Neuroscientist Adrian Owen – How to Maximise Your Brain’s Superpower
What are executive functions and why are they so important? In this episode of the podcast, world-renowned neuroscientist Dr Adrian Owen unp...
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Historian Hallie Rubenhold - The Silenced Women of Dr Crippen
On 1 February, 1910, vivacious music-hall performer, Belle Elmore, suddenly vanished from her north London home, causing alarm among her cir...
Historian Lindsey Fitzharris: Dr Joe Bell, the Man Who Inspired Sherlock Holmes
One of the most remarkable and progressive physicians of the Victorian age, Dr Joseph Bell's incredible powers of deductive reasoning astoni...
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Meet David Olusoga - End Times Fascism
Author and journalist Naomi Klein and writer and activist Astra Taylor join Historian David Olusoga to explore how apocalyptic visions of th...
Vedic Meditation Teacher Jillian Lavender — How to Find Clarity
Sometimes life can feel like a lot. Even on a good day you will experience stress and fatigue. The nature of modern living guarantees it. Ho...
Daron Acemoglu Meets Martin Wolf– What Happened to Liberal Democracy?
Why is liberal democracy losing public confidence—and what would it take to renew it? Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu joins Fin...
Philosopher Lani Watson – The Power of Asking Questions in a World That Wants Answers
From an early age we learn to stop asking questions, judged and rewarded for the answers we give, not the questions we ask. In this episode,...
David Duchovny Meets Gina Gershon: About Time
David Duchovny has spent three decades refusing to stay in one lane. Two-time Golden Globe winner, four-time Emmy nominee, New York Times be...
Bonus Episode: New Frontiers with Miriam Margoyles, Reece Sheersmith, Damien Lewis and more...
This week we have a guest appearance from our friends at John Murray, who have curated a curated a collection of some of the best historians...
Natasha Polisczuk Meets Louisa Young – The Golden Hours
In this episode, Louisa Young joins journalist and editor Natasha Poliszczuk to discuss the making of The Golden Hours, the sixth Cazalet no...
Bestselling Mindset Coach Ben Crowe – How to Change Your Life
Having worked with top athletes and sportspeople, leading tech and finance corporations, and the World Health Organisation, Ben Crowe is one...
Bestselling Novelist China Mieville – On Grief, Ghosts, and Empire
The central figure of the New Weird, an unofficial movement fusing science fiction, fantasy, and horror with a literary sensibility, China M...
Bestselling Mythologist Amy Jeffs – The Life of King Arthur
A scholar, author, artist, and musician, Amy Jeffs is a polymath of British mythology, bringing the greatest stories of the Middle Ages to l...
Time Woman of the Year Zahra Joya — The Vanishing Girl of Kabul
Zahra Joya grew up under the first Taliban regime, when girls were banned from school. For years she dressed as a boy to access the basic ri...
Kimon de Greef — A Trip into the Psychedelic Underworld
When Kimon de Greef began an investigation into the smuggling of white sage, a Californian herb popular in the wellness movement, he could n...
Jo Marchant – The Science and Mystery of the Present Moment
What if the present moment – the ‘now’– isn’t just a tick of the clock? We feel that the present is everything; all we can know, yet physics...
Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon – The Future is Peace
“People have lost hope that peace is possible. Talking about peace seems too vulnerable, too naïve, too dangerous. We have resigned ourselve...
Naomi Klein - The Mirror World of Conspiracists and the Far-Right (Summer Repeat)
As conspiracy theories, political polarisation and the blurred boundaries between truth and misinformation continue to shape our public life...
Yuval Noah Harari – Making Sense of a World in Crisis (Summer Repeat)
In an age of uncertainty, renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari joins Ritula Shah to make sense of a world in crisis and help us better under...
Mary Beard and David Mitchell – On Rulers and Power (Summer Repeat)
Cambridge Professor Mary Beard has done more than anyone to bring the world of ancient Rome to life again. Comedian David Mitchell once stud...