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How To Academy Podcast

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Mental Health
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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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This week we have a guest appearance from our friends at John Murray, who have curated a curated a collection of some of the best historians, memoirists, academics, critics and national treasures publishing on their 2026 non-fiction list to introduce... more

In this episode, Louisa Young joins journalist and editor Natasha Poliszczuk to discuss the making of The Golden Hours, the sixth Cazalet novel. Louisa explains what it takes to inherit half a million words and fifty-five characters, why some of them... more

Having worked with top athletes and sportspeople, leading tech and finance corporations, and the World Health Organisation, Ben Crowe is one of the world's most in-demand mindset coaches. In this episode of the podcast, he reveals simple-yet-profound... more

The central figure of the New Weird, an unofficial movement fusing science fiction, fantasy, and horror with a literary sensibility, China Mieville is equally known for his award-winning, internationally bestselling novels, which include Perdido Stre... more

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Recent Guests

Louisa Young
Acclaimed novelist, author of The Golden Hours
Louisa Young (author)
Episode: Natasha Polisczuk Meets Louisa Young – The Golden Hours
Ben Crowe
Australian mindset coach, author of Where the Light Gets In
Episode: Bestselling Mindset Coach Ben Crowe – How to Change Your Life
China Miéville
Bestselling author known for Perdido Street Station and The City & The City
Author
Episode: Bestselling Novelist China Mieville – On Grief, Ghosts, and Empire
Aimee Jeffs
Writer and mythologist
Author of Arthur project, mythologist
Episode: Bestselling Mythologist Amy Jeffs – The Life of King Arthur
Zahra Joya
Afghan journalist and founder of Rukshana Media
Rukshana Media / Afghanistan
Episode: Time Woman of the Year Zahra Joya — The Vanishing Girl of Kabul
Kimon de Greef
Author of The Ego Trip, journalist
Author
Episode: Kimon de Greef — A Trip into the Psychedelic Underworld
Jo Marchant
Science journalist, author of In Search of Now
Author of In Search of Now
Episode: Jo Marchant – The Science and Mystery of the Present Moment
Maoz Inon
co-CEO of Interact International; peace activist
Interact International
Episode: Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon – The Future is Peace
Aziz Abu Sarah
co-CEO of Interact International; peace activist
Interact International
Episode: Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon – The Future is Peace

Hosts

Vas Kristadulu
Host and moderator; leads interviews with authors, scholars, and thought leaders
Georgie Derry
Producer and presenter, interview facilitator

Reviews

4.4 out of 5 stars from 453 ratings
  • Ads Break In to Conversation

    Great content but awful intrusive ads. Sadly, have to turn off this podcast. Consider an intro to ads. Respect the listeners.

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    A Turned-off Listener
    United States4 months ago
  • McDonald’s and HSBC advertisers? Sort it out

    In disbelief that at the top of the episode for leading environmentalist Philip Lymbery (Farmageddon, Dead Zones) there is a McDonalds advert for a sausage sandwich breakfast. What an insult. Awful to advertise that regardless of who the guest is but I actually thought it was some kind of joke on this episode

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    AndrewDSmith00
    United Kingdoma year ago
  • Hold guests to account more please. Challenge

    Regularly listen to the podcast. Just had to grit my teeth listening to Anne Applebaum and her very one-sided views on autocracy, and the dangers of foreign countries meddling in the sovereignty of other countries.

    On discussing the history of democracy in Latin America, there was the expected attack on Venezuela (Anne is let’s it be known she is close to the opposition) but what really irks me is that she mentions China, Russia and Iran, fair enough without ANY mention of the numerous interfer... more

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    Waxmask
    United Kingdom2 years ago
  • Always compelling content!

    Podcast Addict
    5
    plus86
    2 years ago
  • Podcast that makes you happy

    Great variety of deep thoughts that have had an impact on me.

    One of my very favourite series.

    (And I have tried out perhaps 100 !)

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Bbeatriceb
    Belgium2 years ago

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Thought-provoking interviews with deep intellect and breadth.
High-caliber guests and diverse topics keep episodes fresh.
Audience-friendly balance of rigor and accessibility.
A few episodes spark strong disagreements about perspectives, but generally praised for insight.
Some listeners note ads can disrupt flow and impact the listening experience.

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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Time Woman of the Year Zahra Joya — The Vanishing Girl of Kabul
Q: Can you talk us through that moment when you managed to interview a senior Taliban official in Moscow? What did you ask and what did he say?
She recalls the bold move of stopping the Taliban official at a conference crowd, asking about future access to education for girls, and notes the stark, often evasive responses that underscored the persistence of opposition to women's rights.
Bestselling Mythologist Amy Jeffs – The Life of King Arthur
Q: Amy, listeners to your numerous past appearances on this podcast and readers of your books will not be shocked that you have retold the life of King Arthur. It's the book perhaps we've all been waiting for you to write, but why now?
I wrote Arthur to explore how medieval sources and folklore shape a single legend across centuries, using pre-Mallory sources and material that reveals a more nuanced, sometimes darker, version of Arthur than later popular portrayals.
Jo Marchant – The Science and Mystery of the Present Moment
Q: How did you come to integrate physics and neuroscience in your exploration of now?
The approach started with a focus on physics and mindfulness, then shifted to inner now—conscious perception—and finally to the realization that both outer and inner now must be considered together to understand experience and reality.
Yuval Noah Harari – Making Sense of a World in Crisis (Summer Repeat)
Q: What gives you hope in a world of crisis?
Harari finds hope in humanity's track record of cooperation, the capacity for trust, and the possibility of rebuilding social trust through intentional, charitable engagement and strong institutions.
Yuval Noah Harari – Making Sense of a World in Crisis (Summer Repeat)
Q: Do you think AI should be recognized as having legal personhood and what would that imply for society?
He argues that, technically, AI could be recognized as legal persons if society chooses to, but this raises complex questions about ownership, accountability, and the balance of power between human actors and non-human agents.

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