Fame, Women and the Toxic Noughties
Columnist and writer Sarah Ditum is the author of Toxic, which explores how internet culture changed the face of celebrity forever during the early 2000s. The book looks at the era’s hostile treatment...
24 Jan 20241h 6min
Adventures in Philosophy with Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins
Two formidable minds explore the worlds of philosophy, science and the places where those two disciplines meet for this episode. Daniel Dennett is the American philosopher, writer, and cognitive scien...
22 Jan 202458min
Life Lessons from the Early Greeks with Adam Nicolson
Adam Nicolson is the writer and author whose past books have explored immersive and at times weighty topics such as our understanding of the Bible and the work of great poets such as Coleridge and Wor...
21 Jan 202450min
The Mend is Nigh: Hannah Ritchie on How to Build a Sustainable Planet
Hannah Ritchie is the influential data scientist and researcher whose new book adds a rare glimpse of optimism to the conversation surrounding the future health of the climate. Not the End of the Worl...
19 Jan 202450min
Daniel Goleman on How to Reach the Optimal Mindset
The psychologist, writer and journalist Daniel Goleman is the author the bestselling book Emotional Intelligence and many more popular titles exploring the workings of the mind. His new book, co-autho...
17 Jan 202430min
Another Side of the Moon: How the Lunar Landscape Inspires Imagination
Rebecca Boyle is an award-winning science writer whose words have appeared in titles such as The Atlantic, New Scientist and the New York Times. Her new book is Our Moon. It's both a meticulous scient...
15 Jan 202448min
The Political Thought of Xi Jinping
China’s President Xi Jinping is a figure of extraordinary influence around the world but it in the West the nuances and intricacies of his political agenda are less well understood. The Political Thou...
14 Jan 202448min
Sotheby’s Talks: Munch, with Tracey Emin
This is an episode of Sotheby's Talks, the podcast that celebrates art, culture, and collecting. Edvard Munch pioneered Expressionism and embraced life’s most painful experiences to create art: his ...
12 Jan 202439min
