Disruptors: Martin Luther
Luther's vivid, wild words – powered by new printing technology – set in motion a chain reaction that split the Catholic Church, powered the Reformation and changed the world forever. Naomi Alderman m...
6 Jan 202514min
Disruptors: Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft argued with passion and moral certainty in her great work, A Vindication of the Rights of Women. Naomi Alderman meets the first modern woman, who lived the ideas she espoused – tra...
6 Jan 202514min
Disruptors: George Washington
Washington may be better known as a man of action rather than ideas. However, he gave the world one idea of huge power, an idea that was also about power. As a military General, Washington won the Ame...
6 Jan 202514min
Disruptors: Socrates
The ancient Athenian Socrates encourages us to think about what are the most important things in life and to bring real clarity to the ideas, concepts and beliefs that we use every day. He was persist...
6 Jan 202514min
What Is Human Intelligence?
Naomi Alderman introduces her series dissecting the minds of brilliant thinkers from the past; examining the myriad ways in which humans think – the messy magic behind ideas that shaped the world. Unl...
20 Dec 20241min
