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Season 1 Episode 1041
Philosopher Susan Neiman and cultural critic Thomas Chatterton Williams take part in a challenging conversation on the themes of Neiman’s new book Le…
2 years, 7 months ago
The New Science Behind Tackling Depression
Season 1 Episode 1039
Philip Gold is one of the world's leading researchers of depressive illness. Since 1974, he has worked at the National Institute of Health, where he …
2 years, 7 months ago
Naomi Klein on Conspiracies, Doppelgangers and Democracy's Demise
Season 1 Episode 1037
Bestselling author and activist Naomi Klein goes down the rabbit hole in pursuit of her doppelganger – another well-known writer with a name similar …
2 years, 7 months ago
Mustafa Suleyman on the AI Revolution, Part 2
Season 1 Episode 1035
This the second instalment of our three-part episode. Mustafa Suleyman is the ultimate AI insider. As co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI, he is…
2 years, 7 months ago
Mustafa Suleyman on the AI Revolution, Part 1
Season 1 Episode 1034
Mustafa Suleyman is the ultimate AI insider. As co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI, he is one of the pioneers of the artificial intelligence re…
2 years, 7 months ago
John Gray and David Runciman on Finding Meaning in a Post-Liberal World
Season 1 Episode 1032
John Gray is one of the UK’s most important and influential political thinkers. Sceptical of ideas about progress and the perfectibility of human nat…
2 years, 7 months ago
Politics in the Age of Chaos with Rafael Behr
Season 1 Episode 1030
Do you ever turn away from the news in despair? Do you scroll through social media and come away feeling angry, frustrated and fearful? Have you give…
2 years, 7 months ago
Trash Talk: The Dirty Truth About What We Throw Away
Season 1 Episode 1028
Award-winning journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis has spent the last number of years investigating the global waste industry. In June 2023 he came to I…
2 years, 7 months ago
Debate: The Battle for the Countryside, with George Monbiot and Rory Stewart
Season 1 Episode 1027
We tend to think of these uplands as ‘wild’ and ‘natural’. But in fact, as the rewilders point out, they are entirely man-made, the result of clearan…
2 years, 7 months ago
No Bullsh*t Leadership: Sir Nicholas Hytner
Season 1 Episode 1026
In this straight-talking podcast brought to you by Intelligence Squared, Chris Hirst cuts through the bullsh*t and gets to the heart of modern leader…
2 years, 7 months ago