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Yuval Noah Harari - Making Sense of a World in Crisis
From our new technological era ushered in by AI, to the fall of democracies across the globe, the world today appears fraught with uncertainty, poise…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Adam Aleksic - How the Internet is Transforming the Future of Language
How has loopholes around social media's censored word, 'kill', found its way into students' essays on Hamlet? What is the history of 'skibidi' and 'd…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Robert Macfarlane Meets Elif Shafak – Rivers of Life
From the Thames to the Tigris, the Ure to the Euphrates, rivers have flowed through the history of humanity, shaping our civilisations and sustaining…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Corinne Low - What Data Can Tell Us About Women's Lives
Drawing on the economist’s toolkit, she reframes “happiness” as utility, shows how to maximize it under constraints, and treats fertility as “reprodu…
11 months ago
Mark Kermode – The Stories of Movie Music
Drawing on everything from Dougal and the Blue Cat to Angel Heart, from Walter Murch’s “pickle jar” of sound to Tarantino-style needle drops, Kermode…
11 months ago
Kate Wilson - The Spycops Files
In 2003, British police infiltrated a group of idealistic young environmental activists, forming sexual relationships and spying without warrant on h…
11 months, 1 week ago
Jay Heinrichs - How Classical Rhetoric Can Change Your Life
Drawing on Aristotle’s playbook, he shows how to turn rhetoric inward: treat the “soul” as your better self, shift from past/present blame to future-…
11 months, 1 week ago
Philip Hoare - The Revolutionary Genius of William Blake
A journey of both past and future, of the natural world and metaphysical realms, Philip Hoare guides us through a dreamscape slipping through time an…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Dr Jenna Macciochi - The Game-Changing Science of Lifetime Health
Immunologist Jenna Macciochi reveals the “wellness system” linking body and brain, urging us to focus on healthspan as well as lifespan. She explains…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Marina Warner - Reimagining Sanctuary for a World in Crisis
Granted to mythical kings and fugitives alike, enshrined by gods and by communal, human consent, an ancient right since classical times, sanctuary ha…
11 months, 3 weeks ago