The F Word: Re-evaluating Society's Approach to Body Image, with Kate Manne
In her latest book, writer and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University, Kate Manne, turns her analytical lens towards prejudice and discrimination against larger bodied people, which s...
14 Apr 202447min
Unlocking the Power of Memory, with Charan Ranganath
Charan Ranganath is the Director of the Memory and Plasticity Program and a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of California at Davis. His new book, Why We Remember: The Scienc...
12 Apr 202430min
Going Nuclear: Could a Catastrophic Conflict Take Place? with Annie Jacobsen
Annie Jacobsen is an investigative journalist and author whose books probe the periphery of what we know about state warcraft and read like unputdownable thrillers. As a result, a her Pulitzer-nominat...
10 Apr 202442min
Finding the Story within Ordinary Human Failings, with Megan Nolan
Megan Nolan is an Irish journalist and author who has made a name for herself by cutting to the quick of the most uncomfortable facets of the human experience. She first appeared on Intelligence Squar...
8 Apr 202438min
Why We Need to Slow Down to Save the Planet, with Kohei Saito
Kohei Saito is the Japanese philosopher and associate professor of philosophy at the University of Tokyo, whose ideas have become highly influential in the conversation surrounding how to better use e...
6 Apr 202455min
A Journey Into Our Geopolitical Future, with Elliot Ackerman
With AI's capabilities now beginning to conjure visions reminiscent of science fiction, it's fiction writers who are pointing the way to where these tools will take us in decades to come. 2054, the se...
5 Apr 202433min
Are You Free? How Work Relentlessly Eats Up Our Time
In a world increasingly built around convenience, why do we often feel so short of free time? It’s a question that’s been on the minds of authors Nick Srnicek and Helen Hester. Srnicek is Lecturer in ...
3 Apr 202445min
Comedy in Dark Times, with Armando Iannucci and Helen Lewis, Part Two
This is the second instalment of a three-part discussion. Armando Iannucci is one of Britain’s best-loved comedy writers. The creator of hit shows such as The Thick Of It, Veep and Alan Partridge, Ian...
31 Mar 202435min
