Dolphins and other lovers
The Andoque of the Amazon know what we have forgotten: the forest’s most beautiful creatures are also its most dangerous. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays ...
20 Aug 40min
In praise of zealotry
Early feminists like Mary Astell and Catharine Macaulay refused their male peers’ advice to remain polite in debate. Why?. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays...
18 Aug 24min
Worm munch matters
The lives that slither and scurry beneath the soil’s surface are vital for ecological health: now we can listen in to them. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essay...
17 Aug 22min
Where did the grandeur go?
Superlative things were done in the past century by marshalling thousands of people in the service of a vision of the future. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through ess...
16 Aug 20min
Natural-born existentialists
Ethics cannot be based on human nature because, as evolutionary biology tells us, there is no such thing. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us mak...
15 Aug 24min
The neverending house
The self-built homes of Santiago are precarious and ever changing. They are, always and at once, being and becoming. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that ...
14 Aug 23min
Mecca and the mall
In a bid for spiritual renewal, I made a pilgrimage to Islam’s holy city. Almost everything I expected to see was gone. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays th...
13 Aug 19min
A second sexual revolution
Until Shere Hite’s Report, even the most daring sexologists refused to listen to what women desired and hated in sex. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that...
11 Aug 28min
