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Jonathan Anomaly: Genetic Enhancement is the Future | #72 (opens the original)
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Best mates Ollie and Lukas sit down with Jonathan Anomaly, an advocate for genetic modification of embryos to make the human race smarter, taller, stronger, healthier, better-looking even. Lukas and Ollie get into the nitty-gritty of this bio-ethical question with him, arguing that it can lead to some big political and ethical problems down the line, that it might even look something like eugenics. Ultimately, it’s up to you to decide your view. What do you think? Is technology going too far? Le
Hamid Ismailov: How Literature Can Overthrow a Regime | #71 (opens the original)
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Best mates Ollie and Lukas sit down with renowned Uzbek novelist, poet and journalist Hamid Ismailov to explore language, censorship, exile and the future of literature. From BookTok to Beckett, political propaganda to AI-generated fiction, we ask how stories shape our thinking—and what happens when writers break the rules. Hamid shares why he was forced to leave Uzbekistan, how literature challenges authoritarianism, and why he remains hopeful about the future of books. His parting advice? “You
Carl Jung's Shadow: How to Become Who You Are | #70 (opens the original)
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In this episode, best mates Ollie and Lukas sit down to discuss all things Carl Jung and psychoanalysis. We begin by talking about the Jungian shadow, the repository of our subconscious where we dump all those things we don’t like about ourselves, or don’t identify with: our anger, our shame, whatever it might be. The shadow is hard to recognise, precisely because we repress it into our subconscious. Not being aware of this, though, can lead to shadow projection: to imagining that the traits we
Ilan Pappé: This is Why I Gave Up On My Country | #69 (opens the original)
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Best mates Ollie and Lukas sit down with renowned Israeli Historian of the 'New School', Ilan Pappé. In this episode, we pull out the nuances in discussions about the two-state solution, the use of language, the genocide, colonisation, and the future. We begin with an in-depth discussion about how discourse shapes the way we view an issue: should the situation be described as a conflict, a genocide, a war, or something else? The discussion turns around how we can balance the priorities of intern
We Interviewed a Childcare Worker | In Plain Sight #1 (opens the original)
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Ollie and Lukas sit down with social care worker Catherine. They discuss the importance of childcare, how the NHS and national systems are failing children, and where parents go wrong. Catherine shares her personal story of IVF and finding her way to social care.This episode is the first in our new series, In Plain Sight. In this series, Ollie and Lukas get the perspectives of people who do really important work, but whose contributions and points of view aren't heard enough. These essential wor
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