In Depth, Out Loud

In Depth, Out Loud


Latest Episodes

Two doctors on the frontline of Liverpool's second wave
December 14, 2020

What it's been like fighting COVID-19 the second time around in Liverpool.

Charles Dickens: the truth about his death and burial
June 08, 2020

How two ambitious men put their own interests ahead of the great writer and his family in an act of institutionally-sanctioned bodysnatching.

Lockdown lessons from the history of solitude
May 20, 2020

The history of solitude has lessons for us in differentiating between being alone and feeling lonely.

What will the world be like after coronavirus? Four possible futures
April 29, 2020

We could use this crisis to rebuild, produce something better and more humane. But we may slide into something worse.

How to model a pandemic
April 03, 2020

An army of epidemiologists are predicting how coronavirus will spread, and how to beat it.

Ritalin: a biography
February 21, 2020

What does the future hold for the drug?

How a Frenchman born 150 years ago inspired the extreme nationalism behind Brexit and Donald Trump
February 04, 2020

A journey inside the ideology of the New Right.

Infertility through the ages, and how IVF helped change the way we think about it – podcast
July 25, 2018

An audio version of a long read article on the history of infertility, 40 years after the first baby was born via IVF. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Decolonise science: time to end another imperial era – podcast
June 27, 2018

This episode of the In Depth Out Loud podcast outlines the importance of finding a way to remove the inequalities promoted by modern science. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How the humble potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism – podcast
May 30, 2018

An audio version of an in depth article about the 18th century Enlightenment thinkers who promoted the potato as a way to build a healthy and productive society. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.