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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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From our new technological era ushered in by AI, to the fall of democracies across the globe, the world today appears fraught with uncertainty, poised between repeating errors from the past and entering a new age of the unknown. What lies behind trib... more

How has loopholes around social media's censored word, 'kill', found its way into students' essays on Hamlet? What is the history of 'skibidi' and 'delulu' and how are these concepts shaping the way we think, write, and speak? Linguist and content cr... more

From the Thames to the Tigris, the Ure to the Euphrates, rivers have flowed through the history of humanity, shaping our civilisations and sustaining our species. Robert Macfarlane and Elif Shafak illuminate the life-giving force of rivers, the stori... more

Drawing on the economist’s toolkit, she reframes “happiness” as utility, shows how to maximize it under constraints, and treats fertility as “reproductive capital” to be timed and invested thoughtfully. She shifts the spotlight from women “leaning in... more

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Adam Aleksic
Harvard linguist and expert in the ways in which social media is changing the way we speak.
Harvard University
Episode: Adam Aleksic - How the Internet is Transforming the Future of Language
Kate Wilson
Former environmental activist and author of 'Disclosure'
Episode: Kate Wilson - The Spycops Files
Jenna Macciochi
Immunologist and author of Immune to Age
Episode: Dr Jenna Macciochi - The Game-Changing Science of Lifetime Health
Marina Warner
Award-winning novelist, historian, and mythographer
All Souls College, Oxford
Episode: Marina Warner - Reimagining Sanctuary for a World in Crisis
Yuval Noah Harari
Best-selling author of Sapiens and prominent public intellectual
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Episode: Yuval Noah Harari – Humanity in the Age of AI (Summer Repeat)
Herman Pontzer
Professor of evolutionary anthropology and global health at Duke University, recognized researcher in human energetics and evolution
Duke University
Episode: Herman Pontzer – The Surprising Science of Human Diversity and Evolution
Kevin Rowland
Singer-songwriter and frontman of Dexys
Dexys
Episode: Dexys' Kevin Rowland - A Life Story
Lara Lewington
Technology broadcaster and journalist, author of 'Hacking Humanity'
Episode: Lara Lewington – How Technology is Rewriting the Future of Our Health
Hope Reese
Journalist and author of The Women Are Not Fine
Episode: Hope Reese - The Dark History of the Angel Makers of Nagyrév

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Vas Krishnadulu
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Reviews

4.4 out of 5 stars from 411 ratings
  • 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

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    Waxmask
    United Kingdoma year ago
  • Always compelling content!

    Podcast Addict
    5
    plus86
    a year 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
    Belgiuma year ago
  • Adverts

    An opportunity to hear influential ‘global thinkers’ discuss deeply significant topics but - all credibility is lost when the discussions are interrupted by adverts for crypto currency and the gambling industry.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    Blenheim 2020
    United Kingdoma year ago
  • Four stars for quality of guests…

    ….but the interviewing….James Blunt must be the easiest person ever to interview and to talk over the top of him is unnecessary and could be seen as bad manners. Just as well he has great manners.

    I don’t mean to be unkind; I was just shocked. Mary Beard just talked over her interviewer- I almost cheered.

    Then to actually try to compete with a guest is just not your job. I’m too embarrassed for this guest to identify him/her. Again guest was super polite and too chilled to react.

    I hope th... more

    Apple Podcasts
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    CiaoRomaAntiqua
    Australia2 years ago

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The podcast is praised for its high production values and the broad range of topics covered, which caters to an intellectually curious audience.
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Robert Macfarlane Meets Elif Shafak – Rivers of Life
Q: What would you wish for to tell its story or our humanity's story if you could make it happen?
I would choose the wingbone of a griffin vulture, an ancient musical instrument that tells stories of human connection and survival.
Robert Macfarlane Meets Elif Shafak – Rivers of Life
Q: How do you not get overwhelmed mentally and how do you protect yourself?
Every day is different; some days feel quite anxious, but those emotions are sources of raw energy that can be turned into something positive.
Adam Aleksic - How the Internet is Transforming the Future of Language
Q: And how are censorship policies on these platforms influencing language?
He mentioned that platforms sanitize language for advertisers, resulting in new euphemisms emerging like 'unalive' for 'kill'.
Adam Aleksic - How the Internet is Transforming the Future of Language
Q: And how are algorithms playing a defining role in modern etymology?
Adam stated that algorithms create incentive structures that significantly influence language and communication, akin to the advent of the printing press.
Adam Aleksic - How the Internet is Transforming the Future of Language
Q: What drew you into researching the language of social media?
Adam explained that being both a linguist and content creator helped him notice the constraints of algorithms on language use, which spurred his research.

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1. Adam Aleksic
2. Kate Wilson
3. Jenna Macciochi
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