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Meaning & Mortality - Reflections On Series 4

August 07, 2026

We pull together the strongest takeaways from months of conversations on death, grief, and loss, and we share why these topics reach so many people despite how easy they are to avoid. We explore how facing finitude can sharpen our values, deepen our love of life, and help us become more grounded and emotionally mature. • why death and grief conversations feel taboo and why they matter • how chasing immortality can be a way to avoid finitude • Katherine Mannix’s question about mortality as thr...

Douglas Davies - Death and the myth of the individual

June 29, 2026

What does death reveal about who we really are?This week I'm joined by Professor Douglas Davies, Director of the Centre for Death and Life Studies at Durham University and one of the world's leading scholars of death, ritual, and belief. His work spans decades and disciplines — from the anthropology of funerals to digital legacy, from woodland burial to the theology of grief — and his central conviction runs through all of it: the dead live within us, and recognising that can help u...

Anthea Lawson - Should we be trying to save the world?

June 22, 2026

What does it mean to try to change the world — without losing yourself, or everyone else, in the process?This week I'm joined by Anthea Lawson: activist, writer, former journalist, and campaigner who has spent three decades working on issues from the arms trade to financial secrecy. Her new book, How Not to Save the World: Doing Good Without Annoying Everyone (Oneworld, 2026), is a candid and hopeful look at the traps that well-meaning people fall into — and how to find a better way thro...