Karl Ove Knausgaard – The School of Night
Widely heralded as the most provocative Norwegian writer since Ibsen and simply ‘one of the finest writers alive’ by the New York Times, Karl Ove Knausgaard’s five-part autobiographical novel sequence...
5 Dec 20251h 17min
John Higgs - Unravelling the Spell of David Lynch
A boy scout from smalltown America known for his sincere, folksy charm. A chain-smoking maverick dedicated to the pursuit of the Art Life. A womaniser with a female skewing fanbase. A Hollywood outsid...
2 Dec 202556min
Neuroscientist Nicholas Wright – How the Brain Shapes War
In this episode of the podcast neuroscientist Nicholas Wright reveals how, whether we like it or not, the brain is wired for conflict – in the office or on the battlefield. Blending insights from cutt...
25 Nov 202556min
Joe Hill - The One With the Dragons
The son of Stephen and Tabitha King and brother of Owen King, Joe Hill was raised in a uniquely gifted literary family and has long established a reputation of his own as a first rate storyteller acro...
21 Nov 202557min
HYPERLAND: Graham Harman on the Nature of Reality
How do we understand the world and our place in it? Do our lives consist of a small number of dramatic turning points, or is there nothing but a series of gradual changes from infancy to old age? Are ...
18 Nov 20251h 30min
Julia Belluz and Kevin Hall – Why We Eat What We Eat
Julia Belluz and Kevin Hall reveal the insights you need to better understand what's on your dinner plate, how it got there, and why you eat it. Award-winning health journalist Julia Belluz and inter...
14 Nov 20251h 6min
Sir Tony Robinson Meets Janina Ramirez - The Real Women Behind the Medieval Myths
Though well-known across Europe by name, the real lives of women such as Joan of Arc and Jadwiga of Poland have been buried under banners of nationalistic agendas that have twisted their stories throu...
11 Nov 20251h 17min
Nicola Sturgeon Meets Darren McGarvey - Trauma Industrial Complex
Today, trauma permeates media, from music and television to films and books. While the increasing openness is welcome, Darren has observed that the webs of digital networks surrounding us and which co...
7 Nov 20251h 11min
