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  • On her own terms

    On her own terms
    Mar 5 2026
    Doris Lessing’s Golden Notebook remains shocking, necessary and imperfect – a dazzling experiment in living as a woman.

    Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on philosophy, science, psychology, society and culture. Each episode features a narrated Aeon essay, a journey into expert concepts and stories that provoke, enrich and expand our horizons.

    Aeon is a nonprofit digital magazine publishing essays and videos that seek to illuminate the big questions of life. Free to read and now free to listen, Aeon’s mission is to share knowledge and insight with everyone, everywhere. Discover essays and videos at aeon.co.

    Aeon essays are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    32 Min.
  • The insurance catastrophe

    The insurance catastrophe
    Mar 3 2026
    Whole regions of the world are now uninsurable, bringing radical uncertainty to the economy. How do we fix the problem?.

    Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on philosophy, science, psychology, society and culture. Each episode features a narrated Aeon essay, a journey into expert concepts and stories that provoke, enrich and expand our horizons.

    Aeon is a nonprofit digital magazine publishing essays and videos that seek to illuminate the big questions of life. Free to read and now free to listen, Aeon’s mission is to share knowledge and insight with everyone, everywhere. Discover essays and videos at aeon.co.

    Aeon essays are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    28 Min.
  • Who is Walter Mignolo?

    Who is Walter Mignolo?
    Mar 2 2026
    A prominent architect of decolonial theory, his diagnosis of European colonial ills is both penetrating and flawed.

    Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on philosophy, science, psychology, society and culture. Each episode features a narrated Aeon essay, a journey into expert concepts and stories that provoke, enrich and expand our horizons.

    Aeon is a nonprofit digital magazine publishing essays and videos that seek to illuminate the big questions of life. Free to read and now free to listen, Aeon’s mission is to share knowledge and insight with everyone, everywhere. Discover essays and videos at aeon.co.

    Aeon essays are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    33 Min.
  • Our phosphorescent world

    Our phosphorescent world
    Mar 1 2026
    This life-giving element, stored in rock and organic material, moves around Earth in an ancient cycle we have just broken.

    Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on philosophy, science, psychology, society and culture. Each episode features a narrated Aeon essay, a journey into expert concepts and stories that provoke, enrich and expand our horizons.

    Aeon is a nonprofit digital magazine publishing essays and videos that seek to illuminate the big questions of life. Free to read and now free to listen, Aeon’s mission is to share knowledge and insight with everyone, everywhere. Discover essays and videos at aeon.co.

    Aeon essays are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    23 Min.
  • The inflammation age

    The inflammation age
    Feb 28 2026
    Acute inflammation helps the body heal. But chronic inflammation is different and could provoke a medical paradigm shift.

    Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on philosophy, science, psychology, society and culture. Each episode features a narrated Aeon essay, a journey into expert concepts and stories that provoke, enrich and expand our horizons.

    Aeon is a nonprofit digital magazine publishing essays and videos that seek to illuminate the big questions of life. Free to read and now free to listen, Aeon’s mission is to share knowledge and insight with everyone, everywhere. Discover essays and videos at aeon.co.

    Aeon essays are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    29 Min.
  • There are no psychopaths

    There are no psychopaths
    Feb 27 2026
    Virtually everything you think you know about psychopathy has been thoroughly debunked. Why does this zombie idea live on?.

    Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on philosophy, science, psychology, society and culture. Each episode features a narrated Aeon essay, a journey into expert concepts and stories that provoke, enrich and expand our horizons.

    Aeon is a nonprofit digital magazine publishing essays and videos that seek to illuminate the big questions of life. Free to read and now free to listen, Aeon’s mission is to share knowledge and insight with everyone, everywhere. Discover essays and videos at aeon.co.

    Aeon essays are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    24 Min.
  • The presence of power

    The presence of power
    Feb 26 2026
    The Indian thinker Rammohun Roy believed that good governance must be close: distance made the British Empire cruel.

    Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on philosophy, science, psychology, society and culture. Each episode features a narrated Aeon essay, a journey into expert concepts and stories that provoke, enrich and expand our horizons.

    Aeon is a nonprofit digital magazine publishing essays and videos that seek to illuminate the big questions of life. Free to read and now free to listen, Aeon’s mission is to share knowledge and insight with everyone, everywhere. Discover essays and videos at aeon.co.

    Aeon essays are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    29 Min.
  • The six-second hug

    The six-second hug
    Feb 24 2026
    From art to religion to sex, instrumentalisation has drained away intrinsic value. But life is about more than material benefits.

    Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make sense of ourselves and the world. We ask the big, existentially significant questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on philosophy, science, psychology, society and culture. Each episode features a narrated Aeon essay, a journey into expert concepts and stories that provoke, enrich and expand our horizons.

    Aeon is a nonprofit digital magazine publishing essays and videos that seek to illuminate the big questions of life. Free to read and now free to listen, Aeon’s mission is to share knowledge and insight with everyone, everywhere. Discover essays and videos at aeon.co.

    Aeon essays are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    26 Min.