Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Power of Demography, with Paul Morland
Season 1 Episode 714
Does the world have too many people – or not enough? That’s one of the big questions that demographer Paul Morland seeks to answer in his new book, T…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Sunday Debate: Blame Liberals For the Rise of Populism
Season 1 Episode 713
A delve into the archive and back to 2019 when we debated a motion asking whether the left’s policies of high immigration and multiculturalism caused…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Joy of Science, with Jim Al-Khalili
Season 1 Episode 712
Professor Jim Al-Khalili is the physicist who makes science look easy. He’s the author of several books, the latest of which is The Joy of Science, w…
3 years, 10 months ago
Who is the Real Xi Jinping? With Kerry Brown
Writer and academic Kerry Brown's latest book is Xi: A Study in Power, which profiles the policies and personality behind China's leader for the last…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Crimes of History, with Linda Kinstler and Peter Pomerantsev
How do you put a ghost on trial? In Linda Kinstler's deeply personal new book, Come to This Court and Cry, she uncovers the atrocities of her Latvian…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Sunday Debate: Chinese Investment Is Good for Africa
Season 1 Episode 709
Between 2007 and 2020, China invested $23 billion into infrastructure for nations across Africa, $8 billion more than the other top eight lenders com…
3 years, 11 months ago
Mental Health: Hope and Healing With Horatio Clare and Alex Riley
Season 1 Episode 708
How we understand mental health and the level of compassion we show to those suffering from depression and other forms of mental illness define us as…
3 years, 11 months ago
Otherlands: A Journey Into Our Planet’s Deep Past, with Thomas Halliday
Palaeobiologist and bestselling author Thomas Halliday is helping us better understand how the natural world evolved over the past 500 million years.…
3 years, 11 months ago
The New Science of the Body Clock, with Russell Foster
Every second of the day, tiny biological clocks are ticking throughout your body, from the neural pathways of your brain down to your very cells. But…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Sunday Debate: The Left has right on its side
The political Left often purports that it has society’s best interests at heart and that it works for the good of all. Yet according to conservatives…
3 years, 11 months ago