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Kate Summerscale - The History of Phobias and Manias
'Fascinating ... Phobias and manias create a magical space between us and the world' Malcolm Gaskill, author of the No 1 bestseller, The Ruin of All …
3 years, 10 months ago
Kate Mosse - Warrior Queens and Quiet Revolutionaries
Kate Mosse has dedicated her life to promoting women’s stories – through her award-winning fiction, plays and essays, the creation and leadership of …
3 years, 10 months ago
Amy Jeffs - Tales of the Medieval Wilderness
Season 8 Episode 9
Amy Jeffs brings legends of the medieval world to life through art, music, and the written word. Her debut book Storyland retold Britain's myths of o…
3 years, 10 months ago
Irvine Welsh - Confessions of a Novelist
Season 8 Episode 8
Junkie, DJ, punk, pill popper, petty criminal, binge drinker, screenwriter, TV repairman: Irvine Welsh has lived more lives than the average man of l…
3 years, 10 months ago
Stephen Fry Meets Steven Pinker - Enlightenment Now
In anticipation of our next in-person live event with Steven Pinker in conversation with Richard Dawkins, we wanted to share a previous appearance fr…
3 years, 10 months ago
Clover Stroud - The Red of My Blood
A few weeks before Christmas, Clover Stroud’s sister Nell Gifford, founder of Gifford’s Circus, died of breast cancer, aged forty-six. Just days befo…
3 years, 11 months ago
Dr Gabor Maté - Why We Get Sick
Dr Gabor Maté will return in-person to How To Academy next month. In anticipation, we're sharing our podcast interview recorded on his last visit in …
3 years, 11 months ago
John Higgs - Bond, the Beatles, and the British Psyche
60s Britain produced not only the most biggest band in the history of music, but the most successful movie character of all time.
In this episode of t…
3 years, 11 months ago
Dr Ellen Vora - The Anatomy of Anxiety
Backed by the latest scientific research and her own clinical work, Dr Ellen Vora offers a fresh, much needed look at mental health, offering actiona…
3 years, 11 months ago
Adrian Hon - How Corporations and Governments Use Videogames to Control Us
The creator of the wildly successful running app Zombies, Run! and a columnist for the prestigious videogame industry magazine EDGE, Adrian Hon makes…
3 years, 11 months ago