In Depth, Out Loud

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Sinopsis

A selection of long form stories written by academic experts for The Conversation UK and read out loud for your listening pleasure.

Episodios

  • How transhumanism’s faithful follow it blindly into a future for the elite – podcast

    02/05/2018 Duración: 22min

    This is the audio version of an in depth article from The Conversation, which explores the ethics of transhumanism.

  • Antisemitism: how the origins of history’s oldest hatred still hold sway today – podcast

    19/04/2018 Duración: 20min

    The audio version of an in depth article from The Conversation, which explores how antisemitism today is carved from and sustained by powerful precedents and inherited stereotypes.

  • The story of the Novichok nerve agents – podcast

    20/03/2018 Duración: 19min

    An audio version of an in depth article on the story of how the nerve agent used in an attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal was developed.

  • The heartbreaking story of the flying mathematicians of World War I – podcast

    08/03/2018 Duración: 16min

    The audio version of a long read on the daring mathematicians who took to the skies to help make early air travel safer.

  • Africa’s missing Ebola outbreaks – podcast

    21/02/2018 Duración: 18min

    The audio version of a long read on the historical mistakes and cover ups that hampered the response to the devastating Ebola outbreak of 2014.

  • Why life expectancy in Britain has fallen so much that a million years of life could disappear by 2058 – podcast

    07/02/2018 Duración: 20min

    The audio version of a long read on stalling life expectancy in the UK.

  • The IQ test wars: why screening for intelligence is still so controversial – podcast

    24/01/2018 Duración: 14min

    Since its invention, the IQ test has generated strong arguments in support of – and against – its use.

  • How slimming became an obsession with women in post-war Britain – podcast

    10/01/2018 Duración: 17min

    The latest episode of The Conversation's In Depth, Out Loud podcast, an audio version of selected long-form stories.

  • Buggery, bribery and a committee: the story of how gay sex was decriminalised in Britain – podcast

    20/12/2017 Duración: 16min

    Listen to the fascinating in-depth story of the decriminalisation of gay sex in Britain.

  • Twenty years on from Deep Blue vs Kasparov: how a chess match started the big data revolution – podcast

    06/12/2017 Duración: 18min

    The latest episode of The Conversation's In Depth, Out Loud podcast, in which we read out a selection of long form stories.

  • A visit to Pyongyang: the Kim dynasty’s homage to Stalinism – podcast

    22/11/2017 Duración: 14min

    In this first episode of In Depth, Out Loud: an audio version of long form stories, a look at the cult of the Kim family.

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