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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THE MAGIC OF MUSHROOMS • Exploring the world of fungi
ON THE POLITICS OF LOOMING DISASTERS • How should we prepare for existential risk?
CLOSING THE GAP • The force of female leadership
CAPITAL FLOWS, DEMOCRACY, HISTORY AND CENTRAL BANKS • Democracy's aristocratic features
IRELAND'S MANY UNMADE FUTURES • What English literature owes to Ireland
LYNDON JOHNSON: THE ETERNAL QUESTIONS • An underrated but important president
A masterclass in history
How capitalists can save the environment
Time is brain