Another Side of the Moon: How the Lunar Landscape Inspires Imagination
Rebecca Boyle is an award-winning science writer whose words have appeared in titles such as The Atlantic, New Scientist and the New York Times. Her new book is Our Moon. It's both a meticulous scient...
15 Tammi 202448min
The Political Thought of Xi Jinping
China’s President Xi Jinping is a figure of extraordinary influence around the world but it in the West the nuances and intricacies of his political agenda are less well understood. The Political Thou...
14 Tammi 202448min
Sotheby’s Talks: Munch, with Tracey Emin
This is an episode of Sotheby's Talks, the podcast that celebrates art, culture, and collecting. Edvard Munch pioneered Expressionism and embraced life’s most painful experiences to create art: his ...
12 Tammi 202439min
How The Female Body Has Driven Evolution
Cat Bohannon is a researcher and author with a PhD from Columbia University in the evolution of narrative and cognition. Her essays and poems have appeared in Scientific American, Mind and Science Mag...
10 Tammi 202454min
Power Grab: David Runciman on the Reach of Corporations, States and AI
David Runciman is Professor of Politics at Cambridge University and the author of books including The Politics of Good Intentions, Political Hypocrisy and The Confidence Trap. He also hosts the popula...
8 Tammi 202457min
All Talk: How Dialects and Diversity Enrich the Culture of the UK
Rob Drummond is Professor of Sociolinguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University. His recent book You’re All Talk explores the enormous diversity in our spoken language across the UK to reveal extr...
7 Tammi 202459min
Fixing France: Nabila Ramdani on How to Repair a Broken Republic
Nabila Ramdani is a French-Algerian writer, broadcaster and academic, whose recent book is Fixing France: How to Repair a Broken Republic. Historically, France is a country with ideals that strive for...
5 Tammi 202452min
Blazing Ambition: the Life of Margaret Cavendish
Born near Colchester, England in 1623, Margaret Cavendish was a writer blazing a trail for women during a time when the world was dominated by men. Her writing ranges from philosophy to poetry, plays ...
3 Tammi 202454min
