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Barbara Bleisch, PhD, studied philosophy, German literature, and religious studies in Zurich, Basel, and Tübingen, and received her doctorate in philosophy from the Ethics Center of the University of Zurich. She has been hosting the show "Sternstunde Philosophie" for Swiss public broadcaster SRF since 2010, as well as the podcast "Zimmer 42" since 2025. She was a columnist for the "Tages-Anzeiger" from 2018 to 2023, and for the Berlin-based "Philosophie Magazin" from 2013 to 2019. In 2020, Bleisch was named Swiss Journalist of the Year in the 'Society' category.
Bleisch is a member of the Ethics Center at the University of Zurich and teaches ethics in the Advanced Studies in Applied Ethics program at the University of Zurich as well as in postgraduate programs at the University of Lucerne. Since 2024, she has served as co-artistic director of the philosophy festival "Philosophicum Lech".
Her most recent books, published by Hanser in Munich, include: „Warum wir unseren Eltern nichts schulden“ (2020), „Mitte des Lebens. Eine Philosophie der besten Jahre“ (2024), and, co-authored with four other philosophers, „Besser um die Zukunft streiten“ (2026).