Episode summary: As the recent past will attest, the discovery of vaccines can not only save lives, but also change the course of human history. Speaking with Matt Elton, Simon Schama explores the story of inoculation, charting the individuals and organisations who played a pivotal role in its use a...

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Episode summary: In today’s episode about seemingly good ideas gone badly wrong David talks to the philosopher and journalist Kathleen Stock about Facebook Friends, something that was meant to make us happier and better connected but really didn’t. How did online friendship become so performative? D...

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Episode summary: Are there other traits besides race we should be blind to?

Episode summary: Our pal Gillian Jacobs takes us through the history of poison control and the yucky face meant to warn children about the dangers lurking in their kitchen cabinets

Episode summary: Longform Podcast #577: PJ Vogt · Longform

Episode summary: When he was 14 years old, Ron Bishop testified in a murder trial. Decades later, he told an investigator everything he said on the stand was a lie – and that it was just what he was told to say. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The...

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Episode summary: Unveiling the dangers of just trying to muddle through

Episode summary: Dan Pashman embarks on an epic trip across Italy in search of lesser-known pasta dishes — and to learn about the evolution of pasta more broadly.

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Episode summary: ‘Jaw-dropping’, ‘gripping’, ‘bingeable,’ ‘thrilling’ – Dramatic true stories and investigations that reveal how the world really works.Catch up on the previous series and be the first to hear about what’s coming up.

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Episode summary: In the penultimate episode in this series David and Lea discuss two twentieth-century philosophies of freedom and the human psyche. What can existentialism teach us about the nature of free choice under conditions of despair? Is there any escape from bad faith? And what can individu...

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