Gresham College Lectures
Science

Gresham College Lectures

by Gresham College

Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597, making us London's oldest higher education institution. This podcast offers our recorded lectures that are free to access from the Gresham College website, or our YouTube channel.

106 episodes
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1
Bridget: Goddess and Saint - Professor Ronald Hutton
49:11 Apr 3, 2026
2
Oligarchs and Their Discontents - Melissa Lane
36:42 Mar 31, 2026
3
Why Do We Hate? - Robin May
45:46 Mar 27, 2026
4
Born Supremacy – AI as a Pale Shadow of Real Humanity - Professor Matt Jones
45:28 Mar 24, 2026
5
That's Not Funny: The Ethics of Satire - Judith Hawley
50:09 Mar 20, 2026
6
Work, Out of Reach - Daniel Susskind
49:44 Mar 17, 2026
7
Gresham College Podcast with Antony Penrose
37:40 Mar 14, 2026
8
Lee Miller: Why Her Photography Still Matters Today - Antony Penrose
56:24 Mar 13, 2026
9
Music of Earth and Space - Professor Milton Mermikides
54:08 Mar 10, 2026
10
How Women Made the Global Economy - Dr Victoria Bateman
52:05 Mar 6, 2026
11
Climate Risk and Insurance - Raghavendra Rau
59:49 Mar 3, 2026
12
The Price of Pixels: Unmasking the Environmental Impact of Our Digital Lives - Ian Mudway
57:44 Feb 27, 2026
13
Peacebuilding through the visual Arts - Jolyon Mitchell
41:10 Feb 24, 2026
14
The Shape of Shells: She Sells Self-Similar Spiral Seashells on the Seashore - Professor Alain Goriely
52:18 Feb 20, 2026
15
Pictures from Afghanistan: Are we making the same mistakes? - Clive Stafford Smith
44:23 Feb 17, 2026
16
Death Investigation: What Do Coroners Do? - Peter Thornton
47:01 Feb 13, 2026
17
Alien Earths: What Makes Us Special? - Professor Chris Lintott
45:41 Feb 10, 2026
18
Will You Be AI’s Pet? - Matt Jones
46:25 Feb 6, 2026
19
An Ocean of Air - Helen Czerski
56:54 Feb 3, 2026
20
Mithras: Master of Mystery - Ronald Hutton
45:53 Jan 30, 2026
21
Why Do We Grieve? - Robin May
46:31 Jan 27, 2026
22
Constable's "The Cornfield": A Bicentenary Harvesting - Professor Malcolm Andrews
49:07 Jan 23, 2026
23
Music of Light and Colour - Milton Mermikides
48:49 Jan 20, 2026
24
Economics and Artificial Intelligence - Daniel Susskind
51:18 Jan 16, 2026
25
Donald Trump and the Death Penalty - Clive Stafford Smith
40:08 Jan 6, 2026
26
From Mars with Love: Postcards from 50 Years of Exploring The Red Planet - Chris Lintott
1:00:16 Jan 5, 2026
27
Life, Death and Judgement in the Art and Times of Hieronymus Bosch (d. 1516) - Sophie Oosterwijk
45:58 Dec 30, 2025
28
Hecate: Mistress of Magic - Ronald Hutton
43:56 Dec 26, 2025
29
Where Is China Heading under Xi Jinping? - Steve Tsang
43:47 Dec 23, 2025
30
The Later Years: Organisation, Independence and Peace of Mind - Sir Peter Thornton KC
35:46 Dec 19, 2025
31
Why Do We Laugh? - Robin May
38:12 Dec 16, 2025
32
The Shape of Plants: Why Plants Love Mathematics and Mathematicians Love Plants - Alain Goriely
55:24 Dec 15, 2025
33
Becoming AI – Your Journey to Assimilation? - Matt Jones
56:53 Dec 9, 2025
34
Limitarianism and Capitalism - Ingrid Robeyns
50:19 Dec 5, 2025
35
Do Not Resuscitate Forms - Who’d Have One? - Mark Taubert
50:04 Dec 2, 2025
36
The Great God Pan: Lord of the Wild - Ronald Hutton
44:54 Nov 28, 2025
37
Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother - Lord Daniel Finkelstein
45:51 Nov 25, 2025
38
China’s Economic Prospects on the Cusp - George Magnus
53:18 Nov 21, 2025
39
Ocean: The Liquid Engine That Dominates Our Planet
54:23 Nov 18, 2025
40
Music of Animals - Milton Mermikides
51:33 Nov 14, 2025
41
The Economics of Work and Technology - Daniel Susskind
52:37 Nov 11, 2025
42
Whither War; Whither the Law of War - Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice KC
1:01:09 Nov 7, 2025
43
From Tyranny to Athenian Democracy - Melissa Lane
49:38 Nov 4, 2025
44
China and Chineseness: Lessons from the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan - Steve Tsang
45:23 Oct 31, 2025
45
War's Toxic Legacy - Ian Mudway
59:05 Oct 28, 2025
46
How Does Mathematics Last? Heritage and Heritage-making in Mathematics - Caroline Ehrhardt
46:25 Oct 24, 2025
47
Evoking Empathy through Animal Portraiture
47:11 Oct 21, 2025
48
Why Do We Fear? - Robin May
45:14 Oct 17, 2025
49
Hitler, Jesus & How to Win a Culture War - Alec Ryrie
45:51 Oct 14, 2025
50
How It Ends: What We Know about the Fate of the Universe - Chris Lintott
49:41 Oct 10, 2025
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