Human Intelligence

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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.


Episode Date
Perfectionists: Martha Graham
Jan 05, 2026
Perfectionists: Leonardo Da Vinci
Jan 05, 2026
Perfectionists: Al-Khwarizmi
Jan 05, 2026
Perfectionists: Simone Weil
Jan 05, 2026
Perfectionists: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Jan 05, 2026
Exiles: Ishi
Jan 05, 2026
Exiles: Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz
Jan 05, 2026
Exiles: Ovid
Jan 05, 2026
Exiles: Marie Curie
Jan 05, 2026
Exiles: Karl Marx
Jan 05, 2026
Live from Hay Literary Festival 2025
Dec 29, 2025
Travellers: Aristotle
Mar 24, 2025
Travellers: Ida Pfeiffer
Mar 24, 2025
Travellers: Sir Patrick Manson
Mar 24, 2025
Travellers: Jean Rhys
Mar 24, 2025
Travellers: The Buddha
Mar 24, 2025
Manhattan Project: Albert Einstein
Mar 17, 2025
Manhattan Project: Lise Meitner
Mar 17, 2025
Manhattan Project: John von Neumann
Mar 17, 2025
Manhattan Project: Niels Bohr
Mar 17, 2025
Manhattan Project: J Robert Oppenheimer
Mar 17, 2025
Collectors: Charles Darwin
Jan 20, 2025
Collectors: Samuel Johnson
Jan 20, 2025
Collectors: Pamphila
Jan 20, 2025
Collectors: Denis Diderot
Jan 20, 2025
Collectors: Sei Shōnagon
Jan 20, 2025
Teachers: Diogenes
Jan 13, 2025
Teachers: Peter Ramus
Jan 13, 2025
Teachers: Mary Somerville
Jan 13, 2025
Teachers: Maimonides
Jan 13, 2025
Teachers: Michael Faraday
Jan 13, 2025
Disruptors: Malcolm X
Jan 06, 2025
Disruptors: Martin Luther
Jan 06, 2025
Disruptors: Mary Wollstonecraft
Jan 06, 2025
Disruptors: George Washington
Jan 06, 2025
Disruptors: Socrates
Jan 06, 2025
What Is Human Intelligence?
Dec 20, 2024