Dip into our archive of recordings from past events and listen at your own leisure. Whether you’re tuning in for the first time or revisiting an event you attended, we’re sure you’ll find something here that will engage, enlighten, and entertain you.
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CRICK: A MIND IN MOTION
In his new book Crick: A Mind in Motion historian of science,Matthew Cobb, offers a candid, warts-and-all portrait of a brilliant, driven, and often contrarian thinker. Cobb joins neuroscientist Anil Seth to explore Crick’s ideas, ambitions, and enduring influence on how we think about life and mind.
Recorded live at The Nightingale Room, Brighton, 26th January, 2026.
LOST BOYS
James Bloodworth discusses his new book, Lost Boys, with Prof. Richard De Visser, and asks why so many men are susceptible to the sinister beliefs these groups promote and what can we do about their pernicious encroachment upon our social and political spheres?
Recorded live at The Nightingale Room, Brighton, 9th Sept, 2025.
THE GENIUS MYTH
Helen Lewis discusses her new book, The Genius Myth, with Rafael Behr and unravels a word that we all use — without really questioning what it means. She asks if the modern idea of genius — a class of special people — is distorting our view of the world.
Recorded live at The Tusk Room, Brighton, 3rd Sept, 2025.
THE ATOMIC HUMAN
Fears of AI not only concern how it invades our digital lives, but also the implied threat of an intelligence that displaces us from our position at the centre of the world. Neil D. Lawrence discusses his new book. The Atomic Human, with Ron Chrisley, and contrasts our own intelligence with the capabilities of machine intelligence, revealing the technical origins, capabilities and limitations of AI systems.
Recorded live at The Nightingale Room, Brighton, 23rd July, 2025.
HOPE NOT HATE
Joe Mulhall, Director of Research at Hope not Hate, discusses his extensive experience investigating extremist groups across Europe and the U.S., with Suraj Lakhani.
Recorded live at The Nightingale Room, Brighton, 30th June, 2025.
GIRL ON GIRL
In her new book, Girl on Girl, Sophie Gilbert points out that despite decades of progress, the feminist movement feels more fragile than ever, and argues that we cannot move forward without fully reckoning with the ways pop culture has defined women and shaped their relationships with themselves.
Recorded live at The Nightingale Room, Brighton, 19th June, 2025.
THE WAR ACCORDING TO RUSSIA
Leading scholars Jeremy Morris and Ilya Yablokov explore the narratives shaping Russian public opinion, the role of state propaganda, and the broader implications for Russian society and global geopolitics.
Recorded live at The Nightingale Room, Brighton, 2nd June, 2025.
EVE
Cat Bohannon she discusses her bestselling book, Eve, with Sally Howard, which examines the past 200 million years to explain the specific science behind the development of the female sex.
Recorded live at The Nightingale Room, Brighton, 26th May, 2025.
THE LOST GIRLS OF AUTISM
Renowned brain scientist,Gina Rippon, delves into the emerging science of female autism, with Sophie Longley, and asks why it has been systematically ignored for so long.
Recorded live at The Nightingale Room, Brighton,13th May, 2025.
MEMORY LANE
Join Ciara Greene, as she discusses her new book Memory Lane, with Sam Berens, and she explains why our flawed memories are not a failure of evolution but rather a byproduct of the perfectly imperfect way our minds have evolved to solve problems.
Recorded live at The Nightingale Room, Brighton,16th April, 2025.
FREE AGENTS
Two of the leading minds in the world of neuroscience, Kevin J. Mitchell and Anil Seth, explore one of the most profound questions in philosophy and science: Is there such a thing as free will?
Recorded live at The Nightingale Room, Brighton, 1st April, 2025.
CTRL, HATE, DELETE
Cécile Simmons and Hannah Martin take a deep dive into how a collection of misogynists and their allies have turned male supremacist ideology from a niche set of beliefs into a mainstream movement.
Recorded live at The Nightingale Room, Brighton, 26th March, 2025.
THE VAGINA BUSINESS
Marina Gerner explores the future of women's health, and shines a light on innovation that matters with Sally Howard.
Recorded live at The Nightingale Room, Brighton, 20th Jan, 2025.
WHY IS THIS LYING BASTARD LYING TO ME?
Rob Burley discusses his book ‘Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?’, a deliciously irreverent insider’s account of a career spent trying to get straight answers from politicians, with Salma Shah.
Recorded live at The Nightingale Room, Brighton, 9th Dec, 2024.
AMONG THE TROLLS
Join Marianna Spring, one of the most trolled BBC journalists, as she discusses her new book, ‘AMONG THE TROLLS: My Journey Through Conspiracyland’, with conspiracy theory expert Karen Douglas.
Recorded live at the Brighthelm Centre, Brighton, 25th Sept 2024.
VULTURE CAPITALISM
Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom - Everything you know about capitalism is wrong!
Grace Blakeley discusses her new book, ‘Vulture Capitalism’, with Green Party MP Siân Berry.
Recorded live at the Brighthelm Centre, Brighton, 11th Sept 2024.
BOTH NOT HALF
Jassa Ahluwalia, born to a white English mum and a brown Punjabi dad, discusses his new book, ‘BOTH NOT HALF: A Radical New Approach to Mixed Heritage Identity’, with Rajini Vaidyanathan.
Recorded live at The Nightingale Room, Brighton, 4th Sept, 2024.
THE BALANCED BRAIN
Join Cambridge neuroscientist Camilla Nord in conversation with Prof. Hugo Critchley as she explores her new book, The Balanced Brain: The Science of Mental Health. Challenging simple narratives, Camilla reframes mental health as an intricate, self-regulating process—deeply individual and shaped by many factors—opening up new ways of thinking about recovery and resilience.
Recorded live at The Nightingale Room, Brighton, 21st August, 2024.
THE WEIGHT OF NATURE
Award-winning journalist and neuroscientist, Clayton Page Aldern, discusses his new book with Dr Charlotte Rae, and argues that the warming climate may not just be affecting our planet, but could be changing our minds, brains and bodies, too.
Recorded live at The Nightingale Room, Brighton, 22nd April 2024