Ayala Panievsky–Fighting Censorship in the Age of Populism
Heavy-handed censorship is unnecessary when one can manipulate people to censor themselves… From the birth of 'the strategic bias', to weaponizing liberal norms against liberal democracy, the populis...
27 Maalis 1h 9min
Oren Harman - The Human History of Metamorphosis
As a boy, Oren Harman set up his own bedroom "laboratory" to uncover the caterpillar's transformation into a butterfly. But these marvellous creatures are far from alone in radically transforming: it ...
24 Maalis 54min
Dr Gavin Francis – Making Sense of Mental Health
Between a quarter and a fifth of young people in the UK now suffer from a mental disorder. One in four adults are prescribed psychiatric medication. These figures reveal an extraordinary expansion in ...
19 Maalis 1h 10min
C. Thi Nguyen - How to Stop Playing Someone Else's Game
C. Thi Nguyen considers games of all kinds to be an art form, no less beautiful than cinema, literature, or music: but the qualities that make games aesthetically valuable are very different to those ...
13 Maalis 50min
Keza MacDonald - How Nintendo Changed the World
Guardian journalist and lifelong Nintendo superfan Keza MacDonald is the author of a new history of that reveals how the company's unique culture transformed a Kyoto playing card manufacturer into one...
6 Maalis 41min
Neuroscientist Paul Goldsmith – How to Thrive in a World We Weren’t Made For
In a world transformed beyond recognition, the neural systems that once kept our ancestors alive now leave us overwhelmed, distracted, and dissatisfied. We battle loneliness, anxiety, and stress. We c...
3 Maalis 56min
Jennifer Breheny Wallace – Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection
Feeling seen, needed, and valued isn't just a nice-to-have—it's essential for our wellbeing and society's future. When people feel they truly matter, everything changes—productivity soars, relationshi...
27 Helmi 1h
Natalie Haynes and Robin Ince - The Myth of Medea, Reimagined
Priestess, witch, daughter of a brutal king: Medea is the greatest tragic heroine of the classical world. But, as Sunday Times bestselling writer Natalie Haynes reveals, Medea can be so much more than...
24 Helmi 1h 4min
