It wasn't really that the BBC wouldn't find it - but frustration at how difficult it was to get philosophy programmes commissioned. After Philosophy Bites appeared, it became easier!

Phlexible Philosophy@phlexphilosophy.bsky.social · 3w ago

The BBC wouldn’t fund it. So @davidedmonds100.bsky.social and @nigelwarburton.bsky.social did it themselves. @philosophybites.bsky.social launched independently in 2007. 49 million downloads later — turns out the world was ready. 🎙️Episode: youtu.be/ymK8WuQdGms?... #podcast #philosophybites

Would you ruin your £200 Nikes to save a drowning child? Most say yes. So why don’t we donate that same money to save a child dying across the world? @davidedmonds100.bsky.social breaks down one of the most powerful thought experiments in philosophy. Episode Link👇 youtu.be/ymK8WuQdGms?...

90 years ago today. The Murder of Professor Schlick

Q.90. Which philosopher wrote: “I believe that there is only one excuse for a lecture: to challenge. It is the only way in which speech is better than print.”

David Edmonds@davidedmonds100.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Q.89. Which philosopher wrote: ‘If someone has mastered one subject, it usually has made him a complete amateur in most other subjects; but people judge just the reverse ..”

(Thank you.) Here's the latest Philosophy Bites, on humans and 'mattering'.

@dwmalone.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A very nice @philosophybites.bsky.social on mattering with @davidedmonds100.bsky.social . Pulls on lots of nice threads. philosophybites.com/podcast/rebe...

Patti Smith’s M Train. Pretty cool

Three tasty Bites. Carissa Veliz on AI and predictions philosophybites.com/podcast/cari... Monima Chadha on Buddhism and Responsibility philosophybites.com/podcast/moni... and at Social Science Bites, Daniel Yon on the scientific brain www.socialsciencespace.com/2026/06/dani...

Two telegrams to Karl Popper

Q.89. Which philosopher wrote: ‘If someone has mastered one subject, it usually has made him a complete amateur in most other subjects; but people judge just the reverse ..”

David Edmonds@davidedmonds100.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Q.88 “We really live in a great time for thinking, with Einstein, Freud and Wittgenstein all alive, and all in Germany or Austria, those foes of civilization,” said which philosopher?

Q.88 “We really live in a great time for thinking, with Einstein, Freud and Wittgenstein all alive, and all in Germany or Austria, those foes of civilization,” said which philosopher?

David Edmonds@davidedmonds100.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Q.87. Which philosopher wrote, "If I have a philosophy of life, it is to keep living until I drop. "

Parfit and Buddhism. tricycle.org/article/dere...

Beyond the Glass Tunnel

Buddhist teachings find unexpected resonance in the work of British philosopher Derek Parfit.

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Don't worry - nobody's paying you that much attention. The latest Social Science Bites is with Tom Gilovich, covering, among other things, The Spotlight Effect.

Sage@sagepub.com · 3mo ago

You’re not under a microscope – you just think you are. Cornell professor Tom Gilovich breaks down the spotlight effect and why we regret what we didn’t do in this month’s episode of the Social Science Bites podcast. Listen here: www.socialsciencespace.com/2026/05/tom-...

Hilarious. The reggae version of Wittgenstein’s Poker!

Jonathan Calder@lordbonkers.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Liberal England: Karl Popper, Ludwig Wittgenstein and a wicked reggae beat #philsky

The Blue Corridor at Eton has pictures of famous alumni - like these 4

Ludwig Wittgenstein was born on this date in 1889. For our episode back in 2007, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Zoe Corneli, to look beyond the philosopher at #Wittgenstein the man with @davidedmonds100.bsky.social, co-author of "Wittgenstein's Poker." youtu.be/j0Ze4lFwc9o?... #PhilSky

Ludwig Wittgenstein: Roving Philosophical Report

YouTube video by Philosophy Talk

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Just finished the audiobook of @davidedmonds100.bsky.social's biography of Derek Parfit. Very much enjoyed it, both for the personal angle and the accessible summaries of various philosophical debates. I guess now I have to add "Wittgenstein's Poker" to my list, because that one also sounds great.

Parfit

From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein’s Poker, an entertaining and illuminating biography of a brilliant philosopher who tried to rescue morality from nihilism

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"Which piece of social science research has most inspired or influenced you?" Host @davidedmonds100.bsky.social asks this question to every guest on the Social Science Bites podcast. Hear @dacemoglumit.bsky.social, @safiyanoble.bsky.social and more answer: www.socialsciencespace.com/2026/04/whos...

Q.87. Which philosopher wrote, "If I have a philosophy of life, it is to keep living until I drop. "

David Edmonds@davidedmonds100.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Q.86 Which philosopher said of All Souls College Oxford that “It’s like living on an island on an island on an island”?

The Philosophy Bites podcast has now had over 50 million unique episode downloads!

Looking forward to speaking about public philosophy this evening with my Philosophy Bites co-podcaster ⁦‪@DavidEdmonds100‬⁩ 7.30pm London #GoodPhilosophyMatters 2026 - British Philosophical Association bpa.ac.uk/philosophyma...

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Philosophy Bites Podcast

Top philosophers interviewed on bite-sized topics

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A series of events today to promote philosophy - at Senate House bpa.ac.uk/philosophyma... I'll be in conversation with @nigelwarburton.bsky.social

The conversation turned to the applicants for a chair at Oxford. Sir Peter [Strawson] groaned about one applicant: “Do I really have to read his boring book?” he asked; to which Sir Freddie [Ayer] replied: “I don’t see why, he didn’t even go to a proper school.” Anecdote from S.Haack (RIP)

Dutch interview!

Kees Kraaijeveld@keeskraaijeveld.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Kijk! @volkskrant interviewt @davidedmonds100.bsky.social over zijn nieuwe boek. #deathinashallowpond @petersinger.info www.volkskrant.nl/boeken/een-i...

Tomorrow (8 Mar) at 11:00 am GMT, see @davidedmonds100.bsky.social, author of Death in a Shallow Pond, at @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk! He'll discuss Peter Singer’s "drowning child" thought experiment and how it reshaped debates on global poverty. This is a free, in-person event: buff.ly/5v3kZzk

FULLY FUNDED PHDs IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY I'm looking for *two* PhD students to join my ERC project on refugee-led approaches to displacement justice. The positions are funded for four years, and you get to join our lovely community in Bristol. Please share widely! philjobs.org/job/show/30997

The latest Philosophy Bites on Decolonising India philosophybites.com/podcast/taru...

The latest Social Science Bites on Common Knowledge and a puzzle about spinach. www.socialsciencespace.com/about-social...

Social Science Bites - Social Science Space

The Social Science Bites podcast hosts bite-size interviews with leading social scientists. Each episode offers a unique perspective on how our social […]

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Next week, 8 Mar at 11:00 am GMT, see @davidedmonds100.bsky.social, author of Death in a Shallow Pond, at @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk! He'll discuss Peter Singer’s "drowning child" thought experiment and how it reshaped debates on global poverty. This is a free, in-person event: buff.ly/5v3kZzk

If you’re in Oxford this weekend, don’t miss this free event in the Philosophy in the Bookshop series I run @blackwelloxford.bsky.social