Podcast for curious kids
Philosophy's Not Boring
The big questions, and how we've tried to answer them.
Philosophy, psychology and religion as one big family of questions about how we make sense of things. Some have one answer, some have several worth comparing, and some nobody has ever settled. We tell you which is which.
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What is the purpose of life?
Have you ever watched a tiny ant carrying a crumb and wondered... what is it actually doing? What is the point of it all? That little mental jolt you just felt is the biggest question ever asked: What is the purpose of life? In this amazing episode of…
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