Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchArchive: Killer in the Kremlin, with John Sweeney
Season 1 Episode 2038
The recent death of Russian anti-corruption activist, opposition leader and political prisoner Alexei Navalny while serving a decades-long sentence i…
2 years, 2 months ago
Six Centuries of Feminist Writing with Hannah Dawson and Merve Emre
Season 1 Episode 1195
How has feminist thought evolved throughout the ages? Beginning in the fifteenth century with Christine de Pizan, who imagined a City of Ladies that …
2 years, 2 months ago
Material World: How Six Crucial Substances Shape the Global Economy
There are six crucial substances in human history, according to writer and broadcaster Ed Conway: sand, iron, salt, oil, copper and lithium. They too…
2 years, 2 months ago
Energised: How Do We Create A Green Jobs Revolution?
Season 1 Episode 2035
Solar panel installers, architects, environmental scientists, recycling coordinators, wind turbine engineers, geologists, project managers, electric …
2 years, 2 months ago
Novelist Helen Oyeyemi on Why the City of Prague has Main Character Energy
Season 1 Episode 2034
The latest book from critically acclaimed writer Helen Oyeyemi, Parasol Against the Axe, is a novel set among the city of Prague’s streets. It’s ofte…
2 years, 2 months ago
Why the Political World's a Stage
Season 1 Episode 2033
Richard Sennett is a sociologist and the Centennial Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics, whose work has given particular focus t…
2 years, 2 months ago
Is Democracy Future-proof? with Jonathan White and David Runciman
Season 1 Episode 2032
2024 is set to be the biggest election year in history but what happens to politics when it’s always about the next election? We lose our sense of pe…
2 years, 2 months ago
Alastair Campbell on Starmer, Sunak, and Saving Britain From Itself, Part Two
Season 1 Episode 2030
This is the second instalment of a three-part discussion. Often described as the second most powerful figure in Britain during the Blair governments,…
2 years, 2 months ago
Alastair Campbell on Starmer, Sunak, and Saving Britain From Itself, Part One
Season 1 Episode 2029
Often described as the second most powerful figure in Britain during the Blair governments, Alastair Campbell was pivotal as a strategist in leading …
2 years, 2 months ago
A History of Magic and Astrology
Season 1 Episode 2028
In uncertain times, people look to the stars and otherworldly influences for guidance. It has always been so, says Professor of History at Princeton …
2 years, 2 months ago