Nicolas Humphrey has been studying the evolution of intelligence and consciousness for over 50 years. He has been a Lecturer in Psychology at Oxford, Assistant Director of the Subdepartment of Animal Behaviour at Cambridge, Senior Research Fel

#67: The Black Lit Fic ( Literary Fiction) Extravaganza with @jpreads6

Sep 11th, 2023 22m 28s

I had a fascinating conversation with John-Paul (@jpreads6. His TikTok account is one of the most prominent in an engaging and community focused niche, black literary fiction. The books mentioned in the episodes are:Honey and Spice, by Bolu B

#66: Talking Heads: The New Science of How Conversation Shapes Our Worlds with Shane O'Mara

Sep 4th, 2023 27m 56s

Shane O'Mara is a Professor of Experimental Brain Research in Trinity College Dublin, and am a Principal Investigator in, and currently the Director of, the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and a member of the academic staff of the Sch

#65: For The Book Enthusiasts: In Conversation with @NotThatCosta

Aug 29th, 2023 24m 38s

I had a lovely conversation with Costa (@NotThatCosta) about all things books. His TikTok account is one of my favourite to follow to hear some fascinating book reviews and recommendations. Fair to say that after this episode, my 'to be read l

#64: Free Your Mind: The New World of Manipulation and How to Resist It with Patrick Fagan

Aug 21st, 2023 26m 18s

Patrick Fagan is a Sunday Times bestselling author, and public speaker, and consults for brands and political campaigns around the world.I had the please of discussing with him, his latest book which he co-authored with journalist Laura Dodswor

#63: What Is a Doctor?: A GP's Prescription for the Future with Dr Phil Whitaker

Aug 14th, 2023 29m 4s

Dr Phil Whitaker has lived in a variety of locations around the UK including Nottingham, where he studied in medicine, and Oxford, where he undertook postgraduate training in general practice.I had the please of discussing with him, his latest

#62: Arguing for a Better World: How to Talk About the Issues That Divide Us with Arianne Shahvisi

Aug 7th, 2023 37m 11s

Arianne Shahvisi is a Kurdish-British writer and academic philosopher. Raised in Lancashire and Essex, she studied astrophysics and philosophy at the universities of Cambridge and Oxford, and now teaches applied philosophy at the Brighton and S

#61: Internet Empire: The Hidden Digital War with Sean F. Ennis

Jul 31st, 2023 25m 47s

Professor Sean F. Ennis is an economist, author and expert. He focuses on company behavior, competition and regulation. He has developed economic market analysis for governments, academia and the private sector. After receiving a BA Hons from

#60: Country Capitalism: How Corporations from the American South Remade Our Economy and the Planet with Bart Elmore

Jul 17th, 2023 28m 57s

Bart Elmore is an award-winning professor and writer who investigates the impact of big business on our environment.I had the pleasure of speaking with Bart about his latest book titled: Country Capitalism: How Corporations from the American So

#59: For the Culture: The Power Behind the World's Most Successful Brands, from Apple to Beyoncé with Marcus Collins

Jul 11th, 2023 27m 47s

Dr. Marcus Collins is an award-winning marketer and cultural translator with one foot in the world of practice--as the head of strategy at Wieden+Kennedy, NY--and one foot in the world of academia--as a clinical assistant professor of marketing

#58: BEING HUMAN: How Our Biology Shaped World History with Lewis Dartnell

Jul 3rd, 2023 29m 28s

Prof. Lewis Dartnell is a research scientist, presenter and author based in London, UK.He graduated from Oxford University with a First Class degree in Biological Sciences and completed his PhD at University College London in 2007. He now holds

#57: Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race with Mary-Jane Rubenstein

Jun 26th, 2023 29m 38s

Mary-Jane Rubenstein is Professor of Religion and Science in Society at Wesleyan University, and is affiliated with the Philosophy Department and the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. She holds a B.A. from Williams College, an M.

