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Marcus du Sautoy Meets Steven Pinker - Why Rationality Matters
Season 6 Episode 2
In the twenty-first century, humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding - and at the same time appears to be losing its mind. How c…
4 years, 5 months ago
Bexy Cameron - How to Escape a Cult
Season 2 Episode 1
Bexy was raised in a secret commune deep in the British countryside. At 10, she was placed on Silence Restriction, forced to be silent for a whole ye…
4 years, 5 months ago
Pandora Sykes Meets Emily Ratajkowski
Season 5 Episode 27
Emily Ratajkowski has established herself as a multifaceted talent. As a model, she has appeared on the covers of major fashion magazines and is curr…
4 years, 6 months ago
Paul Bloom - The Surprising Secret of Happiness
Season 5 Episode 25
A good life involves more than just pleasure. Suffering is essential too.
It seems obvious that pleasure leads to happiness - and pain does the opposi…
4 years, 6 months ago
Philip Pullman Meets Iain McGilchrist - The Meaning of Life
Season 5 Episode 24
Philip Pullman’s novels are a testament to the power of the human imagination and a celebration of our capacity for wonder, proving to millions of re…
4 years, 6 months ago
Fatima Bhutto Meets Noam Chomsky
Season 9 Episode 23
'For the left, elections are a brief interlude in a life of real politics, a moment to ask whether it's worth taking time off to vote . . . Then back…
4 years, 7 months ago
Robin DiAngelo and Beverly Daniel Tatum - Conversations About Race
Season 5 Episode 22
What we can do to have better conversations with our children and with each other about race, and build a better world?
Beverly Daniel Tatum and Robin…
4 years, 7 months ago
Greg Jenner - How to Find the Comedy in History
Season 1 Episode 21
Chief historian of the BBC's Horrible Histories TV show and the host of chart-topping podcast You're Dead to Me, Greg Jenner is a master in the art o…
4 years, 7 months ago
Jane Goodall - A Survival Guide for an Endandgered Planet
Season 5 Episode 20
World-renowned ethologist and conservationist Dr Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and a UN Messenger of Peace, has spent more…
4 years, 7 months ago
Richard Powers - Why Stories Matter
Season 5 Episode 19
Few works of literature have the power to change who we are and how we conceive our place in the universe – but Richard Powers Pulitzer Prize and Nat…
4 years, 7 months ago