The central topic this weeks show was free will and determinism. Do we have free will? Are we truly in control of our actions or is everything we do is simply a result of something which happened before? Illustrator and all round loon Nicola Patten Read More …
Idle Talk 09 09 12 “From Michael Mcintyre to medical ethics”
A wide ranging and strange assortment of topics this week including: Is Rhodders’s philosophy degree worthless? Doing stand up in Brighton, why comedians hate Michael McIntyre, Frankie Boyle, comedians publicly supporting political parties, political discussion is impossible, debunking stupid Facebook health scare-cold water and leading Read More …
New Rhodders website now launched! 30/09/12
It’s here, the new shiny new version of rhodders.com. This site contains everything “Rhodders” you will ever need, from podcasts, to radio shows and a calendar of Rhodders’ various standup gigs and radio shows. So put your site in your favourites. it promises to play Read More …
Idle Talk 02/09/12 – Lessons for Life, From the Mosh Pit
Rhodders is back after a holiday from the show. During this holiday he went to a music festival. This week we discussed Joe Dunthorne’s idea that “mosh pit psychology” could help us live our everyday lives more peacefully and happily. Prior to discussing this main topic there Read More …
Idle Talk 12 08 12 Crime, punishment and Revenge
Despite feeling a little under the weather Rhodders struggles through some of today’s big issues. Starting with the sport, moving on to the justification of criminal punishment and ending in a shooting! Our guest this week is Niall Norbury a politics and philosophy graduate from Read More …
No Idle Talk until September 2nd
Idle Talk is takeing a 2 week break from Sunday Aug 19th. This is due to Rhodders’ standup conedy commitments and a music festival. Don’t despair as a new podcast about criminal punishment and revenge will be uploaded soon. The show will be back and Read More …
Idle Talk LIVE 7pm-9pm UK time 12/08/12
Idle Talk LIVE at the earlier time of 7pm UK time at 1Radio.org. If you want to call into night then please add the Skype name- rhodders.com Topics Tonight we are talking about criminal punishment revenge.”why should we punish criminals?” and “is revenge wrong?”
Idle Talk 02 08 12 “Ethics, Olympics and Doping”
In the words of Will I Am”That’s dope man!” With the Olympics still taking over London the show this week is about the ethics of substance doping and Gene doping in sports. Rhodders’ guest this week is Nick Harding, a masters student in ethics and Read More …
Idle Talk LIVE 8pm-10pm UK time 2/08/12
This weeks show has been rescheduled to THURSDAY. Sunday’s show is cancelled. Tune in tonight from 8pm- 10pm for Idle Talk on 1Radio.org. If you want to call into night then please add the Skype name- rhodders.com Topics Tonight’s main topic will be doping in Read More …
Idle Talk 29 07 12 “The Olympics and Olympism”
The main theme this week is the philosophy of Olympism. This seeks to create a way of life based on the joy of effort a new sports as a vehicle for positive social change. This week we ask whether Olympics still follows its original founding Read More …