Bill Clinton and James Patterson - The President's Daughter
Drawing on his first-hand knowledge of life in the White House, global geopolitics and the upper echelons of power, Bill Clinton teamed up with one of the world’s best-known and best-selling authors, ...
22 Juni 202154min
Sir David Hare - A Life in Theatre
Sir David Hare is renowned across the English-speaking world as the finest political storyteller alive today. In our age of blockbuster musicals and CGI superheroes, his oeuvre stands as a testament t...
8 Juni 202157min
Ginny Smith - The Neuroscience of Everyday Life
How do we learn? Why we do sleep, or fall in love? Can we trust our memories? In this week's podcast, neuroscience expert, author and presenter Ginny Smith explores the latest science of the mind and ...
2 Juni 202154min
Maggie O'Farrell - The Life of Hamnet Shakespeare
On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their mother, Agnes, is ove...
24 Maj 202157min
Michio Kaku - The Quest For Theory of Everything
Michio Kaku takes Robin Ince on the mind-bending ride through the twists and turns of an epic scientific journey: the quest to find a Theory of Everything. Einstein dedicated his life to seeking this ...
17 Maj 20211h 3min
Anna Ploszajski - Finding Meaning Through Making
Sitting at the intersection of art, science, and history, this week's podcast reveals fresh perspectives and fascinating insights into our material world. Scientific progress has given us a good grasp...
10 Maj 202155min
George Saunders – Lessons in Writing and Life
What makes great stories work? What can they tell us about our world today? How can they make us better readers and how can we write them ourselves? George Saunders is one of the undisputed masters of...
26 Apr 20211h 3min
Matthew d’Ancona – Why The Old Politics Is Useless and What We Can Do About It
Political journalist Matthew d'Ancona's issues a call to arms to challenge this age of political extremism, lazy populism and democratic torpor. The old tools of political analysis are obsolete - they...
19 Apr 20211h
