Ken Duckworth: Navigating mental illness
Chief medical officer of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Dr Duckworth has written a guide for those with mental health problems that along with advice from experts tells of the lessons to be ...
2 Maj 202340min
Susan Goldin-Meadow: Thinking with your hands
Decades spent studying the way we use our hands when we talk has convinced Susan Goldin-Meadow that not only do gestures help our listeners understand us; gestures help us understand ourselves. They h...
25 Apr 202337min
Valerie Fridland: English evolves, like it or not
Annoyed by all those likes and so’s and you knows, not mention ahs and ums? In her delightfully titled book Like, Literally, Dude, Valerie Fridland argues that we should stop grumping about language t...
18 Apr 202342min
Dava Sobel: The Women Who Brought the Stars to Earth
Starting in the late 19th century, a group of women at the Harvard Observatory pored over hundreds of thousands of glass photographic plates bearing images of billions of stars. It was the beginning o...
11 Apr 202339min
Judd Apatow: Funny, With a Side of Feeling
For decades now, he’s been building a comedy empire as writer, director and producer of a string of movies and TV series. Judd Apatow explores his early experiences soaking up the comedy writing of ot...
4 Apr 202342min
Kieran Setiya: Facing up to Life
Life is hard. But drawing on the insights of philosophers ancient and modern, Keiran Setiya has written a witty and hope-filled book chronicling his own realization that, even with chronic pain, while...
28 Mars 202341min
Nita Farahany: The Battle For Your Brain
Her new book takes a deep dive into neurotechnology – the ability to read and record your brain waves. While there are many potential benefits – Nita herself uses a simple device to help control her m...
21 Mars 202342min
Liev Schreiber: The Ukrainian Connection
Inspired by his Ukrainian grandfather, Liev has launched a campaign to fund humanitarian relief for the people of Ukraine. His several trips there included a meeting with a fellow actor, now president...
14 Mars 202342min
