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The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast

Jack Symes | Andrew Horton, Oliver Marley, and Rose de Castellane

An 'informal and informative' philosophy podcast inspiring and supporting students, teachers, academics and free-thinkers worldwide. All episodes are available at Support The Panpsycast and...

Episodes

20 of 382 episodes

The End of The Panpsycast

Hey everyone, Today I have to break some sad news. After ten years of The Panpsycast, we have taken the difficult decision to bring the show...

02:50Aug 23, 2026

Episode 163, The Battle for Reality with Slavoj Zizek, Sabine Hossenfelder, Rowan Williams, and William Lane Craig

Hey Everyone, I'm delighted to present our third and final live show from The Mystery of Existence series at the Royal Institution Theatre,...

01:32:19Aug 9, 2026

Episode 162, Animal Consciousness with Peter Godfrey-Smith

Hey everyone, Jack here with another special episode – my recent conversation with Peter Godfrey-Smith, Professor in the School of History a...

46:12Jul 26, 2026

Episode 161, The Story of Everything Debate, with William Lane Craig, Jessica Frazier, Philip Goff, and Joe Folley

This week's episode is a live debate we hosted recently at The Royal Institution Theatre in London. The topic is 'The Story of Everything' –...

01:46:04Jul 12, 2026

Episode 160, Jack Symes vs Philip Goff

Welcome to a special Episode 160 – a conversation / debate between Jack Symes and Philip Goff. Philip Goff and Jack Symes have known each ot...

01:21:55Jun 28, 2026

Episode 159, The Rowan Williams Interview

This episode brings together Jack and Rowan Williams, the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury and one of the world's most distinguished theologia...

52:09Jun 14, 2026

Episode 158, Live Debate: Alex O'Connor x William Lane Craig

This episode brings together two leading voices in philosophy of religion: William Lane Craig, one of the world's foremost Christian apologi...

01:50:57May 31, 2026

Episode 157, 'Jesus' Physical Appearance' with John Nelson

"Hey, it's Jack here – I'm still out in the van writing up my travel book. The wind and rain coming down hard in France, as you might hear i...

51:09May 17, 2026

Episode 156, 'Epicurus – Worst Philosopher Ever?' with Jonny Thomson

Hey everyone, it's Jack here. I'm still out in the camper van writing a travel book – I'm really excited to share more on this soon. At the...

45:53May 3, 2026

Episode 155, 'On Veganism' with Earthling Ed

Hey, it's Jack here – I'm currently in the snowy hills of Switzerland, recording this from the back of my campervan, so forgive the audio qu...

57:42Apr 19, 2026

Episode 154, 'African Philosophy of Religion' with Aribiah David Attoe (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

The meaning of life is, as Albert Camus put it, the most urgent question in philosophy – the one on which everything else depends. Yet, when...

28:37Apr 5, 2026

Episode 154, 'African Philosophy of Religion' with Aribiah David Attoe (Part I – The Meaning of Life)

The meaning of life is, as Albert Camus put it, the most urgent question in philosophy – the one on which everything else depends. Yet, when...

31:10Mar 22, 2026

Episode 153, 'Beautiful Veganism' with Vid Simoniti

Hello, it's Jack here! I'm excited to share that I'll soon be launching a new YouTube video series, interviewing previous guests from The Pa...

52:21Mar 8, 2026

Episode 152, 'God, Consciousness, and Fundamental Reality' with Philip Goff, David Godman, and Miri Albahari (Part II - Further Analysis and Discussion)

The supreme being of classical theism is unlimited in power, knowledge, and goodness – a being distinct from the world, who creates it out o...

46:30Feb 22, 2026

Episode 152, 'God, Consciousness, and Fundamental Reality' with Philip Goff, David Godman, and Miri Albahari (Part I - The Debate)