How To Academy Podcast

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.

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Every guest on How To Academy Podcast

529 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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Roberto Trotta
Cosmologist Roberto Trotta - How the Stars Shaped Civilisation · Jan 2025

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Robin Ince
Robin Ince - Journeys in Neurodiversity · 5 episodes

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Robyn Davidson
Robyn Davidson - Journeys of a Lifetime · Nov 2024

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Rolf Dobelli
Rolf Dobelli - How To Lead a Good Life · Jun 2025

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Roman Krznaric
Roman Krznaric – How to Think Long Term in a Short Term World · Sep 2020

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Rosie Collington

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Rowan Hooper
Rowan Hooper – How to Spend a Trillion Dollars · Mar 2021

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Saad Mohseni

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Salena Godden
Salena Godden Meets Yrsa Daley-Ward - How to Know Yourself · Feb 2022

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Sam Conniff
Sam Conniff and Katherine Templar-Lewis –The Uncertainty Toolkit · Jan 2026

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Sam Leith
Sam Leith and Amy Jeffs - Tales of Wonder, Myth and Magic · Sep 2024

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Sarah Gilbert
Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green - The Inside Story of the Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine · Aug 2021

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Sarah Knight
Sarah Knight - How to be an Adult and Get Treated Like One · Jun 2023

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Sarah Thornton
Bestselling Sociologist Sarah Thornton - Why Breasts Matter · Jul 2024

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Sayeeda Warsi
Sayeeda Warsi - Muslims Don't Matter · May 2025

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Selena Wisnom
Assyriologist Selena Wisnom - Mesopotamia and the Making of History · Mar 2025

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Shehan Karunatilaka
Booker 2022 winner Shehan Karunatilaka - The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida · Jul 2023

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Sid Meier
Sid Meier – The Rise of Civilization · Sep 2020

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Stefan Stern
Stefan Stern - The Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition · Sep 2024

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Stephanie Harrison
Stephanie Harrison - How to Get Happiness Right in a World That’s Got it Wrong · Jul 2024

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Sumit Paul-Choudhury
Sumit Paul-Choudhury - Why You Should Be an Optimist · Mar 2025

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Sunil Amrith
Yale Historian Sunil Amrith - How Humanity Reshaped the Planet · Oct 2024

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Susan Magsamen
Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross - Your Brain on Art · Sep 2023

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Susie Alegre
Susie Alegre - Protecting Freedom of Thought in the Digital Age · Jun 2023

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Suzie Sheehy
Suzie Sheehy - The Matter of Everything · Jul 2022

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Suzy Hansen
Suzy Hansen – Turkey in the Age of Erdoğan · Jul 2026

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Tara Porter
Tara Porter - A Psychologist's Guide to Life for Girls and Young Women · Jul 2022

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Terence Killeen

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Tim Marlow

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Tim Minshall
Tim Minshall - Your Life is Manufactured · Jan 2026

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Timothy Garton Ash
Timothy Garton Ash and Catherine Ashton - The Future of Europe (Bonus Episode) · Oct 2023

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Todd Almond

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Tom Chatfield
Philosopher Tom Chatfield - How Technology Changes Humanity, From Fire to AI · Mar 2024

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Tom McTague
Tom McTague – Britain in Europe: The Hidden History of a Revolution · Jun 2026

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Tom Rob Smith
Tom Rob Smith - Antarctica and Apocalypse · Feb 2023

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Tracey Shors
Tracey Shors - A Neuroscientist's Guide to Trauma · Feb 2023

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Vex King
Vex King and Kaushal - Get Closer to Love · Mar 2023

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Victoria Belim
Victoria Belim - The Resilience of Art in Times of War · Aug 2023

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Viorica Marian
Viorica Marian - The Power of Language · Jul 2023

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Webb Keane
Anthropologist Webb Keane - Animals, Robots, Gods · Oct 2024

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