Nina Allan - The Many Worlds of JG Ballard

Nina Allan - The Many Worlds of JG Ballard

Born into an upper-middle class family and raised in colonial Shanghai, JG Ballard's worldview was profoundly shaped by his internment by the occupying Japanese army in the Second World War — an experience that formed the basis of Empire of the Sun, the novel that brought him international fame. For his countless devoted fans his genius lies not only in this singular semi-autobiographical novel but in his outrageous, nihilistic, bravura works where cutting-edge technologies, social pathologies, and human nature collide — from 1973's Crash to his final novel Kingdom Come, which depicts the rise of the far-right in the UK. The novelist Christopher Priest began a biography of Ballard before his passing in 2024; his wife Nina Allan completed the work, in the process turning a book about Ballard's life into a tribute to both Ballard and Christopher. In this episode of the podcast, she shares her insights into both authors' lives and works and explores what they have to say to us in 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Antony Beevor – Rasputin and the Downfall of the Romanovs

Antony Beevor – Rasputin and the Downfall of the Romanovs

When Russia's Dowager Empress was pregnant with the future Tsar, she dreamed that a peasant would one day kill her son. The idea terrified her, and for the rest of her days she 'lived under the pressu...

28 Huhti 1h 4min

Ecologist Suzanne Simard - Lessons of the Forest

Ecologist Suzanne Simard - Lessons of the Forest

Dr Suzanne Simard transformed our understanding of forests, her groundbreaking research for the Mother Tree Project revealing how the forest is a living symphony of finely honed cycles of birth, growt...

24 Huhti 1h 22min

James Muldoon - Love Rewired in the Age of AI

James Muldoon - Love Rewired in the Age of AI

From friendship, to romance, to even therapy, AI companions are on the rise, and AI companion apps alone have now been downloaded more than 220 million times worldwide. Oxford Internet Institute resea...

21 Huhti 1h 5min

Neuroscientist Mark Solms - Was Freud Right?

Neuroscientist Mark Solms - Was Freud Right?

Pioneering neuropsychologist Mark Solms reveals how science is proving Freud correct and explores what this might mean for our mental healthcare systems and our lives. Learn more about your ad choices...

17 Huhti 1h 2min

Zakia Sewell Meets Jeremy Deller - The Quest for a Hidden Britain

Zakia Sewell Meets Jeremy Deller - The Quest for a Hidden Britain

Writer and broadcaster Zakia Sewell is on a mission to uncover an alternative spirit of Britain – found in otherworldly folk songs, ancient legends, Celtic seasonal rites and mystic stone circles that...

7 Huhti 51min

Peter Jones - The Secret History of the Seven Deadly Sins

Peter Jones - The Secret History of the Seven Deadly Sins

In 2026 the Seven Deadly Sins have become a bit of harmless fun, more associated with ice creams and videogame villains than the immortal soul. But in the medieval world, the Sins were a guide to the ...

2 Huhti 54min

Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin — How to Harness the Power of Music

Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin — How to Harness the Power of Music

Daniel Levitin returns to How To Academy to explore how music can transform our health and wellbeing—repairing our bodies, calming our minds, and healing our deepest psychological wounds. By uncoverin...

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