2023

 A SELECTION OF ANGIE’S MEDIA APPEARANCES
AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

(INCLUDES: TELEVISION, RADIO, PODCASTS, PRESS, LIVE)

- 2023 -

23rd November 2023: Discussed the Cynics for ABC Australia The Philosopher’s Zone and podcast. An excerpt discussing Jesus and the Cynic movement was repeated on a Christmas Day ABC Australia highlights programme: Was Jesus a Cynic?

21st November 2023: Gave a talk Who Lied? Classical Heroism and World War 1 at a joint meeting of the North Staffs Classical Association and the Western Front Association:

5th November 2023: An excerpt from the In Our Time discussion of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics was selected for BBC Radio 4 Pick of the Week (item starts 30.42).

4th November 2023: Discussed whether an AI system can be a friend on the Today programme (discussion 8.33—8.40 (1.33-1.40)).

2nd November 2023: Discussed Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics on BBC Radio 4 In Our Time.

4th October 2023: Gave inaugural lecture Platonic Proportions: Beauty, Harmony and the Good Life at the Michelis Foundation in Athens, for their lecture series in collaboration with the University of Crete.

5th October: 2023: Spoke on Plato the Athenian at the University of Athens, for the inaugural conference of The Athens MA in Ancient Philosophy.

24th September 2023: Discussed celebrity culture on BBC Radio Scotland Sunday Morning with Cathy Macdonald (10.05-22.53).

23rd September 2023: Spoke at Senate House, London at the Aurelius Foundation event Stoic Icons: the Legacy of Seneca, Epictetus, Cicero and Marcus Aurelius:

21st September 2023: Lead interviewee on CBC Radio Ideas on How to Flourish in a Broken World.

18th September 2023: Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme about my experiences of appearing on BBC Radio 4 In Or Time a record number of times.

9th September 2023: presenter of BBC Radio 4 Archive on 4 on public philosopher Bryan Magee: Man of Ideas.

27th-31st June 2023: Spoke on the concept of wisdom in ancient Greece at the Wisdom and Pedagogy Symposium at Domaine de Primard:

26th June 2023: Keynote speaker at the inaugural conference of the Association of Philosophy Teachers (APT) at King Edward’s School, Birmingham.

24th May 2023: Spoke at the book launch of Jane Gatley’s Why Teach Philosophy in Schools? The Case for Philosophy on the Curriculum at the University Of Birmingham School of Education.

12th May 2023: Discussed wine in ancient Greek culture and philosophy for The Verb on BBC Radio 3.

April 18th 2023: Video on Public Philosophy for The Rabbit Holes of Ideas YouTube series, hosted by Leonard Weiss.

March 23rd 2023: Interviewed for the Kyiv Independent about What Good is Philosophy? A Benefit Conference for Ukraine.

March 19th 2023: Public Philosophy in an Age of Uncertainty in Session 6 of What Good is Philosophy? A Benefit Conference for Ukraine. Talk runs from 37’10’’-1.06’35’’ .

February 25th 2023: Discussed the ethical and political issues arising from the situation in and concerning Ukraine, for a special edition of Philosophy Takes On The News, hosted by Simon Kirchin:

February 20th 2023: Discussed Plato for the Ancient Heroes podcast series curated by Patrick Garvey (discussion includes the dialogue form, the Atlantis legend, Socrates as a new hero and much more):

January 1st 2023 21.30: Interviewee for BBC Radio 4 Icon Episode 1: Image, Reflection, Shadow (repeat).