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Aeon Magazine

Aeon 120 Episodes Sep 18, 2026

Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. It asks big, existentially significant questions and finds fresh, original answers from leading thinkers on philosophy, science, psychology, society, and culture. Each episode features a narrated Aeon essay, a journey into expert concepts and stories that provoke, enrich, and expand horizons. Aeon is a nonprofit digital magazine publishing essays and videos that seek to illuminate the big questions of life, free to read and listen.

Episodes

Cosmic amnesia
Cosmic amnesia Sep 18, 2026 1201 A black hole rings like a struck bell, then settles into silence, forgetting almost everything about its history. Why?. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on philosophy,
Who will taste the cherries?
Who will taste the cherries? Sep 17, 2026 1168 The computist has one dream: to debug the subjectivity out of all of human knowledge, creating a pure, frictionless world. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on philosop
The bombarding of childhood
The bombarding of childhood Sep 14, 2026 1118 It’s not just screen time: the problem with children’s media is that it has become relentlessly hectic, loud and bright. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on philosophy
Penchants of the polymaths
Penchants of the polymaths Sep 11, 2026 1372 The fathers of Islamic science hold lessons for students: breadth over specialisation, and never let constraints get in the way. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on ph
Medieval mental health
Medieval mental health Sep 10, 2026 1733 Saffron and ostrich liver were prescribed but so were exercise, gardens, animals, socialising, and music. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on philosophy, science, psyc
Our eloquent hands
Our eloquent hands Sep 8, 2026 1315 Physicians reject palmistry as nonsense. But reading the creases of our palms for hidden meaning is what doctors have always done. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on
Continental divide
Continental divide Sep 7, 2026 1584 A century ago, the Pan-American road promised a new era of fraternity between the two continents. Did it succeed?. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on philosophy, scie
Upend the trickle-down
Upend the trickle-down Sep 4, 2026 1287 Neoliberal policies have hollowed out democracies and spawned unchecked oligarchs. Grasping their structure points to a fix. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on philos
Neuroqueering on the lawn
Neuroqueering on the lawn Sep 3, 2026 1332 Hans Christian Andersen’s tantrum in Charles Dickens’s garden was a case of ‘too muchness’, emotions bursting past respectability. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on
More nothing now
More nothing now Sep 1, 2026 1101 We are most human when we play freely, imaginatively, pointlessly. Gamification risks atrophying that most precious capacity. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on philo
The Singapore strategies
The Singapore strategies Aug 31, 2026 1671 The nation’s water is secure, but its food is another matter: lessons from the city-state in efficiency versus self-sufficiency. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on ph
Beyond food and people
Beyond food and people Aug 29, 2026 1637 Nietzsche shows us how to embrace our connection with nature – without denying its essential conflict, strife and suffering. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on philos

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