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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Courtney Love and Todd Almond - The Legend of B...
After Kurt Cobain, Bob Dylan is Courtney Love’s all-time rock’n’roll hero. Todd Almond performed Dylan’s songbook on Broadway. They join us for a deeply personal celebration of the legendary songwriter.
59 min
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Sumit Paul-Choudhury - Why You Should Be an Opt...
A deep dive into the power and science of optimism that will change the way you think for good, with the former editor of New Scientist, Sumit Paul-Choudhury.
57 min
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George Osborne Meets Tom Holland - The Lives of...
The award-winning star of The Rest is History Tom Holland joins George Osborne to breathe new life into the reign of the Caesars.
72 min
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Andrew Brodsky - The Secrets of Successful Virt...
To email or not to email? That is the question. We are all virtual communicators, but the struggles of expressing ourselves on text, email, and video calls are familiar to us all. Andrew Brodsky shares an illuminating guide to how we can all communicate better virtually.
58 min
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Sahil Bloom - How to Design Your Dream Life
Entrepreneur and author of The Curiosity Chronicle, Sahil Bloom joins Chris Donnelly for a groundbreaking guide to rejecting the default path and designing the life you've always dreamed of.
47 min
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Historian and Novelist Ada Palmer - Was the Ren...
Historian and novelist Ada Palmer debunks the myths of the Renaissance and reveal a richer picture of the era and its luminaries, from the Medicis to Machiavelli.
55 min
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Sunita Sah - The Power of No in a World that De...
In a world that expects compliance, what is the power of defiance and how can we stay true to ourselves? Cornell Professor Sunita Sah reveals the power of 'no'.
59 min
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Anna Sulan Masing - Chinese and Any Other Asian
Dr Anna Sulan Masing explores the vast history of othering and belonging for East and Southeast Asians in the UK, and what it means to be East and Southeast Asian in Britain today.
48 min
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Neal Stephenson – Dawn of the Atomic Age
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock Neal Stephenson joins us to unveil his creation of a new tale: Polostan, an epic of intrigue presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.
54 min
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Activist, Actor and Baroness Lola Young - Defyi...
The beloved social justice activist Baroness Lola Young shares her remarkable path from a childhood spent in foster care to becoming one of the first Black women in the House of Lords.
58 min
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Frankie Boyle Meets George Monbiot - The Fight ...
Legendary environmentalist George Monbiot joins comic Frankie Boyle to take on neoliberalism: the insidious doctrine impoverishing society and threatening democracy itself.
92 min
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Neuroscientist Adam Zeman - The New Science of ...
We think of imagination as a creative faculty. The truth is that it’s the default setting of our daily lives. Robin Ince ventures into the maze of the mind with Professor Adam Zeman.
56 min
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Novelist and Activist Cory Doctorow - Fear and ...
Blogger, author, and activist Cory Doctorow is the most provocative, original, and widely admired thinker on the politics of Big Tech writing today.
54 min
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Caitlin Moran Meets Alex James - Cocaine, Crash...
Blur’s legendary bassist Alex James shares his heartfelt and hilarious account of being catapulted back into the limelight with Times journalist Caitlin Moran.
63 min
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Yanis Varoufakis Meets Slavoj Žižek
Join the rockstar philosopher and revolutionary Slavoj Žižek for a celebration of his life and thought with his friend, world famous economist Yanis Varoufakis.
85 min
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Cosmologist Roberto Trotta - How the Stars Sha...
All of humanity has arisen under the same sky. Cosmologist Roberto Trotta explores how the night sky has shaped civilisation and what it means to be human.
57 min
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Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk – A Life in Writing
Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk has moved readers across the globe with his evocative and deeply stirring novels. He joins us to illuminate his art.
55 min
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Neuroscientist Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston - How ...
Can scientists now preserve human minds beyond death - and if so, should they? Australian neuroscientist and science communicator Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston joins us to explain the cutting-edge of his field.
32 min
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Vanity Fair’s Lili Anolik - Joan Didion v. Eve ...
It’s sixties Hollywood. The relationship between two literary titans is about to explode. Vanity Fair's Lili Anolik reveals glittering insights into the literary rivalry of its age. This is Joan Didion v. Eve Babitz.
57 min
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Lucy Hughes-Hallett - The Brief & Brilliant Lif...
Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize Lucy Hughes-Hallett reveals the stunning life of the dazzling young Englishman at the heart of seventeenth-century court politics.
57 min
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Andrew Roberts - 150 Years of Winston Churchill
On Winston Churchill's 150th birthday, Andrew Roberts joins Matthew D'Ancona to illuminate the life of this towering figure and share what Churchill might think of our world today.
74 min
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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