Philosophy Bites was one of the few podcasts I used to follow, when they were new, when I'd go on walks with earphones plugged into an iPod.

Warburton and Edmonds have great skill in finding people who are excited about what they study and who can answer well-stated questions clearly and succinctly.

Now there are three, maybe more, books based on these fine discussions, books that I can read carefully and at leisure. There is Philosophy Bites Back, and Philosophy Bites Again.

I enjoyed, as far as I can recall, every session I listened to, and have enjoyed even more, two of the three books, with every intention of reading the third - at least once. ( )

I thoroughly enjoy the podcast and the book is a continuation of that informal and conversational approach. ( )

A collection of interviews with philosophers. Unfortunately the interviews are both short and extremely introductory in content. I didn't feel like I got anything out of the collection that I hadn't already had during undergrad -- though I do have a relatively strong background in the humanities. I'd picked this up to read something from Don Cupitt, a priest who believes that the Christian God as currently discussed does not exist but for whom religion is still meaningful. Since I'm equally disappointed in the depth that his interview went into (this is a limitation of the written conversational form, I expect), I'll have to look elsewhere. ( )

I am not generally a fan of philosophy, but I was drawn to this book, and thoroughly enjoyed it. This are based on a podcast of interviews with philosophers, and presents transcripts of 25 of them. I found them almost all lucid and interesting, even if I wasn't always in agreement; some of them quite gripping. I hesitate to criticize any, since other people may be very interested in topics that I don't care for. The one question that I wished that the interviewer had asked is to question why Don Cupitt remains a Christian priest, given his beliefs, or lack of them. Another book by a philosopher that I greatly enjoyed was Daniel Dennett's Darwin's Dangerous Idea. ( )