#56: Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature with Sarah Hart

Jun 19th, 2023 28m 58s

She studied at Oxford and Manchester, gaining her PhD in 2000. Postdoctoral research and teaching followed, including a prestigious Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Fellowship, before she was appointed to a lectureship at Birk

#55: Bridgebuilders: How Government Can Transcend Boundaries to Solve Big Problems with William D. Eggers

Jun 12th, 2023 28m 1s

William D. Eggers is the Executive Director of Deloitte’s Center for Government Insights where he is responsible for the firm’s public sector thought leadership. He also serves as a fellow at the National Academy of Public Administration, a gov

#54: The Poverty Paradox: Understanding Economic Hardship Amid American Prosperity with Mark Robert Rank

Jun 5th, 2023 23m 44s

Dr. Rank is widely recognized as one of the foremost experts and speakers in the country on issues of poverty, inequality, and social justice. His research and teaching have focused on poverty, social welfare, economic inequality, and social po

#53: The Torture Doctors: Human Rights Crimes and the Road to Justice with Steven H. Miles

May 22nd, 2023 25m 4s

Steven H. Miles is Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Bioethics. His medical career was in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. He is a former Maas Family Endowed Chair in Bioethics at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis.Dr.

#52: The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go Deeper Underwater with Jeff Maynard

May 8th, 2023 27m 27s

Jeff Maynard is an author and documentary maker specialising in historical subjects. Jeff is renowned for uncovering little-known, or long forgotten historical events. His research is undertaken over many years, and he uses that research to rev

#51: What We Build with Power: The Fight for Economic Justice in Tech with David Delmar Sentíes

May 1st, 2023 24m 59s

David Delmar Sentíes is a professional designer and interface developer with experience working with award-winning startups, as well as established brands. Before founding Resilient Coders, he was at PayPal, leading a cross-disciplinary team of

#50: A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back with Bruce Schneier

Apr 24th, 2023 27m 43s

Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a “security guru” by The Economist. He is the author of over one dozen books—including his latest, A Hacker’s Mind—as well as hundreds of articles, essays, and academic

#49: The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women’s Roles in Society with Eleanor Janega

Apr 17th, 2023 29m 51s

Eleanor's current research focuses on the conceptualisation of sex and its influence on society in the medieval and early modern period.She speacialises in sexuality, propaganda, apocalypticism, urbanity, and empire, in the late medieval and ea

#48: The Education Myth: How Human Capital Trumped Social Democracy with Jon Shelton

Apr 10th, 2023 30m 57s

Jon Shelton is associate professor and chair of democracy and justice studies. He is the author of The Education Myth: How Human Capital Trumped Social Democracy (Cornell University Press, 2023) and Teacher Strike! Public Education and the Mak

#47: Breakthrough Community Change: A Guide to Creating Common Agendas That Change Everything with Paul Born

Apr 3rd, 2023 32m 3s

Paul is the Co-founder of Tamarack Institute and for 20 years was the CEO/Co-CEO. He is the founder and was the director of Vibrant Communities a national network of nearly 500 cities and communities ending poverty, deepening community, buildin

#46: Stealing My Religion: Not Just Any Cultural Appropriation with Liz Bucar

Mar 27th, 2023 32m 37s

Liz Bucar is a leading expert in religious ethics, a professor of religion at Northeastern University, and a prizewinning author. Her writing, teaching, and public lectures cover a wide range of topics—from sexual reassignment surgery to the po

#45: Defeating the Dictators: How Democracy Can Prevail in the Age of the Strongman with Charles Dunst

Mar 13th, 2023 41m 30s

Charles Dunst is deputy director of research & analytics at The Asia Group, an adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and a contributing editor of American Purpose.He has written for The New York Times, The Atlant

#44: Risky Business: Why Insurance Markets Fail and What to Do About It with Amy Finkelstein

Mar 6th, 2023 25m 52s

Amy Finkelstein is the John & Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the co-founder and co-Scientific Director of J-PAL North America, a research center at MIT that encourages and facilit