93. Infiltrating true crime underworlds - Sean Williams
Have you ever wanted to know about West Africa’s cocaine empire, how meth infiltrated a New Zealand biker gang, or the gangs controlling Haiti? Taking us along with him on a deadly and thrilling voyag...
7 Helmi 20221h 14min
92: What I heard spying on phone calls - Jordan Harbinger
Jordan Harbinger is not only one of the world’s leading podcasters, but he’s also one of our best anecdotalists. In this podcast, he regals us with so many fascinating stories that I’ve split it into ...
31 Tammi 20221h
91: True crime: Amanda Knox
It’s Amanda Knox. You might – particularly if you’re in Britain or Italy – know her as the murderous femme fatale who was imprisoned for killing her English flatmate Meredith Kercher in a sex game wh...
24 Tammi 20221h 14min
90: Jon Ronson: Culture Wars, Public Shaming & Social Media
Jon Ronson talks to me about cancel culture, public shaming and Louis Theroux. Jon is also known for writing The Psychopath Test and So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, a book about the way we publicly hu...
17 Tammi 20221h 6min
89: Richard Dawkins (+ Paul Bloom and Shaun Attwood)
Richard Dawkins is one of the biggest names in science. His The God Delusion, which contends that a supernatural deity does not exist, flipped the world upside down in 2006 when it came out, bringing ...
10 Tammi 20221h 16min
88: David Robson and the Expectation Effect
Award-winning science writer David Robson's work has appeared in the Guardian, the Atlantic, Aeon and many many others. He was features editor at New Scientist for five years, before working as a seni...
3 Tammi 20221h
87: End of Year Review: On the Edge with 2021
I've been spending a lot of time on my own recently, while my girlfriend has been away and I've been working on the podcast. Don't worry, I'm perfectly happy, and I'm off to Argentina soon for a holid...
30 Joulu 202132min
87: Prof. Carl Zimmer - What It Means to be 'Alive'
Popular science writer, journalist and Yale University Professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry Carl Zimmer is joining me to finally answer the late Beatle George Harrison's question: what i...
27 Joulu 20211h 11min
