How have rivers shaped human existence? With Vanessa Taylor
From ancient empires to modern metropolises, what do rivers tell us about the way humans build, worship, and fight for their worlds? In this episode, historian Vanessa Taylor joins host Caroline Dodd...
14 Aug 202537min
How Well do we Understand the Female Body? With Polly Vernon
Did you know that women’s brains change during puberty, pregnancy and the menopause? That women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s? Or that female athletes are more prone to certain ...
12 Aug 202550min
Are the Rich Preparing for Civilisational Collapse? With Evan Osnos
In this episode, award-winning journalist Evan Osnos joins Carl Miller to discuss the lives of the Ultrarich and themes from his new book The Haves and the Have Yachts. Together, they explore the secr...
11 Aug 202542min
Does Plato Still Matter Today? with Angie Hobbs
Use code SQUARED at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/squared --- Can ancient philosophy make sense of a modern life? In this episode, Sophie S...
9 Aug 202554min
Did the Road to Trump Start in the 90’s? with John Ganz
Use code SQUARED at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/squared --- How has the past thirty years of American politics impacted our present? In t...
7 Aug 202538min
Was the Nuclear Bomb Inevitable? With Frank Close
Use code SQUARED at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/squared --- How did the most powerful force in history begin with a faint smudge on a phot...
5 Aug 20251h 2min
An African History of Africa, with Zeinab Badawi (Part Two)
Use code SQUARED at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan:https://incogni.com/squared ----- ‘Everyone is originally from Africa, and this book is therefore for everyone.’...
3 Aug 202535min
An African History of Africa, with Zeinab Badawi (Part One)
‘Everyone is originally from Africa, and this book is therefore for everyone.’ – Zeinab Badawi Too often historians have told the history of Africa through the prism of colonialism. But what picture...
2 Aug 202538min
