Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597, making us London's oldest higher education institution. This podcast offers our recorded lectures that are free to access from the Gresham College website, or our YouTube channel.
Bridget: Goddess and Saint - Professor Ronald Hutton
49 mins; April 03, 2026
Oligarchs and Their Discontents - Melissa Lane
36 mins; March 31, 2026
Why Do We Hate? - Robin May
45 mins; March 27, 2026
Born Supremacy – AI as a Pale Shadow of Real Humanity - Professor Matt Jones
45 mins; March 24, 2026
That's Not Funny: The Ethics of Satire - Judith Hawley
50 mins; March 20, 2026
Work, Out of Reach - Daniel Susskind
49 mins; March 17, 2026
Gresham College Podcast with Antony Penrose
37 mins; March 14, 2026
Lee Miller: Why Her Photography Still Matters Today - Antony Penrose
56 mins; March 13, 2026
Music of Earth and Space - Professor Milton Mermikides
54 mins; March 10, 2026
How Women Made the Global Economy - Dr Victoria Bateman
52 mins; March 06, 2026
Climate Risk and Insurance - Raghavendra Rau
59 mins; March 03, 2026
The Price of Pixels: Unmasking the Environmental Impact of Our Digital Lives - Ian Mudway
57 mins; February 27, 2026
Peacebuilding through the visual Arts - Jolyon Mitchell
41 mins; February 24, 2026
The Shape of Shells: She Sells Self-Similar Spiral Seashells on the Seashore - Professor Alain Goriely
52 mins; February 20, 2026
Pictures from Afghanistan: Are we making the same mistakes? - Clive Stafford Smith
44 mins; February 17, 2026
Death Investigation: What Do Coroners Do? - Peter Thornton
47 mins; February 13, 2026
Alien Earths: What Makes Us Special? - Professor Chris Lintott
45 mins; February 10, 2026
Will You Be AI’s Pet? - Matt Jones
46 mins; February 06, 2026
An Ocean of Air - Helen Czerski
56 mins; February 03, 2026
Mithras: Master of Mystery - Ronald Hutton
45 mins; January 30, 2026
Why Do We Grieve? - Robin May
46 mins; January 27, 2026
Constable's "The Cornfield": A Bicentenary Harvesting - Professor Malcolm Andrews
49 mins; January 23, 2026
Music of Light and Colour - Milton Mermikides
48 mins; January 20, 2026
Economics and Artificial Intelligence - Daniel Susskind
51 mins; January 16, 2026
Donald Trump and the Death Penalty - Clive Stafford Smith
40 mins; January 06, 2026
From Mars with Love: Postcards from 50 Years of Exploring The Red Planet - Chris Lintott
60 hours 16 mins; January 05, 2026
Life, Death and Judgement in the Art and Times of Hieronymus Bosch (d. 1516) - Sophie Oosterwijk
45 mins; December 30, 2025
Hecate: Mistress of Magic - Ronald Hutton
43 mins; December 26, 2025
Where Is China Heading under Xi Jinping? - Steve Tsang
43 mins; December 23, 2025
The Later Years: Organisation, Independence and Peace of Mind - Sir Peter Thornton KC
35 mins; December 19, 2025
Why Do We Laugh? - Robin May
38 mins; December 16, 2025
The Shape of Plants: Why Plants Love Mathematics and Mathematicians Love Plants - Alain Goriely
55 mins; December 15, 2025
Becoming AI – Your Journey to Assimilation? - Matt Jones
56 mins; December 09, 2025
Limitarianism and Capitalism - Ingrid Robeyns
50 mins; December 05, 2025
Do Not Resuscitate Forms - Who’d Have One? - Mark Taubert
50 mins; December 02, 2025
The Great God Pan: Lord of the Wild - Ronald Hutton
44 mins; November 28, 2025
Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother - Lord Daniel Finkelstein
45 mins; November 25, 2025
China’s Economic Prospects on the Cusp - George Magnus
53 mins; November 21, 2025
Ocean: The Liquid Engine That Dominates Our Planet
54 mins; November 18, 2025
Music of Animals - Milton Mermikides
51 mins; November 14, 2025
The Economics of Work and Technology - Daniel Susskind
52 mins; November 11, 2025
Whither War; Whither the Law of War - Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice KC
61 hours 9 mins; November 07, 2025
From Tyranny to Athenian Democracy - Melissa Lane
49 mins; November 04, 2025
China and Chineseness: Lessons from the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan - Steve Tsang
45 mins; October 31, 2025
War's Toxic Legacy - Ian Mudway
59 mins; October 28, 2025
How Does Mathematics Last? Heritage and Heritage-making in Mathematics - Caroline Ehrhardt
46 mins; October 24, 2025
Evoking Empathy through Animal Portraiture
47 mins; October 21, 2025
Why Do We Fear? - Robin May
45 mins; October 17, 2025
Hitler, Jesus & How to Win a Culture War - Alec Ryrie
45 mins; October 14, 2025
How It Ends: What We Know about the Fate of the Universe - Chris Lintott
49 mins; October 10, 2025
AI Will Be Your Overlord: Faster, Brighter, Better Than You?
