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How Has Translation Transformed Shakespeare? With Daniel Hahn
Season 1 Episode 3417
What does it mean to translate some of the most recognisable and revered works in the English language? When the wordplay, poetry, and syntax of Shak…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Should You Be Talking To AI? with Jamie Bartlett
Season 1 Episode 3416
Hundreds of millions of people now talk to AI, such as ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini every day. They organise their finances and holidays, ask advice, se…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Who Are Renoir’s Mystery Girls? With Catherine Ostler
Season 1 Episode 3415
Could one of Renoir’s most iconic paintings conceal one of the most astonishing true stories of scandal and tragedy in Golden Age Paris?
In 1881, Pie…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Stalin vs Trotsky: The Assassination That Changed History, with Josh Ireland
Season 1 Episode 3413
On August 20, 1940, in a quiet study in Mexico, one of the 20th century’s most consequential political exiles was assassinated with an ice pick. The …
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Can Discomfort Be the Key to a Better Life? With Ken Rideout
Season 1 Episode 3412
Dr Radha Modgil is joined by endurance athlete, investor and author Ken Rideout for an inspiring Intelligence Squared conversation on what it really …
3 weeks, 6 days ago
How and Why did Sexual Reproduction Evolve on our Planet? With Dr Lixing Sun
Season 1 Episode 3411
Before sex evolved on our planet, two billion years ago, all reproduction happened asexually. So why and how did sexual reproduction evolve?
Dr Lixin…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Hungry for Life! An Evening with Prue Leith (Part Two)
Season 1 Episode 3410
According to Great British Bake Off judge and national treasure Prue Leith the secret to a happy life lies in embracing everyday with joy while accep…
1 month ago
Hungry for Life! An Evening with Prue Leith (Part One)
Season 1 Episode 3409
According to Great British Bake Off judge and national treasure Prue Leith the secret to a happy life lies in embracing everyday with joy while accep…
1 month ago
How deeply was the British Crown involved in the transatlantic slave trade? With author of The Crown’s Silence, Brooke Newman
Season 1 Episode 3408
How deeply was the British Crown involved in the transatlantic slave trade? New research by historian Brooke Newman argues that, from the reign of Qu…
1 month ago
The Specialist | The Coin Worth More Than Its Weight in Gold, with Selby Kiffer and David Tripp
This is an episode of The Specialist, your weekly dose of wonder. In The Specialist, explore the significance and journey of an extraordinary work th…
1 month ago