CLASSIC: The Rise of the Chimera

Throughout history, war has continually resulted in hostages -- these could be soldiers, spies, or civilians. And, even in the heat of conflict, opposing forces will often agree to exchange prisoners through various agreements. On paper, it sounds downright civilized. However, as ...  Show more

For many, the story began with the receipt of a mysterious card, which led them to a nondescript address in San Francisco. From there, new members of the Latitude Society found themselves living through a complex, enigmatic adventure in a secret society somewhere between a philos ...  Show more

Open to a new understanding of what has happened with humans over the millions of years we've been around? In this episode, we discuss all of the evidence of advanced civilizations, and that the story of humanity may be very different then we have been told! You can find Phill ...  Show more

Myths. We tend to think they’re a thing of the past, fabrications that early humans needed to believe in because their understanding of the world was so meagre. But what if modern civilisation were itself based on a set of myths? This is the big question posed by Professor Yuval ...  Show more

“It seems, just now,/ To be happening so very fast.” So wrote Philip Larkin in 1972 of the loss of the English countryside. Fifty years later, we might say the same thing of the whole world – not only in terms of environmental crisis but of technological progress, with artifici ...  Show more

<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Stories can unify or divide but our ability to imagine them is uniquely human. Cooperation and trust, built through shared stories and narratives, are the foundation of human societies and economies. So what happens when humans ...