Indicast - All Podcast
1) Jason Burke on the extremists who hijacked the 1970s
Jason Burke has spent decades reporting from conflict zones around the world. In this episode he speaks about his latest book, "The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s"....Show More
2) Marc Dunkelman on Why Nothing Works
Marc J. Dunkelman is a political scientist and author of Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress and How to Bring It Back. Drawing on examples from infrastructure, public policy and everyday bureaucrac...Show More
3) Patrick McGee on Apple in China
Patrick McGee, the Financial Times San Francisco correspondent, covers Apple and the U.S. technology industry. His book, Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company is a brilliant read...Show More
4) Danny Bate: Stories behind the English letters we use every day
Danny Bate joins us to talk about the history of the English alphabet, letter by letter. From the ancient Egyptian origins of A to the comeback of K, Danny talks about how writing systems travelled ac...Show More
5) Stephen Witt on the cult of Nvidia and its charismatic founder, Jensen Huang
Few people have had more access to Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s charismatic founder, than Stephen Witt. In his book "The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip", Witt...Show More
Stephen Witt on the cult of Nvidia and its charismatic founder, Jensen Huang
38:24 | Jun 14th, 2025
6) Richard Overy on why humans go to war
Why do humans go to war? Is peace ever truly possible? In this podcast historian of the Second World War and expert on totalitarian regimes and military conflict joins us to talk about his latest book...Show More
7) Charlie English on the CIA's quietest operation
Charlie English is the author of "The CIA Book Club: The Best Kept Secret of the Cold War". In this episode he talks about a little-known chapter in Cold War history where the CIA smuggled banned book...Show More
8) Carl Zimmer breaks down what’s really in the air
Carl Zimmer, acclaimed science writer and author of "Airborne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe", joins the show to explore the unseen world within the air around us. He talks about what most...Show More
9) Beyond Silicon Valley: Ludwig Siegele on China’s quiet AI revolution
Ludwig Siegele, senior editor AI Initiatives at The Economist talks about how Chinese AI companies like DeepSeek and Alibaba are disrupting the status quo. They are building high-performing models at ...Show More
10) Clive Oppenheimer on volcanoes and a life at the crater's edge
Volcanologist, author and filmmaker Clive Oppenheimer's career has taken him to the edge. From dodging lava bombs at Stromboli to facing AK-47s in the Danakil Depression, Clive shares gripping stories...Show More