Audio
A Short History of Solitude
Thomas Dixon explores the surprising history of being alone.
Feelings, and Feelings, and Feelings
The Free Thinking Lecture 2019
by Thomas Dixon
The Sound of Anger
An emotional and intellectual odyssey exploring all things furious, vengeful, and irate. Nominated for three British Podcast awards.
Spaces of Solitude
A series of podcasts from the ‘Pathologies of Solitude’ project, exploring how places and experiences of solitude have changed across the centuries.
- Listen to our latest podcasts about emotions and their history – Queen Mary Centre for the History of Emotions Soundcloud or iTunes
- ‘Naming Emotions‘ – historian of emotions Tiffany Watt Smith talks to Michael Rosen about words and feelings for ‘Word of Mouth’ on BBC Radio 4
- Tiffany Watt Smith on laughter in babies and the history of scientific inquiry into it
- Jules Evans explores happiness, flourishing and the philosophy of the good life for the BBC
- A discussion of the history of ecstasy for BBC Free Thinking, featuring Jules Evans
- ‘Decoding Our Emotions‘ – an NPR Ted Radio Hour podcast about the science and meaning of emotions
- Listen to Thomas Dixon’s 15-part BBC Radio 4 series, Five Hundred Years of Friendship, and read the blog posts that accompanied the series
- Listen to Thomas Dixon’s BBC Radio 3 feature about the history of crying, Margaret Are You Grieving?