Episodios

  • 16th February 2026: Euphoria; Bridgerton and A Third Way

    16th February 2026: Euphoria; Bridgerton and A Third Way
    Feb 16 2026
    This week, Alex Knole takes us into the euphoric feeling when music takes us to the place of touching Heaven; Bex Chapman explores the theme of class in Bridgerton's latest season and Jamie Mulvaney forges a potential third way between awful and awesome

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    28 m
  • 9th February 2026: Hamnet; the Odyssey and AI

    9th February 2026: Hamnet; the Odyssey and AI
    Feb 9 2026
    This week, Giles Gough reviews the movie Hamnet, how it turns a literary ghost into a living pulse; Roger Bretherton considers how old epics (like The Odyssey) and cosmic stories still shape who we become and K.K. Yeo explores how old wisdom meets new machines in our search for meaning and the role of AI in our midst.

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    25 m
  • 2nd February 2026: Burnham; Beckhams and Broken Britain

    2nd February 2026: Burnham; Beckhams and Broken Britain
    Feb 2 2026
    This week, Paul Woolley examines the King of the North’s career and how it exposes the tension between political drive and public credibility; Lauren Westwood explores how the broken Beckhams expose our universal need for a way back and Graham Tomlin suggests that every society cracks - not just Britain - and why that’s not the whole story.

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    21 m
  • 26th January 2026: Reverends in Football; Identity in Illness; Trump's Powerful Wanting

    26th January 2026: Reverends in Football; Identity in Illness; Trump's Powerful Wanting
    Jan 26 2026
    In this episode, Henry Corbett (Chaplain to Everton Football Club) tells the story of how unlikely founders shaped the game we love today; nurse Helen Cowan talks about how being recognised by name protects dignity, even at the end of life; George Pitcher explores the concept of peace and how it falters when power becomes the only currency.

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    23 m
  • 19th January 2026: Exorcism, Slow Fashion & Cultural Change

    19th January 2026: Exorcism, Slow Fashion & Cultural Change
    Jan 21 2026

    This week, Rick Hansen talks about how his father's job as an exorcist has given him a specific frame of reference for understanding the world; Alexandra Kytka-Sharpe takes us through her learning from a year of fasting from fashion; Graham Tomlin considers what makes for profound and significant cultural change.



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    26 m
  • 12th January 2026: Change; Stranger Things; Attention and Mindfulness

    12th January 2026: Change; Stranger Things; Attention and Mindfulness
    Jan 12 2026
    In this episode, while the year is still quite new, Derek Hughes suggests that real change comes slowly; Beatrice Scudeler unearths hope in the finale of Stranger Things; Steve McMillan gives us a meditation on attention and Roger Bretherton explores the origins and future of mindfulness.

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    35 m
  • 5th January 2026: Guarded Hopefulness at the start of 2026

    5th January 2026: Guarded Hopefulness at the start of 2026
    Jan 5 2026
    In this first episode of 2026, Mark Meynell ventures into the work of J.R.R. Tolkien (and others) to find a guarded hopefulness for the year ahead.

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    17 m
  • 29th December 2025: Graham Tomlin's Top 3 of 2025

    29th December 2025: Graham Tomlin's Top 3 of 2025
    Dec 29 2025
    As 2025 draws to a close, Graham Tomlin shares with us three of his articles, what he's been thinking about as a result of the political and social events and issues of this past year.

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    28 m