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214 episodes
since April 18, 2020
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What if getting older isn’t really about having fewer things to look forward to, but about learning to appreciate what’s already here? In this episode, I sit down with Irish author, teacher, poet, and former musician Kevin McManus to talk about his novel The Light of the Evening and some of the big…

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Want to become a more confident and compelling public speaker? Most of us at some point in our lives have to make a speech. Perhaps a wedding speech, a family celebration or you might be regularly making presentations at work. Whether you’re facing your first presentation or you’ve been speaking fo…
If you’re going to see Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, or you’ve already seen it, there’s a much bigger story behind the film. In this conversation I talk to Dr. Joel Christensen, Professor of Classics at the City University of New York Graduate Center, and author of the book ' Why Odysseus?S…
Professor Edzard Ernst discusses 'The Leopard Lily Project ' and tells the disturbing story of a largely forgotten Nazi scheme to use a poisonous South American plant to carry out mass sterilisation. After taking power in 1933, the Nazis introduced compulsory sterilisation for people they…
In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Max McKeown, author of Super Adaptability, to understand the difference between adapting just to survive a hard situation and adapting in a way that actually moves your life forward. Max explains the three-part "loop" at the heart of his book,  a si…
“Only Girls Bleed:  The Human Cost of Post-Roe America" -  Dr. Elaine Lawless Overview Ethnographer and folklorist Dr. Elaine Lawless talks about her debut novel Only Girls Bleed, a gripping story inspired by real accounts of women navigating pregnancy, trauma, and the fractured abortion laws …
What happens when an independent music promoter takes on one of the biggest companies in the live entertainment industry? Tommy Dorfman, CEO of Juice Entertainment,  discusses his extraordinary journey through the US music and nightlife scene, from throwing house parties as a teenager to running ma…
What can the Tree of Life tell us about where we came from and how life became so diverse? Professor Max Telford, author of the book 'The Tree of Life: Solving Science's Greatest Puzzle' takes us on a journey through four billion years of evolution, from the earliest life on Earth to…
We tend to think of genius as something you’re born with. A rare quality possessed by people with extraordinary memories, mathematical abilities, or problem-solving skills. But what if many of the abilities we associate with genius can actually be trained? In this episode, I'm joined by Nelson…
Prof. Jamie Woodward (University of Manchester) on how microplastics get from your washing machine to local rivers  and how his research on Manchester's waterways ended up shaping UK water policy. We cover the sewage scandal, water company spin, and what actually needs to change. In this epis…
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