Andrew Copson chats with geneticist and author of How to Argue With a Racist Adam Rutherford about the motivations behind a career spent challenging false claims from religion and pseudoscience. From unshackling ourselves from the constraints of evolution, to charting the trajectory of our long history, it's a reflective discussion that emphasises our common humanity and capacity to build a better society.
EP 57 – Adam Kay on the values of the NHS, fundamental human equality, and the future of one of the UK’s most cherished institutions
EP 56 – Lynne Featherstone on liberalism, being the chief architect of the same-sex marriage act, and her deep aversion to conformity
EP 55 – Alom Shaha on becoming a humanist, the joy of teaching, and writing ’The Young Atheist’s Handbook’
EP 54 – Tommy Sheppard MP on republicanism, the anti-nuclear campaign, and why he’s not a nationalist
EP 53 – Samira Ahmed on the art of interviewing, equal pay at the BBC, and the ‘toxic’ nature of UK political discourse
EP 51 – Henry Marsh on being a neurosurgeon, living with advanced prostate cancer, and the arguments for assisted dying
EP 50 – Sandi Toksvig on bishops, Scandi convents, and masterminding a school rebellion
EP 49 – Susan Blackmore
EP 48 – Laura Lacole
EP 47 – Christer Sturmark
EP 46 – Nichola Raihani
EP 45 – S I Martin
EP 44 – Kate Pickett
EP 43 – Clive Lewis
EP 42 – Tim McGarry
EP 41 – A C Grayling
EP 40 – Angela Barnes
EP 39 – Frank Turner
EP 38 – Nigel Warburton
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