[krnsll]

Great recommendation. When I first listened to this podcast, I was impressed by how the conversation managed to hit the sweet spot of engagement for both non technical (a friend I shared it with) and technical/mathematical (myself) audiences. Later learned that Melvyn Bragg hosted two of guests here (Gowers and Roney-Dougal) for another good conversation on the notions of randomness and pseudo-randomness.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x9xjb

[jfengel]

The show is remarkable for the breadth it covers. It brings in four academics -- scholars, not popularizers -- on anything from art, philosophy, history, culture, etc. Other recent topics are David Ricardo and The Bacchae.

And every week, Bragg intelligently moderates the conversation -- not as an expert, but as somebody who sounds like he's better informed than just feeding them the outlines they write for him.