The year ahead

As 2014 draws to a close I thought it might be a good time to say what you can look forward to on the podcast in 2015. The big event, if all goes well, will be the launch of the sister podcast on classical Indian philosophy, written together with Jonardon Ganeri. That will have a separate RSS feed so you'll have to subscribe separately, but the episodes will appear here on the site of course. I will make announcements when they start to appear. My plan is to post them and new podcasts on the European tradition in alternating weeks, probably starting after the usual summer break (i.e. around the beginning or middle of September depending on my summer plans).

My projected episode list on medieval philosophy is quite long, so I hope listeners are enjoying this series so far. The episodes on early medieval philosophy will go up to about episode 219 and feature extensive coverage of Peter Abelard, as well as figures like Hildegard of Bingen, John Salisbury, and Hugh of St Victor (I just wrote the episode on the Victorines today in fact). The rest of the medieval episodes are going to be divided into sub-series on the 13th and 14th centuries. Given that I'll go slower once Indian philosophy is rolling I will certainly still be going through medieval thought for all of 2015. I already have some great interviews recorded for this material, and am looking forward to some obvious topics (Aquinas, Scotus, Ockham) but also some less obvious things, including planned thematic episodes on poverty, gender/sexuality, and just war theory. Dante should also be a highlight since I have loved the Divine Comedy since I was an undergraduate.

As always please get in touch with any comments or questions, I really value the opportunity to interact with audience members.