# Within Reason

A podcast by Alex J O'Connor. 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.

Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/10a220e88/podcast/rss

## Latest episodes

- [#167 There is No Ultimate Reality - Carlo Rovelli](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/3dcab98ce6bd) (2026-10-18, 99 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO1703067627.mp3
- [#166 Are Plants Conscious? - Michael Pollan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/0e2497dc8b36) (2026-09-27, 90 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO3718929540.mp3
- [#165 Buddhist Emptiness Explained - Jan Westerhoff](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/69e560581d13) (2026-08-31, 105 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO9590170057.mp3
- [#164 The Chosen Creator: Putting Words in Jesus' Mouth?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/79ff03cd5ae0) (2026-08-09, 135 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8296987992.mp3
- [#163 Religion is an Obligation - Ross Douthat](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/d2b3b05e0804) (2026-07-31, 109 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO9408041615.mp3
- [#162 Two Million Subscriber QnA](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/83ae3a1d6e09) (2026-07-30, 52 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6717617515.mp3
- [#161 What’s the Point of Going Back to the Moon? Chris Hadfield -](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/bcc469a057ed) (2026-07-15, 57 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO1592457664.mp3
- [#160 Every Theory of Consciousness - Robert Lawrence Kuhn](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/54d75ea99f82) (2026-07-02, 141 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4058620164.mp3
- [#159 Aristotle: The World's Greatest Philosopher?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/bb4827fea6ba) (2026-06-25, 85 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7078187970.mp3
- [#158 Could Consciousness Be an Illusion?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/f1d901a36861) (2026-06-18, 128 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7785345305.mp3
- [#157 How a Blind Man Sees the World - Tommy Edison](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/58662b5b74d3) (2026-06-08, 65 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5721484829.mp3
- [#156 Mysticism: The Heretics Who Got Too Close to God - Simon Critchley](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/e269240e27fb) (2026-05-26, 78 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5295442695.mp3
- [#155 AI Music is Not Music - Adam Neely](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/e0fa505fcd79) (2026-05-13, 118 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8567909826.mp3
- [#154 Happiness: Epicurus' Ancient Guide - Jonny Thomson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/8ad2e2419ac5) (2026-05-04, 109 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO9366028483.mp3
- [#153 If Anyone Builds It, EVERYONE Dies - AI Expert on Superintelligence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/08b437619ecc) (2026-04-26, 96 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8838750537.mp3
- [#152 Why AI Will Never Be Conscious](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/5ec0605cc470) (2026-04-20, 102 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8828466610.mp3
- [#151 John Lennox - What Nearly Dying Taught Me About God](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/4740102bc22e) (2026-04-13, 79 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2871079895.mp3
- [#150 Materialist AND Panpsychism are True - Galen Strawson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/39c87eec350f) (2026-04-08, 58 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4651472335.mp3
- [#149 My Problem With C.S. Lewis - Philip Pullman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/2559544b667f) (2026-04-02, 87 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO1614932014.mp3
- [#148 Blaise Pascal: Philosopher, Mathematician, Genius - Graham Tomlin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/0c8d2adfbfed) (2026-03-25, 95 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5829740717.mp3
- [#147 What is PURE Consciousness? - Thomas Metzinger](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/334800d195db) (2026-03-18, 124 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO9406914426.mp3
- [#146 The Most Complicated Thing in the Universe: What is the Brain?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/d486461dc98b) (2026-03-08, 145 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO3109561046.mp3
- [#145 The Algorithm is God Now - The Etymology Nerd](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/ccdb833bcd75) (2026-03-04, 76 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7519606283.mp3
- [#144 Sam Harris - Spirituality for Atheists.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/c7e150a6076b) (2026-02-25, 113 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO3137400688.mp3
- [#143 Hinduism, Consciousness and Advaita Vedanta - Swami Sarvapriyananda](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/8b22fc23ea7d) (2026-02-16, 116 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO1413790090.mp3
- [Atheist Slogans You Should Stop Using - Joe Schmid](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/d467fb32bd2e) (2026-02-08, 176 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7733442304.mp3
- [#141 Stoicism: Everything You Need to (Actually) Know - John Sellars](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/b09c09bb2e35) (2026-02-03, 102 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2291354194.mp3
