About this podcast
In Human Intelligence, Naomi Alderman dissects the minds of brilliant thinkers from the past; examining the myriad ways in which humans think and realising that great minds don't, in fact, think alike.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 52 episodes
- Conversationalists: Homer · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Conversationalists: Fatema Mernissi · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Conversationalists: Isabella D'este · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Conversationalists: Desmond Tutu · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Conversationalists: Voltaire · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Provocateurs: Elinor Ostrom · 15 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Provocateurs: Eugène-Francois Vidocq · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Provocateurs: Sigmund Freud · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Provocateurs: Salvador Dalí · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Provocateurs: Cicero · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Recluses: Nikola Tesla · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Recluses: Li Qingzhao · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Recluses: Michel de Montaigne · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Recluses: Ibn Khaldun · 15 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Recluses: Emily Brontë · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Perfectionists: Martha Graham · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Perfectionists: Leonardo Da Vinci · 15 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Perfectionists: Al-Khwarizmi · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Perfectionists: Simone Weil · 14 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…
- Perfectionists: Isambard Kingdom Brunel · 15 minNaomi Alderman returns with her series that explores the minds of the greatest thinkers in history. From political theorists to scientists to inventors, authors and artists. Our…







