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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Neuroscientist Clayton Page Aldern and Dr Xand ...
Neuroscientist Clayton Page Aldern joins Dr Xand van Tulleken to reveal the staggering effects of climate change on our brains and bodies.
59 min
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Psychotherapist Emma Reed Turrell - How to Over...
One of the UK’s best-loved therapists and podcasters shows us how to free ourselves of the unconscious blind-spots that cloud our minds and damage our relationships.
56 min
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Christiana Figueres - Our Story of Nature
Christiana Figueres' podcast Outrage + Optimism is essential listening for anyone who wants to understand the complexity of the climate situation. This podcast is a preview of their mini-series, Our Story of Nature.
69 min
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Philip Ball – How Life Works
Philip Ball takes us to the new frontier of the life sciences and reveals why life is much, much stranger than we realise.
59 min
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Gary Stevenson – Confessions of a Trader
Gary Stevenson once dealt in nearly a trillion dollars a day. He joins Sam Knight to reveal why he left the dark heart of an intoxicating world.
65 min
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Classicists Mary Beard and Jo Quinn - Who Made ...
Two renowned classicists join us to debunk myths and reveal new and thrilling histories of power.
69 min
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Neuroscientist Charan Ranganath meets Robin Inc...
Pioneering neuroscientist Prof. Charan Ranganath joins Robin Ince to reveal the surprising secrets of memory.
72 min
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Harvard's Christopher Palmer - Metabolism and M...
Harvard’s Christopher Palmer has been causing ripples on both sides of the pond with his pioneering approach to mental health.
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Diplomat Christiana Figueres and former Unileve...
Global leader on climate change Christiana Figueres joins former CEO of Unilever Paul Polman to rally the world to choose a better future.
53 min
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Justin Webb Meets Brian Klaas - Why Everything...
Justin Webb joins award-winning broadcaster, podcaster and politics professor Brian Klaas for a provocative new vision of how our world really works – and why chance determines everything.
68 min
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Neuroscientist Tali Sharot - How to See the Wor...
It is all too easy to become numbed to the world around us. Neuroscientist and behaviour expert Tali Sharot helps us break the habit and see the world anew.
58 min
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Philosopher Tom Chatfield - How Technology Chan...
Since the dawn of our species, technology has not only extended the powers of human agency but profoundly shaped our nature.
32 min
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Novelist Kiley Reid - Come and Get It
The author of the New York Times bestseller Such a Fun Age returns with a tale of campus politics, desire, and bad behaviour.
28 min
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Neuroscientist Dr Richard Restak – How To Preve...
America’s preeminent neurologist offers a comprehensive guide to memory and dementia, sharing how we can strengthen our memory to prevent losing what we hold dear.
55 min
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Novelist and Macarthur 'Genius' Kelly Link - Th...
Macarthur Grant winning short story writer Kelly Link joins us to explore her very, very, very long awaited debut novel.
32 min
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Daniel Goleman - Emotional Intelligence at Work
The pioneer of the paradigm-shifting concept of Emotional Intelligence reveals why being wired isn’t the key to performing well.
55 min
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Novelist and Diplomat Ray Nayler - The Tusks of...
Award-winning novelist and US diplomat Ray Nayler returns to the podcast to explore his philosophical thriller, The Tusks of Extinction.
45 min
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Dr Gemma Newman - The Six Healing Health Habits...
Drawing together lessons from twenty years of clinical practice, Dr Gemma Newman shares a practical, holistic approach to wellness, starting with love from within.
55 min
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Amitav Ghosh - How the Opium Trade Shaped Capit...
Novelist Amitav Ghosh reveals the rarely told true history of opium, from the Enlightenment all the way to the present day.
32 min
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Musician James Blunt - Not Safe For Work
One of the few pop stars with a genuine sense of humour and a knack for self-deprecation, James Blunt joins us to share riotous anecdotes from his life to date.
70 min
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Comedian Ruby Wax - On Mental Health
The comedian, broadcaster, and mindfulness advocate joins us for a journey into the depths of her psyche.
51 min
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Physicist Carlo Rovelli Meets Theatre-Maker Sim...
Join the superstar physicist and founder of Complicite for a trip to the edge of space and time, science and imagination.
70 min
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Psychotherapist Adam Phillips - What We Must Gi...
Both a renowned psychotherapist and the 'best living essayist writing in English' (John Gray), Adam Phillips joins us to reflect upon what we must give up in order to feel more alive.
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Stanford Psychiatrist and Addiction Expert Anna...
Why does the pursuit of fleeting pleasure from food, sex, gambling, and social media lead to pain… and what can we do about it?
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Daniel Dennett v. Robert Sapolsky - Do We Have ...
Two titans of neuroscience and philosophy come together to debate the existence of free will – a question with profound implications for identity, justice, and the very meaning of life itself.
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