- [#140 Sean Carroll - The Limits of Scientific Explanation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/d15bed1a1374) (2026-01-26, 80 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5760730709.mp3
- [#139 David Bentley Hart - All Things Are Full of Gods](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/13f3ff38a9bd) (2026-01-18, 110 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4117422755.mp3
- [#138 Rhett McLaughlin - How to Save Christianity From Christians](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/7b2719626d8b) (2026-01-11, 96 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4072439841.mp3
- [#137 Debunking Arguments for God - Graham Oppy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/bc80e0518cc3) (2026-01-04, 101 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5900520029.mp3
- [#136 Why Did The World Get So Ugly? - Alain de Botton](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/131119c9a861) (2025-12-26, 60 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6794310679.mp3
- [#135 Christmas Isn't What You Think - John Nelson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/3951592ed85c) (2025-12-20, 80 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7954179247.mp3
- [1.75m QnA - Triangles, Getting Owned by GodLogic, and Douglas Adams' Puddle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/1b469be95279) (2025-12-19, 63 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5399798820.mp3
- [#133 Hank Green on God, Science, and Consciousness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/30058d271650) (2025-12-07, 133 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2819461748.mp3
- [#132 Vsauce - Does Anything Exist?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/799bab26dd1f) (2025-11-30, 95 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7025101238.mp3
- [#131 Toby Ord - Will AI Destroy Humanity?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/d8228718c207) (2025-11-27, 62 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO3793536787.mp3
- [#130 Philip Goff - Why I'm a Heretical Christian](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/64f91fb5ea34) (2025-11-16, 79 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4462800710.mp3
- [#129 Will MacAskill - We're Not Ready for Artificial General Intelligence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/df98024f5c42) (2025-11-09, 80 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8516696908.mp3
- [#128 Bernardo Kastrup - Materialism is Complete Nonsense](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/69dd2fbca619) (2025-11-02, 115 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6443407957.mp3
- [#127 Bear Grylls - Retelling Jesus' Life as a Thriller](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/1eab1ed2880d) (2025-10-26, 62 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5502980639.mp3
- [#126 Was Jesus an Ancient Magician? - Religion for Breakfast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/ae47717de6ab) (2025-10-19, 72 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10a220e88/podcast/play/109875587/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-19%2Fc076e2f9-e033-e135-1b16-59ec7f5cdc80.mp3
- [#125 Emily Qureshi-Hurst - Does God Know What Time It Is?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/eab339f8c312) (2025-10-12, 63 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10a220e88/podcast/play/109557865/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-12%2Fbc9f1074-001d-3327-257f-1b6ccf5422c7.mp3
- [#124 Sisyphus 55 - So You're Having an Existential Crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/6100a19f0c10) (2025-10-05, 92 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10a220e88/podcast/play/109253935/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-5%2F408715742-44100-2-5990c66fcc1df07f.mp3
- [#123 Candida Moss - Were Early Christians Really Persecuted by Rome?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/ff0b697c95c8) (2025-09-28, 82 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10a220e88/podcast/play/109253932/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-5%2F408715748-44100-2-d5d3fce3975a4294.mp3
- [#122 Robert Greene - Near-Death Experiences and the Mind Apart From the Brain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/b7e1e6c04839) (2025-09-21, 84 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10a220e88/podcast/play/109253892/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-5%2F408715668-44100-2-f352f33660e50d0a.mp3
- [#121 John Cottingham - The Father of Modern Philosophy: René Descartes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/0246682debe8) (2025-09-16, 101 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10a220e88/podcast/play/109253905/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-5%2F408715653-44100-2-2c0bb34bc128daf8.mp3
- [#120 Brant Pitre - Jesus DID Claim to be God](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/8b79e7bdfabb) (2025-09-10, 120 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10a220e88/podcast/play/109253937/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-5%2F408715705-44100-2-c43c44afe7a6503c.mp3
- [#119 Jim Al-Khalili - The Strange World of Quantum Physics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/35ed010f3942) (2025-09-01, 66 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10a220e88/podcast/play/109253923/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-5%2F408715755-44100-2-4803c43ae5c87973.mp3
- [#118 Joe Folley - Everything You Need to Know About Logic](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1458675168/befeb9a2c3e3) (2025-08-24, 94 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10a220e88/podcast/play/109253924/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-5%2F408715723-44100-2-e9c31661acd60794.mp3

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