How To Academy Podcast
How To Academy is London's home of big thinking. From Nobel laureates to Pulitzer Prize winners, we invite the world’s most influential voices to share new ideas for changing ourselves, our communities, and the world. Our biweekly podcast is your chance to hear in-depth from the most exciting thinkers in global culture.
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Novelist Erica Wagner - Washington Roebling and...
Washington Roebling built one of the wonders of the industrial age: the Brooklyn Bridge. Erica Wagner takes us inside his psyche.
27 min
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Neurologist Majid Fotuhi – How To Age-Proof You...
World-renowned neurologist Majid Fotuhi reveals how to prevent and reverse cognitive decline, boost memory, and enhance mental sharpness at any age.
63 min
3
Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris - On Birds,...
The creators of The Lost Words Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris illuminate the splendours of birdlife, and share an impassioned call to halt the loss of birds from land, sea and sky.
72 min
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Jessamy Hibberd – How to Free Your Mind From Ov...
Dr Jessamy Hibberd reveals how we can break free from the cycle of overthinking so many of us are trapped in to live a better life and focus on what really matters.
57 min
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Phil Tinline - Iron Mountain and the Birth of A...
36 min
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Tom Holland Meets Armando Iannucci — What The L...
Armando Iannucci and the award-winning star of The Rest is History, Tom Holland journey back to Rome for an intimate encounter with Caesar, Augustus, Caligula, and Nero…
75 min
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Freya India - The Commodification of Girls and ...
Freya India reveals how the age-old anxieties of girlhood are now amplified—and exploited—like never before.
57 min
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Holistic Psychologist Nicole LePera – Reparenti...
Holistic psychologist and internationally bestselling author, Nicole LePera, reveals the new science of healing old wounds and rediscovering your full potential.
68 min
9
Nina Allan - The Many Worlds of JG Ballard
JG Ballard's avant-garde speculative novels are among the most the controversial and exhilarating works in all of 20th century literature. His biographer, award-winning novelist Nina Allan, reveals why.
45 min
10
Antony Beevor – Rasputin and the Downfall of th...
Was Rasputin a visionary, a fraud, or a victim of history? The bestselling author of Stalingrad searches for the truth about the wild mystic who laid the ground for revolution.
59 min
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Ecologist Suzanne Simard - Lessons of the Forest
Renowned ecologist Suzanne Simard reveals the profound interconnectedness of trees, their cycles of renewal and resilience, and how we might better protect our forests for generations to come.
75 min
12
James Muldoon - Love Rewired in the Age of AI
Friends. Lovers. Therapists. AI is taking on unprecedented roles for millions of us. The Oxford Internet Institute’s James Muldoon explores how these new relationships are rewiring us.
59 min
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Neuroscientist Mark Solms - Was Freud Right?
57 min
14
Zakia Sewell Meets Jeremy Deller - The Quest fo...
From Glastonbury Tor to Notting Hill Carnival, Zakia Sewell has travelled across the British isles on a quest for new myths and legends to unite our divided nation.
46 min
15
Peter Jones - The Secret History of the Seven D...
49 min
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Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin — How to Harness ...
Join bestselling neuroscientist and musician Daniel Levitin for a bold new vision of the future of medicine—one where music becomes our medicine.
61 min
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Ayala Panievsky–Fighting Censorship in the Age ...
Ayala Panievsky exposes the relentless attempts to undermine truth and facts by anti-democratic forces in the UK and across the globe.
64 min
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Oren Harman - The Human History of Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis is one of the most mysterious and wondrous processes in all of nature, inspiring philosophers, poets, and scientists for millennia.
48 min
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Dr Gavin Francis – Making Sense of Mental Health
GP and bestselling author Dr Gavin Francis offers a deeply human and compassionate re-evaluation of mental illness.
64 min
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C. Thi Nguyen - How to Stop Playing Someone Els...
Philosopher C. Thi Nguyen has dedicated his life to the study of how and why we enjoy games; but what happens when the principles of play become rules for governing lives and societies?
45 min
21
Keza MacDonald - How Nintendo Changed the World
In an ultracompetitive and frequently toxic industry, how does one Japanese company consistently raise the bar and spread joy across the globe?
36 min
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Neuroscientist Paul Goldsmith – How to Thrive i...
Neuroscientist Dr Paul Goldsmith exposes a profound mismatch at the heart of modern life: we are ancient brains trying to survive in an environment we were never built for.
51 min
23
Jennifer Breheny Wallace – Mattering: The Secre...
In a world where loneliness, burnout, and disconnection have reached crisis levels, founder of the Mattering Institute Jennifer Breheny Wallace offers the secret to building a life of deep connection: Mattering.
55 min
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Natalie Haynes and Robin Ince - The Myth of Med...
‘Rock star mythologist’ (Washington Post) Natalie Haynes joins her longtime friend Robin Ince for a vibrant journey reimagining the ancient myth of Medea.
59 min
25
Wayne McGregor – How to Unlock Your Physical In...
We all think physically – we just haven’t been paying attention. Britain’s greatest living choreographer, Wayne McGregor, joins us to revolutionise the way you live your life.
73 min