Adam Phillips - Helping and being helped: fear and desire
Helping and being helped informs almost all our forms of relating to other people. About Adam Philips "I was trained as a child psychotherapist and I worked in the NHS for 17 years. I am currently a p...
25 Jun 202510min
Lisa Appignanesi - Emotions: good, bad and maddening
Lisa Appignanesi, Visiting Professor at King’s College London and Chair of the Royal Society of Literature, explores “good” and “bad” emotions. About Lisa Appignanesi "I’m a Visiting Professor in Medi...
24 Jun 20258min
Edith Hall - What Aristotle can teach us about positive emotions
Edith Hall, Professor of Classics at Durham University, examines Aristotle’s approach to emotions and how we might understand them. About Edith Hall "Professor of Classics at Durham University and Fel...
24 Jun 202512min
Lisa Appignanesi - A brief history of extreme emotions in the West
Lisa Appignanesi, Visiting Professor at King’s College London and Chair of the Royal Society of Literature, gives a brief history of extreme emotions. About Lisa Appignanesi "I’m a Visiting Professor ...
24 Jun 20256min
Barry Smith - Wittgenstein and the nature of philosophical explanation
Barry Smith, Director of the Institute of Philosophy at the School of Advanced Study, explores the nature of explanation and human consciousness. About Barry Smith "I'm a professor of philosophy and D...
20 Jun 202513min
Tamsin Edwards - Being a climate scientist
Tamsin Edwards, Reader in Climate Change at King’s College London, explains the risks of polarised thinking in climate change. About Tamsin Edwards "I’m a climate scientist and Reader in Climate Chang...
20 Jun 20259min
Mark Burgman - Bridging science and policy
Mark Burgman, Director of the Centre for Environmental Policy, discusses the work dynamic between scientists and policymakers. About Mark Burgman "I'm the Director of the Centre for Environmental Poli...
20 Jun 202511min
Keith Moffatt - The beauty of mathematics applied to human biology
Keith Moffat, Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Cambridge, talks about fluid mechanics. About Keith Moffat "I’m Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Universi...
20 Jun 202512min
