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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Minnie Driver
Minnie Driver - Managing Expectations · May 2022

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Miriam Margolyes

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Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon Meets Darren McGarvey - Trauma Industrial Complex · Nov 2025

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Nish Kumar
Nish Kumar Meets Jimmy Wales - Trust and the Future of Democracy · Oct 2025

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Olia Hercules
Olia Hercules and Alissa Timoshkina - #CookForUkraine · Mar 2022

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Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman Meets Iain McGilchrist - The Meaning of Life · Dec 2021

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Richard Eyre
Richard Eyre - How to Make a Play · Jul 2020

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Robert Macfarlane
Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris - On Birds, Wonder, and Loss · 3 episodes

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Roger Deakins
Sir Roger Deakins – Reflections of a Cinematographer · Jul 2026

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Ruby Wax
Comedian Ruby Wax - On Mental Health · 2 episodes

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Simon McBurney

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Simon Schama
Simon Schama – The World in 2021 · Jan 2021

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Tony Robinson
Sir Tony Robinson Meets Janina Ramirez - The Real Women Behind the Medieval Myths · 2 episodes

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Wayne McGregor
Wayne McGregor – How to Unlock Your Physical Intelligence · Feb 2026

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William Gibson
William Gibson – How to Create the Future · Mar 2020

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Adam Gopnik
Adam Gopnik - The Mystery of Skill and Mastery · Apr 2023

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Emma Reed Turrell
Psychotherapist Emma Reed Turrell - How to Overcome Your Blind Spots · Apr 2024

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Gary Stevenson
Gary Stevenson – Confessions of a Trader · Apr 2024

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Gina Miller
Life Lessons From Gina Miller · Jan 2020

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Haemin Sunim
Haemin Sunim - When Things Don't Go Your Way · May 2024

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Jane Garvey

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Jane McGonigal
Jane McGonigal - How to See the Future Coming · Jun 2022

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John Higgs
John Higgs - Unravelling the Spell of David Lynch · 5 episodes

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Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz - How to Save American Capitalism · Feb 2020

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Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates - Zero Sum · Sep 2023

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Julia Cameron
Julia Cameron and Elizabeth Gilbert - The Path to Higher Creativity (Summer Repeat) · Aug 2023

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Lorna Tucker
Filmmaker Lorna Tucker - On Homelessness and Addiction · May 2025

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Lucy Walker

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Maria Ressa
Maria Ressa - How to Stand Up to a Dictator · Jan 2023

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Masud Husain
Masud Husain - A Neurologist’s Guide to the Self and the Brain · May 2025

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Pandora Sykes
Pandora Sykes Meets Tina Brown - The Inside Scoop on the House of Windsor · 2 episodes

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Philippa Perry
Philippa Perry Meets Becky Barnicoat – The Joy and Chaos of Parenting · May 2025

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Richard Powers
Richard Powers - Why Stories Matter · Nov 2021

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Sathnam Sanghera
Sathnam Sanghera on the British Empire - Live at Wilderness · 2 episodes

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Xand Van Tulleken

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Agnes Callard
Agnes Callard - Socratic Wisdom for Our Modern Times · Mar 2025

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Alison Fragale
Psychologist Alison Fragale - How Women Can Get the Success They Deserve · Nov 2024

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Amy Shah
Dr Amy Shah - How to Manage Hunger and Cravings · Jul 2023

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Andrew Jarecki
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman — The Human Cost of Alabama's Prison System · Dec 2025

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Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett - These Precious Days · May 2022

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