Lines of beauty
This week, we look back at the poets who've shared their work with us this year.
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This week, we look back at the poets who've shared their work with us this year.
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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In our series about how twentieth-century philosophy and biography intersect, David talks to philosopher Alex Carter about the life of Albert Camus, novelist, playwright, journalist, celebrity and public intellectual. What makes Camus a philosopher as well? How was he shaped by his Algerian background? Does it make sense to call him an absurdist? How did he try to reconcile the very different parts of his extraordinary life?
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Next time in The Lives of the Philosophers: J. L. Austin
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The second life we explore in our series about the twentieth-century philosophers could not be more different from the first: David talks to philosopher Alex Carter about Simone Weil, who died aged just thirty-four and lived through much political and personal hardship, some of it self-inflicted. How did her asceticism inform her philosophical outlook? Why did she believe she needed to work in a factory and fight in the Spanish civil war to be true to her beliefs? When and how does her philosophy morph into theology? Was she a saint?
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Next time in The Lives of the Philosophers: Albert Camus
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Até onde nossos caminhos nos levam? Este episódio recebe a escritora Calila das Mercês, que apresenta Nódoa (Companhia das Letras), sua estreia no romance, na coluna Lado Beber do 451 MHz. Escrito durante viagens e vivências da autora, o livro é ambientado nos anos 60 e tem uma trama povoada por gerações de mulheres em deslocamento. Na conversa com a poeta Bruna Beber, a convidada também fala sobre sua relação com outras escritoras negras, como Conceição Evaristo e Tatiana Nascimento, e o que aprendeu em suas andanças pelo Brasil. O episódio ainda traz uma recomendação literária do escritor e sacerdote das religiões afro-brasileiras João Tokunbó Carneiro, que revela aos ouvintes um livro que o marcou. Apoio: Lei Rouanet Assine a Quatro Cinco Um por R$ 12/mês: quatrocincoum.com.br/assine Seja um Ouvinte Entusiasta e apoie o 451 MHz: quatrocincoum.com.br/assine
This week, we look back at some of the year's highlights, and illuminating conversations about rest, relaxation and reading with Emily Herring and Christy Edwall.
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Today we begin a new series exploring twentieth-century philosophy through the lives of the people behind the ideas. First up David talks to philosopher Nikhil Krishnan about A. J. Ayer, the man who helped inspire the rise and fall of logical positivism. What did Ayer discover about the nature of truth when he went to Vienna on his honeymoon? How did he manage to popularise such a technical approach to his subject? What was left of philosophy when he had finished with it? And what does Ayer’s taste for football, sex and celebrity tell us about his attitude to the life of the mind?
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Next time in The Lives of the Philosophers: Simone Weil
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Como três traços de personalidade sombrios – narcisismo, maquiavelismo e psicopatia – ajudaram a moldar as nossas civilizações. Por que esses traços são tão comum em líderes, inclusive em líderes políticos. E até que ponto é possível haver política sem o protagonismo de pessoas com traços de tríade sombria?
Ouça as repostas para essas e outras perguntas o episódio 167 de Escafandro: A tríade sombria.
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Professora de psicologia do programa de pós-graduação na Universidade São Francisco. Doutora em psicologia ciência e profissão pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas. Especialista em avaliação psicológica pelo Conselho Federal de Psicologia (2020). Tem experiência na área de Psicologia, com ênfase em fundamentos e medidas da Psicologia.
Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia Social do Museu Nacional da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Doutor em antropologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1997), com pós-doutorado no Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Sociale (Collège de France/CNRS) . Realiza pesquisas com povos indígenas na Amazônia desde 1988, focalizando temas como parentesco, história, guerra, ritual, xamanismo, arte e memória.
Doutor em Ciência Política pelo Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (- IESP/UERJ). Professor do Departamento de Ciência Política e dos programas de pós-graduação em Ciências Sociais (PPCIS) e em Ciência Política (PPGCP-IESP) da UERJ.
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Design das capas dos aplicativos e do site: Cláudia Furnari.
Trilha sonora tema: Paulo Gama.
Mixagem de som: Vitor Coroa.
Produção e edição de áudio: Matheus Marcolino.
Direção, roteiro e apresentação: Tomás Chiaverini.
In today’s episode David talks to forensic anthropologist Sue Black about what happens when forensic science and forensic expertise end up on trial in the courtroom. When and how did scientists get involved in the business of criminal prosecution? What changed with the advent of DNA testing? Is the adversarial system the best way of testing scientific evidence? Can a jury distinguish between good science, bad science and junk science? And what might have gone wrong in the case of Lucy Letby?
Sue Black’s An Expert Witness is available now wherever you get your books https://bit.ly/45hcTge
Out now on PPF+: a final bad ideas bonus episode in which geneticist and science writer Adam Rutherford explains what’s wrong with genealogy: why does wanting to know where we come from lead us down so many blind alleys? To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus
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Next time a brand-new series: The Lives of the Philosophers
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Duas das autoras mais lidas do Brasil, Carla Madeira e Mariana Salomão Carrara revelam neste episódio o que mais as atrai na ficção: criar histórias e personagens diferentes delas. Madeira acabou de lançar seu quarto romance, Quando (Record), enquanto Salomão Carrara publicou, também neste ano, Cláudia Vera Feliz Natal (Todavia). Elas falam sobre a escrita desses livros e defendem a universalidade da literatura feita por mulheres. A conversa aconteceu durante A Feira do Livro 2026, com mediação da editora da Quatro Cinco Um Iara Biderman.
