How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World
Language is perhaps humanity's most astonishing accomplishment but one that remains poorly understood. On this episode of the podcast we were joined by Nick Chater, Professor of Behavioural Science at...
20 Helmi 202338min
The Sunday Debate: Atheism is the New Fundamentalism
Does God exist? In this archive debate from 2009, we invited a panel of expert speakers to discuss whether atheism had replaced religion as the new faith of the secular age. Are atheists as blinkered ...
19 Helmi 20231h 4min
American Nightmare: Chinatown's People Smuggling Empire
Investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe joins us on the podcast to tell the story of an unlikely criminal mastermind, Sister Ping - a middle-aged, hardworking woman who is highly respected among...
17 Helmi 202345min
Titanic: 25th anniversary special with Kate Winslet
It’s been 25 years since the release of James Cameron’s cult classic, Titanic. The epic movie, which early fans will remember came out on VHS in two parts because it was so long, is now being rereleas...
15 Helmi 202353min
Faces of Britain – Missing Portraits and the Gaps in British History
Intelligence Squared and Harewood House partner for this live podcast exploring the power of portraiture in representing Britain’s complex history. The expert panel includes artist Thomas J Price, Dir...
13 Helmi 20231h 2min
The Sunday Debate: Pornography is Good For Us
It’s an issue that only gets more contentious with time - is porn good for us? To debate this issue in 2013, host Viv Groskop was joined by Germaine Greer, Dr Robert Lefever, Anna Arrowsmith, and Dr C...
12 Helmi 20231h 3min
Bret Easton Ellis on Teenage Nihilism and Nostalgia
Los Angeles, 1981. A group of beautiful, rich, high school students are playing adult in their absentee parents' empty mansions, fueled by lust and prescription drugs, and filled with fear and disaffe...
10 Helmi 202337min
Food for Thought: A Hungry Economist Explains the World
When world-renowned economist Ha-Joon Chang first arrived in Britain in the 1980s he recoiled in horror at how dull and dreary British food was at that time. But it was not just the food that caused h...
8 Helmi 202335min
