Hey everyone,

Today I have to break some sad news. After ten years of The Panpsycast, we have taken the difficult decision to bring the show to an end.

We started this project in 2016. Since then, we have released over 400 instalments of the show; never (not once) missing our schedule to bring you your Sunday philosophy. That's an extraordinary accomplishment. One that I owe entirely to our phenomenal team and everyone who's supported us.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the 100+ guests who have joined us on the programme, as well as Tyler Hislop our brilliant audio editor Charlotte Mudd our illustrator, and all of the organisations who have supported us throughout this journey. (Apart from Sudio Headphones. Do better.)

To those of you who didn't enjoy Mystery Philosopher, Pop Pop Philosophy Quiz, and our pronunciation of 'discussion', I hope you rot in hell.

To everyone else, thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening. This show has been and always will be my favourite thing. Thank you so much for being a part of it.

To our patrons, I can never say how much it means to me that you supported this project. I'll never find the words for it. But please know that all of us on the show, and every listener, are incredibly grateful for your generosity.

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We just released Episode 163. Don't worry. We're not going to leave it on such an awkward number, nor on such an unsatisfactory note. We'll do you proud. With this in mind, we have two final episodes coming your way.

Episode 164 will be our final interview, featuring Martin Pickup, leader of the Global Philosophy of Religion Project 2 at the University of Birmingham. We'll be speaking to Martin about the future of philosophy, as well as all the things we've learnt from our many collaborations with the University of Birmingham's projects.

Our very last episode will be Episode 165. We're going to go back to the beginning, old-school Panpsycast. Just me (Jack), Andy, and Olly, discussing the philosophy of friendship.

We'll be releasing these episodes before the end of the year, so keep your eyes out for both.

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The team have all found new and exciting things to do, but I'll be continuing to philosophise as before. I have some really exciting things to share with you; for now, to stay posted, I've already begun uploading content to a small YouTube channel, which you can find here: www.youtube.com/@DrJackSymes. Our pages, including our Facebook and Patreon, will switch to this new brand in the coming weeks. I'll be on the Patreon in the next week or so, speaking to you about these new projects, and what you'd like to see. (I hope you'll consider supporting the next chapter of the journey.) As for The Panpsycast, all of our episodes will remain freely available, forever. (Yeah, we're pretty great like that.)

To Andy, Olly, Rose, Jon, Lucy, and Greg: thank you for every single memory. (We'll make more stuff in the future.) But for now: thank you. Love you all.

Jack

Hey Everyone, I'm delighted to present our third and final live show from The Mystery of Existence series at the Royal Institution Theatre, London.

People travelled from far and wide to join us, and for our final event we brought together four intellectual heavyweights: Slavoj Žižek, Sabine Hossenfelder, William Lane Craig, and Rowan Williams. In a two vs two debate, they explored the existence of God through science, scepticism, and the resurrection. The full video is now available on the Unbelievable? YouTube channel, so be sure to check it out.

Thank you again for supporting the show. We're incredibly excited to be celebrating our tenth anniversary, and we have an important announcement coming in two weeks' time, so stay tuned. Until then, I hope you enjoy the show!

Links

Watch the debate: Premier Christian Radio, Unbelievable

Hey everyone, Jack here with another special episode – my recent conversation with Peter Godfrey-Smith, Professor in the School of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney.

Peter is best known for his bestselling book Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness – a landmark work on animal intelligence and the philosophy of mind.

In this interview, we explore the world of animal consciousness: octopus minds, the evolution of sentience, panpsychism, and the moral tension of loving animals while making a case for eating them. It gets a little heated towards the end of the discussion on veganism, but besides that I think it's a brilliant conversation.

The full episode is also on YouTube; I hope you enjoy the show!

Links

Peter's Website

Other Minds (Peter's best-seller)

Philosophers on Consciousness (Jack's book)