Public writings and talks

Contributing speaker on ‘What Do We Work For?’, The Moral Maze, BBC Radio 4, broadcast Dec 14, 2022. Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001g331

‘Punk as Praxis’, in Joshua Heter and Richard Greene eds, Punk and Philosophy, Peru, Illinois, Carus books, 2022, pp. 29-36.

Review of A Philosopher Looks at Work by Raymond Geuss, Australian Book Review, November 2021, No. 437, p. 55.

https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/current-issue/969-november-2021-no-437/8519-nicholas-h-smith-reviews-a-philosopher-looks-at-work-by-raymond-geuss

‘Egotism in Higher Education’, Open for Debate, blog piece co-written with Tracy Llanera, 9 August 2021. https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/2021/08/09/egotism-in-higher-education/

‘The Ethics of the 4 Day Work Week. It’s not just about the hours’. The Conversation, 28 October 2019. Translated into Indonesian. https://theconversation.com/the-ethics-of-the-4-day-work-week-its-not-just-about-the-hours-124418#:~:text=Skidelsky’s%20argument%20for%20the%20ethical,happiness%20(or%20well%2Dbeing)

‘Richard Rorty and Transcendence’, interview with Tracy Llanera and David Rutledge, The Philosopher’s Zone, ABC National Radio, broadcast 29 September 2019. https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/richard-rorty-and-transcendence/11546590

‘Work in a Free Society’. The Philosopher, summer 2019, Vol 107, No. 3, pp 31-35. (Reprinted in Anthony Morgan ed., Workforce, published as part of the Workforce Exhibition opened on March 15th, 2019 at The NewBridge Project: Gateshead, UK.)

‘The Philosophy of Punk’, Institute for Arts and Ideas, IAI News, 18 December 2018. https://iainews.iai.tv/articles/pete-shelley-and-the-philosophy-of-punk-auid-1186

Podcast interview ‘Work – what is it good for?’, Time and Tide: Reflections on Social Work and Social Policy’ posted September 30 2018. http://vittoriocintio.com/?p=704.

‘The Freedom to be Free at Work’, Institute for Arts and Ideas, IAI News, 8th October 2018. https://iainews.iai.tv/articles/being-free-at-work-auid-1153. Posted on 3 Quarks Daily, 20th November 2018

‘When work stops working’, interview with David Rutledge, The Philosopher’s Zone, ABC National Radio, broadcast 22 July 2018. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/when-work-stops-working/10013266

‘The Ends of Work’, Keele Grand Challenges Public Lecture Series, June 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY6uLr7qSvg

‘Post-Work Won’t Work’, in ‘The Future of the Post-Work World’, Institute for Arts and Ideas, IAI News, Issue 66, 4th May, 2018. https://iainews.iai.tv/articles/post-work-wont-work-auid-1081

‘A Philosopher’s View: the Benefits and Dignity of Work’, The Conversation, http://theconversation.edu.au/articles/a-philosophers-view-the-benefits-and-dignity-of-work-1104, April 22, 2011.