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Ray Nayler - Why Dystopian Fiction Matters
Returning to the podcast following episodes around his prize-winning debut The Mountain Under the Sea and his acclaimed novella The Tusks of Extinction, Ray Nayler joins us to explore the rise in aut…
Published on 1 month ago
Dr Kerry Burnight – A Short Guide to Enjoying a Long Life
Dr Kerry Burnight reveals a transformative new approach to aging—one that goes beyond lifespan and healthspan to embrace joyspan: the ability to experience joy from within. Dr Burnight reveals how jo…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Yuval Noah Harari - Making Sense of a World in Crisis
From our new technological era ushered in by AI, to the fall of democracies across the globe, the world today appears fraught with uncertainty, poised between repeating errors from the past and enter…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Adam Aleksic - How the Internet is Transforming the Future of Language
How has loopholes around social media's censored word, 'kill', found its way into students' essays on Hamlet? What is the history of 'skibidi' and 'delulu' and how are these concepts shaping the way …
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Robert Macfarlane Meets Elif Shafak – Rivers of Life
From the Thames to the Tigris, the Ure to the Euphrates, rivers have flowed through the history of humanity, shaping our civilisations and sustaining our species. Robert Macfarlane and Elif Shafak il…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Corinne Low - What Data Can Tell Us About Women's Lives
Drawing on the economist’s toolkit, she reframes “happiness” as utility, shows how to maximize it under constraints, and treats fertility as “reproductive capital” to be timed and invested thoughtful…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Mark Kermode – The Stories of Movie Music
Drawing on everything from Dougal and the Blue Cat to Angel Heart, from Walter Murch’s “pickle jar” of sound to Tarantino-style needle drops, Kermode turns listening into a way of seeing: treat score…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Kate Wilson - The Spycops Files
In 2003, British police infiltrated a group of idealistic young environmental activists, forming sexual relationships and spying without warrant on hundreds of innocent civilians. Among these young a…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Jay Heinrichs - How Classical Rhetoric Can Change Your Life
Drawing on Aristotle’s playbook, he shows how to turn rhetoric inward: treat the “soul” as your better self, shift from past/present blame to future-tense choices, separate needs from appetites, and …
Published on 2 months ago
Philip Hoare - The Revolutionary Genius of William Blake
A journey of both past and future, of the natural world and metaphysical realms, Philip Hoare guides us through a dreamscape slipping through time and space with the unpredictable guide of William Bl…
Published on 2 months ago