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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Bill Browder
Bill Browder and Jamison Firestone: Chaos and Murder in Putin's Russia · Jul 2026

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Brad Smith
Microsoft President Brad Smith - Tools and Weapons · Apr 2023

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Carissa Véliz
Carissa Véliz– AI, Prediction, and the Fight for the Future · Aug 2026

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Chris Van Tulleken

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Craig Foster
My Octopus Teacher star Craig Foster - How to be Wild · Jun 2024

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Daisy Fancourt
Psychobiologist Daisy Fancourt – How the Arts Can Transform Your Health · Feb 2026

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Darren McGarvey

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David Nutt
David Nutt - How Psychedelics Can Change Your Life · Oct 2023

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David Rosmarin
Harvard Psychologist David Rosmarin - How To Thrive With Anxiety · Dec 2023

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Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton and James Patterson - The President's Daughter · Jun 2021

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Frank Miller

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Gemma Newman
Dr Gemma Newman - The Six Healing Health Habits You Need to Know · Feb 2024

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Guy Leschziner
Dr Guy Leschziner - A Neuroscientist's Guide to the Seven Deadly Sins · Dec 2024

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Karen Hao

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Kevin Hall

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Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright – Hell and Other Destinations · Jul 2020

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Malcolm Harris
Malcolm Harris - How Palo Alto Conquered the World · Aug 2023

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Marie Forleo
Marie Forleo - How to Create Unstoppable Success · Nov 2019

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Marie Kondo
Marie Kondo - How to Live · 3 episodes

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Mark Galeotti
Mark Galeotti - How Crime Organises the World · 2 episodes

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Melanie Joy
Melanie Joy - How to Get Relationships Right · Sep 2022

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Nicole LePera
Holistic Psychologist Nicole LePera – Reparenting the Inner Child · 2 episodes

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Oliver Bullough
Investigative Journalist Oliver Bullough - How the Money Launderers Won · Feb 2026

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Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman – Politics, Economics and the Fight for a Fairer Future · Mar 2020

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Paul Polman

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Pooja Lakshmin
Dr Pooja Lakshmin - Sustainable Strategies for Real Self-Care · Aug 2023

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Ruchir Sharma
Ruchir Sharma - How Capitalism Went Wrong · Jul 2024

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Russ Buettner
Pulitzer Prize winners Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig - How Donald Trump Squandered His Fortune · Oct 2024

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Susanne Craig

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Suzanne Simard
Ecologist Suzanne Simard - Lessons of the Forest · 2 episodes

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Tali Sharot
Neuroscientist Tali Sharot - How to See the World Anew · Mar 2024

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Uma Naidoo
Dr Uma Naidoo - How to Calm Your Mind With Food · Jan 2024

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China Miéville
Bestselling Novelist China Mieville – On Grief, Ghosts, and Empire · Sep 2026

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Daniel Davis
Daniel Davis - The Real Science of Immune Health · Jun 2025

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Henry Oliver
Henry Oliver - How To Find Success in Midlife · Aug 2024

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Joe Hill
Joe Hill Meets Frank Miller – A Life in Comics · 2 episodes

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Julia Belluz
Julia Belluz and Kevin Hall – Why We Eat What We Eat · Nov 2025

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Katherine Rundell

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Michael Spence

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Philip Ball
Philip Ball – How Life Works · 2 episodes

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