Health & Medicine
Prof. Guy Leschziner on Unlocking Sensory Secrets
The information you receive from your senses makes up your world. But that world does not exist. What we perceive to be the absolute truth of the world around us is a…
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Health & Medicine
Dr. Bob Lahita on Immunity, Longevity & Health
Doctor Robert ‘Bob’ Lahita is Clinical Professor of Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, a Professor at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and the Director of the Institute for Autoimmune and…
Culture, Society, Sports & Arts
Paul Bloom on Pleasures of Suffering and Meaning
In The Sweet Spot, pre-eminent psychologist Paul Bloom explores the pleasures of suffering and explains why the activities that provide most satisfaction are often the ones that involve greatest sacrifice. He argues…
Health & Medicine
Owase Jeelani: Neurosurgeon on Decision-Making & Surgery
Mr Noor ul Owase Jeelani is a world-renowned neurosurgeon, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. With a surgical career spanning 20 years, he is currently Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), world…
Health & Medicine
Anil Seth on Consciousness, Perception & Self
Anil Seth’s quest to understand the biological basis of conscious experience is one of the most exciting contributions to twenty-first-century science. What does it mean to “be you”—that is, to have a…
Science & Technology
Why We Age: David Sinclair on Lifespan
It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that ageing is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to believe about ageing is wrong? What if we could choose our lifespan? David Sinclair, PhD,…
Business & Economics
Daniel Goleman on Emotional Intelligence & Leadership
In this interview, I speak to Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., author of the New York Times bestseller Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships. Dr. Goleman is an internationally…
Business & Economics
Noreena Hertz on Loneliness and Human Connection
In her new book THE LONELY CENTURY: How to Restore Human Connection in a World That’s Pulling Apart, renowned thinker and economist Noreena Hertz investigates how radical changes to the workplace, mass…
Health & Medicine
Viral Outbreaks & Pandemics: Expert Analysis
To learn more about the 2020 SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) ‘Coronavirus’ pandemic, and to learn more about what we can do now, and in the future, to respond to virus outbreaks, and pandemics, I…
Culture, Society, Sports & Arts
Dr. Mario Capecchi: From Homeless to Nobel laureate
Dr. Mario Capecchi has had a remarkable life. At four-and-a-half years old, during World War II, his mother was sent to Dachau concentration camp leading-eventually- to Mario living as a street child…
Business & Economics
Steven Kotler on Human Performance & Flow
Steven Kotler is one of the world’s foremost experts on high performance. He is a New York Times bestselling author, a multi award-winning journalist and Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective.…
Culture, Society, Sports & Arts
Mindfulness: The Most Important Tool We Have
The Most Important Tool We Have. In these exclusive interviews we speak to Professor Jon Kabat-Zinn (scientist, writer and meditation teacher), Matthieu Ricard (Buddhist monk, photographer and author), Andy Puddicombe (Founder of…