Rachel Cusk on Art, Womanhood and Redefining Fiction, Part One
This is the first instalment of three-part discussion. The writing of Rachel Cusk poses us constant challenges. Her critically acclaimed Outline trilogy and memoirs – A Life’s Work and Aftermath – dar...
14 Kesä 202439min
Sotheby's Talks – William Blake: Artist, Poet and Visionary, with Andrew Graham-Dixon and John Higgs
With a rare first edition of William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience about to go under the hammer, in this episode a panel of experts have come together for a conversation about the poet,...
11 Kesä 20241h
The New Colonialism of Big Tech, with Nick Couldry and Ulises A. Mejias
Who owns and profits from our data, both big and small, has become one of the defining issues of the post-internet age. In their new book, Data Grab, critical media theorist Ulises A. Mejias and socio...
10 Kesä 202448min
The Story of the Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster, with Adam Higginbotham
The voyage of the space shuttle Challenger on the morning of January 28th, 1986, lasted just minutes before it broke up mid-flight. The tragic outcome for its lost crew has cast a shadow over space tr...
9 Kesä 202442min
Archive – How I Found My Voice: Michael Palin
This is an archive episode from 2019 from the second series of How I Found My Voice, a podcast from Intelligence Squared. Presented by the BBC journalist Samira Ahmed, the podcast explores how some of...
6 Kesä 20241h
The Volatile Future of US Politics, with Robert Kagan
There's rarely a week in which Donald Trump doesn't make the headlines but the last few have been particularly potent with the former US president having been served justice in a US courtroom. One voi...
5 Kesä 202455min
Swimming Against the Tide with Athlete Turned Advocate, Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell
In a competitive field defined by record breakers, medals and podium places, being first in sport is often considered the primary marker of success but being out in front can also be a lonely experien...
3 Kesä 202433min
A History of Nostalgia, with Agnes Arnold-Forster
Writer and historian Agnes Arnold-Forster's most recent book, Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion, blends fields such as neuroscience and psychology with social history to explore a feeling th...
2 Kesä 202451min
