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Episode summary: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay’s essays written in 1787/8 in support of the new US Constitution. They published these anonymously in New York as ‘Publius’ but, when it became known that Hamilton and Madison were the main authors, the e...
Episode summary: What is it about film that some smart people just don’t seem to get?
Episode summary: How Reno became the go-to place to get a quick divorce and how divorce laws have changed over time
Episode summary: Keyboard Maestro got a big update, and the Automators are here to report on the new features.
Episode summary: This week David explores a different way of thinking about the current epoch: what if this isn’t the Anthropocene but the Leviacene? Who or what is really driving planetary destruction? Can human nature explain it? Or should we be looking at the political and economic superpowers th...
Episode summary: Miriam Makeba recorded ‘Pata Pata’ in 1967 with the help of American producer Jerry Ragovoy. It became a huge hit and Miriam Makeba used newfound fame to speak the injustices of apartheid. Her records were banned and South Africa and she was forced to live in exile. Here, people fro...
Episode summary: Conventional histories of mathematics are dominated by well-known names like Pythagoras, Leibniz or Newton. But to concentrate solely on figures from Europe gives us only a patchwork understanding of the rich and varied history of mathematical achievement around the world. Tim Harfo...
Episode summary: The power of Western languages over African economies is undeniable, and nowhere is this more obvious than in Black music. Despite “Francophone” meaning French-speaking, across Africa, it signifies so much more. George looks at the power dynamics between the English-speaking world,...
Episode summary: Why do courts issue gag orders and when do they conflict with the First Amendment?