Feedback on feedback

Thanks to everyone who commented in response to my request for feedback. This has been very useful. I'm glad to see that the consensus seems to be, roughly, "if it ain't broke don't fix it." A few comments on specific points:

1. Several people encouraged me simply not to stop. Don't worry, I plan to keep going for the foreseeable future, I am enjoying it as much as ever and in fact probably more than I did at the start, now that there is a bigger audience to interact with. I really enjoy responding to people who comment on the website and facebook etc., so please don't be shy.

2. There seem to be somewhat mixed feelings about interview episodes but largely positive reaction, so I will keep those at roughly the same rate of frequency; there's a bit of a rush of interviews coming soon because I know so many Neoplatonist scholars I wanted to get onto the show. But in general I will try to keep to a ratio of about 1 interview per 4 or 5 scripted shows.

3. Views also differ about the musical intro and outro; I think I'll stick with the current one until I finish antiquity, but it will change when I get to philosophy in the Islamic world. Working on finding a new clip for that now.

4. Just to alert you if you haven't noticed that there is a lot of recommended reading here on the website. Don't forget to go to the top pages for each category (e.g. by clicking "Aristotle" on the header) as well as each episode page.

5. Of course I agree with those who said they think it is important to look at sometimes overlooked figures (hence "without any gaps"). Soon I'm including a whole series of episodes on Christian philosophy in late antiquity which is often left out of the history of philosophy entirely, and of course the medieval period will keep getting the same level of detail. Sorry that this means I'm going rather slowly if you are looking forward to, say, Hume or Heidegger! I don't really have any idea of how long it will take me to get to Modern philosophy but I'm guessing I can get through Islamic and Jewish thought by mid 2013 and then will be doing Latin medieval, Byzantine and Renaissance philosophy up through 2014. So perhaps late 2014 or 2015 to get to early Modern. But I'm just guessing here.

6. Finally, one listener requested more giraffes. I'll do my best.

Peter