Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Sunday Debate: Four Days Won't Fix the Working Week
Some companies in the UK are currently trialing a four-day working week. Belgium has this month given its workers the right to request one, and these…
4 years, 2 months ago
Chasing the Urge: Addiction Throughout History, with Carl Erik Fisher
Carl Erik Fisher is a psychiatrist, bioethicist and recovering alcoholic who has spent years tracing the history of addiction. His new book is The Ur…
4 years, 2 months ago
Essays at the Crossroads of Race, with Esi Edugyan
Canadian novelist and writer Esi Edugyan's latest work is a collection of nonfiction writing, Out of the Sun: Essays at the Crossroads of Race. The b…
4 years, 2 months ago
Business Weekly: Counting the Cost of Climate Change, with Kristian Rönn
Kristian Rönn is CEO and co-founder of Normative, a start-up which provides carbon-accounting software for businesses. His young company is official …
4 years, 2 months ago
The Sunday Debate: The West Should Seek a Compromise with Russia Over Ukraine
As Russia amasses tens of thousands of troops on Ukraine’s northern and eastern border fears are mounting that President Putin plans to invade the co…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Gift of a Radio, with Justin Webb
Justin Webb is a familiar voice to many radio listeners. He has been co-presenting the BBC’s flagship morning current-affairs show, The Today program…
4 years, 2 months ago
Exploring the Senses, with Guy Leschziner
Professor Guy Leschziner's new book, The Man Who Tasted Words, seeks to shed light on our experiences of the different senses. In the book, Guy meets…
4 years, 2 months ago
Business Weekly: the Jobs We Don’t Talk About, with Eyal Press
In business, there are some jobs that are talked about more opaquely in public discourse than others. Think Military Drone Operator or Industrial Sla…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Sunday Debate: Can the Internet be made Safe?
With proposed new legislation in the UK currently making its way through Parliament designed to protect internet users from harmful content, for this…
4 years, 2 months ago
Survival and Hope in New York City, with Andrea Elliott
Andrea Elliott is the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and New York Times investigative reporter who spent nearly a decade following the journey of one …
4 years, 2 months ago