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Back to SearchTrue crime: Amanda Knox
Episode 91
It’s Amanda Knox.
You might – particularly if you’re in Britain or Italy – know her as the murderous femme fatale who was imprisoned for killing her E…
4 years, 2 months ago
Jon Ronson: Culture Wars, Public Shaming & Social Media
Episode 90
Jon Ronson talks to me about cancel culture, public shaming and Louis Theroux. Jon is also known for writing The Psychopath Test and So You’ve Been P…
4 years, 2 months ago
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4 years, 2 months ago
Richard Dawkins (+ Paul Bloom and Shaun Attwood)
Episode 89
Richard Dawkins is one of the biggest names in science. His The God Delusion, which contends that a supernatural deity does not exist, flipped the w…
4 years, 2 months ago
David Robson and the Expectation Effect
Episode 88
Award-winning science writer David Robson's work has appeared in the Guardian, the Atlantic, Aeon and many many others. He was features editor at New…
4 years, 2 months ago
End of Year Review: On the Edge with 2021
Episode 87
I've been spending a lot of time on my own recently, while my girlfriend has been away and I've been working on the podcast. Don't worry, I'm perfect…
4 years, 2 months ago
Prof. Carl Zimmer - What It Means to be 'Alive'
Episode 87
Popular science writer, journalist and Yale University Professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry Carl Zimmer is joining me to finally answer…
4 years, 2 months ago
Do animals get drunk and high? - Oné Pagán
Episode 86
Have you ever wondered if your furry friend might be partial to a beer or two? Did you know that koalas smoked pipes and dolphins get high on pufferf…
4 years, 3 months ago
Lonely, Sexless Men (Incels) - William Costello
Episode 85
William Costello is a writer and an academic in the field of Evolutionary Psychology who has specialised in incel culture and things like beauty and …
4 years, 3 months ago
Why people become terrorists: Nafees Hamid
Episode 84
Nafees Hamid talks about what makes people into terrorists and other forms of extremists…and how we might be able to persuade them or talk them down.…
4 years, 3 months ago