Dip into our archive of recordings from previous 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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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 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.
