Why We Need to Slow Down to Save the Planet, with Kohei Saito
Kohei Saito is the Japanese philosopher and associate professor of philosophy at the University of Tokyo, whose ideas have become highly influential in the conversation surrounding how to better use e...
6 Apr 202455min
A Journey Into Our Geopolitical Future, with Elliot Ackerman
With AI's capabilities now beginning to conjure visions reminiscent of science fiction, it's fiction writers who are pointing the way to where these tools will take us in decades to come. 2054, the se...
5 Apr 202433min
Are You Free? How Work Relentlessly Eats Up Our Time
In a world increasingly built around convenience, why do we often feel so short of free time? It’s a question that’s been on the minds of authors Nick Srnicek and Helen Hester. Srnicek is Lecturer in ...
3 Apr 202445min
Comedy in Dark Times, with Armando Iannucci and Helen Lewis, Part Two
This is the second instalment of a three-part discussion. Armando Iannucci is one of Britain’s best-loved comedy writers. The creator of hit shows such as The Thick Of It, Veep and Alan Partridge, Ian...
31 Mar 202435min
Comedy in Dark Times, with Armando Iannucci and Helen Lewis, Part One
Armando Iannucci is one of Britain’s best-loved comedy writers. The creator of hit shows such as The Thick Of It, Veep and Alan Partridge, Iannucci is renowned for his sharp political satire and parod...
31 Mar 202442min
Love and Brotherhood in Black Gay Britain, with Jason Okundaye
Jason Okundaye is a writer whose essays and work have been published in titles such as The London Review of Books, the Guardian, British GQ and more. His debut book, Revolutionary Acts: Love & Brother...
29 Mar 202433min
How Technology Has Made Us What We Are, with Tom Chatfield
Tom Chatfield is a tech philosopher whose new book looks at how humans have lived side by side with technology for millennia and offers ideas for how humanity will fare in the imminent AI-powered futu...
27 Mar 202443min
Misogyny and the Middle-Aged Woman, with Victoria Smith, Hadley Freeman and Sonia Sodha, Part Two
This is Part Two of a three-part discussion. Why are middle-aged women these days subject to so much rage and hatred – frequently from people who see themselves as kind and ‘on the right side of histo...
25 Mar 202432min
