Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCan a trucker's life entice young people to take the wheel?
Jacques Picotte used to drive 16 hours straight, with only water and a bag of chips in the cab before resting at a pit stop. That was 20 years ago. H…
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How Britain caused Ireland's Great Famine
The potato and the Irish Famine of 1845 will forever be linked. But what's often overlooked is how deeply connected the potato was to British colonia…
5 months, 1 week ago
Birth gives us life. But do you know its history?
We are all born. Birth is the story of us all. So why aren’t we more curious about its history? That's what historian Lucy Inglis wanted to know. She…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
How a 'conspiracy of decency' could build a better future
What's the secret weapon to make political change happen? It's not a trick question, it's simple: perseverance, says BBC Reith Lecturer Rutger Bregma…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
It's time for a 'moral revolution.' This is a call to action
We live in an "age of immorality," argues historian and author Rutger Bregman. "The moral rot runs deep across elite institutions of every stripe," B…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
What makes left-handers special?
This podcast seeks answers to the question. If you are left-handed then you are part of the 10 per cent of humankind that detested craft time in elem…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
How Galileo revolutionized science to make way for modernity
Think of science's most momentous developments in the 20th century — Einstein’s theory of relativity, quantum physics, finding evidence of black hole…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
How Sudan’s generous spirit survives war and neglect
"This is a hopeless situation but we are not helpless." This is what drives Sudanese journalist Yousra Elbagir's reporting on her homeland's forgotte…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Never-Ending Fall of Rome
Rome fell, because of... divorce. Or was it immigration? Maybe moral decay. IDEAS producer Matthew Lazin-Ryder explores the political history of 'the…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The bittersweet freedom to grieve in Syria
"Those who remember the disappeared would also disappear." Under dictator Bashar al-Assad, grieving publicly in Syria was punishable. Now the silence…
5 months, 3 weeks ago