Episode 6: Mindfulness and Buddhism

Episode 10: Deleuze, Digital Media & Thought: A Conversation with Tim Deane-Freeman

Tim Deane-Freeman talks to Meg McCamley and Tim Neal about his new book Deleuze, Digital Media & Thought, which places Deleuze’s philosophy in dialogue with both cinema and the concept of information. In this context, they discuss philosophy, film, TV and social control, and the broader challenge of embracing a kind of thought which eschews recognition in order to confront the radically new. Tim Deane-Freeman is a sessional lecturer in philosophy at Deakin, and Meg McCamley and Tim Neal are both Deakin PhD candidates.

Episode 9: AI and the Future of Philosophical Labour

Where does the emergence of AI technology leave philosophers - as teachers, as researchers, and as practitioners of philosophy? This roundtable discussion held in May 2024 explores these key questions. Features Christopher Mayes (Deakin), Thomas Corbin (Macquarie), Marilyn Stendera (Wollongong), and Jean-Philippe Deranty (Macquarie).

Episode 8: Hope as a Secular Virtue

At a time when we could all use a bit more hope, here's Prof. Robert Stern [https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/philosophy/people/academic-staff/robert-stern] (University of Sheffield) delivering last year's Max Charlesworth Lecture [https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/events/2019-max-charlesworth-lecture]: "Hope Without God: Is Hope a Secular Virtue?"

Episode 7: What are Peoples?

The role of 'peoples' in global affairs is more pervasive and contested than ever, from issues of indigenous sovereignty to Brexit. But as Dr John Morss [https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/john-morss], Senior Lecturer in Law at Deakin tells A/Prof Patrick Stokes in this wide-ranging discussion, 'peoples' is itself a very contestable idea.

Episode 6: Mindfulness and Buddhism

Mindfulness is big business these days. But how did a Buddhist practice become so prevalent in contemporary Western life, and just how far has contemporary mindfulness strayed from its Buddhist origins? To find out, A/Prof Patrick Stokes chats with Dr Leesa Davis [http://tiny.cc/97olcz], lecturer in philosophy at Deakin and author of Advaita Vedanta and Zen Buddhism: Deconstructive Modes of Spiritual Inquiry [http://tiny.cc/pcplcz] (2010).