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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Self-Improvement
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Malcolm Gladwell - How to Make a Good First Imp...
From Blink to Outliers, Revisionist History to Da…
37 min
402
Caitlin Moran – More Than a Woman
‘First, you have to learn how to be a woman. Then…
56 min
403
Simon Schama – The World in 2021
The events of 2020 have upturned the order of the…
59 min
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Richard Dawkins – The Meaning of Life
“My eyes are constantly wide open to the extraord…
65 min
405
Yanis Varoufakis Meets Owen Jones
Whether exposing Britain’s powerful elites in The…
60 min
406
Len Mlodinow and Robin Ince – The Life of Steph...
An icon of the last fifty years, Stephen Hawking …
61 min
407
Philip Lymbery - How to Live Sustainably in a C...
Our meat and dairy intensive diets are destroying…
48 min
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Jung Chang – Three Women at the Heart of Twenti...
They were the most famous sisters in China. As th…
52 min
409
Elizabeth Gilbert Meets Julia Cameron - The Pat...
For more than thirty years, Julia Cameron has helped ordinary people and world-renowned artists alike discover their passions and transform their lives.
55 min
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Brian Cox Meets Rebecca Wragg Sykes – The Lost ...
Since their discovery over 160 years ago, Neander…
59 min
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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
413
Thandie Newton Meets Gloria Steinem
She is the most iconic American feminist of the 2…
56 min
414
Sid Meier – The Rise of Civilization
As the inventor of an entirely new genre of enter…
36 min
415
Geoffrey Robertson – Who Owns History?
The question of whether Western nations must retu…
31 min
416
Roman Krznaric – How to Think Long Term in a Sh...
The greatest challenge facing humankind is not cl…
37 min
417
Anthony David – Mental Health After COVID
From anxiety to PTSD, the consequences of the pan…
68 min
418
Maria Konnikova – The Biggest Bluff
When bestselling author Maria Konnikova set out t…
57 min
419
Clive Woodward – How to Win
Sir Clive Woodward has spent a lifetime in high-p…
41 min
420
Kiley Reid – Such a Fun Age
Such a Fun Age is the literary sensation of the s…
53 min
421
Owen O’Kane - How to Manage Anxiety and Stress
Psychotherapist and bestselling author Owen O’Kan…
73 min
422
Madeleine Albright – Hell and Other Destinations
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright may …
66 min
423
Rahul Jandial – How To Rewire Your Brain
It’s time to turn the tide against mental decline…
38 min
424
Richard Eyre - How to Make a Play
The acclaimed director of stage and screen joins …
36 min
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Glennon Doyle – How to Find Yourself
‘Glennon shows us the clearest meaning of “To thi…
57 min