66 episodes

For the curious.

A philosophy podcast that sometimes flirts with other disciplines, Within Reason has featured guests including Richard Dawkins, Douglas Murray, William Lane Craig, Peter Singer, Konstantin Kisin, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Within Reason Alex J O'Connor

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

For the curious.

A philosophy podcast that sometimes flirts with other disciplines, Within Reason has featured guests including Richard Dawkins, Douglas Murray, William Lane Craig, Peter Singer, Konstantin Kisin, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

    #66 Coleman Hughes - Should We Take Race Out of Politics?

    #66 Coleman Hughes - Should We Take Race Out of Politics?

    Coleman Hughes is an American writer and podcast host. He is the author of "The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America".

    • 59 min
    #65 Esoterica - The History of Yahweh

    #65 Esoterica - The History of Yahweh

    Justin Sledge is currently a part-time professor of philosophy and religion at several institutions in the Metro-Detroit area and a popular local educator. His YouTube channel is "Esoterica".

    • 1 hr 44 min
    #64 Rory Stewart - We Are Addicted to a Sense of Crisis

    #64 Rory Stewart - We Are Addicted to a Sense of Crisis

    Rory Stewart is a former UK Government minister, MP, and deputy governor in Iraq following the western invasion. He walked on foot for two years across Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India and Nepal in 2002. He was a private tutor to both Prince William and Prince Harry. He now co-hosts The Rest is Politics with Alastair Campbell, one of the UK's most popular shows.

    • 1 hr 9 min
    #63 A.C. Grayling - Who Will Own the Moon?

    #63 A.C. Grayling - Who Will Own the Moon?

    A.C. Grayling is a British philosopher and author. In 2011 he founded and became the first Master of New College of the Humanities, an independent undergraduate college in London.

    Buy "Who Owns the Moon?" here.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    #62 750,000 Subscriber QnA

    #62 750,000 Subscriber QnA

    Thank you all for 750,000 subscribers on YouTube!

    • 34 min
    #61 Sam Harris - Can Science Determine Moral Values?

    #61 Sam Harris - Can Science Determine Moral Values?

    Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, New York Times best-selling author, host of Making Sense, and creator of Waking Up.

    • 2 hr 55 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
1.2K Ratings

1.2K Ratings

Part-Time Barbarian ,

Episode on Yahweh

Love the show. Love Alex, even as a Christian. I really appreciate his reasonableness and fairness.

I hope he brings on someone to foil the latest episode on The History of Yahweh. If not, NT Wright’s “Christian Origins and the Question of God” series serves as a great foil to the Documentary Hypothesis/Evolution of Religion theory that he was proposing. This has been largely rendered obsolete but still holds on in some American institutions and maybe popular still by guys like Bart Ehrman. Mike F Bird of Ridley College would also be a great foil, to name just one. OT scholars like John Walton or John C Collins are more great foils.

Loved the episode nonetheless

BZaha ,

Ham Sarris takedown

Proper philosopher gives Sam a proper asswhooping.

Bdcanuck ,

Peter Hitchens has convinced me that caffeine is a dangerous drug that we should criminalize!

Put down the Earl Grey, Pete!

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