her recent paper, Alcohol and Loneliness: Their Entanglement and Social Constitution, is published in the journal Topoi.

    28 min
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About

A podcast on the research and experience of loneliness. In each episode, I have a conversation with a guest who has something interesting to say about loneliness, be it from an academic (and often philosophical), personal, or any other perspective. New episodes air every second Tuesday.

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  • Creator
    Axel Seemann
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    32
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Axel Seemann
  • Show Website
    Loneliness and You

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