In Depth, Out Loud

In Depth, Out Loud


Latest Episodes

The inside story of the CIA v Russia
December 09, 2022

What history tells us about the CIA's influence today

The 12 best ways to get cars out of cities
June 22, 2022

How to reduce car use in cities according to research.

How the future of shopping was shaped by its past
April 01, 2022

How the pandemic changed the way we shop with many new initiatives actually reinventing old ways of doing things.

The discovery of insulin: a story of monstrous egos and toxic rivalries
January 14, 2022

Meet the feuding scientists who battled for credit over the discovery of insulin.

Climate crisis: how science fiction can inspire humanity’s response
October 08, 2021

We urgently need more of this imaginative impulse.

Wireheading: the AI version of drug addiction, and why experts are worried about it
October 01, 2021

The audio version of an in-depth article on why experts are worried about AIs becoming addicts.

Why there aren’t enough trees to offset society’s carbon emissions – and there never will be
August 10, 2021

Trees can't save us from climate change but society will always depend on forests

How a Soviet miner from the 1930s helped create today’s intense corporate workplace culture
June 30, 2021

Alexei Stakhanov embodied a system of values that is central to contemporary work cultures today.

Why the concept of net zero is a dangerous trap
May 10, 2021

The idea of net zero has licensed a recklessly cavalier burn now, pay later approach.