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Henrietta's investigation into the missing kids takes her back to the roof of the school, but this time the greenhouse door is unlocked, and inside - the sun is shining...

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The Complete History (and Fistory) of Underspace: Chapters 5 and 6

We present episode one of our brand-new podcast: The Complete History (and Fistory) of Underspace. 

On the roof of her school, in what seems to be a regular greenhouse, Henrietta finds the doorway to a magical world - where she meets a talking pig called Dagenham, and an incompetent detective called Grett...

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Worst Writer - Welcome to Underspace

Wake Up, Fleepyheadf. It's 11.55am on 17th December and as a Christmas treat/punishment Rich is returning to the Stocean after a 10 month absence for another Stone Clear. Will the field still be there? Will there be any stones? What medieval songs shall Richard sing? How many plastic bags will be mistake for stones? Has the Stone Stasi been lulled into a false sense of security? Will you be able to listen to him doing a wee? These questions will all be asked. Plus another victory for the Brexit ditch and a surprisingly modern attitude is revealed for a traditional stone clearer.

More episodes:
https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/stone_clearing_with_richard_herring/

Stone Clearing with Richard Herring - Chapter 184

6,7. Twitch of Fun is BACK in this non-canonical episode to celebrate the end of another horrible year and to attempt to tempt some temporary temps to this zenith of Richard's work. There's an attempt to extract an apology from our most perverse character (that could be any of us), plus Henry Hippo's New Year's Resolution and Ally and Rich look back at the Coldplay couple and who we are to judge them, a Thai woman who rose from the dead, the evil plan of Labubus and Katy Perry in space. And if you time this right you get a countdown to the new year at the end. What more do you want?

More episodes:
https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/ally_and_herring/

Ally and Herring's Twitch of Fun - New Year's Eve 2025 Special

More at https://philosophytalk.org/shows/narrative-and-the-meaning-of-life.

Humans are uniquely storytelling creatures who can narrate the events of their own lives. Some argue that our lives derive meaning from our ability to see them as an ongoing story. So is telling our own life story the key to a meaningful life? Is it the events that matter, or how we describe them? Does it matter if we’re unreliable narrators who fudge the facts to make ourselves look good? Josh and Ray tell tales with Helena de Bres from Wellesley College, author of "Philosophy in the First Person."

Narrative and the Meaning of Life

More at https://philosophytalk.org/shows/gilbert-ryle.

Gilbert Ryle (1900-1976) was a British philosopher of mind and language best known for his book The Concept of Mind. He developed a novel argument against Cartesian dualism, which he called “the doctrine of the ghost in the machine”—the idea that our minds and bodies are separate substances. Ryle introduced a new term for the problem with this argument: Descartes was making a “category mistake.” But what exactly is a category mistake, and how bad is it to make one? If Cartesian dualism is false, what is the relationship between our minds and our bodies? And what does it have to do with the distinction between “knowing-how” and “knowing-that”? Josh and Ray turn their minds to Michael Kremer from the University of Chicago, author of “The Development of Gilbert Ryle’s Concept of Knowledge.”

Gilbert Ryle and the Map of the Mind

More at https://philosophytalk.org/shows/the-examined-year-2025.

What happened over the past year that challenged our assumptions and made us think about things in new ways? Josh and Ray talk to philosophers and others about the events and ideas that shaped the last twelve months.

• The Year in Shamelessness with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò from Georgetown University, author of “How Can We Live Together?”
• The Year in A.I. Hype with Arvind Narayanan from Princeton University, co-author of "AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference"
• The Year in Philosophy (Bowls) with Eli Yetter-Bowman, Founder of Ethereal Films and Director of "The Bowl"

The Examined Year: 2025

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Diogenes of Sinope was a famous—or infamous—4th-century BCE Greek philosopher. Reportedly, he lived in a jar, performed many bodily functions in public, and wandered public spaces with a lit lantern in broad daylight. But what was the broader social critique advanced by Diogenes and his followers? What did they believe was needed for a life of freedom and virtue? And how does Diogenes continue to serve as a symbol of defiance to authority and artificial values? Josh and Ray defer to Inger Kuin from the University of Virginia, author of "Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic."




Diogenes and the Honest Life

Henrietta steps into the greenhouse and finds herself in the mysterious land of Underspace, where she meets the least helpful pig she's ever encountered - which is saying something since none of the others could talk.

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