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Sam Leith and Amy Jeffs - Tales of Wonder, Myth and Magic
Longtime listeners will remember the artist and folklorist Amy Jeffs from her episode exploring the medieval wilderness; her latest book Saints retur…
1 year, 9 months ago
Oliver Burkeman - How to Live a Meaningful Life in an Age of Bewilderment
Oliver Burkeman’s global bestseller Four Thousand Weeks was a reflection upon our brief time on earth that changed lives and inspired thousands. Now …
1 year, 9 months ago
Novelist Rumaan Alam - on Wealth, Power, and Entitlement
Barrack and Michele Obama loved Rumaan Alam's apocalyptic third novel, Leave the World Behind, so much they helped turn it into a wildly successful N…
1 year, 9 months ago
Superstar election forecaster Nate Silver - The Art of Risking Everything
Nate Silver's remarkable career has seen him conquer many seemingly unrelated worlds: professional poker, sports journalism, and the political foreca…
1 year, 9 months ago
Stefan Stern - The Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition
Many of us wrestle with daunting life-choice questions from time to time: what should I be aiming for? Am I being ambitious enough? Has an excess of …
1 year, 9 months ago
Mark Galeotti - Putin, Prigozhin and the Future of Russia
Yevgeny Prigozhin emerged as one of the most dangerous warlords in the world and as one of Vladimir Putin’s chief rivals in Russia’s tumultuous polit…
1 year, 9 months ago
Senior Jewellery Curator at the V&A Helen Molesworth - The Dazzling History of Gems
From ancient thrones to Hollywood stars, gems have not only adorned humanity but also shaped its history. How did emeralds and rubies etch our origin…
1 year, 10 months ago
Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith - How Animal Minds Transformed Planet Earth
Traditional stories of the evolution of life on our planet tell us that we and all other creatures on Earth were shaped by evolution. But how do mind…
1 year, 10 months ago
Yuval Noah Harari Meets Katherine Rundell - Unstoppable Us (Summer Repeat)
Have you ever wondered how we got here? From hunting mammoths, to flying to the moon?
Historian Yuval Noah Harari introduced millions of readers to th…
1 year, 10 months ago
Fern Academy Prize winner Gabriela Denise Frank - Fear and Loathing in White Collar America
Created in collaboration with Fern Press and Tortoise Media, the Fern Academy Prize was created to discover and nurture unpublished writers who shine…
1 year, 10 months ago