The Power of Demography, with Paul Morland
Does the world have too many people – or not enough? That’s one of the big questions that demographer Paul Morland seeks to answer in his new book, Tomorrow’s People: The Future of Humanity in Ten Num...
6 Juni 202257min
The Sunday Debate: Blame Liberals For the Rise of Populism
A delve into the archive and back to 2019 when we debated a motion asking whether the left’s policies of high immigration and multiculturalism caused the disaffection which has given rise to populism?...
5 Juni 20221h 5min
The Joy of Science, with Jim Al-Khalili
Professor Jim Al-Khalili is the physicist who makes science look easy. He’s the author of several books, the latest of which is The Joy of Science, which offers eight core scientific principles that c...
3 Juni 202241min
Who is the Real Xi Jinping? With Kerry Brown
Writer and academic Kerry Brown's latest book is Xi: A Study in Power, which profiles the policies and personality behind China's leader for the last decade, Xi Jinping. He’s one of the most powerful ...
1 Juni 202253min
The Crimes of History, with Linda Kinstler and Peter Pomerantsev
How do you put a ghost on trial? In Linda Kinstler's deeply personal new book, Come to This Court and Cry, she uncovers the atrocities of her Latvian grandfather's involvement in the Holocaust. In con...
30 Maj 202241min
The Sunday Debate: Chinese Investment Is Good for Africa
Between 2007 and 2020, China invested $23 billion into infrastructure for nations across Africa, $8 billion more than the other top eight lenders combined. But in its pursuit of energy security and ra...
29 Maj 20221h 2min
Mental Health: Hope and Healing With Horatio Clare and Alex Riley
How we understand mental health and the level of compassion we show to those suffering from depression and other forms of mental illness define us as a society. In May 2022 acclaimed travel writer Hor...
27 Maj 202256min
Otherlands: A Journey Into Our Planet’s Deep Past, with Thomas Halliday
Palaeobiologist and bestselling author Thomas Halliday is helping us better understand how the natural world evolved over the past 500 million years. His recent book, Otherlands: A World in the Making...
25 Maj 202247min
