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Revenge of the Librarians
A great talk with cartoonist and illustrator Tom Gauld about humour and life, books, and the challenges and rewards of his superpower as a visual…
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November 2022

The Modern Bestiary
A conversation with zoologist Joanna Bagniewska, author of The Modern Bestiary, a love letter to the wonderful weirdness of animals and one of the best…
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Joanna Bagniewska: The Modern Bestiary
A conversation with zoologist Joanna Bagniewska, author of The Modern Bestiary, one of the best nature titles of the year, a love letter to the…
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Adam Higginbotham - "Midnight in Chernobyl"
The human stories of the worst nuclear accident in history.
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Geoffrey Cain - "The Perfect Police State"
An interview with reporter Geoffrey Cain, author of The Perfect Police State, an essential read on the Uyghur genocide, the tech dystopia in China, and…
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"The Only Plane in the Sky"
An interview with historian Garrett M. Graff about his spectacular oral history of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the importance of understanding the…
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Jim Baggott - „Origins: The Scientific Story of Creation"
"For me, the most important scientific skill is to be always somewhat skeptical. 'Okay, let me just see the evidence for that. How did you get that? Why…
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"Samsung Rising"
A conversation with Geoffrey Cain on the history and future of the South Korean tech giant.
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March 2022

Best photo albums of 2021
Incredible visual stories, from stormy oceans and volcanoes to flying birds and whales.
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'We are Bellingcat'
An extended interview with Eliot Higgins, founder of Bellingcat project, about his book, the importance of open-source investigations and media literacy…
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October 2020

REV Ocean, the scientific ‘aircraft carrier’ for deep sea exploration
An interview with biologist Alex Rogers on ocean exploration and the future quest for knowledge with the biggest research superyacht in the world.
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Dutch astronaut André Kuipers
“People ask me if I was scared in space. Well, I was, but not for myself. I was scared for the planet.”
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