Human Intelligence

BBC

In Human Intelligence, Naomi Alderman dissects the minds of brilliant thinkers from the past; examining the myriad ways in which humans think and realising that great minds don't, in fact, think alike.

Episodes

Perfectionists: Martha Graham

Perfectionists: Leonardo Da Vinci

Perfectionists: Al-Khwarizmi

Perfectionists: Simone Weil

Perfectionists: Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Exiles: Ishi

Exiles: Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz

Exiles: Ovid

Exiles: Marie Curie

Exiles: Karl Marx

Live from Hay Literary Festival 2025

Travellers: Aristotle

Travellers: Ida Pfeiffer

Travellers: Sir Patrick Manson

Travellers: Jean Rhys

Travellers: The Buddha

Manhattan Project: Albert Einstein

Manhattan Project: Lise Meitner

Manhattan Project: John von Neumann

Manhattan Project: Niels Bohr