Eleanor Janega - Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
Why did the ideal medieval woman have a pot belly and small feet? Which days of the week was sex permitted? Why did the transgender sex workers of London steal men's clothes? Eleanor Janega has the an...
28 Apr 20231h 6min
Alexa Hagerty - Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains
Anthropologist Alexa Hagerty spent years working with forensic teams and victims’ families to investigate crimes against humanity in Latin America. In this harrowing and deeply personal conversation w...
25 Apr 202349min
Adam Gopnik - The Mystery of Skill and Mastery
The New Yorker's Adam Gopnik is a master literary stylist, acclaimed as one of wisest and most insightful figures in American journalism. But was he already too advanced in years to master other skill...
21 Apr 20231h 15min
Microsoft President Brad Smith - Tools and Weapons
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith hosts conversations with leaders in government, business, and culture that explore the world’s most critical challenges at the intersection of technology ...
18 Apr 202337min
Richard Restak - The Neuroscience of Strengthening Your Memory
Octogenerian neurologist Ricard Restak is living proof that a declining memory is not an inevitable fact of ageing. A professor at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, ...
14 Apr 20231h
Luke Turner - Men at War
Journalist Luke Turner spent his childhood idolising Spitfires and Lancaster Bombers. Now, as an adult, he explores the human lives behind the machines. Who goes to TankFest - and who plays the SS? Ar...
11 Apr 20231h 2min
Curtis Sittenfeld - Romantic Comedy
Curtis Sittenfeld has made a name for herself as one of America’s most exciting writers and her novels Prep, American Wife and Rodham have been hailed as modern classics. Her latest novel, Romantic Co...
7 Apr 202342min
Julian Baggini - How to Think Like a Philosopher
Julian Baggini is a philosopher who disavows jargon in favour of a clear and accessible approach to the tenets of philosophical enquiry. He joins us with a a guide to the habits and practices of philo...
4 Apr 20231h 4min
