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Podcasts & Videos
The Philosophy of Self-Improvement
Interview with Brett McKay.
13 July 2022. 46 minutes.
Listen to the wonderful Brett McKay interview me about my book The Art of Self-Improvement: Ten Timeless Truths.
We discuss how self-help reflects what a culture values, and changes based on a culture's conception of selfhood, agency, and the relationship between the individual and society.
Thinking Allowed, Exhaustion
Exhaustion. Interview with Laurie Taylor.
26 July 2017. 28 minutes.
Listen to the fabulous host Laurie Taylor interview me about my book Exhaustion: A History.
Together, we reflect on melancholia, acedia, and burnout, and reflect on the shifting meanings of exhaustion.
Exhaustion. Interview with Laurie Taylor.
26 July 2017. 4 minutes.
Here is a 4-minute clip from the longer interview for the busy.
Documentary. 25 November 2019. 28 minutes.
In this thought-provoking documentary, based on my book Exhaustion: A History, the fantastic writer and broadcaster Philip Ball charts the forgotten story of exhaustion, from desert monks to today’s world of work. To find out whether we are really more tired now than ever, Philip interviews a range of exciting guest speakers.
Feeling Exhausted?
Historically, You’re Not Alone
Wbur. On Point. Interview. 16 August 2016. 47 minutes.
The inspirational and award-winning journalist Tom Ashbrook talks to me and another guest about exhaustion - its origins, personal and social consequences, and how we may overcome it.
PERSPECTIVA
March 2021
This conversation centres around the philosopher Jonathan Rowson's recent essay 'Tasting the Pickle: Ten Flavours of Meta-Crisis and the Appetite for a New Civilisation'.
PERSPECTIVA
August 2021
Jeremy Lent, in conversation with Anna Katharina Schaffner, talks about toxic worldviews and how to change them.."The Web of Meaning" integrates Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe,
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July 2021
In this first of a new series of What is Emerging conversations, Indra Adnan and Anthea Lawson talk with Anna Katharina Schaffner about the politics of waking up, entangled activism, hope, anger, burnout, agency, the importance of inner work for outer change, and many other things besides.
PERSPECTIVA
August 2021
This conversation centres around the philosopher Jonathan Rowson's recent essay 'Tasting the Pickle: Ten Flavours of Meta-Crisis and the Appetite for a New Civilisation'.