In Depth, Out Loud

History Podcasts

Welcome to In Depth Out Loud, a selection of long form stories written by academic experts for The Conversation in the UK. Each episode brings you the audio version of a different story across a wide range of subjects, from science, to politics,...

Episodes

The inside story of the CIA v Russia

The 12 best ways to get cars out of cities

How the future of shopping was shaped by its past

The discovery of insulin: a story of monstrous egos and toxic rivalries

Climate crisis: how science fiction can inspire humanity’s response

Wireheading: the AI version of drug addiction, and why experts are worried about it

Why there aren’t enough trees to offset society’s carbon emissions – and there never will be

How a Soviet miner from the 1930s helped create today’s intense corporate workplace culture

Why the concept of net zero is a dangerous trap

Durex condoms: how their teenage immigrant inventor was forgotten by history

Two doctors on the frontline of Liverpool's second wave

Charles Dickens: the truth about his death and burial

Lockdown lessons from the history of solitude

What will the world be like after coronavirus? Four possible futures

How to model a pandemic

Ritalin: a biography

How a Frenchman born 150 years ago inspired the extreme nationalism behind Brexit and Donald Trump

Infertility through the ages, and how IVF helped change the way we think about it – podcast

Decolonise science: time to end another imperial era – podcast

How the humble potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism – podcast