How To Academy Podcast

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Booking Overview

A biweekly London-based ideas podcast featuring influential thinkers tackling philosophy, politics, culture, and everyday questions. It’s a strong platform for authors and public intellectuals who want a long-form audience beyond their usual media circuit.

Metrics

Episodes: 527

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: United Kingdom

YouTube: 415.0k subscribers

Instagram: 58.0k followers

Contact Information

vassili@howtoacademy.com

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Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
High-profile authors, public intellectuals, Nobel/Pulitzer-caliber figures (as described), and leaders/experts with recognized work in academia, journalism, politics, law, psychology, or human-rights activism
Required Achievements:  
Influential published work (books), Major awards or high recognition (implied by Nobel/Pulitzer framing), Leadership roles in advocacy, policy, law, or public-interest investigations

Recent Guest Discussions

Emmy van Deurzen - Using Philosophy And Existentialism To Address Direction, Purpose, And Everyday Challenges; Four Aspects Of Experience (physical, Social, Personal, Spiritual) For Rebuilding Trust And Confidence

Jamison Firestone - Legal Defense Work In Russia, Confrontation With State Power, And Activism Efforts Connected To Sergei Magnitsky And The Magnitsky Acts

Bill Browder - Experiences In Post-soviet Russia, Conflict With The Russian Government, And Advocacy Efforts Connected To Sergei Magnitsky And Related Sanctions

Tom McTague - The History Of Britain’s Relationship With Europe And The Ideological Battle Leading To EU Membership And Subsequent Referendum Exit

Recent Topics

Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, History, Ethics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
How To Academy Podcast
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Therapist Emmy van Deurzen – The Philosopher’s Guide to Everyday Existence

July 09, 2026

How can we find our own direction and purpose in a world of endless possibilities? When life feels too much, is it possible to free ourselves from the concerns that weigh us down? Psychotherapist and psychologist Emmy van Deurzen looks to philosophy to offer a guide to the everyday challenges of living, providing a lifeline for rebuilding trust in the world through existentialism. In this illuminating conversation, Emmy will invite you to step back and discover what really matters. By consid...

Bill Browder and Jamison Firestone: Chaos and Murder in Putin's Russia

July 07, 2026

Neither Bill Browder, a hedge fund manager, nor Jamison Firestone, a corporate lawyer ever intended to become activists fighting the Russian government.  Both were building businesses in Moscow, great believers in Russia, and had front-row seats as Russia’s nascent disorderly democracy gave way to Putin’s initially stable but ultimately corrupt dictatorship. Bill’s Hermitage Capital was the largest foreign portfolio investor in post-Soviet Russia; Jamison was the founder of the country’s...

Tom McTague – Britain in Europe: The Hidden History of a Revolution

June 30, 2026

How did a country go from joining the Common Market in 1973, only to leave the European Union in an explosive referendum a little over forty years later? Acclaimed political writer Tom McTague chronicles the battle of ideas, events, and personalities that led to the decision which shocked the nation. Drawing on unpublished sources and exclusive interviews, Tom will unearth the roots of ideological conflict that raged between the leading politicians of the twentieth century as they fought for ...

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