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Aeon Magazine

Author: Aeon
Feed episode count: 125
Official site: https://aeon.co
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Summary

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, psychology, society and culture. Each episode features a narrated Aeon essay, a journey into expert concepts and stories that provoke, enrich and expand our horizons. Aeon is a nonprofit digital magazine publishing essays and videos that seek to illuminate the big questions of life. Free to read and now free to listen, Aeon’s mission is to share knowledge and insight with everyone, everywhere. Discover essays and videos at Aeon.co. Aeon essays are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.

Episodes

Jun 16, 2026 · not_requested

What is this rock?

Duration seconds: 1037
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/the-strange-rocks-that-wouldnt-exist-without-us?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Jun 15, 2026 · not_requested

Therapy for billionaires

Duration seconds: 1876
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/what-would-a-therapy-camp-for-billionaires-look-like?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Jun 12, 2026 · not_requested

A philosophy of home

Duration seconds: 1469
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/what-ancient-philosophy-really-thought-about-domestic-life?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested

The no-human future

Duration seconds: 2555
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/what-is-nick-lands-philosophy-of-accelerationism-really?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Jun 9, 2026 · not_requested

The joy of autism

Duration seconds: 1211
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/why-being-autistic-can-be-a-lot-of-fun?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Jun 8, 2026 · not_requested

What shape is the Earth?

Duration seconds: 1267
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/why-did-measuring-earths-true-shape-matter-for-science?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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May 29, 2026 · not_requested

Artist of sympathy and cruelty

Duration seconds: 1251
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/why-mozarts-operas-are-tests-of-moral-character?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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May 28, 2026 · not_requested

Flickering Enlightenment

Duration seconds: 2025
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/lets-save-the-enlightenment-baby-from-its-muddied-bathwater?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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May 26, 2026 · not_requested

The embattled witnesses

Duration seconds: 1563
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/a-fragile-crown-jewel-the-uns-human-rights-experts?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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May 25, 2026 · not_requested

Can ecosystems malfunction?

Duration seconds: 2222
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/why-we-need-to-think-again-about-ecosystem-failure?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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May 22, 2026 · not_requested

Being small

Duration seconds: 1702
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/the-power-imbalance-between-parent-and-child-leaves-a-trace?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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May 21, 2026 · not_requested

Make immigration boring

Duration seconds: 1079
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/more-migration-or-less-migration-the-answer-is-boring?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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May 19, 2026 · not_requested

Maritime China

Duration seconds: 1457
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/china-and-the-sea-a-story-of-power-faith-and-appetite?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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May 18, 2026 · not_requested

Mathematics is out there

Duration seconds: 1647
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/for-sergiu-klainerman-maths-is-a-fact-to-be-divined?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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May 15, 2026 · not_requested

Gen Z but two centuries ago

Duration seconds: 1188
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/young-people-now-and-the-mal-du-siecle-of-19th-century-france?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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May 14, 2026 · not_requested

Rights require money

Duration seconds: 1586
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/to-fund-human-rights-we-need-a-global-fair-tax-convention?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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May 12, 2026 · not_requested

Beneath our human shallows

Duration seconds: 1242
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/how-does-the-deep-earth-see-humanity?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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May 11, 2026 · not_requested

Children are apprentices

Duration seconds: 1900
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/children-need-stress-and-discomfort-in-order-to-grow-up?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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May 8, 2026 · not_requested

The eye in your pocket

Duration seconds: 1186
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/things-have-jobs-and-digital-devices-are-made-to-track-you?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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May 7, 2026 · not_requested

The origins of Indians

Duration seconds: 2161
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/ancient-india-was-shaped-by-waves-of-migration-and-mixing?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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May 5, 2026 · not_requested

Embrace the edge!

Duration seconds: 1202
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/why-creativity-shines-out-on-the-edge-of-things?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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May 4, 2026 · not_requested

Reality emerges

Duration seconds: 1612
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/why-reality-is-more-than-the-sum-of-its-particles?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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May 1, 2026 · not_requested

To be is to participate

Duration seconds: 1279
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/lucien-levy-bruhl-and-the-emergence-of-personhood?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Apr 30, 2026 · not_requested

The Ethiopian running secret

Duration seconds: 1219
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/what-ethiopian-running-says-about-the-limits-of-human-ability?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Apr 28, 2026 · not_requested

Hunting ‘Man the Hunter’

Duration seconds: 1288
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/why-man-the-hunter-continues-to-die-and-return?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Apr 27, 2026 · not_requested

The Black executioner

Duration seconds: 1334
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/medieval-art-makes-the-body-a-site-of-theology-and-politics?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Apr 25, 2026 · not_requested

White-collar sweatshops

Duration seconds: 1947
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/what-made-law-into-a-white-collar-sweatshop-in-the-1980s?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Apr 24, 2026 · not_requested

Does reading do us any good?

Duration seconds: 1743
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/the-role-of-literature-as-the-key-to-personal-freedom?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Apr 23, 2026 · not_requested

No nature without fear

Duration seconds: 1807
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/have-you-forgotten-what-it-means-to-be-afraid-of-nature?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Apr 21, 2026 · not_requested

Justice is geometric

Duration seconds: 1412
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/lessons-from-the-fairness-of-african-fractal-societies?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Apr 20, 2026 · not_requested

Fuel for thought

Duration seconds: 1298
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/how-understanding-bioenergetics-can-help-our-brain-health?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Apr 17, 2026 · not_requested

The invention of the soul

Duration seconds: 1546
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/you-know-what-consciousness-is-you-live-in-soul-land?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Apr 16, 2026 · not_requested

Join the dots

Duration seconds: 887
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/why-little-red-dots-pose-a-big-mystery-about-the-universe?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Apr 14, 2026 · not_requested

You’ve lived this life before

Duration seconds: 1290
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/the-mysticism-of-nietzsches-doctrine-of-the-eternal-return?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Apr 13, 2026 · not_requested

The sterilisation-seekers

Duration seconds: 1349
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/why-did-disabled-people-support-eugenics-in-the-1930s?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Apr 10, 2026 · not_requested

Patterns without desires

Duration seconds: 1641
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/could-ai-replace-human-art-experts-in-attributing-paintings?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Apr 7, 2026 · not_requested

Living without my self

Duration seconds: 1218
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/robert-musil-gives-confidence-to-the-no-self-minority-like-me?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Apr 6, 2026 · not_requested

The antibiotic trap

Duration seconds: 1687
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/antibiotic-resistance-in-india-has-consequences-everywhere?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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Apr 4, 2026 · not_requested

Playing in flatland

Duration seconds: 1833
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/anyons-the-two-dimensional-particles-that-reframe-reality?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episodes&utm_campaign=launch

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