The 2026 Alan Saunders Lecture <https://aap.org.au/AlanSaundersLecture> was delivered and recorded on Thursday 24 September. *Alexandre Lefebvre* gave this year's lecture on the topic - Return of the Moral State: Politics and the Good Life, hosted by David Rutledge of ABC Radio National's The Philosopher's Zone.
The 2026 AAP Media Prize was also announced on the night. The recipient is *Bhanuraj Kashyap*, for Rethinking South Asian Philosophy, published by the Special Broadcasting Service. Bhanuraj was shortlisted alongside Rachael Brown for Your Smartphone is a Parasite, According to Evolution, published in The Conversation, and Belinda Eslick, for Working from Home: Tradwives and Ecofeminism, published in Griffith Review Online. The Lecture is a partnership between the AAP and the ABC, and the recording will go to air on ABC Radio National as follows: *Sunday 4 October*, 5.30 am and 3.05 pm *Thursday 8 October*, 12.05 am (further repeat) *Friday 9 October,* 8.30 pm (further repeat) These are the edited radio versions. The full, unedited recording is available now to stream, share or download: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/philosopherszone/politics-and-the-good-life/107153236 -- Australasian Association of Philosophy aap.org.au ABN 29 152 892 272 --------- SydPhil mailing list To unsubscribe, change your membership options, find answers to common problems, or visit our online archives, please go to the list information page: https://mailman.sydney.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/sydphil
