Jelani Cobb: Journalism at a Crossroads
The Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism talks about how social media is overtaking traditional newspapers and television as most people’s source of news; what this means for journalism; and how ...
2 Des 202536min
The MASH Gang: How a Television Show Changed Us
MASH changed Alan’s life as well as the lives of the rest of the MASH cast. In this revisit of a free-wheeling conversation recorded in 2019 Alan, and the gang reminisce about an extraordinary eleven ...
25 Nov 20251h 5min
Michael J Fox: Looking Back with Attitude
Alan revisits a conversation he had with Michael seven years ago, at a time when Fox had been grappling with Parkinson’s Disease for 27 years and Alan for three. As Alan says in this updated episode, ...
18 Nov 202544min
Bill McKibben: Tomorrow Will be Sunny
A confident prediction from the man who first brought our warming planet to public attention some 35 years ago. Energy from solar and wind is now cheaper than traditional fossil fuels and is being rap...
11 Nov 202540min
Justin Evans: Data Heroes
Data: dry and boring, right? Not in the hands of Justin Evans, a data expert himself, who set out to show that data is not only the lifeblood of today’s world; it is also the source of moving stories ...
28 Okt 202538min
Melanie Kaplan: Travels With a Beagle
After adopting a beagle that had spent the first four years of his life as an experimental subject in a laboratory, she set out – with Hammy the beagle by her side – to explore the murky world of anim...
21 Okt 202538min
Erica Chenoweth: A Better Way to Protest?
Not only are non-violent protests more effective than armed resistance, but a surprisingly small percentage of the population – around three and a half percent – has been enough to change governments....
14 Okt 202536min
