Simon Jenkins comes on the show to provide a short history of London: from Roman times to present day.
I was delighted to be joined by Caleb McDaniel, History professor and author of the Pulitzer prizewinning book, βSweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in Americaβ. He told me the remarkable story of Henrietta Wood. Born into slavery in Kentucky, she was freed as an adult...
We were delighted to have comedy royalty on the podcast. Omid Djalili talked to me about one of his earliest stage creations, first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1993. Over the next four years it was performed 109 times in 10 different countries. The backdrop of this epic storytel...
A. C. Grayling discusses the complete history of philosophy, whether it is still possible to ask questions about our existence, and how we should frame those questions in light of those thinkers who have gone before. Producer: Peter Curry