Podcast Episodes

Tom McTague – Britain in Europe: The Hidden History of a Revolution

How did a country go from joining the Common Market in 1973, only to leave the European Union in an explosive referendum a little over forty years la…

17 hours ago

Malala Yousafzai - Finding My Way

Thrust onto the public stage at just fifteen years old after the Taliban’s brutal attack on her life, Malala quickly became an international icon — b…

4 days, 18 hours ago

Antonia Senior – The Cambridge Five and the Making of The Soviet Empire

Why did five gilded, charming men, blessed with brains, beauty, and opportunity, choose to betray their country? During their time at Cambridge Unive…

1 week ago

M. John Harrison - The End of Everything

One of the leaders of British science fiction's 1960s New Wave, M. John Harrison has spent the subsequent five decades inventing new and exhilarating…

1 week ago

Mark Williamson – How To Live a Happier Life

What does it mean to be happy? Whilst it’s not always possible to change our circumstances, Action for Happiness founder Mark Williamson believes tha…

2 weeks ago

Carol Cadwalladr Meets Karen Hao - Sam Altman, ChatGPT, and the Global Resistance

Karen Hao joins The Nerve's Carole Cadwalladr for an eye-watering insider account of Sam Altman’s Open AI and the burgeoning resistance against it.

W…

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Novelist Elodie Harper – Boudicca's Daughter

Boudicca had two daughters, but history records their existence and nothing more. Sunday Times bestselling author Elodie Harper joins us to discuss h…

3 weeks ago

Caroline Sylge – How To Retreat

Caroline Sylge reminds us to press pause on the daily overwhelm of modern life by bringing the magic and solace of retreating into your every day.

Wh…

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Novelist Erica Wagner - Washington Roebling and the Art of Life Writing

Erica Wagner may be the first ever author to write both a landmark biography and a historial novel about the same person. The engineer Washington Roe…

4 weeks ago

Neurologist Majid Fotuhi – How To Age-Proof Your Brain

Neurologist Majid Fotuhi is leading the charge in revolutionising how we understand human intelligence, brain health and age-related cognitive declin…

1 month ago