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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Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman — The Huma...
Emmy award winning documentarians Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman's new film The Alabama Solution is a revelatory journey inside that state's prison system, revealing endemic corruption and violence.
33 min
2
Ingrid Clayton – Why the Need to Please Makes U...
You've heard of fight, flight and freeze - but fawning might be the most common trauma response of all. Learn how to work through it and find freedom with leading psychologist, Dr Ingrid Clayton.
56 min
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Karl Ove Knausgaard – The School of Night
‘One of the 21st century's greatest literary sensations’ (Wall Street Journal) Karl Ove Knausgaard joins Eliza Clark to share his reflections on artistic creation and human corruption.
72 min
4
John Higgs - Unravelling the Spell of David Lynch
Many are drawn to the films of David Lynch, and even more to his revolutionary TV series Twin Peaks: but what do we mean when we say something is Lynchian, and why are his surrealistic, horrifying films so compelling?
50 min
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Neuroscientist Nicholas Wright – How the Brain ...
If you want to understand war, you must first look inside your own head. Pentagon advisor Nicholas Wright reveals the new science of warfare.
51 min
6
Joe Hill - The One With the Dragons
A gran maestro of contemporary horror fiction, Sunday Times bestseller Joe Hill reveals his first novel in a decade: King Sorrow.
52 min
7
HYPERLAND: Graham Harman on the Nature of Reality
In this bonus episode of David Malone's science and philosophy podcast HYPERLAND, Graham Harman investigates the ultimate nature of reality.
84 min
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Julia Belluz and Kevin Hall – Why We Eat What W...
60 min
9
Sir Tony Robinson Meets Janina Ramirez - The Re...
Joan of Arc, Lady Godiva, Catherine Of Siena: how were stories of extraordinary women twisted through the ages – and who were these women really? Oxford’s Janina Ramirez reveals the truth to Sir Tony Robinson.
71 min
10
Nicola Sturgeon Meets Darren McGarvey - Trauma ...
Orwell Prize-winning author Darren McGarvey, AKA hip-hop artist Loki, joins Nicola Sturgeon for a deeply personal exploration of the dangerous stories we tell ourselves about trauma.
66 min
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Ian Mortimer - The Time Traveller's Guide to En...
'Historical truffle hound' Ian Mortimer (Sunday Times) finds the most exciting, horrifying, and delightful facts in English history. He joins us to reveal how the country has tranformed from Chaucer's time to the present.
38 min
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Nish Kumar Meets Jimmy Wales - Trust and the Fu...
Comedian Nish Kumar asks Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales: can truth survive the post-truth age?
78 min
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Jens Stoltenberg - Leading NATO in a Time of War
His decade as Secretary General of NATO was marked by war, diplomatic crises, and hard choices. Now he joins Adam Boulton to share his insights into securing global peace for the future.
76 min
14
Marie Kondo - How to Live
The internationally beloved author and organiser shares new ideas for living wisely and well, drawn from the ancient traditions of Japanese culture.
37 min
15
Award-Winning Filmmaker Annemarie Jacir — On th...
Award-winning filmmaker Annemarie Jacir discusses her latest feature film, Palestine 36 — Palestine’s official entry for the Academy Awards. In Cinemas 31st October.
28 min
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Philippa Gregory - Jane Boleyn Reimagined
Bestselling novelist and historian Philippa Gregory re-examines one of the Tudor court’s most maligned figures: Jane Boleyn.
29 min
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Ray Nayler - Why Dystopian Fiction Matters
All systems fail. All societies crumble. All worlds end. Diplomat and novelist Ray Nayler joins us to reveal his extraordinary new speculative thriller Where the Axe is Buried.
43 min
18
Dr Kerry Burnight – A Short Guide to Enjoying a...
America’s most prominent gerontologist, Dr Kerry Burnight, shares a practical, science-based guide to aging well.
59 min
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Yuval Noah Harari - Making Sense of a World in...
In an age of uncertainty, renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari joins Ritula Shah to make sense of a world in crisis and help us better understand the perils we face.
69 min
20
Adam Aleksic - How the Internet is Transforming...
Linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic takes us down a deep dive into how social media has reshaped the way we write and speak—and how it might transform the language of tomorrow.
24 min
21
Robert Macfarlane Meets Elif Shafak – Rivers of...
Robert Macfarlane and Elif Shafak illuminate the life-giving force of rivers, the resilience of storytelling, and our intricate relationship with the natural world.
72 min
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Corinne Low - What Data Can Tell Us About Women...
Corinne Low blends clear-eyed economics with real-world experience to make life’s biggest choices—career, family, partnership—feel navigable, evidence-based, and genuinely empowering.
57 min
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Mark Kermode – The Stories of Movie Music
Mark Kermode blends a lifelong love of cinema with backstage craft to make film music—and the way it shapes our lives—feel vivid, human, and delightfully luminous.
61 min
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Kate Wilson - The Spycops Files
Kate Wilson reveals the story of her relationship with Mark, a fictional character contrived by the Metropolitan Police to spy on her. After twenty years of pursuing the truth and seeking justice, she joins us to unravel a dark reality of state surveillance.
29 min
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Jay Heinrichs - How Classical Rhetoric Can Chan...
Jay Heinrichs blends timeless rhetorical technique with contemporary pop culture to make changing habits—and hitting goals—feel achievable and even fun.
60 min