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The AFTER THE END research project is an eight-year collaboration bringing together researchers from around the world. Its principal focus is what happens in the aftermaths of global health crises, but what do endings look like in other contexts? Do cultural perspectives influence our perception of time? Does time exist?
In this series, presented by PATRICIA KINGORI, Professor of Global Health Ethics at the UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD and lead investigator for AFTER THE END, we explore endings and their aftermaths - who decides when an ‘end’ has been reached, whether ‘the end’ for one person is the end for everybody, and what happens after these so-called ends?
The series grew out of the AFTER THE END launch workshop in Oxford in July 2024. PATRICIA KINGORI had brought together a group of people from very different disciplines – all experts in their own fields – to explore the concept of endings. The discussions were fascinating and thought-provoking, and this podcast series captures some of them.
We hope you enjoy listening.
This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust, 225238/Z/22/Z
| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
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| 5 | After the End Episode 5: Time, Mortality, and the Immortal Jellyfish | In this episode of the podcast series After the End, Patricia Kingori, Miranda Lowe, Felix Flicker and Martin O'Brien come together for a discussion on time, mortality and immortality. | Patricia Kingori, Miranda Lowe, Felix Flicker, Martin O'Brien | 24 Nov 2025 | |
| 4 | After the End Episode 4: Living in Zombie Time – Martin O’Brien | What is it like to live in Zombie Time? Performance artist Martin O’Brien opens the conversation on living beyond predicted life expectancy in what he calls ‘zombie time’. | Patricia Kingori, Martin O’Brien | 10 Nov 2025 | |
| 3 | After the End Episode 3: Does Time Exist – Felix Flicker | Does time exist? Theoretical physicist Felix Flicker from the University of Bristol explores whether time exists and living after the end of the universe. | Patricia Kingori, Felix Flicker | 27 Oct 2025 | |
| 2 | After the End Episode 2: The Immortal Jellyfish – Miranda Lowe | The Jellyfish that refuse to die. MIRANDA LOWE CBE, a principal curator in the Department of Life Sciences at the NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM in LONDON, introduces us to the extraordinary world of the immortal jellyfish. | Patricia Kingori, Miranda Lowe | 23 Oct 2025 | |
| 1 | After the End Podcast Introduction – Patricia Kingori | Who decides when it’s over? In this episode of the podcast series After the End, Professor Patricia Kingori introduces the project and sets the stage for what’s to come. | Patricia Kingori | 23 Oct 2025 |