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Aeon Magazine

Aeon 120 Episodes Jul 3, 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

Abyss Jul 3, 2026 1266 The testimonies of Ukraine’s war widows reveal the mortal risk of love and the possibility of dying while alive: a black pain. 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 phil
The anguish of choice Jul 2, 2026 1469 In the shattered aftermath of war, Sartre delivered a formidable lecture on freedom and meaning. Its urgency remains. 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, s
Illegible benefits Jun 30, 2026 1522 The costs of transformative innovations are immediately clear: it’s the longterm gains that are hardest to understand. 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,
The measure of flourishing Jun 29, 2026 1393 Human prosperity depends on nature, but no global metric has captured this with precision. Enter the Nature Relationship Index. 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 phi
The violence specialists Jun 26, 2026 1151 Every society depends on violence workers, but what makes young men take a job that risks their lives and harms others?. 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 are the fire-tamers? Jun 25, 2026 1832 From remote farmhouses to oncology clinics, a secret world of French healers works in parallel with conventional medicine. 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
No one is self-made Jun 22, 2026 1610 The idea that success is deserved has great traction in the world. But Zhuangzi argues that it is a deeply flawed notion. 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 philosoph
Trauma creep Jun 19, 2026 1789 From a broken life to a broken nail, ‘trauma’ has been bleached by overuse. But it names something real – and must be reclaimed. 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
Words, words, words Jun 18, 2026 1379 Strong resistance to AI among writers is understandable. But it obscures what we share with the machines: language itself. 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
What is this rock? Jun 16, 2026 1036 Not natural, not quite unnatural, the strange new rocks of the Anthropocene stretch the boundaries of geology. 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,
Therapy for billionaires Jun 15, 2026 1868 As my grandfather’s money taught, wealth can be a poison. The rich must reckon with its costs to recover their humanity. 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
A philosophy of home Jun 12, 2026 1467 The household is a community, as much as the state, and ancient philosophy had much more to say about it than we think. 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,

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