Around the world, democratic ideals are being tested in surprising ways. As the curtains rise on a big election year, TED speakers explore what can keep people united and what drives them apart. [...]
Original broadcast date: September 3, 2021. Food is one of life's greatest pleasures, yet many of our food systems are flawed. This hour, TED speakers look to the past to reconnect with what we eat, [...]
We often view paradise as a place of safety, beauty, tranquility. It's an ideal we long for, but one we can rarely find. This hour, TED speakers search for utopia and come to terms with reality. TED [...]
In part six: host Manoush Zomorodi digs into the preliminary results of the listener study with Columbia University researcher Keith Diaz. He shares the surprising — and encouraging — initial [...]
Original broadcast date: February 24, 2023. You don't need to be big and boisterous to pack a punch. This hour, TED speakers explore the surprising strength of all things minuscule and fleeting. [...]
With Israel and Palestine experiencing the worst violence in decades, we speak with two co-founders of Combatants for Peace, a group composed of people from both sides of the conflict who have [...]
With a four-day truce between Israel and Hamas set to expire after Monday, we look at who has been released and the growing pressure to extend the pause in fighting that has given Gaza residents [...]
Calls Mount to Extend Truce as Dozens of Hamas Captives and Palestinian Prisoners Freed, Israeli Forces Kill at Least 8 West Bank Palestinians Amid Surge in Violence, Vermont Police Arrest Suspect in [...]
In this special broadcast, we air excerpts from a recent event organized by the Palestine Festival of Literature at the Union Theological Seminary here in New York. The event featured a discussion [...]
“But We Must Speak: On Palestine and the Mandates of Conscience.” That was the name of a recent event organized by the Palestine Festival of Literature here in New York, where leading [...]
Listeners from all walks of life tune in to hear Dr. Kaku discuss today's hottest and most relevant scientific/cultural topics covering everything from black holes and parallel universes to hip, provocative discussions on #philosophy and the latest #tech. #podcast #radio #science
A #podcast to kick start your day from the world's biggest #sports #radio station, as we nail the talking points from the world of sport, with plenty of punchy personality and opinion.
Wolves manager Gary O’Neil fumes about VAR after losing in injury-time at Fulham, Jason Cundy hammers the officials for giving the home side a late penalty, Paul Ince recalls the time Sir Alex [...]
Tributes are paid to former England, Barcelona and Spurs Manager Terry Venables, who passed away on Sunday, aged 80.We hear tributes from Jim Rosenthal, Stuart Pearce, Mark Bosnich, Tony Adams and [...]
The Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said it was a real challenge to prepare his side for the 1-1 draw at Manchester City due to the International break with so many players abroad, whilst City boss [...]
We build up to today's huge talkSPORT Commentary of Manchester City versus Liverpool.Klopp reveals his new positive outlook on early kickoffs, and Pep Guardiola bites back at those who are eager to [...]
Ahead of the huge game between Man City and Liverpool at the Etihad live on talkSPORT, Liverpool legend John Barnes joined H&J, and said midfielder Dominik Szboszlai reminded him of Steven [...]
Stuart Broad announced his decision to retire following the 2023 Ashes.Today's Simon Jack speaks to the England bowling ace about his new book 'Broadly Speaking', which takes a look inside his [...]
The daughter of Yocheved Lifschitz, one of the hostages freed last night, has visited her mother in hospital in Israel and has told Today she "seems OK". In an interview with Today presenter Mishal [...]
Emma Raducanu burst onto the world stage back in 2021 when she went from being an almost unknown 18 year old tennis player to winning the US Open. She became the first British woman to secure a Grand [...]
Judgements made in the family courts can affect families forever, including placing children in care or for adoption. After decades of calls for greater scrutiny of the family courts, at the end of [...]
In the summer of 2014, Bernard Jordan made global headlines. He had staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen [...]
Times #Radio brings you the latest breaking #news, expert analysis and well-informed discussion on the biggest stories of the day, delivered with warmth, expertise and balance. #video
Most of the dozens of hostages freed under the deal with Hamas have remained in hospitals since their release as they begin the process of adjusting to the lives they led before they were taken.
The #history#podcast for people who don't like history... and those who do. Greg Jenner brings together the best names in #comedy and history to learn and laugh about the past.
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In her new series for BBC Radio 4, Mary Beard reveals some of the real people from the Roman Empire - from a slave to an emperor. Beneath the starched togas and the pungent fug of gladiator sweat [...]
In this episode, recorded live at the Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot, Greg Jenner is joined by Professor Farah Karim-Cooper and comedian Richard Herring to learn all about the life, legend [...]
In this episode, recorded live at the Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot, Greg Jenner is joined by Professor Farah Karim-Cooper and comedian Richard Herring to learn all about the life, legend [...]
In this special Halloween episode, Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Michael Carter and actor Mathew Baynton to learn all about ghost stories in the European Middle Ages. From the 12th century onwards, [...]
Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Vanessa Heggie and comedian Darren Harriott to learn about the bodybuilding boom of the 19th and 20th centuries.The latter part of the 19th century saw the beginning of a [...]
Leading artists, writers, thinkers discuss the #ideas shaping our lives & links between past & present and new academic research #podcast #radio #science
The perfect childhood and the failure of utopian experiments in living in Edwardian England were explored by AS Byatt in her 2009 novel The Children's Book. In this conversation with Matthew Sweet [...]
Re-invention and moral struggles are at the heart of the story of post-war Germany traced by Frank Trentmann in his new book Out of the Darkness. Anne McElvoy talks to him, to Thomas Meaney the new [...]
Caribbean migrants striving to make their lives in London are the focus of this 1956 novel by Samuel Selvon. Written in creolized English, it established him as an important Caribbean voice. In an [...]
Over 200 women sculptors have been uncovered in the research of Sophie Johnson from Bristol University. She describes some of their creations and discusses the challenges of working with the [...]
A miserable child and a summer festival are at the heart of the short work of philosophical fiction first published by Ursula Le Guin in 1973. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas was sparked by [...]
