Upend the trickle-down
Neoliberal policies have hollowed out democracies and spawned unchecked oligarchs. Grasping their structure points to a fix. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essa...
4 Sep 21min
Neuroqueering on the lawn
Hans Christian Andersen’s tantrum in Charles Dickens’s garden was a case of ‘too muchness’, emotions bursting past respectability. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told throug...
3 Sep 22min
More nothing now
We are most human when we play freely, imaginatively, pointlessly. Gamification risks atrophying that most precious capacity. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through ess...
1 Sep 18min
The Singapore strategies
The nation’s water is secure, but its food is another matter: lessons from the city-state in efficiency versus self-sufficiency. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through ...
31 Aug 27min
Beyond food and people
Nietzsche shows us how to embrace our connection with nature – without denying its essential conflict, strife and suffering. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essa...
29 Aug 27min
Empire of flight
They have big brains, long childhoods and sociable, curious minds. So why haven’t birds developed complex culture?. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that h...
23 Aug 25min
The planetary fix
Despite decades of inaction we can avert the climate Hellocene and restore the atmosphere to keep our world habitable. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays tha...
22 Aug 24min
The fog of hunger
From childhood, women are trained to restrict their appetite. And there’s a huge, hidden, cognitive price to pay for it. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays t...
21 Aug 20min
