Harry Shearer and Gillian Anderson Voice Philosophy Series


BBC 4 Radio is releasing a series of animations on assorted philosophical topics as a spin-off of its History of Ideas program. Among those doing the voices for the animations are Gillian Anderson (The X-Files) and Harry Shearer (The Simpsons). The episodes were written by Nigel Warburton, who, among other things, interviews philosophers for Philosophy BitesFrom The Guardian:

BBC executives are hoping they will become viral hits and reach out beyond the station’s traditional radio audience, helped by having two familiar voices on board. Another two people, yet to be announced, will be recruited to voice the other online episodes… Each week, a different theme will be tackled in the show, which is described as taking a “very 21st-century approach to an ancient set of questions”, exploring ideas from philosophers including Thomas Hobbes and Immanuel Kant.  

Related: The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D’oh! of Homer and The Philosophy of The X-Files. 

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JP
JP
9 years ago

“Let the bears pay the bear tax, I pay the Homer tax!”

Alan White
Alan White
9 years ago

Justin thanks so much for this! As a contributor to the X-Files book, I entertained the fantasy that Anderson might hit me up for a date, but oh well. . .

ejrd
ejrd
9 years ago

Justin, for the love of all that is holy, please update this when the program is up and running. I’m dense enough to forget about this but really really don’t want to. I nominate YOU to be my commitment device. 🙂