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Melanie Challenger
Author of How to Be Animal: a new history of what it means to be human
Melanie Challenger is a writer and broadcaster on environmental history, philosophy of biology, and bioethics. She is Deputy Co-Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and a Vice President of the RSPCA. She hosts the podcast The Psychosphere on agency and intelligence in nature.
Melanie Challenger is a writer and broadcaster on environmental history, philosophy of biology, and bioethics. She is Deputy Co-Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and a Vice President of the RSPCA. She hosts the podcast The Psychosphere on agency and intelligence in nature.
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Could sex robots be good for us?
In defense of sex machines
The Secret History of Cool
Joel Dinerstein | Coolness as racial resistance
Love Story
Can love only be known in short doses?
Paradise Lost?
Is civilisation leaving us discontented?
The Secret Life of Desire
Is desire a consequence of scarcity and denial?
Is Big Data A Big Mistake?
The stories left behind Big Data
The Weird and the Wonderful
Why does interest in spirituality continue to grow?
Love Me Tinder
What does love look like in the digital age?
Sex and Love in the Digital Age
What impact is digital technology having on our relationships?
Sex Robots and Love Machines
Are sex robots a threat to human relationships?
The Chemistry of Desire
Is love an evolutionary trick?
Venus In Furs
Sadomasochism and the Limits of Sexuality
The Future of Sex Robots and Relationships
Kate Devlin | Could robots fix our erotic lives?
The Case Against Marriage
Bella DePaulo | The single life can be fulfilling
Sex Machines
The place of sex in our lives
Love, Life and Being Free
Do we need lifelong love to be happy?
Myself and Others
Are we more alive when we are alone?
A Fairytale Romance
Do we need relationships to thrive?
Culture Shock
Have we run out of radical ideas?
Desire, Dreams and Happiness
Can we ever arrive?
The Dark and the Digital
Cyberbullying, Trolling & Free Speech
Is Facebook Evil?
Digital oligopolies need to be broken up
What's Love Got To Do With It?
Simon May | We are infatuated with romance
Vanity, Victory and Vice
Is narcissism an effective life strategy?
In Search of Safety
Is the world as dangerous as it seems?
The New Romantics
Not Only Rock 'n' Roll
Looking back at the 60s cultural revolution
Glory Versus Passion
Is there more to life than success?
21st Century Cults
How do they come about?
Is Love Real?
Rethinking romance
Vanity Fair
Is narcissism a virtue that we need more of?
The End of Romance?
Time to chuck out this modern invention
Living Differently
Embracing new romantic norms
Fantasy Living
Are we happy with reality?
The Death Drive
The car crash as a 20th century phenomenon
Thinking and Being
Philosophy in Life and Experience
Noble Ancestors and Modern Selves
Is civilisation a myth?
Don Cupitt on Progress
Socrates vs. Jesus
Who would have the X-Factor today?
The Dark Side of Success
Why it doesn’t bring you happiness
Childhood's End
Dreamland
How to live your life
This Extraordinary World
Live Fast, Die Young
Should we take more risks?
Tiger Mothers and Cultural Success
Is work bad for the soul?
Screw the Fairytale
21st century love: say bye to weddings and family?
Family Futures
The rise of the post-nuclear family
The End of the University
Can the digital revolution offer the solution to the problems of our educational system?
The Never-Ending Journey
The myth of the nomad
Living Dangerously
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How education embedded inequality
How liberals left liberty behind
We can’t tame big tech
The legacy of Charles Mills
Can the state know what's best?
Why taking offence is good
The power of utopia
The power of apocalypse
The future of male identity
Buy stuff, end capitalism?
Defending freedom will be the downfall of the US
We shouldn't fear genetic differences
In defence of hierarchy
The family's threat to justice
The dangers of Davos and the global social contract
Democracy and the polarization trap
The political power of your body
The Ethics of Online Communication
Beyond envy's dark side
Ukraine alone won't save democracy
The most important book Marx never wrote
We must imitate Zelensky, not just admire him
Political labels are a farce
The philosophers behind Putin
Ukraine is not about territory, it's about identity
Liberal democracies can't solve climate change
How Macron polarized politics, and won
Prosecuting war crimes is not the answer
Fundamental rights and the limits of democracy
Musk's town square will be chaos