Welcome to The Podcast Reader, a new publication for the intellectually curious and those open to new ideas, featuring selected transcripts of the world’s best longform podcasts. From the overwhelming volume of podcast content, we’ve chosen the highlights for you. Longform podcasts are an important new media, but the excellent content they create is underappreciated. It’s easy to be distracted when listening to them. Interesting details can be missed, especially when episodes are long, and if you’re finding part of a conversation uninteresting, there are no practical ways to ‘skim’ the material. Our printed podcast transcripts make it easier to focus on key points and follow complex ideas
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ON READING • Two master podcast hosts discuss books
WALKING THE TIGHTROPE • Two female Prime Ministers discuss politics
ON INVESTING, MANAGEMENT AND THE CHANGING WORLD ORDER • What history has taught us
ON BOWLING ALONE AND LIVING TOGETHER • Understanding social capital
ON THE OCEANS, THE PLANET, AND THE PEOPLE • No ocean, no life
MEASURING WORLD PEACE • What are the pillars of a peaceful society?
The power of immediate feedback
Examining interstellar objects
The future of human geography
Stoicism: a philosophy for the world