The Hayek Puzzle
Long before Margaret Thatcher told her cabinet that The Constitution of Liberty was “what we believe”, neoliberal poster boy Friedrich Hayek had been denounced by his mentor as a socialist. Following ...
31 Jan 202341min
Climate, Politics and Procreation: Loretta J. Ross
In the first episode of a four-part series exploring the intersection of climate chaos and reproductive justice, Meehan Crist talks to activist and feminist scholar Loretta J. Ross. Ross discusses how...
24 Jan 20231h 10min
The Woman Who Interviewed Hitler
In 1939, Dorothy Thompson was on the cover of Time, the ‘First Lady of American journalism’ and a major celebrity. By 1945, she’d been widely dismissed as a crank. Deborah Friedell joins Tom to discus...
17 Jan 202334min
What do management consultants do?
Laleh Khalili, a former management consultant, talks to Tom about how firms such as McKinsey, Accenture and Bain go about their business, the consequences of their relentless quest for ‘efficiency’, a...
10 Jan 202346min
How to Choose the Greatest Film of All Time
Michael Wood talks to Malin Hay about the recent list from Sight and Sound of the ‘greatest films of all time’ (in which he voted), and what considerations could, or should, go into compiling such a c...
3 Jan 202337min
Alan Bennett: Diary for 2022
Alan Bennett reads his 2022 diary (with some extra bits), in which he buys his dad a violin, goes to Venice with a goat, and tries to make the queen laugh. Listen without ads, and find more from Alan ...
27 Dec 202233min
After the Midterms
Thomas B. Edsall, a columnist for the New York Times, talks to Adam Shatz about the landscape of US politics following the recent elections. They consider some of the historic causes for the apparent ...
13 Dec 202253min
Introducing Among the Ancients
Listen to a sample from the first episode of our twelve-part Close Readings series, Among the Ancients, with Emily Wilson and Thomas Jones, which we'll be re-running from January next year. With a new...
9 Dec 20229min
