What I Believe

By Humanists UK

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Subscribers: 88
Reviews: 2
Episodes: 104


 Mar 24, 2022

Andy Bentley
 Jul 22, 2020
Excellent range of guests. A relaxed, conversational, format covering interesting topics in a very personal way.

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In this podcast, Chief Executive of Humanists UK Andrew Copson talks to humanists today about what they believe, to understand more about the values, convictions, and opinions they live by.

Episode Date
EP 66 – Stephen Fry on the uncomfortable truth of AI, the peril of being 'right' over being 'effective', and the dichotomy of humanity
Jul 16, 2025
EP 65 – Anjali Goswami on humanity’s interconnectedness with the world, ‘selfish nihilism’, and a childhood encounter with a tiger
Jul 09, 2025
EP 64 – Lizzi Collinge MP on millennials modernising parliament, living the one life we have, and the joys of being an MP
Jul 02, 2025
EP 63 – James Forder on old fashioned liberalism, the finiteness of our existence, and free enterprise as a moral force
Jun 25, 2025
EP 62 – Kate Devlin on human adaptability in an AI world, AI's ethical challenges, and our obsession with sex robots
Jun 18, 2025
EP 61 – Sarah Bakewell on the joy of biography and what it means to be human
Jun 11, 2025
EP 60  – Ian Dunt on the uncomfortable truth of liberalism, populism on the rise, and freedom to Vs freedom from
Jun 04, 2025
EP 59 – Jane Fallon on her journey to veganism, a lifelong love for animals, and 'Chick Noir'
May 28, 2025
EP 58 – Alf Dubs on escaping the Nazis, memories of the NHS 'the day it all began', and xenophobia in 1940s UK
May 21, 2025
EP 57 – Adam Kay on the values of the NHS, fundamental human equality, and the future of one of the UK’s most cherished institutions
Nov 16, 2023
EP 56 – Lynne Featherstone on liberalism, being the chief architect of the same-sex marriage act, and her deep aversion to conformity
Nov 09, 2023
EP 55 – Alom Shaha on becoming a humanist, the joy of teaching, and writing ’The Young Atheist’s Handbook’
Nov 02, 2023
EP 54 – Tommy Sheppard MP on republicanism, the anti-nuclear campaign, and why he’s not a nationalist
Oct 25, 2023
EP 53 – Samira Ahmed on the art of interviewing, equal pay at the BBC, and the ‘toxic’ nature of UK political discourse
Oct 18, 2023
EP 52 – Adam Rutherford on tackling racist pseudoscience, ’Where are you really from?’, and Taylor Swift Vs Charles Darwin
Oct 11, 2023
EP 51 – Henry Marsh on being a neurosurgeon, living with advanced prostate cancer, and the arguments for assisted dying
Oct 04, 2023
EP 50 – Sandi Toksvig on bishops, Scandi convents, and masterminding a school rebellion
Sep 27, 2023
EP 49 – Susan Blackmore
Oct 12, 2022
EP 48 – Laura Lacole
Oct 05, 2022
EP 47 – Christer Sturmark
Sep 28, 2022
EP 46 – Nichola Raihani
Sep 22, 2022
EP 45 – S I Martin
Sep 14, 2022
EP 44 – Kate Pickett
Sep 07, 2022
EP 43 – Clive Lewis
Aug 31, 2022
EP 42 – Tim McGarry
Aug 24, 2022
EP 41 – A C Grayling
Aug 17, 2022
EP 40 – Angela Barnes
Aug 10, 2022
EP 39 – Frank Turner
Aug 03, 2022
EP 38 – Nigel Warburton
Jan 27, 2022
EP 37 – Anne Glover
Jan 20, 2022
EP 36 – Saiful Islam
Jan 13, 2022
EP 35 – Francesca Stavrakopoulou
Jan 06, 2022
EP 34 – Mike Little
Dec 16, 2021
EP 33 – Angela Eagle
Dec 09, 2021
EP 32 – Steven Pinker
Dec 02, 2021
EP 31 – John Amaechi
Nov 25, 2021
EP 30 – Shaparak Khorsandi
Nov 18, 2021
EP 29 – Eddie Marsan
Jun 02, 2021
EP 28 – Polly Toynbee
May 26, 2021
EP 27 – Andrew Gold
May 19, 2021
EP 26 – Siân Berry
May 12, 2021
EP 25 – Isaac Hempstead Wright
May 05, 2021
EP 24 – Ian McEwan
Apr 28, 2021
EP 23 – Jim Al-Khalili
Apr 21, 2021
EP 22 – Helen Czerski
Apr 14, 2021
EP 21 – Richard Dawkins
Apr 07, 2021
EP 20 – Carol Smillie
Mar 31, 2021
EP 19 – David Aaronovitch
Jan 28, 2021
EP 18 – Hannah Peel
Jan 21, 2021
EP 17 – Adèle Anderson
Jan 14, 2021
EP 16 – José González
Jan 07, 2021
EP 15 – Stephanie Merritt
Dec 17, 2020
EP 14 – Christina Patterson
Dec 10, 2020
EP 13 – Dan Snow
Dec 03, 2020
EP 12 – Joan Bakewell
Nov 26, 2020
EP 11 – Natalie Haynes
Nov 19, 2020
EP 10 – Leo Igwe
Nov 12, 2020
EP 9 – David Baddiel
Aug 05, 2020
EP 8 – Rebecca Goldstein
Jul 29, 2020
EP 7 – Paul Sinha
Jul 22, 2020
EP 6 – Alice Roberts
Jul 15, 2020
EP 5 – Richard Wiseman
Jul 08, 2020
EP 4 – Margaret Heffernan
Jul 01, 2020
EP 3 – Tim Minchin
Jun 24, 2020
EP 2 – Janet Ellis
Jun 17, 2020
EP 1 – Robin Ince
Jun 03, 2020