Show overview
The Nature of Things has published 4 episodes during 2020. That works out to roughly 4 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 55 min and 58 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 6 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. Published by thenatureofthings.
From the publisher
Tom and Peter shoot the breeze and discuss the nature of things.
Latest Episodes
Ep 4What is it like to have the coronavirus?
Tom and Peter discuss the possibility and necessity of comparing our experiences with others.
Ep 3Have we lost our minds after one week of social distancing?
Tom and Peter discuss the recent coronavirus outbreak, what it means for us to be connected, and why quarantine is such a difficult word in the age of the internet.
Ep 2Why does a wheelbarrow have only one wheel?
Peter and Tom discuss technological progress and what it means for technology to be good or bad. "If you use a hammer to break someone's kneecaps, you're still being a bad person. Even if you use a good hammer to do it."
Ep 1Should we make a podcast for our new year's resolution?
Why do we think we should improve ourselves? This is the pilot episode of The Nature of Things!