M. John Harrison - The End of Everything
One of the leaders of British science fiction's 1960s New Wave, M. John Harrison has spent the subsequent five decades inventing new and exhilarating literary worlds that push against the boundaries o...
23 Jun 44min
Antonia Senior – The Cambridge Five and the Making of The Soviet Empire
Why did five gilded, charming men, blessed with brains, beauty, and opportunity, choose to betray their country? During their time at Cambridge University in the 1930s, Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Ki...
23 Jun 55min
Mark Williamson – How To Live a Happier Life
What does it mean to be happy? Whilst it’s not always possible to change our circumstances, Action for Happiness founder Mark Williamson believes that we all have the potential to take action to feel ...
16 Jun 1h 1min
Carol Cadwalladr Meets Karen Hao - Sam Altman, ChatGPT, and the Global Resistance
Karen Hao joins The Nerve's Carole Cadwalladr for an eye-watering insider account of Sam Altman’s Open AI and the burgeoning resistance against it. When it comes to Artificial Intelligence, what do w...
13 Jun 1h 15min
Novelist Elodie Harper – Boudicca's Daughter
Boudicca had two daughters, but history records their existence and nothing more. Sunday Times bestselling author Elodie Harper joins us to discuss her latest novel, Boudicca's Daughters, which reimag...
9 Jun 37min
Caroline Sylge – How To Retreat
Caroline Sylge reminds us to press pause on the daily overwhelm of modern life by bringing the magic and solace of retreating into your every day. What comes into your mind when you hear the word 're...
5 Jun 1h 2min
Novelist Erica Wagner - Washington Roebling and the Art of Life Writing
Erica Wagner may be the first ever author to write both a landmark biography and a historial novel about the same person. The engineer Washington Roebling took up residence in her head when she was si...
2 Jun 30min
