Start the Week
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<p>Weekly discussion programme, setting the cultural agenda every Monday</p>
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Publishing Since
9/20/2010
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Recent Episodes
June 22, 2026
Life Online: Power, Risk and Resistance
Host Tom Sutcliffe interviews Baroness Beeban Kidron, Katherine Dunn, and Meena Kandasamy about the profound impact of online life on society and strategies for resistance.
June 15, 2026
Working-Class Lives: Identity and Political Fractures
Adam Rutherford interviews Nicola Wilding, Natasha Carthew, and Daljit Nagra about working-class identity, political fractures, and the impact of economic decline and migration in Britain.
June 8, 2026
Scientific discovery and misunderstanding
Adam Rutherford interviews Andrea Wulf and Kathryn Paige Harden about scientific discovery, changing understanding, and the genetics of wrongdoing, offering insights into human behavior and historical figures.
654 total episodes available with 110 transcripts
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<p>Weekly discussion programme, setting the cultural agenda every Monday</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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