#42 Science and Fiction: Tom Shakespeare and the Curious Cases of 'Nobelitis'

We Can Be Weirdos

Global

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

4.9 • 736 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

"Once you believe... anything becomes possible"

Tom Shakespeare is a social scientist and bioethicist, an academic who writes and talks and researches mainly about disability, but also about ethical issues around prenatal genetic testing and end of life assisted suicide. He's also been a stand-up comedian, and has his first fiction novel out on March 28th, called, "The Ha-Ha: A feel-good comedy of friends reunited".

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

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0:00.0	I've never thought of myself as the giving type, but I guess I am.
0:04.0	I always give up my seat to those who need it, even after hitting a gym.
0:08.0	And I give blood when I can, sometimes on my break because it helps to save lives.
0:12.0	My daughter was sick.
0:14.0	And thanks to giving types, she's now healthy and back to her old self.
0:18.0	From one father to another, it takes one hour to give blood and help people
0:22.2	like my daughter. If you're the given type, please book now at one of our London donor centres.
0:28.1	Visit blood.co.uk today.
0:32.2	This is a global player original podcast.
0:36.9	Warning! The following episode contains strong language, bizarre theories,
0:41.3	unexplainable experiences, and a curious case of nobilitis.
0:45.3	It may not be suitable for younger weirdos.
0:49.3	You can take away a man's gods, but only to give him others in return.
0:54.9	People want to believe that there is a meaning, a point, a connection. Hey everyone. Welcome to another episode of We Can Be Weirdos. My name is Dan Schreiber. I am coming to you today from my home at Roughway by C.
1:30.0	I'm just sitting at my desk.
1:31.3	I've got a few books with me here, which are kind of in the rough corner territory, these books.
1:37.5	And I thought I'd save mentioning it until this week's episode, because I spoke to my guest.
1:41.7	A couple of weeks ago we recorded this and one of the things he said, which was to do about feeling the presence of a loved one who was gone, struck me quite hard because I had been weirdly experiencing it myself that week. And that's because it was Valentine's Day. So I had a great Valentine's Day. Fidela basically forgot about it this year.
2:01.2	We've had a hectic tithe at home with work and settling in and so on.
2:06.1	So understandably, it wasn't on the front of both of our minds.
2:10.9	So she quickly nabbed a couple of books from W.H. Smith's for me as a present.
2:15.2	And so I received from Fidela two books, a short history of
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