- 2,945
- Episodes
- 44
- Transcribed
- 158
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2000
- First episode
- 60M
- YouTube views
About Gresham College Lectures
Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597, making us London's oldest higher education institution. This podcast offers our recorded lectures that are free to access from the Gresham College website, or our YouTube channel.
- Publisher
- Gresham College
- Category
- education · history · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Feb 2000
- Latest episode
- 16 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
44 of 2,945 episodes have a transcript.

16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
AI as Therapist? Intimacy Without Understanding - Matt Jones

13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Where is Queer Love in the Shoah History? - Anna Hájková

9 Oct 2026
Carbon: Our Flexible Friend that Built the Natural World - Helen Czerski
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AI as Therapist? Intimacy Without Understanding - Matt Jones
Published 16 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But around 11%, take that in, 11% said it led them to think about self-harm or something more extreme. So people are using these things, and they're having... in many cases positive effects, but in some cases very deleterious effects. MIND did a survey this year, and it was published the last couple of months, and that survey showed that of the people who are using these chatbots, 60% of those are going to a chatbot instead of to a mental health professional, or to a therapist, formal support. And I suppose the reasons are obvious, right? Getting a therapist, getting an NHS therapist, there are long waiting risks. […]
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- Matt Jones
- Anna Hájková
- Helen Czerski
- Chris Lintott
- Daniel Susskind
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 60,437,962
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 36 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 122 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 80 / 100
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- Quality
- 65
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 96
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