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Malcolm Harris - How Palo Alto Conquered the World
How did the suburb of Palo Alto become the epicentre of a global tech revolution, changing not just American capitalism but the world?
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3 years, 1 month ago
Dr Amy Shah - How to Manage Hunger and Cravings
Our guest on this episode is Amy Shah, a physician who trained at Cornell, Columbia and Harvard. She specialises in nutrition and the mind-body conne…
3 years, 1 month ago
Andy Clark - How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality
How do our minds build our worlds? One of the most important living thinkers in cognitive science and philosophy joined us with a grand new vision to…
3 years, 1 month ago
Christina Wallace - How To Futureproof Your Career
How can you make 'work' work for you? Christina Wallace is a millenial, an entrepreneur, a professor at Harvard Business School, and an expert in bui…
3 years, 1 month ago
Booker 2022 winner Shehan Karunatilaka - The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. His dismembered…
3 years, 1 month ago
Emma Gannon - The Meaning of Success
Do you think you'd be happier if you won the lottery? Do you spend your days scrolling, thinking everyone else is living life better than you? Have y…
3 years, 1 month ago
Richard Dawkins - Live at Wilderness Festival 2022
How To Academy is back at Wilderness Festival this August, where we will be hosting the journalist and author of Empireland Sathnam Sanghera on his n…
3 years, 1 month ago
Viorica Marian - The Power of Language
Viorica Marian joins us to explore how crucial multilingualism is to human flourishing. Her new book, The Power of Language, distils her research to …
3 years, 1 month ago
Peter Heather - Will the West Fall Like Rome?
What can we learn about the decline of the west from the fall of the Roman Empire? Was decline inevitable for Rome and is it inevitable for the US to…
3 years, 2 months ago
Lorraine Candy - How to Have a Magnificent Midlife
Lorraine Candy is the go-to voice for a generation of women seeking information and guidance. Now the bestselling author of Mum, What’s Wrong With Yo…
3 years, 2 months ago