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.

Society & Culture
Science
Self-Improvement
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Alan Moore - The Magic of Storytelling
Robin Ince joins the legendary author of Watchmen, Jerusalem, and V For Vendetta for a journey into the fantastical underside of reality.
57 min
302
Katy Milkman Meets Annie Duke - How To Quit
After making millions of dollars as a poker pro, Annie Duke retired to teach others the science of making smart decisions. Her secret? Know when to quit.
56 min
303
Felix Flicker - The Magic of Matter
Forget string theory. Forget black holes. The most magical and wondrous ideas in the universe are right before your eyes.
34 min
304
Jools Holland and Mark Cooper – Celebrating Thi...
Jools Holland, Mark Cooper and a grand piano come together in a delightful ensemble of songs and stories to celebrate the greatest music show ever made.
69 min
305
Sathnam Sanghera – Marriage Material
Join acclaimed writer Sathnam Sanghera for a moving conversation on love, politics, family and the immigrant experience.
50 min
306
Chelsea Manning – Information is Power
Join one of the world's most famous transparency advocates and trans women for her life story.
74 min
307
Meik Wiking – Hygge, Home, and Happiness
Join the internationally bestselling author of The Little Book of Hygge and The Art of Making Memories, Meik Wiking as he shares fresh insights into making our homes into a sanctuary.
64 min
308
Marie Kondo – Kurashi At Home
Join global superstar of tidying-up, Marie Kondo, as she shares her wisdom on how to spark joy at home and beyond.
29 min
309
Lost Realms – An Epic New History of Britain fr...
Join bestselling author and historian Thomas Williams for the true history of Britain’s forgotten kingdoms.
56 min
310
The Pursuit of Growth is a Disaster for Our Cou...
Join Ida Kubiszewski & Danny Dorling, Robert Colvile & Sam Alvis in a gripping debate over the pursuit of growth.
71 min
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Harry Sidebottom - The Mad Emperor Heliogabalus
Join bestselling Oxford historian Harry Sidebottom for the story of Heliogabalus, a teenage Roman emperor whose wild reign makes Joffrey Baratheon seem meek and mild.
33 min
312
Siddhartha Mukherjee - The Song of the Cell
Pulitzer Prize winning physician Siddhartha Mukherjee and geneticist Adam Rutherford tell the extraordinary story of cells.
65 min
313
Danielle Keats Citron - How to Protect Dignity ...
The privacy we once took for granted has disappeared. Danielle Keats Citron is here to fight back.
33 min
314
Live Debate: "Now is the Time to Make Peace in ...
Jeremy Corbyn and Elon Musk might seem strange bedfellows, but both advocate for a negotiated peace to the war in Ukraine. Are they right? Or must Putin’s invasion be repelled at any cost?
81 min
315
Joyce Tyldesley - The Life, Death, and Afterlif...
One hundred years after the discovery of his tomb, Joyce Tyldesley tells the story of Egypt's most famous pharaoh.
34 min
316
Yuval Noah Harari Meets Katherine Rundell - Uns...
In a special podcast for children, the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens tells the incredible story of the human race to Katherine Rundell.
65 min
317
George Saunders - Liberation Day
The Booker Prize winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo returns to the podcast to share his idiosyncratic take on the human condition.
33 min
318
Geena Davis - Dying of Politeness
The two time Oscar winning actor and activist joins us to share stories from her incredible life in Hollywood and beyond.
55 min
319
Kate Summerscale - The History of Phobias and M...
Are you frightened of spiders, clowns, or buttons? Award-winning author Kate Summerscale dives into the strange history of our fears and obsessions.
26 min
320
Kate Mosse - Warrior Queens and Quiet Revolutio...
The bestselling author of LABRYINTH and founder of the Women’s Prize joins us for a celebration of incredible women from history.
57 min
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Amy Jeffs - Tales of the Medieval Wilderness
The acclaimed artist and author joins us to share forgotten stories from the medieval imagination.
25 min
322
Irvine Welsh - Confessions of a Novelist
The legendary author of TRAINSPOTTING joins us for a one-way trip into his febrile, sordid, singular imagination.
55 min
323
Stephen Fry Meets Steven Pinker - Enlightenment...
Steven Pinker makes the case for an Enlightenment newly recharged for the 21st century, urging us to use our faculties of reason and sympathy to solve problems.
75 min
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Clover Stroud - The Red of My Blood
Journalist and acclaimed author Clover Stroud joins us with the raw and powerful story of surviving the loss of her sister.
54 min
325
Dr Gabor Maté - Why We Get Sick
24 min