The Threads Podcast
Gary Foster
This is The Threads, the podcast that traces the threads of ideas through science, art, literature and history. Join me, Gary, as I try to illuminate the links between different areas of human thought and expression that sometimes seem completely separate. Have you ever wondered why a certain revolutionary idea appeared in a certain place and time and not another? What cultural influences made the great intellectuals of history who they were? Or how science, philosophy and art have changed each other?
Well, this podcast aims to delve into the stories of some of the biggest ideas in the world, such as
the shape of the universe and how different cultural knowledge systems have enabled alternative conceptions of it;
How western european values influenced the early understanding of ancient humanity, and why those views have changed;
How the invention of the novel created an art form that went on to influence scientific and philosophical thinking i