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Back to SearchJordan Stephens on Love, Chaos and Becoming a Man, Part Two
Season 1 Episode 3055
This is the second instalment of a two-part episode. Jordan Stephens’ life during his teenage years and his twenties was a whirlwind. As one half of the hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks, his days were full o…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Jordan Stephens on Love, Chaos and Becoming a Man, Part One
Season 1 Episode 3054
This is the first instalment of a two-part episode. Jordan Stephens’ life during his teenage years and his twenties was a whirlwind. As one half of the hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks, his days were full of…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
A Fresh Perspective on Life on the Blue Planet, with Ferris Jabr
Season 1 Episode 3053
The development of life on Earth is often framed through the evolution of separate and distinct life forms but less common is the idea of the Earth itself as being one whole living organism. Writer F…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Why the Horror Genre is Such a Scream, with Anna Bogutskaya
Season 1 Episode 3052
We welcome back Anna Bogutskaya to the podcast for this episode to discuss her book, Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us. As the title suggests, it’s a publication celebrating the gories…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
The Untold Stories of Women in World War One, with Rick Stroud
Season 1 Episode 3051
The bestselling war historian Rick Stroud joins the podcast to discuss some of the lesser told narratives of World War One, drawing from his recent book, I Am Not Afraid of Looking into the Rifles. T…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
An Open Conversation About Marriage, with Molly Roden Winter
Season 1 Episode 3050
For this episode the writer, musician and author Molly Roden Winter discusses her bestselling book, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage. The book tells the story of Roden Winter's own journey navigating …
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
The Power of Influence, with Justin Hempson-Jones
Season 1 Episode 3049
Influence can be as gentle as a bit of friendly advice or as seismic as a strategy to win an election. As a behavioural scientist who has worked with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Mi…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Is the Planet Running Out of People? with Paul Morland
Season 1 Episode 3048
The author and broadcaster Paul Morland is one of the UK’s leading thinkers on demographics – the study of population and its characteristics. Morland has been an associate research fellow at Birkbec…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
On the Map: Why Mathematics Can Be Seen Everywhere We Go, with Paulina Rowinska
Season 1 Episode 3047
Paulina Rowinska is a writer, mathematician and science communicator, whose new book, Mapmatics: How We Navigate the World Through Numbers, tells the stories found within crunching tricky equations. …
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Why Trust in Politicians is So Low, with Simon Kuper
Season 1 Episode 3046
The writer Simon Kuper returns to the podcast to discuss the follow-up to his book Chums, which highlighted the narrow and highly privileged pathway that often funnels attendees of some the UK's top …
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago