How To Academy Podcast Podcast By How To Academy cover art

How To Academy Podcast

How To Academy Podcast

By: How To Academy
Listen for free

About this listen

 How To Academy is London's home of big thinking. From Nobel laureates to Pulitzer Prize winners, we invite the world’s most influential voices to share new ideas for changing ourselves, our communities, and the world. Our biweekly podcast is your chance to hear in-depth from the most exciting thinkers in global culture.All rights reserved Personal Development Personal Success Science Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Historian of Science Thomas Levenson — How Humans Discovered Germs

    Historian of Science Thomas Levenson — How Humans Discovered Germs
    Jul 8 2025
    Today, you are far more likely to die of heart disease, cancer, or accident than you are to die of an illness caused by a germ: but for most of human history, microorganisms were our greatest nemesis. As recently as 1900, pnuemonia, influenza, tuberculosis, and gut infections accounted for half of all deaths in the United States. And yet, humans had known of the existence of germs since the invention of the microscope and the Scientific Revolution in the 17th century - to precious little advantage. Thomas Levenson joins the podcast to tell the epic story of how we finally came to grasp the role of germs as a cause of disease and develop a powerful arsenal to fight them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
    Show more Show less
    1 hr
  • Jeremy Hunt - Can Britain Be Great Again?

    Jeremy Hunt - Can Britain Be Great Again?
    Jul 4 2025
    Former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt shares a thought-provoking vision of our place in the world in the century ahead. Is Britain a minor player, marginalised by our departure from the EU and dwarfed by the rise of new economies? Or is there a major role for us to play in a rapidly changing international order? With the election of President Trump, the answer to that question matters. A world that was already becoming more dangerous has also become more unpredictable. As competition increases between economic and military superpowers, others must make choices. If the UK really is a busted flush, it would be reasonable to stand back, go with the flow and focus on defending our more narrow interests. But if we aren’t, now more than ever is a moment to try and defend the huge progress in freedom and democracy we have seen over the last century. Looking back at his time as this country’s global ambassador, and drawing on two decades of experience at the highest echelons of political life, Jeremy Hunt gives us his answer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Robin Ince - Journeys in Neurodiversity

    Robin Ince - Journeys in Neurodiversity
    Jul 1 2025
    Tracing his journey through his diagnosis with ADHD, Robin Ince explores his own insecurities and discoveries along the way, from the importance of vulnerability, to finding greater meaning and happiness, to the beauty of connecting with others through shared neurodiversity. Illuminating how diagnosis can help individuals find and understand their best selves, Robin also reveals how society—from individuals to wider school systems—can change to create a more welcoming world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 23 mins
No reviews yet