The 2 Best Moral Maze Podcast Episodes
1) Happiness
Philosophers and artists, from Epicurus to Ken Dodd, have grappled with the secret to happiness. Now, neuroscientists at University College London suggest the answer could lie in the equation: (t)=w0 ...Show More
2) Coronavirus
Late last year in the Chinese city of Wuhan, a tiny organism migrated from an animal to a human. Three months later, COVID-19 has gone global. So far, nearly 90,000 people are known to have caught cor...Show More
3) What Is Truth?
What is truth? In a special edition of The Moral Maze, we discuss perhaps the most significant question in all of human thought. It sits at the foundation of how we understand reality, and how we comm...Show More
4) What's the bigger threat to Europe: "cultural erasure", or far-right populism?
Tommy Robinson's carol concert claimed to be "putting Christ back into Christmas". Church of England Bishops quickly pointed out that Christ never went away and warned about Christmas becoming another...Show More
What's the bigger threat to Europe: "cultural erasure", or far-right populism?
56:40 | Dec 18th, 2025
5) Should children be banned from social media?
As Australia begins its pioneering social media ban for under-16s, governments around the world will be watching closely. The move, which represents a significant challenge to Big Tech's dominance, ai...Show More
6) The Jury: Moral Innovation or Historic Relic?
The jury trial has been around for almost 1,000 years. Magna Carta, in 1215, enshrined the principle that “No free man shall be... imprisoned… except by the lawful judgement of his peers.” That could ...Show More
7) Politics: Whose Morality Is It Anyway?
The Dutch historian Rutger Bregman, whose BBC Reith Lectures start this week, is calling for a moral revolution to change our societies for the better, charting how small groups of committed people – ...Show More
8) How much should we consider the role of moral luck?
The Channel 4 documentary, ‘Hitler's DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator’ has carried out a controversial genetic analysis of the Nazi leader. The test shows "very high" scores - in the top 1% - for a predis...Show More
9) What should we expect from a father?
This year’s John Lewis Christmas advert puts an emotional focus on a father-son relationship. It shows a dad and his teenage boy struggling to put their feelings into words. It points to what many obs...Show More
10) Is democracy a failed experiment?
Later this month, millions of demonstrators are due to take to the streets across the USA for a second time, under the banner “No Kings”. Organisers say, “America has no kings, and the power belongs t...Show More