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.
1
Dolly Jones - How to Combine a Career and Family
Leading journalist and digital strategist Dolly Jones shares a funny, practical and crucial guide for thriving at work after having children.
60 min
2
Historian of Science Thomas Levenson — How Huma...
Two centuries passed between humans discovering the existence of germs and realising that these tiny organisms caused infectious diseases. What took so long?
50 min
3
Jeremy Hunt - Can Britain Be Great Again?
Former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt shares a thought-provoking vision of our place in the world in the century ahead.
70 min
4
Robin Ince - Journeys in Neurodiversity
Diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 52, comedian and ‘becardiganed polymath’ (Guardian) Robin Ince joins Claudia Hammond to explore neurodivergence, anxiety, and the strange myth of “being normal”.
73 min
5
Afua Hirsch In Conversation with Caroline Daria...
Caroline Darian, daughter of Dominique Pelicot, shares with Afua Hirsch a rallying cry for change, and confronts the hidden violence that too many endure in silence.
54 min
6
Jon Watts - The Life and Assassination of Dom P...
Guardian Global Environment Editor Jon Watts discusses the Amazon rainforest, indigenous activism, and the legacy of his close friend and award-winning journalist Dom Phillips.
62 min
7
Isabel Allende - On the Power of Story, Resista...
One of the world's most renowned authors, Isabel Allende, explores our common humanity against war and tyranny, and illuminates the creative power of storytelling to give voice to the silenced.
55 min
8
Daniel Davis - The Real Science of Immune Health
Professor of Immunology Daniel Davis examines the science of immune health, separating the facts from the fiction so we can make informed choices for ourselves.
60 min
9
Glennon Doyle, Amanda Doyle, and Abby Wambach —...
The hosts of the blockbuster podcast We Can Do Hard Things share a fresh guide to being alive and answer life's most difficult questions.
60 min
10
Geoff Dyer - A Life in Writing
Author, critic, and ‘national treasure’ (Zadie Smith), Geoff Dyer contemplates the story of his childhood and coming of age in a changing England.
61 min
11
Quinn Slobodian - The Neoliberal Roots of the P...
Historian Quinn Slobodian shares a revelatory exploration of how today’s rightwing authoritarianism emerged not in opposition to neoliberalism, but from within it.
61 min
12
Rolf Dobelli - How To Lead a Good Life
The author of million-copy-bestseller The Art of Thinking Clearly, Rolf Dobelli, joins us to reveal how we can cultivate a good life and rid our days of toxic habits and emotions.
55 min
13
Philippa Perry Meets Becky Barnicoat – The Joy ...
The nation’s favourite psychotherapist Philippa Perry meets cartoonist Becky Barnicoat to explore the chaos, wonder and delirium of parenting.
69 min
14
Filmmaker Lorna Tucker - On Homelessness and Ad...
Homeless and an addict in her teenage years, film director Lorna Tucker reveal a world of abuse invisible to the rest of society.
25 min
15
Sayeeda Warsi - Muslims Don't Matter
Britain’s first Muslim Cabinet minister, Conservative peer, campaigner and podcaster Sayeeda Warsi uses her dual lens at the centre of British power and in the heart of our Muslim communities to unapologetically challenge the corrosive consensus.
67 min
16
Dan Richards - Stories from the Night
Author Dan Richards explores the intricacy of the nocturnal world, and the work that happens at night to keep the modern world moving.
42 min
17
LSE Behavioural Economist Paul Dolan - How to S...
61 min
18
Nature Writer and Cambridge Professor Robert Ma...
Our greatest living nature writer, Robert Macfarlane shares with Horatio Clare a single, transformative idea: are rivers alive?
61 min
19
Masud Husain - A Neurologist’s Guide to the Sel...
Leading neurologist and Oxford Professor Masud Husain shares moving cases of brain disorders from across his career – and what they can teach us about medicine, humanity, and ourselves.
61 min
20
Daniel Swift – Art, Commerce, and the Origin St...
Before the Globe there was the Theatre. Daniel Swift has meticulously reconstructed the story of the first Elizabethan playhouse — and its part in the making of the greatest writer of all time.
33 min
21
Gina Rippon - How Science Failed Autistic Women
Renowned brain scientist Gina Rippon reveals why medical science has long neglected women and girls with autism, and the new research that’s changing the story.
56 min
22
Robin Ince Meets Slavoj Žižek - The World In 2025
Slavoj Žižek, one of the most outrageous and maverick thinkers of our time, joins Robin Ince for deep dive into his life and thought.
70 min
23
Bonnie Tsui - Rethinking Muscle and the Way We ...
Muscle is more than just what we are made of; it allows us to explore who we are and pursue who we want to be. Author and athlete Bonnie Tsui reveals the intriguing world of muscle and why it matters.
56 min
24
Gabriel Weston - A New Journey Through the Huma...
Award-winning novelist, memoirist, and surgeon Gabriel Weston joins us with a profound journey through the wonder that is the human body.
61 min
25
Yung Pueblo - How To Love Better
New York Times bestselling poet and author Yung Pueblo reveals how we can cultivate deeper compassion and connection in our relationships, to better love our partners and ourselves.
63 min