Fatima Bhutto on Grief, Survival, and the Life-Affirming Love of Canine Companions
Fatima Bhutto was born into the world of high politics in Pakistan. She was just 14 when she witnessed the assasination of her politician father outside of their home, and was forced to flee the count...
27 Feb 39min
Are Lithium and Cobalt the New Oil? The Elements of Power, with Nicolas Niarchos
Decarbonisation is triggering a new great-power race. As demand for green technologies and sustainable power sources grows, Washington and Beijing are battling for control of cobalt, lithium, copper, ...
25 Feb 36min
The New Yorker’s Jon Lee Anderson on Afghanistan: An American Catastrophe (Part Two)
Jon Lee Anderson is considered one of the great foreign correspondents of our time. Since the late 1980s, his on-the-ground reporting in Afghanistan has provided invaluable insight into decades of con...
23 Feb 39min
The New Yorker’s Jon Lee Anderson on Afghanistan: An American Catastrophe (Part One)
Jon Lee Anderson is considered one of the great foreign correspondents of our time. Since the late 1980s, his on-the-ground reporting in Afghanistan has provided invaluable insight into decades of con...
22 Feb 34min
The Specialist | Jackie O's Faux Pearls, with Frank Everett
This is an episode of The Specialist, your weekly dose of wonder. In The Specialist, explore the significance and journey of an extraordinary work through the eyes of those that know it best. On to...
21 Feb 13min
Could Silicon Valley Billionaires Cure Aging? With Aleks Krotoski
What it might mean – biologically, socially, and philosophically – if death becomes optional? Humanity has long dreamed about the idea of immortality. And in 2026, many believe that dream could soon ...
20 Feb 55min
Will AI Design New Organisms From Scratch? With Adrian Woolfson
What if DNA could be edited as easily as software? What if we could delete disease, redesign organisms, and eventually rewrite ourselves? In this episode, Adrian Woolfson joins host Güneş Taylor to d...
18 Feb 45min
Is it Game Over for Keir Starmer? Martin Wolf for The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook 2026 (Part Two)
2026 opened with a bang on the world stage. With Donald Trump's aggressive approach to foreign policy and the release of the Epstein files threatening more political upheaval, it's clear that this yea...
16 Feb 38min
