This week Susan talks to German researcher and writer Anja Shortland about her fascinating new book 'Kidnap: Inside the Ransom Business' published by Oxford University Press.

Chapter 246: Walking to Jerusalem with Justin Butcher

Feb 10th, 2019 53m 57s

Chapter 250: 'More Dashing' with Adam Sisman

Feb 9th, 2019 52m 35s

Chapter 249: 'Our Boys' with Helen Parr

Feb 9th, 2019 53m 52s

Chapter 248: 'How the Work Thinks' with Julian Baggini

Feb 9th, 2019 53m 12s

Chapter 247: The Vogue with Eoin Mc Namee

Feb 9th, 2019 50m 54s

Chapter 259: Kidnap: Inside the Ransom Business

Feb 4th, 2019 49m 11s

Chapter 245: 'Living with Buildings' with Iain Sinclair

Feb 4th, 2019

This week Susan talks to Iain Sinclair about his latest book 'Living with Buildings and Walking with Ghosts: On Health and Architecture' published by Profile Books.

Chapter 243: 'Passing Judgment' with Terri Apter

Jan 28th, 2019

This week Susan talks to Psychologist and Writer Dr Terri Apter about her latest book 'Passing Judgment: Praise and Blame in Everyday Life' published by WW Norton.

Chapter 252: 'Schadenfreude' with Tiffany Watt Smith

Jan 27th, 2019 53m 17s

Chapter 243: Why We Need Religion with Stephen Asma

Jan 14th, 2019 54m 25s

Chapter 242: Attention with Joshua Cohen

Jan 7th, 2019 51m 11s

Chapter 240: 'The Happiness Dictionary' with Tim Lomas

Dec 31st, 2018

This week Susan talks to British psychologist and writer Dr Tim Lomas about his new book 'The Happiness Dictionary' published by Piatkus.

Chapter 241: 'The Book of Common Prayer'

Dec 25th, 2018

This week Susan talks to British writer and literary scholar Brian Cummings about his new book 'The Book of Common Prayer: A Very Short Introduction' published by OUP.