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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Catharine Edwards - The Life of Cicero and the ...
Renowned historian Catharine Edwards joins bestselling novelist Robert Harris to illuminate the extraordinary life and mind of Cicero, and the ultimate fall of the Roman Republic.
61 min
2
Suzy Hansen – Turkey in the Age of Erdoğan
Pulitzer finalist Suzy Hansen chronicles the age of authoritarianism in Turkey — through an intimate portrait of its people.
40 min
3
Daniel Mendelsohn – Translating Homer's Odyssey
Editor-at-Large of The New York Review of Books and an award-winning, bestselling classicist, Daniel Mendelsohn reflects on the resonance of the Odyssey after twenty-eight centuries.
66 min
4
Nir Eyal - The Science-Backed Way to Stop Limit...
Stanford’s Nir Eyal reveals a pragmatic, science-backed guide to dismantling the hidden beliefs that hold us back.
58 min
5
Sir Roger Deakins – Reflections of a Cinematogr...
Widely celebrated as the greatest cinematographer of all-time, Roger Deakins shot The Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, Skyfall and 1917. He shares stories from a remarkable life in cinema.
71 min
6
Emma Southon - How Slavery Made the Roman Empire
Acclaimed historian Emma Southon uncovers the groundbreaking truth of the millions of forgotten enslaved people who built the Roman Empire.
54 min
7
George Osborn — Video Games, Politics, and the ...
Video games are the world's most popular form of entertainment—and authoritarian governments have been quicker to take advantage of their reach than liberal democracies. George Osborn asks what we can do about it.
42 min
8
Therapist Emmy van Deurzen – The Philosopher’s ...
Pioneering therapist Emmy van Deurzen looks to existential philosophy to reframe the way we understand ourselves and our relationships.
61 min
9
Bill Browder and Jamison Firestone: Chaos and M...
When their lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was assassinated for exposing the largest tax theft in Russian history, Bill Browder and Jamison Firestone began a global battle against Putin’s mafia state.
70 min
10
Tom McTague – Britain in Europe: The Hidden His...
Editor-in-Chief of The New Statesman Tom McTague offers a definitive history of Britain’s tumultuous relationship with Europe as it’s never been told before.
51 min
11
Malala Yousafzai - Finding My Way
How do you rebuild yourself when your world changes overnight? The youngest ever Nobel laureate joins Pandora Sykes with an intimate and vulnerable look at her life as a young woman.
74 min
12
Antonia Senior – The Cambridge Five and the Mak...
Journalist, novelist and historian Antonia Senior offers a radical new look at how five people allowed an ideological obsession to overshadow loyalty to their country.
50 min
13
M. John Harrison - The End of Everything
In his new novel The End of Everything, the grandmaster of speculative fiction confronts the limits of human understanding.
40 min
14
Mark Williamson – How To Live a Happier Life
‘Happiness Engineer’ Mark Williamson offers a refreshing guide to find meaning, make a difference, and make life happy.
56 min
15
Carol Cadwalladr Meets Karen Hao - Sam Altman, ...
70 min
16
Novelist Elodie Harper – Boudicca's Daughter
Boudicca. Infamous warrior queen of the British Iceni tribe and leader of one of history's greatest revolts. But what of the daughters who grew up in her shadow? In her latest historical fiction, Elodie Harper imagines their story.
33 min
17
Caroline Sylge – How To Retreat
56 min
18
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
19
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
20
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
21
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
22
Phil Tinline - Iron Mountain and the Birth of A...
36 min
23
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
24
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
25
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