Essay/Meaning & the Good Life Do we matter in the cosmos? Humanity is nothing more than a microscopic blip in the universe. But does that mean we are insignificant? Nick Hughes
Essay/Values & Beliefs Dissolving the ego You don’t need drugs or a church for an ecstatic experience that helps transcend the self and connect to something bigger Jules Evans
Video/Meaning & the Good Life Late in life, Fred finds joy – and a ‘rhythm in all things’ – through tap dance 6 minutes
Essay/Meaning & the Good Life End-times for humanity Humanity is more technologically powerful than ever before, and yet we feel ourselves to be increasingly fragile. Why? Claire Colebrook
Classic /Meaning & the Good Life CLASSIC On the happy life Lucius Annaeus Seneca Lucius Annaeus Seneca, 64 CE With a new introduction and commentary by Massimo Pigliucci
EXCLUSIVE Video/Meaning & the Good Life After a landslide destroys her village, a woman rebuilds her life in a changed landscape 14 minutes
ORIGINAL Video/Neuroscience A happy life is built on pleasures such as sex and food, but also company and variety 7 minutes
Video/Film & Television ‘What’s going on?’ How seeking meaning is futile in the Coen Brothers’ universe 8 minutes
Essay/Meaning & the Good Life Dreadful dads Few of the great existentialists had children. How can their philosophy help with the anxiety and dread of fatherhood? John Kaag & Clancy Martin
Essay/Love & Friendship Bad friends Even the best of friends can fill you with tension and make you sick. Why does friendship so readily turn toxic? Carlin Flora
Idea/Meaning & the Good Life Why the simple life is not just beautiful, it’s necessary Emrys Westacott
Essay/Work Fuck work Economists believe in full employment. Americans think that work builds character. But what if jobs aren’t working anymore? James Livingston
Idea/Meaning & the Good Life What the Aztecs can teach us about happiness and the good life Sebastian Purcell
Essay/Illness & Disease Being ill, living well Some say that illness is morally improving, others that there is nothing good about being sick. Can philosophy adjudicate? Ian J Kidd
Essay/Ethics The case against pets A morally just world would have no pets, no aquaria, no zoos. No fields of sheep, no barns of cows. That’s true animal rights Gary L Francione & Anna E Charlton
Essay/Death Why is death bad? Even without a hereafter, dying gets a bad rap. But why exactly is it no good – because of what happens, or what doesn’t? Eric Olson
Video/Consciousness & Altered States A neurologist finds peace and happiness in the feeling of constant acceleration 16 minutes
ORIGINAL Video/Values & Beliefs Great news: pleasure is the purpose of life. Bad news: moderation is key 6 minutes
Video/Food & Drink The best way to eat an oyster is the way you like it at the moment you crave it 5 minutes
Essay/Food & Drink Recipe for success Who should we admire more: the Michelin-starred chef with his teams and glamour, or the unsung but brilliant cook? Julian Baggini
Essay/Ethics High five! Why, in the entire history of human life, did awesomeness become the great virtue of our age (and suckiness its vice)? Nick Riggle
Essay/Old Age & Death Ask the aged Who better to answer questions about the purpose of life than someone who has been living theirs for a long time? Karl Pillemer