Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World
Season 1 Episode 874
Language is perhaps humanity's most astonishing accomplishment but one that remains poorly understood. On this episode of the podcast we were joined …
3 years, 2 months ago
The Sunday Debate: Atheism is the New Fundamentalism
Season 1 Episode 873
Does God exist? In this archive debate from 2009, we invited a panel of expert speakers to discuss whether atheism had replaced religion as the new f…
3 years, 2 months ago
American Nightmare: Chinatown's People Smuggling Empire
Season 1 Episode 872
Investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe joins us on the podcast to tell the story of an unlikely criminal mastermind, Sister Ping - a middle-ag…
3 years, 2 months ago
Titanic: 25th anniversary special with Kate Winslet
Season 1 Episode 871
It’s been 25 years since the release of James Cameron’s cult classic, Titanic. The epic movie, which early fans will remember came out on VHS in two …
3 years, 2 months ago
Faces of Britain – Missing Portraits and the Gaps in British History
Season 1 Episode 870
Intelligence Squared and Harewood House partner for this live podcast exploring the power of portraiture in representing Britain’s complex history. T…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Sunday Debate: Pornography is Good For Us
Season 1 Episode 869
It’s an issue that only gets more contentious with time - is porn good for us? To debate this issue in 2013, host Viv Groskop was joined by Germaine …
3 years, 2 months ago
Bret Easton Ellis on Teenage Nihilism and Nostalgia
Season 1 Episode 868
Los Angeles, 1981. A group of beautiful, rich, high school students are playing adult in their absentee parents' empty mansions, fueled by lust and p…
3 years, 2 months ago
Food for Thought: A Hungry Economist Explains the World
Season 1 Episode 867
When world-renowned economist Ha-Joon Chang first arrived in Britain in the 1980s he recoiled in horror at how dull and dreary British food was at th…
3 years, 2 months ago
Up in the Air: The Future of BBC World Service and Britain's Soft Power
Season 1 Episode 866
On 27 January 2023, broadcaster Mahmoud Al-Mossallami hosted BBC Arabic radio’s final transmission after 85 years on air. It's the latest strategy sh…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Sunday Debate: Were pre-Brexit predictions correct?
Season 1 Episode 865
This week marked the three year anniversary of Brexit, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. On this episode of The Sunday De…
3 years, 2 months ago