Amy Jeffs – Stories of Love and Death From Traditional Ballads
In this episode of the podcast, Amy Jeffs reveals the spellbinding world behind Old Songs, her exploration of traditional British ballads and the stories that have carried human fears, desires, and wo...
23 Jan 57min
Data Scientist Hannah Ritchie – How to Solve Climate Change in 50 Questions and Answers
With so many conflicting headlines out there, it’s tough to sort fact from fiction when it comes to climate change and the solutions we need for a cleaner future. The first piece of good news is that ...
20 Jan 1h 10min
Sam Conniff and Katherine Templar-Lewis –The Uncertainty Toolkit
It’s the ‘Do you have five minutes?’ message from your boss. The ‘We need to chat’ from a loved one. Those spiralling thoughts at 3 a.m. and the buzz of yet another breaking news alert. The potential ...
16 Jan 1h 2min
Mark Galeotti - How Crime Organises the World
Far from being distant and peripheral, organised crime shapes our everyday lives, from the materials used to construct our homes to the illicit funds that quietly circulate through financial instituti...
13 Jan 1h 5min
Paul Davies - The New Quantum Revolution
100 years on from Schrödinger’s equation, we’re on the cusp of the second Quantum revolution. Everything is about to change again – but how? Theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and astrobiologist Pau...
9 Jan 1h 4min
RF Kuang - To Hell with Love
Bestselling novelist Rebecca F. Kuang returns to How To Academy in conversation with Hannah MacInnes to dive into her new novel, Katabasis, inviting us on a journey to the underworld and back. From th...
19 Dec 20251h 13min
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman — The Human Cost of Alabama's Prison System
When Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman went into an Alabama state prison to film a revival meeting, they discover that the prisoners wanted to talk to them off-camera and share their stories; after...
16 Dec 202538min
Ingrid Clayton – Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves
Do you avoid conflict? Do you tend to take the blame? Do you take care of others at the expense of yourself? Do you live in a state of hypervigilance? Fawning can appear in a plethora of different way...
10 Dec 20251h 1min
