Prof Barry Smith, Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Founding Director of the Centre for the Study of the Senses, University of London, will share the results of collaborative research between philosophy, neuroscience and psychology. Barry will show how our experiences can mislead us, and why tasting is a complex fusion of many senses.

Episode 56 : Café Scientifique: The Philosophy Of Good Taste - Barry Smith

Can art free us from our damaging habits and propel us towards personal liberation and societal change? Barry Knight, social scientist and Director of the Webb Memorial Trust will reflect on materials from the Trust’s recent publication The Society We Want.

Episode 57: Cafe Culturel: Art And The Moral Imagination - Barry Knight

The Director of the first UK Centre for the Study of Political Islam, at the University of Bradford, Afshin Shahi, delivers an analysis into the rise of sectarian ideology in the Middle East, its role in shaping the power blocks and current conflicts in the region.

Episode 58: Café Politique: The Middle East, Identity And Sectarian Violence - Afshin Shahi

Vera Baird QC, Police & Crime Commissioner for Northumbria, elected in November 2012, will discuss the impact of her high profile campaign on domestic violence and initiatives to tackle anti-social behaviour as well as setting out the challenges ahead. 

Episode 59: Café Politique: Policing The Changing Nature Of Crime - Vera Baird

The sky arches over us all. Nothing could be more familiar, yet more mysterious. How do we perceive the sky? Is the sky its light? Its colours? Its weather? Its atmosphere? Professor Timothy Ingold, Aberdeen University will explain and discuss why it is all of these, and more.

Episode 60: Café Philosophique: What Is The Sky - Timothy Ingold

Jeremy Parr, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, explores new scientific discoveries which are helping children with autism to overcome their fears by creating a virtual world where they can safely and gently try new experiences which then help to overcome anxieties and phobias.

Episode 61: Café Scientifique: Virtual Reality: Alleviating anxieties in autism - Jeremy Parr

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