Jesse Coomer - The Power of Breathwork
Jesse Coomer was an English professor suffering from what he called "The Modern Human Condition" - in other words, he was a mess of stress and anxiety. He learned to combat that with breath training a...
15 Sep 20231h
Kristen Ghodsee and Angela Saini - Radical Experiments in the Good Life
What can we learn from historical attempts to live together and raise children differently? Kristen Ghodsee is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of Everyday Utopia, a new gu...
12 Sep 20231h 4min
Dr James Kinross - The New Science of the Microbiome
James Kinross is a consultant surgeon at Imperial College and one of the world's leading experts on the science of the microbiome — the complex ecosystem of bacteria, viruses and other microbes inside...
8 Sep 202357min
Emma Southon - Women of the Roman Empire
Emma Southon is a podcaster and ancient historian. Her new book A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women does exactly what it says on the tin: sidestepping the sidesteps of the long list of battles, ...
5 Sep 202349min
Rahul Jandial - How to Rewire Your Brain (Summer Repeat)
For years Dr Rahul Jandial, a neurosurgeon and neuroscientist, has transformed the lives of his neurosurgery patients by putting them through ‘brain rehab’, his specially developed boot camp for resto...
1 Sep 202341min
David Christian - A User's Guide to the Future (Bonus Episode)
When you get behind the wheel of a car, throw or catch a ball, change jobs, or move to a new country, you are making a series of predictions about what will happen next in your life and in the world. ...
29 Aug 202324min
Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché - Nostalgia is a Weapon
The writer Helen Macdonald is best known for the award winning memoir H is For Hawk and other distinguished works exploring our relationship to the natural world; their new novel Prophet is something ...
25 Aug 202352min
Julia Cameron and Elizabeth Gilbert - The Path to Higher Creativity (Summer Repeat)
Julia Cameron is the author, poet, and screenwriter whose book The Artist's Way is one of the most influential creativity manuals ever written. Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of many books including ...
22 Aug 202358min
