The Forum Podcast
The programme that explains the present by exploring the past.
Episodes to download
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The diary: A life page by page
Sat 24 Aug 2024
The centuries-old practice of keeping a personal journal
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The only way is up: A history of mountaineering
Sat 27 Jul 2024
Tracing our fascination with the high peaks
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The story of throwaway living
Sat 23 Dec 2023
How disposable and single-use items conquered the world
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What makes a good boss?
Sat 28 Oct 2023
An exploration of how we can get the best out of people in the workplace.
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The joy and sorrow of roads
Sat 23 Sep 2023
Dirt tracks to expressways: how roadbuilding changed the world
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A deep dive into deepfakes
Sat 27 May 2023
Misinformation spread by faked images is almost as old as film itself
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How the mobile phone changed everything
Sat 22 Apr 2023
Charting the seismic transformation of our lives caused by mobile communications
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Alexander the Great or not so great?
Thu 16 Mar 2023
One of the world’s most astonishing military leaders, but was he brilliant or brutal?
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Rituals: Our anchors in a changing world
Thu 9 Mar 2023
Why rituals and ceremonies enthral us and endure through the ages
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Tropicália: the movement that defied Brazil’s dictatorship
Thu 2 Mar 2023
The story of Brazil’s counter-cultural push of the late 1960s
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How the shipping container changed the world
Thu 23 Feb 2023
How standardising the humble shipping container revolutionised world trade
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Neanderthals: Meet the relatives
Thu 16 Feb 2023
Recent scientific breakthroughs have overturned received wisdom about our ancient cousins
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Cavalry and code-breaking: The Polish-Soviet war
Thu 9 Feb 2023
Little-known conflict that shaped Eastern Europe in the aftermath of the First World War
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How we work: Redesigning the office
Thu 2 Feb 2023
The concept of the office is being reimagined. What can we learn from its history?
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When money died: The world's worst inflation
Thu 26 Jan 2023
Hungary, 1946, where prices doubled every 15 hours
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The writer Rachel Carson who fought insecticide wars
Thu 19 Jan 2023
How Silent Spring, a book about DDT use, changed the way we think about the environment
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Why do we have a seven-day week?
Thu 12 Jan 2023
How this unnatural cycle came to organise our lives
Do you think political or business leaders need to be charismatic? Or do you prefer highly competent but somewhat stern people?
We’d love to hear your views on charm and charisma for a future Forum.
