The Futureverse: From the Ancients to AI
The future. It’s all there, in front of us. It could go wonderfully. Or it could go badly wrong. It will inevitably require our passions and our ingenuity. So how do we see the challenges early on, fi...
4 Mar 202236min
The Russia-Ukraine Crisis, with Owen Matthews and Radek Sikorski
Journalist and Russia expert Owen Matthews and Radek Sikorski, former foreign minister of Poland, discuss the biggest crisis Europe has faced since the Second World War. In conversation with investiga...
3 Mar 202259min
The Art of the Scam, with Rachel Williams and Erlend Ofte Arntsen
Anna Delvey and Simon Leviev, now infamously known as The Fake Heiress and The Tinder Swindler, are two characters who have infiltrated pop culture and gripped Netflix viewers over recent months. Thei...
2 Mar 202241min
Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain, with Rob Davies
Rob Davies is an investigative journalist for The Guardian and his new book, Jackpot, tells the story of how Britain came to be one of the largest gambling markets in the world. The book describes how...
28 Feb 202256min
Chasing the Urge: Addiction Throughout History, with Carl Erik Fisher
Carl Erik Fisher is a psychiatrist, bioethicist and recovering alcoholic who has spent years tracing the history of addiction. His new book is The Urge: Our History of Addiction, a sweeping study of t...
25 Feb 202257min
Essays at the Crossroads of Race, with Esi Edugyan
Canadian novelist and writer Esi Edugyan's latest work is a collection of nonfiction writing, Out of the Sun: Essays at the Crossroads of Race. The book’s five essays discuss the interpretation of Bla...
22 Feb 202242min
Business Weekly: Counting the Cost of Climate Change, with Kristian Rönn
Kristian Rönn is CEO and co-founder of Normative, a start-up which provides carbon-accounting software for businesses. His young company is official software provider of the UN-backed SME Climate Hub ...
21 Feb 202228min
The Sunday Debate: The West Should Seek a Compromise with Russia Over Ukraine
As Russia amasses tens of thousands of troops on Ukraine’s northern and eastern border fears are mounting that President Putin plans to invade the country. The stakes could not be higher, and each mov...
20 Feb 20221h 3min
