Podcast Episodes

Why Do We Need Empathy? - Jane Shaw

This lecture was recorded by Jane Shaw on Monday, 07 Sep 2026.

Professor Jane Shaw is Provost of Gresham College and Professor of the History of Relig…

13 hours ago

On the Nature of Time According to Modern Physics - Jim Al-Khalili

This is the Annual Sir Thomas Gresham Lecture. What does modern physics have to say about the meaning of time? Is it a fundamental feature of reality…

1 week ago

Music of Sleep and Dreams - Milton Mermikides

This lecture was recorded by Professor Milton Mermikides on the 19th of June 2026

Milton Mermikides is a composer, guitarist, technologist, academic a…

3 weeks ago

The Morrigan: The Nightmare Queen - Ronald Hutton

This lecture was recorded by Ronald Hutton on the 17th of June 2026 at Barnard's Inn Hall, London

Professor Hutton is Professor of History at the Univ…

1 month ago

There Must be a Better Way: Thoughts on the Future of Family Law - Sir Andrew McFarlane

This is the Annual Gray's Inn Reading 2026.

The lecture was delivered within three months of Sir Andrew McFarlane’s retirement after 21 years on the F…

1 month, 1 week ago

Education - And Its Limits - Daniel Susskind

This lecture was recorded by Professor Daniel Susskind on the 26th of May 2026

Dr Daniel Susskind is a writer and economist. He explores the impact of…

1 month, 1 week ago

The White Knight: Ice - Helen Czerski

The polar regions are still some of the most inaccessible and least touched by humans, but they are deeply linked to the rest of Earth. We will cover…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Cicero In and On Political Crises - Melissa Lane

This lecture was recorded by Melissa Lane on the 11th of June 2026

Melissa Lane is the Class of 1943 Professor of Politics, Princeton University and i…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Forging Better Futures for You and AI - Matt Jones

In this last lecture, I will work to wake us from the AI as Overlord spell. We will explore other possible futures, looking first look at the potenti…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Current Challenges to the US Constitution - Clive Stafford Smith

The Americans are very proud of their written constitution. During the first 3/8 of President Trump’s second term of office, the constitution has bee…

1 month, 3 weeks ago