Joe Hill Meets Frank Miller – A Life in Comics
Frank Miller transformed the way comics are told and reshaped popular culture in America and the world. In this episode of the podcast, we’ll hear about his struggles as a fresh faced seventeen year-o...
7 Aug 52min
Catharine Edwards - The Life of Cicero and the Fall of the Roman Republic
Rising from provincial obscurity to the highest elected office in Rome, Cicero became the greatest orator of his age. Yet Cicero was far more than a master of rhetoric. His long and turbulent life unf...
4 Aug 1h 6min
Suzy Hansen – Turkey in the Age of Erdoğan
In the midst of a world in upheaval, Erdoğan has remade Turkey in his own image. Once a shining portal that straddled East and West, Istanbul's streets now teem with nationalistic fervour, political r...
31 Juli 44min
Daniel Mendelsohn – Translating Homer's Odyssey
America’s most celebrated living classicist, Daniel Mendelsohn’s new translation of Homer’s Odyssey has been universally acclaimed as the greatest and most authentic ever to appear in English; capturi...
28 Juli 1h 12min
Nir Eyal - The Science-Backed Way to Stop Limiting Yourself
Beliefs change how we see the world, how we experience suffering, and change what we are able to achieve. The defining characteristics of people who achieve their goals are persistence and the belief ...
24 Juli 1h 3min
Sir Roger Deakins – Reflections of a Cinematographer
Over the course of a fifty-year career, Sir Roger Deakins has proven to be the greatest artist and visionary that the craft of cinematography has ever known. In conversation with James Ellis Deakins a...
21 Juli 1h 17min
Emma Southon - How Slavery Made the Roman Empire
We associate the Romans with majesty and greatness: we marvel at their straight roads and innovative underfloor heating, at the dominance of their army and navy, at the grandeur of their palaces and t...
17 Juli 1h
George Osborn — Video Games, Politics, and the Battle for Influence
Video games are far more than an entertainment product: they connect people across the globe, creating digital communities capable of shaping reality. And bad actors across the world are keenly aware ...
14 Juli 47min
