Daniel Kahneman - Why We Make Bad Judgments
The quality of professional judgments have a huge and lasting impact on all of our lives: the decision of an A&E doctor treating a patient, a teacher grading a paper, or a high court judge delivering ...
12 Juli 20211h 3min
John Higgs - William Blake vs the World
Join us for a wild journey through culture, science, philosophy and religion to better understand the mercurial genius William Blake. Taking us on wild detours into unfamiliar territory, John Higgs pl...
5 Juli 202139min
Katrine Marcal and Caroline Criado Perez - Mother of Invention
Every day, extraordinary inventions and innovative ideas are side-lined in a world that remains subservient to men. But it doesn’t have to be this way. From the beginning of time, women have been pivo...
28 Juni 202154min
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
