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Laura Spinney - How One Ancient Language Went Global
Most of us speak a descendant of one ancient tongue: Proto-Indo European. Almost all of Europe shares the DNA of its legacy. Acclaimed journalist and…
1 year, 1 month ago
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, 2 months 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