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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Dr Guy Leschziner - A Neuroscientist's Guide to...
Neurologist Dr Guy Leschziner reveals the evolutionary origins of the seven deadly sins and how we can reframe them to create a fairer, more empathetic world.
57 min
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Rory Stewart Meets Saad Mohseni - The Fight for...
Saad Mohseni joins Rory Stewart to share his journey of building a free press in Afghanistan – and reveals a stunning portrait of the resilience of the Afghan people.
63 min
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Dr Mithu Storoni - How To Transform the Way You...
Physician, surgeon and neuroscience researcher Dr Mithu Storoni shares insightful and practical strategies to enhance the quality and creativity of your work.
58 min
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Cambridge Professor David Spiegelhalter - How t...
Life is uncertain, so how can we manage risk and ignorance? Join coincidence-prone Robin Ince and national treasure Professor David Spiegelhalter for a journey into navigating life's unknowns.
66 min
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Psychologist Alison Fragale - How Women Can Get...
Behavioural scientist Alison Fragale reveals a practical playbook for women to advance in any workplace, while remaining authentic to themselves.
57 min
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WATCHMEN author Alan Moore - Twenty Six Letters...
Legendary magician and author of Watchmen Alan Moore joins Robin Ince for a spellbinding exploration of everyday magic and the enduring power of prose in our new technological age.
58 min
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SAPIENS author Yuval Noah Harari - Humanity in ...
Humanity has always evolved with its technology, but now a new threat looms. Yuval Noah Harari joins us to explore how the rise of artificial intelligence is reshaping humanity as we know it.
87 min
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Robyn Davidson - Journeys of a Lifetime
Acclaimed author of Tracks, Robyn Davidson shares a deeply moving journey into her past, tracing an extraordinary life and the love and loss that shaped it.
21 min
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Award winning novelist Rebecca Kuang - Yellowface
The award-winning novelist Rebecca Kuang shares the inside story of Yellowface, the satire of the literary world that became a global sensation.
68 min
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Historian of Science Natalie Lawrence - Why Mon...
Since the dawn of humanity monsters have loomed large in our collective imagination. But why do frightening beasts hold such a powerful grip on us?
28 min
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Yale Historian Sunil Amrith - How Humanity Resh...
Yale historian and MacArthur ‘genius’ Sunil Amrith shares a paradigm-shifting survey of human history's imprint on the earth, and where we go from here.
58 min
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Harvard Historian Serhii Plokhy - Chernobyl Und...
What happens when a hostile power occupies the site of a nuclear catastrophe? Ukrainian-born historian Serhii Plokhy returns to Chernobyl to tell a harrowing and profoundly important story.
57 min
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Pulitzer Prize winners Russ Buettner and Susann...
He claimed he could do for America what he had done for business. But Trump's acumen was a house of cards. Pulitzer Prize winners Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig dismantle the myth of America's luckiest loser.
58 min
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Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk - When the Bod...
Is helplessness and invisibility inevitable after trauma? Not according to global bestselling author Bessel van der Kolk, who joins the podcast to share a new paradigm for healing.
100 min
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Anthropologist Webb Keane - Animals, Robots, Gods
What can animals, robots, and gods teach us about what it means to be human? Webb Keane investigates how our morality entwines with the non-human world.
33 min
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Psychologist Mary Anderson - How to be a Happy ...
Psychologist Dr Mary E. Anderson reveals how you can aim high and nurture your ambition, all while being kinder on yourself.
58 min
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David Olusoga and Alan Lester - The Truth About...
Historians David Olusoga and Alan Lester reflect on the importance of truth and ethics in the relentless and fraught culture war being fought over Britain's imperial past.
72 min
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Psychotherapist and Bestselling Author Anna Mat...
Bad things will happen to people we love. Sometimes we will fail. Some people won’t like us. So, what can we do in the face of things we cannot control?
57 min
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Sam Leith and Amy Jeffs - Tales of Wonder, Myth...
Artist and folklorist Amy Jeffs and author and critic Sam Leith come together for a rich and wide-roaming investigation into the nature of magic, wonder, imagination, and storytelling.
63 min
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Oliver Burkeman - How to Live a Meaningful Life...
How can we embrace our limits? Oliver Burkeman dispels the myths of self-help and helps us realise a freer and more enchanted life.
61 min
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Novelist Rumaan Alam - on Wealth, Power, and En...
Rumaan Alam's novel 'Leave the World Behind' catapulted him into the stratosphere of American letters. Now he is back...
47 min
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Superstar election forecaster Nate Silver - Th...
Legendary forecaster Nate Silver joins Jeremy Vine to present a new paradigm of power that is reshaping our world.
67 min
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Stefan Stern - The Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition
What do Shakespearean tragic heroines and the Financial Times have in common? Journalist and business scholar Stefan Stern joins us to unpack the nature of ambition — with practical insights for all of our lives.
27 min
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Mark Galeotti - Putin, Prigozhin and the Future...
The life of rebel-in-chief Yevgeny Prigozhin offers a chilling lens on Russia’s future. Expert Russia-watcher Mark Galeotti reveals the chaotic new direction of late Putinism.
54 min
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Senior Jewellery Curator at the V&A Helen Moles...
For as long as humans have known gems, human history has been closely intertwined with these rare finds. Senior Jewellery Curator at the V&A Museum Helen Molesworth joined us to reveal a new history of our world as shaped by gems, and the dazzling human stories within.
46 min