What Does Test Cricket Reveal About the Legacy of Empire? With Tim Wigmore
What does the history of Test cricket show us about identity? In this episode, Joey D’Urso speaks to award-winning author Tim Wigmore about how the players and the stories that have shaped Test crick...
26 Marras 202542min
Does modern medicine need to drop the distinction between mental and physical health? With Professor Edward Bullmore
For centuries, mental and physical health have been divided - disorders of the mind and body have been treated as if they were poles apart. This deep-rooted division has shaped medicine, psychiatry, a...
24 Marras 202547min
Is Vivaldi Still the Soundtrack of the Seasons? With Dr Hannah French
Can music help us notice nature more deeply? In this episode, Dr Leah Broad speaks to broadcaster and author Dr Hannah French about the enduring influence and legacy of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Thi...
23 Marras 20251h 1min
What Stories Are Written in The Rock Beneath Us? With Dr Anjana Khatwa
How does the Earth remember its own history? In this episode, Professor Caroline Dodds Pennock speaks to award-winning Earth Scientist Dr Anjana Khatwa about the deep stories hidden within our landsc...
21 Marras 202533min
Debate: Sanctions Don’t Work as a Tool of Foreign Policy
In partnership with GlobalSanctions.com, the world’s leading online resource for up to the minute information on sanctions and export controls worldwide. Sanctions have become one of the most widely ...
19 Marras 20251h 24min
How does a nation’s language shape its identity? Hannah Kent on her year in Iceland
When Australian writer Hannah Kent first travelled to Iceland at the age of 17, she had never seen snow before, and didn’t speak a word of Icelandic. Living in a remote part of Iceland during the dark...
17 Marras 202545min
How To Lose Your Country, with Ece Temelkuran (Part Two)
Temelkuran is a brilliant writer, finding humour, hope and humanity in the darkest corners of our current malaise.’ – BRIAN ENO Ece Temelkuran is the award winning Turkish writer and author who was f...
16 Marras 202533min
How To Lose Your Country, with Ece Temelkuran (Part One)
Temelkuran is a brilliant writer, finding humour, hope and humanity in the darkest corners of our current malaise.’ – BRIAN ENO Ece Temelkuran is the award winning Turkish writer and author who was f...
14 Marras 202537min
