Podcasts
Advertising legend Rory Sutherland presents a masterclass in using psychological science to improve your business and society as a whole.
Melinda Gates makes a call to action for women’s empowerment.
Oxford’s Marcus Du Sautoy explores the potential of artificial intelligence to think creatively.
Gina Rippon and Simon Baron-Cohen debate whether men and women have essentially different brains.
A masterclass in the art of making the news from one of the world’s most formidable broadcasters.
How To Academy’s podcast series takes you backstage to meet the thinkers shaping the 21st century. From polar explorers to climate activists, CEOs to cabinet ministers, you’ll hear from the men and women making the world of tomorrow.
Art and Culture
Giles Coren – A Man For All Seasons
48 mins
In Episode 8 of the How To Academy Podcast, Matthew Stadlen meets restaurant critic and raconteur Giles Coren, for a freewheeling and hilarious conversation about truth, love and clean cutlery.
Elizabeth Gilbert – On Life and Love
80 minutes
The author of EAT, PRAY, LOVE and BIG MAGIC joins the How To Academy podcast for an open-hearted conversation exploring all she has learned in her journey through life.
Politics and Society
Rory Sutherland – How to Be Less Rational (and More Brilliant)
53 mins
Matthew Stadlen meets advertising legend Rory Sutherland for a masterclass in improving business and society with the insights of psychological science.
Melinda Gates – How To Empower Women
54 mins
In this week’s podcast, Melinda Gates makes a timely and necessary call to action for women’s empowerment.
John Humphrys – How to Make the News
45 mins
Our greatest living current affairs journalist sits down with Matthew Stadlen to look back on a lifetime of holding our leaders to account.
An Insider’s Guide to Crime in America
36 mins
In Episode Five of the How To Academy Podcast, Matthew Stadlen meets the former US district attorney who successfully prosecuted some of the most high-profile crimes in America.
How to Survive Climate Change
37 minutes
A terrifying vision of unfolding climate catastrophe may just be the wake-up call we need to save the future.
How to Make Change Happen
23 minutes
In this podcast, the author of Nudge, Professor Cass Sunstein, presents a guide for anyone who wishes to fuel – or block – transformative social change.
Science and Technology
Rory Sutherland – How to Be Less Rational (and More Brilliant)
53 mins
Matthew Stadlen meets advertising legend Rory Sutherland for a masterclass in improving business and society with the insights of psychological science.
Melinda Gates – How To Empower Women
54 mins
In this week’s podcast, Melinda Gates makes a timely and necessary call to action for women’s empowerment.
Marcus du Sautoy – A.I. and the Secret of Creativity
28 mins
The nation’s most loved science communicator, Oxford mathematician Marcus Du Sautoy, explores the potential of artificial intelligence to think creatively.
Michael Pollan – How to Change Your Mind
37 minutes
Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? In Episode 7 of the How To Academy Podcast, Michael Pollan tells Matthew Stadlen about his journey to the frontiers of the human mind.
The Gendered Brain Debate
77 Mins
Two giants of cognitive science – Gina Rippon and Simon Baron-Cohen – debate one of the most contested ideas in the history of science: do men and women have essentially different brains?
Season One
Rory Sutherland – How to Be Less Rational (and More Brilliant)
53 mins
Matthew Stadlen meets advertising legend Rory Sutherland for a masterclass in improving business and society with the insights of psychological science.
Marcus du Sautoy – A.I. and the Secret of Creativity
28 mins
The nation’s most loved science communicator, Oxford mathematician Marcus Du Sautoy, explores the potential of artificial intelligence to think creatively.
Giles Coren – A Man For All Seasons
48 mins
In Episode 8 of the How To Academy Podcast, Matthew Stadlen meets restaurant critic and raconteur Giles Coren, for a freewheeling and hilarious conversation about truth, love and clean cutlery.
Michael Pollan – How to Change Your Mind
37 minutes
Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? In Episode 7 of the How To Academy Podcast, Michael Pollan tells Matthew Stadlen about his journey to the frontiers of the human mind.
Elizabeth Gilbert – On Life and Love
80 minutes
The author of EAT, PRAY, LOVE and BIG MAGIC joins the How To Academy podcast for an open-hearted conversation exploring all she has learned in her journey through life.
An Insider’s Guide to Crime in America
36 mins
In Episode Five of the How To Academy Podcast, Matthew Stadlen meets the former US district attorney who successfully prosecuted some of the most high-profile crimes in America.
How to Survive Climate Change
37 minutes
A terrifying vision of unfolding climate catastrophe may just be the wake-up call we need to save the future.
How to Lead in the 21st Century
26 minutes
Matthew Stadlen meets Simon Sinek – perhaps the 21st century’s most acclaimed thinker in the field of business leadership.
How to Make Change Happen
23 minutes
In this podcast, the author of Nudge, Professor Cass Sunstein, presents a guide for anyone who wishes to fuel – or block – transformative social change.
The Gendered Brain Debate
77 Mins
Two giants of cognitive science – Gina Rippon and Simon Baron-Cohen – debate one of the most contested ideas in the history of science: do men and women have essentially different brains?