AKC Podcast

S14 E09: London's Future in a Changing Europe 30.03.2026 42:06 ↓

Anand Menon discusses the legacy of the Brexit vote and the UK's political future

S14 E08: South London as a Centre of Medical Innovation 23.03.2026 39:58 ↓

Simon Howell discusses South London's history and legacy as a centre of medical advancement

S14 E07: The London Problem 16.03.2026 43:56 ↓

Dr Jack Brown discusses national and international perspectives on London

S14 E06: Fashion in London 09.03.2026 46:40 ↓

Agnes Rocamora examines London fashion past and present

S14 E05: Shakespeare’s London 23.02.2026 33:03 ↓

Lucy Munro discusses London's role in the works of Shakespeare

S14 E04: Jellied Eels, Curry and Congee: East End Dinners and Multicultural Drift 16.02.2026 41:34 ↓

Alex Rhys-Taylor discusses the food history - and present - of London's East End

S14 E03: London’s Housing Futures: Gentrification, Race and the Death of the Council Estate 09.02.2026 40:34 ↓

Phil Hubbard discusses London's housing crisis

S14 E02: Windrush and the Black Cultural Archives 02.02.2026 50:02 ↓

Dr Ayshah Johnston introduces the Black Cultural Archives, its history, and its relationship with Windrush

S14 E01: A London Microcosm? Spitalfields, from Huguenots to Hipsters 26.01.2026 43:58 ↓

Daniel Nilsson-DeHanas makes a welcome return to the AKC to introduce the London Unfolding series and speak about the cultural history of Spitalfields

S13 E09: Re-thinking the Purpose of Thinking 15.12.2025 33:28 ↓

King-Ho Leung asks: why do we think?

S13 E08: Re-thinking Mind and Body 08.12.2025 37:04 ↓

Dr Karen O'Brien-Kop discusses the mind/body relationship from an ontological perspective

S13 E07: Re-thinking our smartphone usage 30.11.2025 39:28 ↓

Professor Ben Carter and Dr Nicola Kalk outline the latest research on smartphone usage and mental health

S13 E06: Re-thinking Brain Development 24.11.2025 38:40 ↓

Dr Stacey Bedwell discusses the 5 stages of neurological development

S13 E05: Re-thinking Human Learning in the Age of AI 17.11.2025 38:30 ↓

Martin Compton discusses AI in the context of higher education

S13 E04: Rethinking Gut and Brain Health 03.11.2025 38:19 ↓

Professor Tim Spector discusses how diet and the gut microbiome affect our health

S13 E02: Re-thinking our ocean origins 20.10.2025 38:50 ↓

Rachel Mills discusses our ocean origins and historic and current practices in oceanography

S13 E01: Why re-think thinking? 13.10.2025 34:35 ↓

Edward David, Director of the AKC, introduces this semester's lecture series 'Re-thinking thinking'

S12 E09: Grammars of Animacy: Geographies of Care 25.03.2025 43:49 ↓

S12 E09: Grammars of Animacy: Geographies of Care by AKC @ King's College London

S03 E07: Against 'Mental Health' 17.03.2025 46:28 ↓

Professor Nikolas Rose presents a case against 'mental health' and medicalisation

S12 E08: Love, Relationship and Existential Culture 17.03.2025 44:35 ↓

S12 E08: Love, Relationship and Existential Culture by AKC @ King's College London

S12 E07: Last Love: Lessons from Care at the End of Life 10.03.2025 40:37 ↓

S12 E07: Last Love: Lessons from Care at the End of Life by AKC @ King's College London

S12 E06: Who Controls the Narrative of Lived Experience in High Control Communities? 28.02.2025 33:59 ↓

S12 E06: Who Controls the Narrative of Lived Experience in High Control Communities? by AKC @ King's College London

S12 E05: Impossible Subjects? Autistic People’s Belonging in Religious Groups 10.02.2025 43:47 ↓

Dr Krysia Waldock explores neurodiversity in religious contexts

S12 E04: On Love, Non-attachment and Liberation 03.02.2025 33:08 ↓

Guilaine Kinouani, Founder of Race Reflections & Author, Scholar and Activist, reflects on non-attachment with reference to Freud, bell hooks, and her own lived experience

S12 E03: Vulnerability and Control: Smartphones and Queer Men's Cultures of Intimacy 27.01.2025 42:01 ↓

Dr Jamie Hakim discusses the role of smartphones in queer men's relationships