Podcast Episodes

Testosterone: Debunking the Myths of the Misunderstood Hormone with Carole Hooven

Testosterone – a hormone that has been mythologised, maligned and misunderstood. It is frequently cited as the basis of male aggression and sexual violence. Christine Lagarde, former chair of the IMF…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Michael Pollan: This Is Your Mind on Plants

When you start your day with a cup of tea or coffee you are ingesting a consciousness-altering drug, which you are quite likely to be addicted to. That drug of course is caffeine, the stimulant used …

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

The Sunday Debate: Brave New World vs 1984

Both these novels imagined extraordinary futures, but which better captures our present and offers the keener warning about where we may be heading? In this the Intelligence Squared debate, we had Wi…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Debate: Abolish Billionaires

As billionaires jet off to space should we abolish them here on earth? In this week's debate professor Linsey McGoey of Essex University and Ryan Bourne of the Cato Institute go head to head on wheth…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination, with Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang

"My goal was never to just create a company. I wanted to build something that actually makes a really big change in the world.” – Mark Zuckerberg

How did it all go wrong for Mark Zuckerberg, the found…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

The Sunday Debate: Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism

For this week's episode of The Sunday Debate, we revisit our debate "Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism" from 2019.

Is there a country in the world that attracts so much criticism as Israel? Studies consis…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Is Mass Migration Making the World a Better Place?

To some, the very word ‘migration’ generates fear, suspicion and even hatred. But according to Felix Marquardt, author of the acclaimed The New Nomads, we need to look afresh at our notions of the ma…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

The Truth about Fake News, with Marcus Gilroy-Ware and Richard Seymour

We are supposed to have more information at our disposal now than at any time in history. So why, in a world of rising sea levels, populist leaders and a global pandemic, do so many people believe bi…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

The Sunday Debate: Revere or Remove? The Battle over Statues, Heritage and History

Statues and memorials to famous figures of the past adorn our towns and cities. But what should be done when some of these figures have come to be seen by many people as controversial symbols of oppr…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

The Ever-Changing Brain with David Eagleman and Brian Eno

What does drug withdrawal have in common with a broken heart? Why is the enemy of memory not time, but other memories? How can a blind person learn to see with her tongue or a deaf person learn to he…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago