Podcast Episodes

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 and reassure her, and to make her feel that anything…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks 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 history, microorganisms were our greatest nemesis…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks 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, marginalised by our departure from the EU and dwarfed…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks 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 vulnerability, to finding greater meaning and happi…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks 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 endure in silence.

The Pelicot mass rape trial was u…

Published on 3 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 Pereira, when they were both shot dead. They are believe…

Published on 3 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 war of 1891. Past and present merge in this convers…

Published on 3 months ago

Daniel Davis - The Real Science of Immune Health

We are surrounded by bold claims and quick fixes for ‘boosting’ our immune health. But one thing the science is clear on is that everyone’s immune system is unique – what is good for one person may n…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Glennon Doyle, Amanda Doyle, and Abby Wambach — We Can Do Hard Things

The hosts of the blockbuster podcast We Can Do Hard Things share a fresh guide to being alive and answer life's most difficult questions.

Every day, Glennon Doyle spirals around the same questions: W…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Geoff Dyer - A Life in Writing

A louche slacker and a restless wanderer, an Englishman most at home abroad, a comic genius and a whip smart critic of art and culture: Geoff Dyer is a literary colossus, an original voice whose writ…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago