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Private Truths, Public Lies
28 episodes

Wanting
28 episodes

Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India
23 episodes

In Service of the Republic
23 episodes

Superforecasting
22 episodes

The Power Broker
22 episodes

The Case Against Sugar
18 episodes

Early Indians
17 episodes

English
17 episodes

The Big Fat Surprise: why butter, meat, and cheese belong in a healthy diet
16 episodes
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Flexing Muscles
1 episode

From Strength to Strength
3 episodes

Gut
1 episode

How to Have Creative Ideas
1 episode

Immortality
1 episode

Sapiens
2 episodes

The Blind Watchmaker
2 episodes

The Garden of Forking Paths
1 episode

The Nutmeg's Curse
1 episode

The Selfish Gene: 40th Anniversary edition (Oxford Landmark Science)
3 episodes

Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages
10 episodes

Ways of Seeing
3 episodes

What Do You Say After You Say Hello?
1 episode