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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Sin Blaché

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Ben Rein
Stanford's Ben Rein – The Neuroscience of Social Connection · Feb 2026

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Chris Hadfield
Astronaut Chris Hadfield Meets Robin Ince · Nov 2023

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Christopher Palmer
Harvard's Christopher Palmer - Metabolism and Mental Health · Mar 2024

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Justin Gregg
Justin Gregg - What Animal Intelligence Tells Us About Human Stupidity · May 2023

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Majid Fotuhi
Neurologist Majid Fotuhi – How To Age-Proof Your Brain · May 2026

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Shilpa Ravella
Dr Shilpa Ravella - The New Science of Inflammation · Mar 2023

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Afua Hirsch
Afua Hirsch In Conversation with Caroline Darian, Daughter of Dominique Pelicot · Jun 2025

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Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor - a Life in Art · Aug 2021

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B. Catling

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Edward Fishman
Edward Fishman - How the Global Economy Became a Weapon of War · Apr 2025

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Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh - Confessions of a Novelist · Oct 2022

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Marina Warner
Marina Warner - Reimagining Sanctuary for a World in Crisis · Sep 2025

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Orhan Pamuk
Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk – A Life in Writing · Jan 2025

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Quinn Slobodian
Quinn Slobodian - The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right · Jun 2025

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Richard Flanagan
Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan - On Love, Memory, and History · Jun 2024

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Richard Ford
Richard Ford - A Life in Literature · Jun 2023

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Adam Phillips
Psychotherapist Adam Phillips - What We Must Give Up to Feel More Alive · Jan 2024

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Adam Wagner

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Adam Zeman
Neuroscientist Adam Zeman - The New Science of Imagination · Jan 2025

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Adrian Hon
Adrian Hon - How Corporations and Governments Use Videogames to Control Us · Sep 2022

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Alan Lester

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Alan Moore
WATCHMEN author Alan Moore - Twenty Six Letters, Infinite Worlds · 3 episodes

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Alan Philps
Alan Philps - Stalin's Disinformation War · Aug 2023

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Albert Read
Albert Read Meets Will Gompertz - Where Good Ideas Come From (and How to Have More) · Nov 2023

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Alex James

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Alexa Hagerty
Alexa Hagerty - Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains · Apr 2023

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Alice Law

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Alice Sherwood
Alice Sherwood - How to Fight Back Against Counterfeit Culture · Aug 2022

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Amantha Imber
Amantha Imber - How to Use Time Wisely · Mar 2023

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Amy Jeffs
Bestselling Mythologist Amy Jeffs – The Life of King Arthur · 3 episodes

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Andre Solo
Andre Solo - How To Thrive as a Sensitive Person · Jun 2023

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Andrew Brodsky
Andrew Brodsky - The Secrets of Successful Virtual Communication · Feb 2025

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Angela Saini

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Anna Funder
Anna Funder - Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life · Jun 2024

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Anna Mathur
Psychotherapist and Bestselling Author Anna Mathur - How to Tame Your Mind's Greatest Fears · Sep 2024

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Anna Ploszajski
Anna Ploszajski - Finding Meaning Through Making · May 2021

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Anna Sulan Masing
Anna Sulan Masing - Chinese and Any Other Asian · Feb 2025

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Annabelle Hirsch
Journalist Annabelle Hirsch - A History of Women in 101 Objects · Apr 2025

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Anne-Laure Le Cunff
Anne-Laure Le Cunff - How Everyday Curiosity Can Help You Reach Your Goals · Apr 2025

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