Normal? Festival of the Brain
NORMAL? – FOLKESTONE, 12 MAY. I’ll be interviewing musician Anil Sebastian in a short Q&A after a screening of his short film Daffodil at this festival of the brain. 15:30 at the Quarterhouse.
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Free Thought Prophet Podcast
PODCAST – THE FREE THOUGHT PROPHET. I had fun talking to John Hamill and Seamus about my recent Guardian article and the howls of misplaced outrage it provoked from some atheists.
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FREE THINKING – BBC RADIO 3, 26 MARCH. Can There Be Multiple Versions of Me? Anne McElvoy enlists the help of Diversify author June Sarpong, doctor and medical historian Gavin Francis, performer and transgender activist Emma Frankland and philosopher Julian Baggini to tackle contemporary ideas about the ever changing notions of the self. Recorded with an audience at Sage Gateshead.
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THE SOCIAL VALUE OF COSMETICS – LONDON, 22 APRIL. Talking at the trade-only show Natural & Organic Products Europe at Excel London.
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF FREE WILL – 18 APRIL, BRISTOL. Are you free? Or are you just following the hidden commands of unconscious processes, genetic dispositions, social conditioning and manipulation? Philosopher JB argues that those who deny we have free will are starting with a misguided and unrealistic idea of what it is. Only by understanding what it really means to be free we can make the most of our freedom. A Funzing event at The Square Club, Bristol at 19:00.
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