Anonymity - Self-creation

Anonymity - Self-creation

Up next

Gentrification in Detroit and London

What do we learn when a city’s future is defined not by rapid change, but by who leaves and who stays? Laurie Taylor looks at two neighbourhoods in different countries, during different periods in history and explores the human cost of gentrification - and what happens when the p ...  Show more

Prison violence, sound and survival

The winner of the British Society of Criminology Book Award in 2025 was Kate Herrity. Her study looks at the way our different senses contribute to the experience of prison life and is called Sound, Order and Survival in Prison: The Rhythms and Routines of HMP Midtown. Her resear ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

Me and my trolls
The Documentary Podcast

Internet trolls are harassing and bullying people like never before. That’s according to research carried out in the UK which found abuse rising as the world spends more and more time online thanks to the Covid pandemic. But who are the people behind these often anonymous attacks ...  Show more

Catching Sight of Our Self | Iain McGilchrist, Betty Sue Flowers, Anil Ananthaswamy, and Bence Nanay
Philosophy For Our Times

Is knowing oneself even possible? Listen to find out.

Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes

From the self-help industr ...

  Show more

The Dark and the Digital | Nigel Inkster, Ella Whelan, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Janne Teller
Philosophy For Our Times

Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes

The anonymity of the internet has enabled an epidemic of abuse. Was Hobbes right after ...

  Show more

Why do we get bored?
CrowdScience

“I’m bored!” We can all relate to the uncomfortable - and at times unbearable - feeling of boredom. But what is it? Why does it happen? And could this frustrating, thumb-twiddling experience actually serve some evolutionary purpose?

CrowdScience listener Brian started ...

  Show more