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Joyce Carol Oates - Zero Sum
The author of 58 novels, as well as plays, poetry, non-fiction and short stories, Joyce Carol Oates is famed across the literary world for writing at…
2 years, 5 months ago
Jesse Coomer - The Power of Breathwork
Jesse Coomer was an English professor suffering from what he called "The Modern Human Condition" - in other words, he was a mess of stress and anxiet…
2 years, 5 months ago
Kristen Ghodsee and Angela Saini - Radical Experiments in the Good Life
What can we learn from historical attempts to live together and raise children differently? Kristen Ghodsee is a professor at the University of Penns…
2 years, 5 months ago
Dr James Kinross - The New Science of the Microbiome
James Kinross is a consultant surgeon at Imperial College and one of the world's leading experts on the science of the microbiome — the complex ecosy…
2 years, 6 months ago
Emma Southon - Women of the Roman Empire
Emma Southon is a podcaster and ancient historian. Her new book A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women does exactly what it says on the tin: sides…
2 years, 6 months ago
Rahul Jandial - How to Rewire Your Brain (Summer Repeat)
For years Dr Rahul Jandial, a neurosurgeon and neuroscientist, has transformed the lives of his neurosurgery patients by putting them through ‘brain …
2 years, 6 months ago
David Christian - A User's Guide to the Future (Bonus Episode)
When you get behind the wheel of a car, throw or catch a ball, change jobs, or move to a new country, you are making a series of predictions about wh…
2 years, 6 months ago
Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché - Nostalgia is a Weapon
The writer Helen Macdonald is best known for the award winning memoir H is For Hawk and other distinguished works exploring our relationship to the n…
2 years, 6 months ago
Julia Cameron and Elizabeth Gilbert - The Path to Higher Creativity (Summer Repeat)
Julia Cameron is the author, poet, and screenwriter whose book The Artist's Way is one of the most influential creativity manuals ever written. Eliza…
2 years, 6 months ago
Alan Philps - Stalin's Disinformation War
Alan Philps is the former foreign editor of the Daily Telegraph and an expert on Russian politics. He's the author of a new book called The Red Hotel…
2 years, 6 months ago