Daniel Dennett v. Robert Sapolsky - Do We Have Free Will?
Do human beings have free will? For Stanford neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky, science clearly demonstrates that free will is a powerful and dangerous illusion. Without free will, it makes no more sense...
24 Tammi 20241h 8min
Dr Uma Naidoo - How to Calm Your Mind With Food
We’re in the middle of a global anxiety epidemic. But when it comes to fighting anxiety, you have more control than you think: the power is at the end of your fork. Psychiatrist and chef Dr Uma Naidoo...
19 Tammi 20241h
Sathnam Sanghera on the British Empire - Live at Wilderness
Every year we host a big thinker at the music festival Wilderness and our guest in 2023 was Sathnam Sanghera, the Times journalist whose two books on the history of the British Empire - Empireland and...
16 Tammi 20241h 2min
Oxford Data Scientist Hannah Richie - Combating Climate Anxiety
Each month our sister podcast Found in Conversation explores global affairs and innovation with world-leading thinkers. In this episode, Oxford data scientist and TED star Hannah Richie and investor R...
13 Tammi 202434min
Economist Mariana Mazzucato - The Entrepreneurial State and the Future of Innovation
Mariana Mazzucato’s ideas have changed how governments see their role in the economy - but where do we go from here? Regular listeners will have heard the economist Mariana Mazzucato on this podcast b...
9 Tammi 20241h 22min
Psychologist Dan Ariely - Why People Are Drawn to Conspiracy Theories, and How to Help
Dan Ariely is a superstar TED talker and a world-leading social psychologist, specialising in the study of irrational behaviour and bad decisions. His new book Misbelief is a guide to why some people ...
5 Tammi 202443min
Mary Beard and David Mitchell - On Rulers and Power
Cambridge Professor Mary Beard has done more than anyone to bring the world of ancient Rome to life again. Comedian David Mitchell once studied history and won’t let it off the hook for the mess it’s ...
22 Joulu 20231h 16min
Harvard Psychologist David Rosmarin - How To Thrive With Anxiety
Those of us who suffer from anxiety either exhaust ourselves trying to cure it or resign ourselves to a lifetime of fear and worry. What if, instead of fighting our anxiety, we could turn it into a st...
19 Joulu 20231h 1min
