The Sweet Spot: why pain can be a pleasure
We go to movies that make us cry, scream or gag we poke at sores, eat spicy foods and run marathons. Some of us even seek out discomfort and humiliation for sexual gratification. Most of these activit...
23 Nov 202155min
Business Weekly: How To Lead A Sustainable Business – COP26 special with Alannah Weston and Henry Dimbleby
Today's episode comes from the How To Lead a Sustainable Business podcast, brought to you by Selfridges Group and Intelligence Squared. In the podcast, Alannah Weston, Chairman of Selfridges Group, sp...
22 Nov 202122min
Will electric vehicles make our roads green and clean?
This episode is part of our Energised series made in partnership with Iberdrola. To hear more search Energised, wherever you get your podcasts. Transport emissions account for almost a third of global...
21 Nov 202159min
Constitutional Rights and Wrongs, with Linda Colley
Linda Colley is the Shelby MC Davis 1958 professor of history at Princeton University and one of the most acclaimed historians of her generation. Her latest book is The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen, whi...
19 Nov 202151min
Black British Lives Matter, with Marcus Ryder MBE
Black British Lives Matter is a new anthology of writing and conversations collecting the experiences of thought leaders in the UK including novelist Kit de Waal, architect Sir David Adjaye, politicia...
16 Nov 202149min
Business Weekly: Nudge Theory and How to Change Behaviours with Richard Thaler
Since the original publication of Nudge more than a decade ago, the word that served as the title of the ground-breaking book has entered the vocabulary of businesspeople, policy makers, economists, e...
15 Nov 202149min
The Sunday Debate: It’s Time to Treat China Like an Adversary not a Partner
We are in a second Cold War with China. That’s the conclusion many experts have come to as they observe China’s increasingly aggressive behaviour beyond its borders – its suppression of democracy in H...
14 Nov 20211h 5min
COP26: What is Ecocide?
In summer 2021, a global panel of legal scholars and activists drew up a new definition of ecocide: unlawful or wanton acts that could cause widespread or long-term damage to the environment. The aim ...
12 Nov 202133min
