Podcast Episodes

Pogroms and prejudice

New Generation Thinker Brendan McGeever traces the links between anti-semitism now and pogroms in the former Soviet Union and the language used to de…

5 years, 6 months ago

The consolation of philosophy and stories

The Roman statesman Boethius wrote The Consolation of Philosophy around the year 524 when he was incarcerated. It advises that fame and wealth are tr…

5 years, 6 months ago

What does a black history curriculum look like?

Whose life stories are missing from the British history we write and teach? How do we widen the way we look at episodes which are on the syllabus?

Ran…

5 years, 6 months ago

Prison Break

Prison breaks loom large in both literature and pop culture. But how should we evaluate them ethically? New Generation Thinker Jeffrey Howard asks wh…

5 years, 6 months ago

Facing Facts

Earlier periods of history have seen more people with scarring to their faces from duelling injuries and infectious diseases but what stopped this le…

5 years, 6 months ago

Gambling, good leadership and economic history

Anne McElvoy looks at leadership lessons from past US presidents, the parallels between the betting industry and fears over gambling in 1945 and now …

5 years, 6 months ago

Frank Cottrell-Boyce

The screenwriter and novelist talks to Matthew Sweet about teaching creative writing to children in lockdown, attending mass on zoom, the changing me…

5 years, 6 months ago

Dam Fever and The Diaspora

New Generation Thinker Majed Akhter explores how large dam projects continue to form reservoirs of hope for a sustainable future. Despite their known…

5 years, 6 months ago

Not Quite Jean Muir

Jade Halbert lectures in fashion but has never done any sewing. She swaps pen and paper for needle and thread to create a dress from a Jean Muir patt…

5 years, 6 months ago

Digging Deep

There is fascinating evidence that 5,000 years ago, people living in Britain and Ireland had a deep and meaningful relationship with the underworld s…

5 years, 6 months ago