The Smart Cookies podcast

Arts & Culture Podcasts

Deep-dive conversations with the world's leading minds. European host Zaza looks beyond the mainstream to explore history, technology, philosophy, psychology, and science.

Episodes

The Fascinating Story Of Our Mysterious Relatives, The Denisovans, With Prof. Bence Viola

The Era Of Climate Change Is Here - And This Is Our Only Way Out. With Prof. Bill McKibben

Asylums, Lobotomies and ECTs - The Horrifying History of Mental Illness “Cures.” With Prof. Andrew Scull

Hitler Dismantled Democracy In Just 8 Weeks - Here's How... With Prof. Timothy Ryback

Our Food Systems Are Unstable - It's About To Get Worse. With Prof. Tim Benton

"AI Will Be The Last Mistake Humanity Ever Makes..." With Prof. David Krueger

Staying Healthy In The Age Of The Obesity Epidemic. With Dr. Stephan Guyenet

The Future Is Chinese - Here's Why. With Prof. Steve Keen

Are We Losing the Climate Change Fight? With Prof. Michael Mann

Why AI Won't Replace Workers, But Will Crash The Economy. With Cory Doctorow

What The Japanese Thought Of The First Westerners... And Vice Versa. With dr. Christopher Harding

What Were The Crusades Like From The Muslim Side? With Prof. Nicholas Morton

The Wild Lives of Nigerian Romance Scammers | Carlos Barragan

"A BROKEN war veteran, coming home." The real meaning of The ODYSSEY, with Prof. Peter Meineck

The horrific life of SLAVES in Ancient Rome. With Dr. Emma Southon

The Summer of FIRE and BLOOD: The Peasant's Revolt that Almost SHATTERED Feudal Europe. With Prof. Lyndal Roper

From Bauhaus to Buchenwald - the NAZI takeover of Weimar. With Katja Hoyer

Why did this 600-year European EMPIRE suddenly fall apart? With Prof. Pieter Judson

What did the Ancient Greeks REALLY THINK about race, sexuality, slavery and religion? With Prof. Tony Spawforth

Nazi truth serum, the MKUltra plot and feeding LSD to your mom. With Norman Ohler