Episodios

  • The Hidden Side of Cancer, Part 1: The Language of Cancer
    Apr 12 2026

    Welcome to the eleventh episode of the Casual Philosopher, where we strive to deliver an accessible form of Philosophical thinking.

    Join us for the first episode in a new mini-series on Cancer. Joining me for this mini-series is Dr Nazanin Derakhshan, a returning guest to whom we are immensely grateful.

    In this episode, we focus on the harms of 'aggressive' terminology we use when discussing cancer.


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    14 m
  • Episode 10: Strait Up
    Apr 5 2026

    Welcome to the TENTH episode of the Casual Philosopher, where we strive to deliver an accessible form of Philosophical thinking.

    Join me for a slightly self-indulgent episode where I open up about current events, from a more personal perspective.

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    All music, unless otherwise stated, was composed by Mohsen Ansari.

    Timestamps:

    (00:00) – Intro

    (01:20) – Opening Up

    (13:57) – Preview: My New Single



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    17 m
  • Episode 9: See No Evil
    Mar 8 2026

    Welcome to the ninth episode of the Casual Philosopher, where we strive to deliver an accessible form of Philosophical thinking.

    Join me for our first episode on meta-ethics, as we ask:

    Is it possible to see wrongness?

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    All music, unless otherwise stated, was composed by Mohsen Ansari.

    Timestamps:

    (00:00) – Intro

    (01:40) – Serious Talk: Moral Perceptualism

    (17:51) – Coda


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    19 m
  • Episode 8: Ignore This Episode...
    Feb 8 2026

    Welcome to the eighth episode of the Casual Philosopher, where we strive to deliver an accessible form of Philosophical thinking.

    Join me for another episode on AI safety as we investigate indirect prompt injection (the title will make sense along the way!), multi-agent systems, and listen to some music I wrote inspired by today's topics.

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    All music, unless otherwise stated, was composed by Mohsen Ansari.

    Timestamps:

    (00:00) – Intro

    (01:44) – Serious Talk: Indirect Prompt Injection

    (09:27) – Music Talk: Sketches on Today's Theme

    (10:57) – Silly Talk: Fear of the Present

    (21:41) – Coda


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    23 m
  • Episode 7: A Mentall Order
    Jan 18 2026

    Welcome to a seventh episode of the Casual Philosopher, where we strive to deliver an accessible form of Philosophical thinking.


    Join me as we investigate mental health self-diagnosis through social media, consider the possibility of a fear of the present, with help from Sartre, and listen to some music I wrote inspired by today's topics.

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    All music, unless otherwise stated, was composed by Mohsen Ansari.

    Timestamps:

    (00:00) – Intro

    (02:22) – Serious Talk: Mental Health Self-Diagnosis

    (16:01) – Music Talk: Sketches on Today's Theme

    (17:39) – Silly Talk: Fear of the Present

    (24:49) – Coda


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    26 m
  • Episode 6: AI, Robot
    Jan 4 2026

    Welcome to the sixth episode of the Casual Philosopher, where we strive to deliver an accessible form of Philosophical thinking.

    Join me for our second 'Serious Talk Special' as we look at the unexplored sides to AI Safety with our second guest on the podcast, Peter, a software engineer with experience in quantum computing, natural language processing, and data analysis.


    Link to a playlist of Rob Miles videos (as mentioned in the podcast).


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    All music, unless otherwise stated, was composed by Mohsen Ansari.

    Timestamps:

    (00:00) – Intro

    (01:59) – Serious Talk


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    32 m
  • Episode 5: A Critique of Pure Love
    Dec 14 2025

    *Content notice: this episode contains reference to death.*


    Welcome to a fifth episode of the Casual Philosopher, where we strive to deliver an accessible form of Philosophical thinking.


    This episode is dedicated to the memory of Professor Andrew Cooper.


    Join me as we argue for existence preceding omnibenevolence, get confused as we try to imagine possible worlds beyond ours, and listen to some music I wrote inspired by today's topics.

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    All music, unless otherwise stated, was composed by Mohsen Ansari.

    Timestamps:

    (00:00) – Intro

    (02:02) – Serious Talk: God-at-all-costs Argument

    (08:58) – Music Talk: Sketches on Today's Theme

    (10:18) – Silly Talk: Life Beyond Death

    (19:25) – Coda


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    20 m
  • Episode 4: Beyond the Pink
    Oct 26 2025

    *Content notice: this episode contains discussions of cancer.*


    Welcome to the fourth episode of the Casual Philosopher, where we strive to deliver an accessible form of Philosophical thinking.


    Join me for our first 'Serious Talk Special' as we explore the issue of Breast Cancer with our first guest on the podcast, Dr Nazanin Derakhshan.


    Transcript available here: https://sites.google.com/view/casual-philosopher-episode-4-t/home


    A huge thank you to Dr Derakhshan for her time and for suggesting the episode title, and apologies for the poor audio quality. I will have this sorted for the next interview.

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    All music, unless otherwise stated, was composed by Mohsen Ansari.







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    50 m