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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Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum - The Dict...
Pulitzer Prize winning historian Anne Applebaum joins the Guardian's Luke Harding to uncover the networks trying to destroy the democratic world – and how we can stop them.
54 min
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World Record Breaking Mountaineer Lhakpa Sherpa...
Lhakpa Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to summit and descend Everest, joined filmmaker Lucy Walker to reveal her lifelong dream of empowering women and her own extraordinary journey against all odds.
22 min
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Neuroscientist Patrick House - How to Make Sens...
Despite decades of research from the smartest brains on the planet, we still don’t understand the nature of consciousness. Neuroscientist Patrick House guides Robin Ince through the leading theories.
57 min
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Pioneering Biologist J Craig Venter - The Futur...
Upon completing his historic work on the Human Genome Project, J. Craig Venter declared that he would sequence the genetic code of all life on earth. A journey that begins in the oceans…
54 min
180
New York Times Bestseller Paolo Bacigalupi - Mo...
Award-winning speculative novelist Paolo Bacigalupi's Navola is a bloodthirsty literary fantasy inspired by the Medici family and Renaissance Florence.
47 min
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Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell - When the Wi...
Conservationists Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell share their inspiring story of rewilding a failing farm – and reveal how you can help bring wildness back into your corner of the world.
58 min
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Neuroscientist Kelly Clancy - How Games Change ...
We might think of games as trivial fun, but they are deeply intertwined with human history -- and will play a critical role in our future.
40 min
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Bestselling Sociologist Sarah Thornton - Why Br...
Bestselling sociologist Sarah Thornton shares the findings of her innovative investigation in the cultural and social significance of breasts.
29 min
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Stephanie Harrison - How to Get Happiness Right...
Well-being expert Stephanie Harrison joins us to reveal a new understanding of happiness, with actionable steps towards a happy life.
60 min
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Ruchir Sharma - How Capitalism Went Wrong
Chairman of Rockefeller Capital and Financial Times columnist Ruchir Sharma joins Gillian Tett to share a capitalist’s guide to capitalism’s many problems – and what we can do to fix them.
56 min
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Olympic Gold medallist and entrepreneur Mark Tu...
It brought him an Olympic medal, bestselling authorship and a thriving business. Now Mark Tuitert is here to teach you how to master the principles of Stoicism and achieve your peak potential.
57 min
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Yanis Varoufakis - The Rise of Technofeudalism
What if capitalism is already dead? World-famous economist and former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis joins Ash Sarkar to reveal that we've been ushered into a new age: technofeudualism.
69 min
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Bestselling Science Writer David Robson - The L...
Award-winning science journalist David Robson joins us to illuminate the science and art of social connection and reveal how we can build better relationships to improve our lives.
54 min
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Naomi Klein - The Mirror World of Conspiracists...
Winner of the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction, Naomi Klein's Doppleganger takes us down the rabbit hole of far-right conspiracy theories. She joined Moya Lothian-McLean to tell us more.
57 min
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Clover Stroud - On Home, Belonging, and Letting Go
What makes a home? And what does it mean to leave that home behind? Clover Stroud joins us to investigate community, country, and connection.
59 min
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Anna Funder - Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life
Eileen O’Shaughnessy’s literary brilliance shaped George Orwell’s work, but like the undesirable citizens of Airstrip One she was erased from the history books. Why – and how – was she written out of the story?
43 min
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Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan - On Love,...
With a cast including HG Wells, Rebecca West, and Leo Szilard, Richard Flanagan's Question 7 fuses memoir, history, and philosophical meditation in a singular investigation into the power of the human spirit.
42 min
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My Octopus Teacher star Craig Foster - How to b...
Academy-Award-winning filmmaker behind My Octopus Teacher, Craig Foster, joins Kate Humble for an awe-inspiring meditation on the power of nature and our place within it.
64 min
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Charles Duhigg - How to be a Supercommunicator
Charles Duhigg reveals how you can use conversation to build authority and influence, and forge better relationships.
63 min
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George Monbiot Meets Nish Kumar - The Secret Hi...
In conversation with comedian Nish Kumar, legendary environmentalist and Guardian columnist George Monbiot reveals the story of neoliberalism, and tells us what we can each do to change the world for the better.
79 min
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Africa Brooke and Jameela Jamil - How To Break ...
Acclaimed coach and podcaster Africa Brooke joins actor Jameela Jamil to show us how to break free from self-sabotage and build authentic relationships in our deeply divided world.
68 min
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Haemin Sunim - When Things Don't Go Your Way
Internationally bestselling author and Zen Buddhist teacher Haemin Sunim reveals how we can find inner peace and happiness even when things don't seem to go our way.
37 min
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Mo Gawdat & Alice Law - A Guide to Stress-Free ...
Google [X] tech pioneer, bestselling author and podcaster Mo Gawdat and stress management expert Alice Law are here to help us through the stress pandemic.
68 min
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James O'Brien Meets Ian Dunt - How They Broke B...
Who broke Britain and how did they get away with it? LBC's James O'Brien shares his insights - and reveals why a brighter politics could be around the corner.
71 min
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Slavoj Zizek Meets Ash Sarkar - A 75th Birthday...
On his 75th birthday rockstar philosopher and revolutionary Slavoj Žižek joined us to share what life has taught him about dialectics and death.
68 min