Caroline Dodds Pennock - How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
Our guest on this episode, Caroline Dodds Pennock, is the UK's only Aztec historian. Countless books have been written about Europeans in the Americas in the age of Discovery but Caroline's new book O...
24 Feb 202357min
Ray Nayler - What Octopuses and AI Teach Us About Consciousness
Ray Nayler's The Mountain in the Sea is a speculative novel about the possibilities of interspecies communication that draws deeply upon contemporary philosophy and neuroscience, as well as his extens...
21 Feb 202358min
Tracey Shors - A Neuroscientist's Guide to Trauma
Distinguished neuroscientist Tracey Shors has dedicated her life to explaining how the mind and body respond to stressful events we can’t control – from difficult childhoods to bereavements, stressful...
17 Feb 20231h 3min
Mervyn King Meets Martin Wolf - The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism
We are living in an age when economic failings have shaken faith in global capitalism. Political failings have undermined trust in liberal democracy and in the very notion of truth. The ties that ough...
14 Feb 20231h 17min
Julia Samuel Meets John and Julie Gottman - How to Make Love Last
What can science tell us about why love lasts? Why do some couples stay together forever, while others fall apart? Is there a formula for building a relationship that endures the test of time? Widely ...
10 Feb 20231h 2min
Daniel Finkelstein Meets Adam Wagner - The Freedoms We Lost in the Pandemic
On 26 March 2020, a new law appeared. In 11 pages, it locked down tens of millions of people, confined us to our homes, banned socialising, closed shops, gyms, pubs, places of worship. It restricted o...
8 Feb 20231h 4min
Tom Rob Smith - Antarctica and Apocalypse
One of the outstanding storytellers of his generation, Tom Rob Smith is best-known for his historical thrillers and acclaimed work as a screenwriter. His new novel Cold People exploring the history of...
3 Feb 202327min
Morgan Levine - How to Reverse the Ageing Process
Research suggests that only 10-30% of our lifespan is determined by our genetics. This means that the vast majority of how we age is directly related to choices we make everyday - how and what we eat,...
31 Jan 20231h 4min
