M. John Harrison - Living in an Age of Fantasy
As a member of the 1960s science fiction New Wave, M. John Harrison worked with authors like Michael Moorcock and JG Ballard to he helped turn generic entertainment into serious and even avante garde ...
29 Maj 202343min
Alastair Campbell Meets Beth Rigby - Why Politics Has Gone So Wrong, and How You Can Help Fix It
Alastair Campbell was Tony Blair's communications chief and is now one of the UK's most sought after political commentators; The Rest is Politics, his podcast with Rory Stewart, is essential listening...
23 Maj 20231h 24min
Thomas Hertog - Stephen Hawking's Final Theory of the Universe
Thomas Hertog was Stephen Hawking's PhD student and went on to become a leading cosmologist in his own right. He and Hawking developed a radical new theory concerning the origins of time itself: answe...
19 Maj 202339min
Ruby Wax Meets Julia Samuel - I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was
These days, trying to stay sane in a completely chaotic world makes life incredibly difficult, especially if you're struggling with your mental health. While searching for inner peace and equanimity a...
16 Maj 20231h 10min
Fiona Buckland - How to Change Your Life
What makes a fulfilling life, and how can we live one? Life coach Fiona Buckland explores the overwhelming world we live in and the stressors and temptations that pull us away from understanding ourse...
12 Maj 202349min
Justin Gregg - What Animal Intelligence Tells Us About Human Stupidity
What if human intelligence is more of a liability than a gift? According to the animal cognition expert and author of If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal Justin Gregg, there's an evolutionary reason why human...
10 Maj 20231h 4min
Robin Ince Meets Chris van Tulleken - Why We Can't Stop Eating Stuff That Isn't Food
Over the past 150 years, we have entered a new ‘age of eating’ where most of our calories come from an entirely novel set of substances: Ultra-Processed Foods. In this episode award-winning broadcaste...
5 Maj 20231h 20min
Mick Herron - Slow Horses, Bad Actors
Thriller writer Mick Herron is the heir to John Le Carre - the author of the wildly acclaimed Slough House espionage novels. The TV adaptation named after the first in the series, Slow Horses, is one ...
2 Maj 20231h 8min
