Gresham College Lectures

Gresham College Lectures

Gresham College

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80Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
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.

  1. 16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    AI as Therapist? Intimacy Without Understanding - Matt Jones

  2. 13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Where is Queer Love in the Shoah History? - Anna Hájková

  3. 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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Who has been a guest on Gresham College Lectures

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  • Matt Jones
  • Anna Hájková
  • Helen Czerski
  • Chris Lintott
  • Daniel Susskind

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YouTube views
60,437,962
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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.5 / 5
36 ratings
Spotify
4.8 / 5
122 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 80 / 100

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65
Social presence
97
YouTube
93
Engagement
96

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