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Karl Ove Knausgaard – The School of Night
Widely heralded as the most provocative Norwegian writer since Ibsen and simply ‘one of the finest writers alive’ by the New York Times, Karl Ove Kna…
3 months ago
John Higgs - Unravelling the Spell of David Lynch
A boy scout from smalltown America known for his sincere, folksy charm. A chain-smoking maverick dedicated to the pursuit of the Art Life. A womanise…
3 months ago
Neuroscientist Nicholas Wright – How the Brain Shapes War
In this episode of the podcast neuroscientist Nicholas Wright reveals how, whether we like it or not, the brain is wired for conflict – in the office…
3 months, 1 week ago
Joe Hill - The One With the Dragons
The son of Stephen and Tabitha King and brother of Owen King, Joe Hill was raised in a uniquely gifted literary family and has long established a rep…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
HYPERLAND: Graham Harman on the Nature of Reality
How do we understand the world and our place in it? Do our lives consist of a small number of dramatic turning points, or is there nothing but a seri…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Julia Belluz and Kevin Hall – Why We Eat What We Eat
Julia Belluz and Kevin Hall reveal the insights you need to better understand what's on your dinner plate, how it got there, and why you eat it.
Awar…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Sir Tony Robinson Meets Janina Ramirez - The Real Women Behind the Medieval Myths
Though well-known across Europe by name, the real lives of women such as Joan of Arc and Jadwiga of Poland have been buried under banners of national…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Nicola Sturgeon Meets Darren McGarvey - Trauma Industrial Complex
Today, trauma permeates media, from music and television to films and books. While the increasing openness is welcome, Darren has observed that the w…
4 months ago
Ian Mortimer - The Time Traveller's Guide to England
In his four Time Travellers Guides to England, historian Ian Mortimer has taken us from the Medieval period all the way to the Regency, revelling not…
4 months ago
Nish Kumar Meets Jimmy Wales - Trust and the Future of Democracy
Two decades ago, Jimmy Wales founded Wikipedia and transformed the world’s access to knowledge. Today, people view Wikipedia 11 billion times every m…
4 months, 1 week ago