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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David Mitchell – Dishonesty is the Second Best ...
Lying is probably as old as human language itself…
55 min
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Jess Phillips – How To Speak Truth to Power
At a time when many of us feel the world isn’t li…
58 min
378
Thandie Newton Meets Gloria Steinem
She is the most iconic American feminist of the 2…
56 min
379
Sid Meier – The Rise of Civilization
As the inventor of an entirely new genre of enter…
36 min
380
Geoffrey Robertson – Who Owns History?
The question of whether Western nations must retu…
31 min
381
Roman Krznaric – How to Think Long Term in a Sh...
The greatest challenge facing humankind is not cl…
37 min
382
Anthony David – Mental Health After COVID
From anxiety to PTSD, the consequences of the pan…
68 min
383
Maria Konnikova – The Biggest Bluff
When bestselling author Maria Konnikova set out t…
57 min
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Clive Woodward – How to Win
Sir Clive Woodward has spent a lifetime in high-p…
41 min
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Kiley Reid – Such a Fun Age
Such a Fun Age is the literary sensation of the s…
53 min
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Owen O’Kane - How to Manage Anxiety and Stress
Psychotherapist and bestselling author Owen O’Kan…
73 min
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Madeleine Albright – Hell and Other Destinations
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright may …
66 min
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Rahul Jandial – How To Rewire Your Brain
It’s time to turn the tide against mental decline…
38 min
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Richard Eyre - How to Make a Play
The acclaimed director of stage and screen joins …
36 min
390
Glennon Doyle – How to Find Yourself
‘Glennon shows us the clearest meaning of “To thi…
57 min
391
Martin Wolf – The World After the Pandemic
Revered by politicians, financiers and his fellow…
67 min
392
Max Brooks - How To Survive a Global Catastrophe
This week's podcast guest Max Brooks is the bests…
34 min
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L. David Marquet – Leadership is Language
'David Marquet is the kind of leader who comes ar…
42 min
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Julia Ebner – Undercover With Extremists
Frustrated by the limits of an outsider’s perspec…
58 min
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John Browne - How to Engineer the Future
Fans of Steven Pinker and Yuval Noah Harari ought…
33 min
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Layla Saad - How to Fight White Supremacy
'She is no-joke changing the world and, for what …
27 min
397
Brian Greene - How to Find Meaning in an Evolvi...
The bestselling author of The Elegant Universe jo…
30 min
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Julia Samuel - How to Adapt and Survive in a Ti...
In this unprecedented moment in global history, p…
50 min
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How To Make Sense of Consciousness
How do our brains produce the magic show of consc…
37 min
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Mervyn King - How to Make Decisions for an Unkn...
Many of the world’s problems stem from the false …
62 min