Academic staff in the Western Civilisation program regularly write and speak about literature, philosophy, current events, and other topics for a public audience.

Podcasts

Dr Tyler Paytas’ research on fear and virtue theory was the topic of an episode of ABC’s The Philosopher’s Zone.

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Dr Paytas made a second appearance on The Philosopher’s Zone to discuss his research on anger.

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Dr Paytas features on ABC’s God Forbid about the ethics of food choices and activism on behalf of animals.

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Dr Paytas was a guest contributor on the popular philosophy podcast Hi-Phi Nation for an episode on ‘uncivil disobedience.’

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Videos

Dr Kishore Saval is a frequent guest on the Ramsay Centre’s Great Books of the Western Canon video series, including episodes on Shakespeare, T. S. Eliot, and Aeschylus.

| Video 9: Great Books of the Western Canon – Shakespeare’s Hamlet

| Video 10: Great Books of the Western Canon – Prufrock and Other Observations

| Video 11: Great Books of the Western Canon – Aeschylus' The OresteiaAgamemnon

| Video 12: Great Books of the Western Canon – Aeschylus The OresteiaThe Libation Bearers

| Video 13: Great Books of the Western Canon – Aeschylus’ The OresteiaThe Eumenides

Media

| Dr Paytas writes for ABC News about the virtues of humility and compassion in the aftermath of the 2020 US presidential election.

| Dr Paytas writes about the ethics of research on animals for The Conversation.

| Dr Paytas writes about the ethics of animal activism for ABC News.

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