Podcast Episodes

Cornelia Parker Meets Carlo Rovelli - The Hidden Nature of Things

One of Britain's most acclaimed visual artists, Cornelia Parker's sculptures challenge our sense of what an artwork can be.

Both an eminent theoretica…

3 years, 11 months ago

Mark Bergen - Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to Global Domination

In conversations about the role of Big Tech in the spread of misinformation and propaganda, YouTube rarely receives the same attention as Facebook, T…

3 years, 11 months ago

Charlotte Fox Weber - A Journey Into Human Desire

The lives and problems of psychotherapist Charlotte Fox Weber's clients vary, but all are united by a common question: what do I really want?

In this …

3 years, 11 months ago

Melanie Joy - How to Get Relationships Right

Relationships are complicated. Yet it's an unfortunate reality that while most of us have to learn complex geometry that we'll probably never use, we…

4 years ago

David Mitchell - Dishonesty is the Second Best Policy (Summer Repeat)

Lying is probably as old as human language itself – an inevitable consequence of humanity’s greatest superpower. And comedian, Observer columnist and…

4 years ago

Glennon Doyle - How to Find Yourself (Summer Repeat)

There is a voice of longing inside each woman. We strive to be good: good partners, daughters, mothers, employees, and friends. We hope all this stri…

4 years ago

Richard Dawkins - The Meaning of Life (Summer Repeat)

The creator of the word ‘meme’ and of the hugely influential ‘selfish gene’ model of evolution, he is the epitome of the truly public intellectual – …

4 years ago

Layla Saad - How to Fight White Supremacy (Summer Repeat)

Hannah MacInnes meets author, influencer and activist Layla Saad, whose Instagram challenge #MeAndWhiteSupremacy encouraged people to own up and shar…

4 years ago

Derren Brown - How To Be a Little Happier (Summer Repeat)

Since he introduced us to his singular and inimitable brand of psychology, stagecraft and magic in 2000, Derren Brown has played Russian Roulette on …

4 years ago

Patrick Radden Keefe - True Stories of Killers, Grifters, and Crooks

The New Yorker’s Patrick Radden Keefe is America’s most celebrated living reporter. He documented the hunt for the drug lord Chapo Guzman and the tra…

4 years ago