This companion to Episode 1 steps back from your individual life and looks at the wider landscape you’re trying to navigate — a world many of us feel we didn’t design, nor that we are responsible for. Rather than shrugging and saying “it’s always been this way,” we trace how today’s pressures took shape: from the “stable” late 20th century, through the Reagan–Thatcher economic turn, the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, widening wealth and income gaps, and the quiet erosion of job security, digni...
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This companion to Episode 1 steps back from your individual life and looks at the wider landscape you’re trying to navigate — a world many of us feel we didn’t design, nor that we are responsible for. Rather than shrugging and saying “it’s always been this way,” we trace how today’s pressures took shape: from the “stable” late 20th century, through the Reagan–Thatcher economic turn, the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, widening wealth and income gaps, and the quiet erosion of job security, digni...
This companion to Episode 1 steps back from your individual life and looks at the wider landscape you’re trying to navigate — a world many of us feel we didn’t design, nor that we are responsible for. Rather than shrugging and saying “it’s always been this way,” we trace how today’s pressures took shape: from the “stable” late 20th century, through the Reagan–Thatcher economic turn, the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, widening wealth and income gaps, and the quiet erosion of job security, digni...
We all begin life with a map—an idea of how things are supposed to unfold. Work hard, make good choices, stay the course, and everything will make sense in the end. But somewhere along the way, many of us realise the map no longer matches the terrain. In this opening episode of Philosophical Paths, we step onto a figurative ridge and look back at the path we've travelled. The careers pursued, the compromises made, the hopes deferred — and the quiet question that follows: Is this the life I ch...
Philosophical Paths is a podcast for anyone who has reached a point in life where the deeper questions can no longer be ignored. There are maps for almost everything — careers, achievement, and getting ahead — but almost none for how to live well. That’s where philosophy comes in. Not the academic kind, but philosophy as a pathfinder for meaning, direction, and clarity. Hosted by Ian Macfarlane, Philosophical Paths explores the questions that surface in midlife and beyond: Is this really the ...
This companion to Episode 1 steps back from your individual life and looks at the wider landscape you’re trying to navigate — a world many of us feel we didn’t design, nor that we are responsible for. Rather than shrugging and saying “it’s always been this way,” we trace how today’s pressures took shape: from the “stable” late 20th century, through the Reagan–Thatcher economic turn, the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, widening wealth and income gaps, and the quiet erosion of job security, digni...
