Media appearances

Our Philosophy researchers are regularly featured in the media, either showcasing their own research or providing expert opinions on current events.

2025

20-Jan

Rachael Wiseman

BBC R4’s Free Thinking to discuss ‘Common Sense’, 100 years since G. E. Moore’s famous essay.

BBC Radio 4

27-November	Dr Elena Teodora	Dr Elena Teodora Manea joins panel to discuss philosophy of death and dying	BBC Radio 4
03-November	Professor Phil Davis	Emeritus Professor Phil Davis discusses Charles Dickens’ Our Mutual Friend	BBC Radio 4
08-July	Robin McKenna	Non-Ideal Epistemology for The Dissenter podcast
20-May	Rachael Wiseman	BBC Radio 4 In Our Time Series
18-March	Tom Whyman	‘Print your own tickets, treat your own illnesses – welcome to DIY Britain’ in the Guardian
08-February	Vid Simoniti	Interview with Jasmina Cibic is in Outsider
04-February	Rachael Wiseman	Ireland’s U2X-Radio show, Elevation, to talk about Metaphysical Animals

2023

19-Nov	Tom Whyman	‘The latest Google phone promises to transform my children into perfect, smiling angels. Why would I want that?’ in the Guardian
10-Oct	Vid Simoniti	BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Series
12-July	Rachael Wiseman	BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Series
5-July	Vid Simoniti	BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Series
22-June	Rachael Wiseman	BBC Radio 4 In Our Time

2022

29-Nov	Dr Vid Simoniti	New Generation Thinker Dr Vid Simoniti discusses immersive art
11-May	Dr Vid Simoniti	Free Thinking, Soil
3-May	Dr Vid Simoniti	The Essay, New Generation Thinkers 2021
18-Feb	Dr Katherina Furman	Discuss latest ideas in Arts, Sustainability and Climate Change as Public Lectures in the Arts returns

2021

30-Nov	Professor Thomas Schramme	How Does it Feel? Interpersonal Understanding and Empathy
2-Sep	Dr Vid Simoniti	New audiobook celebrates BBC New Generation Thinkers
18-Mar	Dr Vid Simoniti	2021 New Generation Thinkers Announced
17-Mar	Dr Vid Simoniti	Dr Vid Simoniti interviewed about New Generation Thinkers research
16-Mar	Elizabeth Ventham	Impact of Gender Recognition Act
11-Mar	Dr Vid Simoniti	Prof Vid Simoniti (Philosophy) on AI creating artworks
9-Mar	Dr Rachael Wiseman	Word Image Power Events
4-Feb	Dr Katherine Furman	Why Covid dissidents need to be understood, not demonised

2020

4-Nov	Professor Michael Hauskeller	Professor Michael Hauskeller joins for a discussion around life and death in the era of Covid
11-Aug	Professor Barry Dainton	If our reality is a video game, does that solve the problem of evil?
30-Mar	Professor Michael Hauskeller	If We Can Make Animals Smarter, Should We?
21-Jan	Dr Daniel Hill	The problem with regulating marriage
8-Jan	Dr Daniel Hill	Marriages and civil partnerships are regulated by the government – here’s why that’s a problem
2-Jan	Robin McKenna	Climate change: three ways to market the science to reach the sceptics

2019

16/12/2019	Robin McKenna	Climate change: three ways to market the science to reach the sceptics	The Conversation
08/10/2019	Michael Hauskeller	It’s a mad world: but these great thinkers may help you understand the current political mess	The Conversation
16/07/2019	Rachel Wiseman	Vintage unveils postcard campaign and special editions for 'trailblazing' Murdoch's centenary	The Bookseller
26/06/2019	Rachel Wiseman	Dr Rachael Wiseman (Department of Philosophy) interviewed about ‘integrity’	BBC radio 4
20/06/2019	Michael Hauskeller	Professor Michael Hauskeller (Philosophy) interviewed about the quest for eternal life	Sky News
28/05/2019	Rachel Wiseman	Iris Murdoch Centenary	TRE Radio 1
07/1/2019	Yiota Vassilipoulou	Mention of a joint Department of Philosophy and NHS event called ‘Thinking Matters’ taking place next week	Radio Merseyside