In this March 2020 episode of You're Dead to Me, host Greg Jenner talks to historian Alex Hutchinson and British TV personality Richard Osman about how chocolate became one of the world's most popular sweets.

This canonical and enormously influential work examines entangled questions of sexuality and power, and the evolution of their fixed relationship throughout history.

This FutureLearn course explores how books were made, advertised, sold, and read in the early modern period and why they have changed the world.

In this February 2024 episode of The Blindboy Podcast, Birmingham-based historian Professor Carl Chinn discusses aspects of English working-class history and the importance of a shared understanding of history as a means of connection.

In this October 2021 episode of NFL explained, hosts Aditi Kinkhabwala and Mike Yam are joined by running back Austin Ekeler and COO of NFL International Damani Leech to discuss the past, present, and future of NFL international games.

This course, co-produced by Tel Aviv University and Yad Vashem, digs into the historical context of the Holocaust, Nazism, and its roots in ancient antisemitism.

This course, co-produced by Tel Aviv University and Yad Vashem, examines the factors that contributed to the systematic massacre of Jews during World War II and the early reactions of locals to the 'Final Solution'.

Based on scientific experiments, The Honest Truth About Dishonesty reveals our irrational motivations behind cheating, and how to lessen our conflict between wanting to get ahead, and being good people.

The Hot Zone is a terrifying true story of how the Ebola virus came to be, why it's so deadly and contagious, and how this all reveals our massive vulnerabilities and inefficiencies when it comes to fending off pandemics of any kind.

Sara Gay Forden investigates the 20th-century rise of Gucci as a luxury fashion brand, as well as the events that slowly fractured the notorious family behind it.

Author Greg Orme makes the case that we shouldn't view advancing artificial intelligence as a competitor, but instead differentiate ourselves by focusing on our distinctly human traits.

Loran Nordgren and David Schonthal take an in-depth look at why people reject good ideas, why groundbreaking innovations often go ignored, and how you can get people to take notice of and adopt your suggestions.

In this course, the University of Turin analyzes the human microbiome: its components, its functions, how we can use diet to sustain it, and the burgeoning field of psychobiotics.

Hosts Noam Hassenfeld and Brian Resnick question whether ice cream could be good for our health in this November 2023 episode of the Unexplainable podcast.

The Idea Factory explains how one company managed to spearhead innovation in the communications industry for almost 100 years, and produced a huge share of the technology that shapes our lives today.

Neuroscientist Dean Burnett gives a tongue-in-cheek overview of how, despite its immense sophistication, the brain often lets us down.

The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks unravels the story of a woman whose cells led to many medical breakthroughs, highlighting the exploitation endured by people of color in the scientific community.

The Immortality Key digs into the spiritual functions of psychedelics and how psychoactive substances might have inspired the founders of today's great religions.

Childhood maltreatment is a complex issue that can impact a child's brain, beliefs, behavior, and schooling.

In this August 2022 podcast episode of Now of Work, SmartRecruiters founder and CEO Jerome Ternynck shares the importance of planning ahead when hiring talent.

The Importance Of Being Little outlines the inefficiencies of preschools, identifies how brilliantly curious kids' minds are, and teaches ways to help them succeed by focusing more on principles like play and skill development.