O episódio ainda traz uma recomendação literária da poeta Luiza Romão, que revela aos ouvintes um livro que a marcou.
O encontro também está disponível no canal d'A Feira do Livro no YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbM4IkVUF-8
Para conferir outras conversas que rolaram n'A Feira do Livro, acesse: https://www.youtube.com/@AFeiradoLivro
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This week, we look back at some of the year's highlights, and illuminating conversations with Joanna Kavenna and Nick Enfield.
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We come to the end of this series of bad ideas with a conversation with neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan about the problems of living in an age of diagnosis, when all medical conditions need a label and new labels appear all the time. What happens when the classification criteria for conditions like autism and ADHD get broader and broader? Are doctors or patients driving this? When does predictive testing do more harm than good? Why does advocacy for sufferers get in the way of good health? Is de-diagnosis achievable?
The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O’Sullivan is available now https://bit.ly/3U1ZwOu
Out tomorrow on PPF+: a bad ideas bonus episode in which geneticist and science writer Adam Rutherford explains what’s wrong with genealogy: why does wanting to know where we come from lead us down so many blind alleys? To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus
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Next Time: Forensics on Trial
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Today’s bad idea is one with a very recent history but also a long backstory: David talks to author and journalist James Marriott about what happens when the written word gets supplanted by video and when videos get shorter and shorter. Did the rot set in with television, with YouTube or with TikTok? Is short-form video a symptom or a cause of our shrinking attention spans? What does it mean to have a TikTok prime minister? And is there any way to get people reading again?
The New Dark Ages by James Marriott is out next month https://bit.ly/3TJR7zd
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Next time in The History of Bad Ideas: Overdiagnosis
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Neste episódio do 451 MHz, a advogada Luciana Temer e a deputada estadual por SP Marina Helou discutem como proteger crianças e adolescentes dos riscos em duas frentes que se cruzam: a violência sexual infantil e os impactos das telas na infância. Na conversa, as autoras de Educar para Proteger (Senac São Paulo) e de Quem Está Formando Os Nossos Filhos?, respectivamente, tratam dos perigos do mundo virtual e de algoritmos que viciam e levam a conteúdos extremos. As duas também comentam a lei que restringiu celulares nas escolas paulistas e apontam maneiras de ter uma relação mais saudável com as telas. O episódio ainda traz uma recomendação literária do poeta Ricardo Domeneck, que revela aos ouvintes um livro que o marcou.
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This week, A. E. Stallings takes stock of Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, a “thrilling combination of seemingly opposite tendencies”; and Sam Riviere reads us a new poem
'The Odyssey', directed by Christopher Nolan
'Warm War' by Sam Riviere
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Today’s bad idea is also one that is very hard to pin down: David talks to writer and literary scholar Ian Ellison about the concept of decadence, which went from explaining the fall of ancient Rome to becoming a label modern artists wanted to claim for themselves. What makes a society decadent? Is it always a bad thing? When does decadence explain what’s happening and when does it distract from what’s happening? Was Weimar Germany the best of decadence or the worst of it? And how decadent are we today?
Out now on PPF+: a bonus episode to accompany this series in which David talks to political historian David Klemperer about the idea of social credit, which promised to save the world in the 1920s and 1930s and ended up doing nothing of the sort. A fascinating story of cranks, conspiracy theorists and crypto-fascists with curious echoes in Silicon Valley today. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus
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Next Time in The History of Bad Ideas: Short-Form Video
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Como é a rotina das mulheres de presidiários no Brasil? Quais os impactos do deslocamento de presídios para o interior? Como as “cunhadas” lidam com as regras escritas e não escritas que regem a forma de vestir, as visitas íntimas e o envio de alimentos? Por que muitas dessas mulheres são obrigadas a mudar radicalmente de vida para se adequarem à pena dos companheiros?
Ouça a resposta para essas e outras perguntas no episódio 166 de Escafandro.
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Antropóloga e professora do Departamento de Ciências Sociais na Faculdade de Ciências Sociais da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). Autora de “Nos arredores da prisão” (Hucitec Editora, 2026).
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Design das capas dos aplicativos e do site: Cláudia Furnari.
Trilha sonora tema: Paulo Gama.
Mixagem de som: Vitor Coroa.
Produção, reportagem e edição de áudio: Matheus Marcolino.
Direção, roteiro e apresentação: Tomás Chiaverini.
Before we turn the page on July, here's a look back at some of the conversations from this month's episodes on The TLS Podcast.
In this month's TLS Highlights, Hannah Lowe reads a new poem with a botanical theme; Claire Harman explores the self-possession and vigour of the youngest Brontë sibling; Scarlett Baron considers an attempt to cut James Joyce down to size; Carrie Cracknell discusses the delights and challenges of directing Tom Stoppard's Arcadia; and Ben Street reflects on the tricky business of artists at the cinema.
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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