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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Patrick Radden Keefe - True Stories of Killers,...
Patrick Radden Keefe exposed the Sackler family’s role in the US opioid crisis: a parable of greed that made headlines the world over. He joins us with more stories of crime and corruption.
54 min
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Philip Ball - How to Make Sense of Inhuman Minds
Understanding the human mind has challenged scientists and philosophers for centuries. How do we even begin to think about ‘minds’ that are not human?
56 min
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Alice Sherwood - How to Fight Back Against Coun...
In an age when authenticity is valued above all, why are tricksters and con artists thriving -- and what can we do to fight back?
53 min
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Daniel Pink - The Power of Regret
No regrets! The mantra adorns tattoos, T-shirts and posters; celebrities from John Travolta to Laverne Cox say they live by it. But should they?
30 min
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Daniel Pick - a New History of Thought Control
Psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick reveals the murky and pernicious story of 'brainwashing', taking us from the first days of the Cold War through to modern-day conspiracy theories.
35 min
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Tara Porter - A Psychologist's Guide to Life fo...
'If God were a mother, [Tara Porter's book] is the Bible she would write for teenage girls and young women’ (Caitlin Moran).
54 min
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Chris Patten - The Future of Hong Kong
The last British governor of Hong Kong joins us to share unprecedented insights into negotiating with the Chinese government and reflect on the new superpower’s role on the world stage.
66 min
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Jeremy Hunt - The Future of the NHS
On the day of Boris Johnson's historic resignation, former Secretary of State for Health and Tory leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt joined us to unveil his plan to renew the NHS.
69 min
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Bonnie Wright - How to Nurture Yourself and the...
Lessons for living sustainably and protecting the future of our planet with actresses and activists Bonnie Wright and Evanna Lynch.
70 min
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Francesco Dimitri - The Search for Wonder
Italian author and screenwriter Francesco Dimitri shares thoughts from his lifelong search for the wonder and enchantment hidden in the everyday.
29 min
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Suzie Sheehy - The Matter of Everything
Physicist Suzie Sheehy joins science filmmaker David Malone for a thrilling new history of particle physics, told through the discoveries that have shaped our lives – often without us knowing it.
58 min
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Michael Ignatieff - Finding Solace in Dark Times
Political leader, philosopher, historian, journalist, broadcaster, and Booker shortlisted literary novelist: Michael Ignatieff is a twenty-first century renaissance man.
66 min
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Ken Liu - Storytelling is Our Most Important Te...
The award-winning novelist explores why speculative fiction is so bad at predicting the future -- and so good as revealing hidden aspects of the present.
38 min
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Susan Cain - How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
Susan Cain’s Quiet changed the way we think about introverts forever. Now she is back to challenge our thinking again, revealing the strength and power in vulnerability and pain.
53 min
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Jane McGonigal - How to See the Future Coming
Game designer, futurist and TED superstar Jane McGonigal explains how imagining the future can help us to adapt to change - and be ready for anything.
59 min
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Colm Toibin and Terence Killeen - Ulysses Unbound
Celebrating the centenary of the novel widely regarded as the greatest ever written, Colm Toibin and Terence Killeen untangle Joyce’s knotty classic to reveal the wonders beneath.
72 min
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Alice Roberts - Buried
Combining archaeological evidence with cutting edge DNA research, the bestselling anthropologist joins us with a bold new account of death in the so-called Dark Ages.
57 min
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Rory Stewart - The State of the Nation
The former politician and diplomat shares his insights into Britain's leadership and the world in 2022.
49 min
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Pandora Sykes Meets Tina Brown - The Inside Sco...
Can the monarchy survive? Drawing on exclusive inside access, Tina Brown tells Pandora Sykes the riveting inside story of the Royal Family.
67 min
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Sam Knight - The Premonitions Bureau
Join legendary journalist Sam Knight for the true story of a strange experiment - a journey into the oddest corners of 60s Britain and the outer edges of science and reason.
57 min
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John Cleese Meets Iain McGilchrist - On Conscio...
John Cleese meets preeminent neuroscientist Iain McGilchrist to explore the science of human consciousness and creativity.
70 min
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Minnie Driver - Managing Expectations
As one of our most loved actors, Minnie Driver has spent her life mostly telling other people’s stories. Until now.
65 min
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Owen Jones Meets Michael Lewis - The Fifth Risk
'I read Michael Lewis for the same reasons I watch Tiger Woods. I'll never play like that. But it's good to be reminded every now and again what genius looks like' - Malcolm Gladwell
74 min
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Robin Ince Meets Neal Stephenson - Termination ...
'Sometimes when you're reading Neal Stephenson, he doesn't just seem like one of the best novelists writing in English right now; he seems like the only one.' - TIME magazine
50 min
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Eliot Higgins - We Are Bellingcat
'Taking on the Kremlin from his couch . . . Eliot Higgins and Bellingcat are fighting Vladimir Putin and his ilk, using little more than computers and smartphones' (Foreign Policy).
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