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Nick Spencer

Nick is Senior Fellow at Theos. He is the author of a number of books and reports, including Magisteria: the entangled histories of science and religion (Oneworld, 2023), The Political Samaritan: how power hijacked a parable (Bloomsbury, 2017), The Evolution of the West (SPCK, 2016) and Atheists: The Origin of the Species (Bloomsbury, 2014). He is host of the podcast Reading Our Times.

How has our evolutionary past shaped us? In conversation with Harvey Whitehouse

Nick Spencer speaks with Harvey Whitehouse, Chair of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford. 10/12/2024

Reading Our Times

What is (The) Enlightenment? In conversation with Jonathan Clark

Nick Spencer speaks with Historian Jonathan Clark. 03/12/2024

History, Philosophy, Reading Our Times

The debate about assisted dying touches on our deepest beliefs about life

Nick Spencer writes for Hyphen about what lies behind the assisted dying debate. 28/11/2024

Assisted Dying

Should Britain pay reparations for slavery? In conversation with Michael Banner

Nick Spencer speaks with Dean and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Michael Banner. 26/11/2024

Reading Our Times, Slavery

What is “woke”? In conversation with Susan Neiman

Nick Spencer speaks with Einstein Forum in Germany Director, Susan Neiman. 19/11/2024

Podcast, Reading Our Times

Beasts of Burden

The feeling of being a burden fuels the assisted dying debate. Nick Spencer reminds us that caring for each other is part of being human. 14/11/2024

Assisted Dying, Humanity

Assisted Dying: What’s really at stake? In conversation with Ilora Finlay and Julian Hughes

Nick Spencer speaks with Ilora Finlay and Julian Hughes about assisted dying. 12/11/2024

Assisted Dying, Podcast, Reading Our Times

Can poetry save us? In conversation with Charles Taylor

Nick Spencer speaks with Professor emeritus at McGill University, Charles Taylor. 05/11/2024

Philosophy, Podcast, Poetry, Reading Our Times

“My life, my choice”

Nick Spencer critiques the idea that ‘dignity of choice’ is the most compelling moral argument in the assisted dying debate. 01/11/2024

Assisted Dying, Autonomy

How Did the World Make the West? In conversation with Josephine Quinn

Nick Spencer speaks with Professor of Ancient History, Josephine Quinn. 29/10/2024

History, Podcast, Reading Our Times

Decision by heart string: a reflection on the assisted dying debate

Nick Spencer on the role of emotive stories in the assisted dying debate, and what role they should play. 24/10/2024

Assisted Dying, Autonomy, Suffering

Books and the Future of Civilisation live from How The Light Gets In

Nick Spencer is joined by Johanna Thomas–Corr, David Shariatmadari and Juliet Mabey live at How The Light Gets In Festival. 22/10/2024

Books, Podcast, Reading Our Times