For our 50th episode we thought we'd try something a little different… Our off the cuff conversation takes us from experience machines to belief in god, free will, happiness and humanism. We ask whether it makes sense to think of a non-religious life as meaningless and whether "unearned" or "false" happiness is desirable (or indeed, even possible). What is the relationship between meaning and happiness and is there something valuable in the pursuit of both? We'd love to have more improvised chats like this and expand on a lot of these ideas in the future.  

Articles by Connor & Nye:  
https://twobeersuntilphronesis.weebly.com/herefordshire-humanists.html
https://nyejames.com/blog/

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Edited by Connor.  
Audio & music mastering / production by Nye James.  
Jingles recorded by Nye (guitars) & Connor (harmonica, mandolin)