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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Robin Sharma
Robin Sharma Meets Ali Abdaal - How to Be Truly Wealthy · May 2024

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David Brooks
New York Times columnist David Brooks - How to Know Others and Be Truly Seen · Dec 2023

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Hannah Ritchie
Data Scientist Hannah Ritchie – How to Solve Climate Change in 50 Questions and Answers · Jan 2026

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Ali Abdaal

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Robert Sapolsky

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Paul Bloom
Paul Bloom - The Surprising Secret of Happiness · Dec 2021

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Patrick House
Neuroscientist Patrick House - How to Make Sense of Consciousness · Jul 2024

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Tim Harford

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Iain McGilchrist
Neuroscientist and Philosopher Iain McGilchrist - The Divided Brain and the Meaning of Life · 2 episodes

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Steven Pinker
Marcus du Sautoy Meets Steven Pinker - Why Rationality Matters · Jan 2022

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Anna Lembke
Stanford Psychiatrist and Addiction Expert Anna Lembke - The New Neuroscience of Pleasure, Pain, and Balance · Jan 2024

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James Nestor
James Nestor - the Art and Science of Breathing · Oct 2021

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Michio Kaku
Michio Kaku - The Quest For Theory of Everything · May 2021

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Annie Duke

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Andrew Scott
Economist Andrew Scott — How We Can Sustain Longer, Healthier Lives · Apr 2024

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Rutger Bregman
Rutger Bregman Meets George Monbiot - How to Change the World · 2 episodes

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Peter Frankopan

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Tom Holland
Tom Holland Meets Armando Iannucci — What The Lives of the Caesars Can Teach Us About Politics · May 2026

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Michael Lewis

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Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein - The Mirror World of Conspiracists and the Far-Right (Summer Repeat) · Aug 2026

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Courtney Love
Courtney Love and Todd Almond - The Legend of Bob Dylan · Mar 2025

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Armando Iannucci

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Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall - A Survival Guide for an Endandgered Planet · Nov 2021

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Thandie Newton
Thandie Newton Meets Gloria Steinem · Oct 2020

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John Cleese
John Cleese Meets Iain McGilchrist - On Consciousness and Creativity · May 2022

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Jon Ronson
Jon Ronson and Brian Klaas - On Psychopaths and Power · Mar 2022

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Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei – Human Rights in the 21st Century · Mar 2020

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Abby Wambach

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Lisa Taddeo
Lisa Taddeo and Hadley Freeman - Madness, Transgression, and Power · 2 episodes

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Marina Abramović
Performance Artist Marina Abramović Meets Tim Marlow · Nov 2023

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Maria Konnikova
Maria Konnikova – The Biggest Bluff · Aug 2020

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Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer - How to Save the Planet · Nov 2019

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Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan - How to Change Your Mind · Aug 2019

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Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai - Finding My Way · Jun 2026

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Herman Pontzer
Herman Pontzer – The Surprising Science of Human Diversity and Evolution · Aug 2025

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Sunita Sah
Sunita Sah - The Power of No in a World that Demands Yes · Feb 2025

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James Patterson

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Dan Ariely
Psychologist Dan Ariely - Why People Are Drawn to Conspiracy Theories, and How to Help · Jan 2024

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Gabor Maté
Dr Gabor Maté - Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture · 3 episodes

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Amy Edmondson
Harvard Business School Prof. Amy Edmondson - Why Learning to Fail Can Teach Us to Thrive · Dec 2023

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