Dolly Jones - How to Combine a Career and Family
When high-flying journalist Dolly Jones had her children, the idea of returning to work felt daunting. She struggled to find material to galvanise and reassure her, and to make her feel that anything ...
11 Jul 20251h 4min
Historian of Science Thomas Levenson — How Humans Discovered Germs
Today, you are far more likely to die of heart disease, cancer, or accident than you are to die of an illness caused by a germ: but for most of human history, microorganisms were our greatest nemesis....
8 Jul 202555min
Jeremy Hunt - Can Britain Be Great Again?
Former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt shares a thought-provoking vision of our place in the world in the century ahead. Is Britain a minor player, marginalised by our departure from the EU and dwarfed...
4 Jul 20251h 15min
Robin Ince - Journeys in Neurodiversity
Tracing his journey through his diagnosis with ADHD, Robin Ince explores his own insecurities and discoveries along the way, from the importance of vulnerability, to finding greater meaning and happin...
1 Jul 20251h 18min
Afua Hirsch In Conversation with Caroline Darian, Daughter of Dominique Pelicot
Caroline Darian, daughter of Dominique Pelicot, shares with Afua Hirsch a rallying cry for change, and confronts the hidden violence that too many endure in silence. The Pelicot mass rape trial was u...
30 Jun 202559min
Jon Watts - The Life and Assassination of Dom Philips and the Mission to Save the Amazon
On 5 June 2022, award-winning journalist Dom Phillips was working on a book about the Amazon rainforest, alongside the indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, when they were both shot dead. They are believed...
27 Jun 20251h 8min
Isabel Allende - On the Power of Story, Resistance, and Humanity
Isabel Allende shares the story of Emilia del Valle, her unforgettable new heroine on a treacherous, life-changing journey during the Chilean Civil war of 1891. Past and present merge in this conversa...
24 Jun 20251h 1min
Daniel Davis - The Real Science of Immune Health
We are surrounded by bold claims and quick fixes for ‘boosting’ our immune health. But one thing the science is clear on is that everyone’s immune system is unique – what is good for one person may no...
17 Jun 20251h 5min
