The Conversation Documentaries
By The Conversation
The Conversation Documentaries (formerly The Anthill) is podcast from The Conversation UK. Our documentary series cover everything from science to the environment, politics, culture and economics. We unearth new stories from the world of academia and talk to experts to shed light on some of the big questions of today. The Conversation is a not-for-profit independent media organisation and our journalists work with academics to help share their research knowledge with as many people as possible.
Latest episode
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Know Your Place part 5: the real class divide
Nigel Farage, AI and the revolt of the squeezed middle: class politics is about to get messier than ever -
Know Your Place part 4: a working class parliament?
What Labour's election win means for representation in parliament -
Know Your place part 3: what class means now
What does class mean today in Britain? -
Know Your Place part 2: a history of class politics
Thatcher, Blair and a brief history of class in British politics -
Know Your Place part 1: the class shift
When did class stop predicting who people voted for in Britain? -
Know your place: what happened to class in British politics – trailer
Hosted by The Conversation UK's senior politics editor, Laura Hood. -
An update and a name change
The Anthill is changing its name to The Conversation Documentaries -
Theory of everything: do we really need one?
Our two best theories of nature, quantum mechanics and general relativity, are incompatible with each other in many ways – leaving physicists to dig deeper. -
Will we ever have a fundamental theory of life and consciousness?
Life may be using quantum mechanics to its advantage -
Quantum mechanics: does objective reality exist?
Some physicists don't believe that quantum mechanics is a perfect description of objective reality. But not everyone is worried.
