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John Tregoning - A Curious Scientist’s Guide to Wellness, Ageing and Death
How does the body stay alive? And what does ageing really mean, from the inside ? Biomedical scientist and Professor of Vaccine Immunology at Imperia…
1 year, 1 month ago
Filmmaker Petra Costa - Apocalyptic Christianity and the Rise of the Far-Right
Oscar nominated for her film The Edge of Democracy, which documented the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff and the rise of Jair Bolsonaro, Petr…
1 year, 1 month ago
Dolly Jones - How to Combine a Career and Family
When high-flying journalist Dolly Jones had her children, the idea of returning to work felt daunting. She struggled to find material to galvanise an…
1 year, 1 month ago
Historian of Science Thomas Levenson — How Humans Discovered Germs
Today, you are far more likely to die of heart disease, cancer, or accident than you are to die of an illness caused by a germ: but for most of human…
1 year, 1 month ago
Jeremy Hunt - Can Britain Be Great Again?
Former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt shares a thought-provoking vision of our place in the world in the century ahead.
Is Britain a minor player, mar…
1 year, 1 month ago
Robin Ince - Journeys in Neurodiversity
Tracing his journey through his diagnosis with ADHD, Robin Ince explores his own insecurities and discoveries along the way, from the importance of v…
1 year, 1 month ago
Afua Hirsch In Conversation with Caroline Darian, Daughter of Dominique Pelicot
Caroline Darian, daughter of Dominique Pelicot, shares with Afua Hirsch a rallying cry for change, and confronts the hidden violence that too many en…
1 year, 2 months ago
Jon Watts - The Life and Assassination of Dom Philips and the Mission to Save the Amazon
On 5 June 2022, award-winning journalist Dom Phillips was working on a book about the Amazon rainforest, alongside the indigenous expert Bruno Pereir…
1 year, 2 months ago
Isabel Allende - On the Power of Story, Resistance, and Humanity
Isabel Allende shares the story of Emilia del Valle, her unforgettable new heroine on a treacherous, life-changing journey during the Chilean Civil w…
1 year, 2 months ago
Daniel Davis - The Real Science of Immune Health
We are surrounded by bold claims and quick fixes for ‘boosting’ our immune health. But one thing the science is clear on is that everyone’s immune sy…
1 year, 2 months ago