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A Short Talk on A Very Short Introduction to Free Speech

I will be giving a short talk on Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction at the Oxford Literary Festival on 30th March 2009 at 1.15. Further details are here.

A French 'In Our Time'?

I've just discovered the French podcast Les Vendredis de la Philosophie, a podcast on philosophy in French (also available on iTunes). Great for French speakers and those like me who would like to improve their French while listening to something they're interested in. And, of course, with a podcast you can stop and replay the bits you don't understand, or play it over and over again ad la nausée.

iPod Therefore I am

Peter Aspden has a piece in the Financial Times 'iPod Therefore I am' speculating about podcasting, philosophy, Philosophy BItes, and culture.

100 Free Courses on Theology, Philosophy etc.

There are some excellent free materials for studying different aspects of theology, philosophy and related subjects available online. Laura Mulligan has compiled a list of her top 100 sites. Definitely worth exploring and perfect for the autodidact.

Free Speech Discussion at the School of Life, London

I will be speaking about free speech at the School of Life in London on Friday 27th Feb. at 7 p.m. Further information about the event is available here: 'How to Speak Your Mind'. (By ticket only). This is to coincide with the publication of Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction.

Peter Bazalgette on Philosophy Bites and Public Broadcasting...

Peter Bazalgette, 'the most influential man in British television', has made some nice remarks about the Philosophy Bites podcast in relation to public broadcasting in 19th Jan. 2009 Guardian. Read his article here (a longer version is in February 2009's Prospect Magazine read the article here)

More Philosophy Bites news

D.C.Dennett Vodcast on Evolution

D.C. Dennett discusses Darwin 'the number one philosopher who wasn't a philosopher'  in a free online video on iTunesU c/o Stanford University. The video is nearly two hours long. There is a 13-minute recap of the previous week's lecture before D.C. Dennett is introduced. Dennett appears at 14.40 looking uncannily like Darwin. Dennett is a great lecturer. Well worth watching.