Bio
Simon Winchester is a best-selling author, journalist, and broadcaster. In 2006, he was awarded an OBE (Officer of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth.
Featured Work
APR 14, 2016 • Podcast
Global Ethics Forum Preview: Pacific with Simon Winchester
On the next Global Ethics Forum, best-selling author Simon Winchester discusses the geopolitics of the Pacific Ocean. In this excerpt, Winchester describes how a natural ...
NOV 18, 2015 • Podcast
Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers
Master storyteller, researcher, and traveler Simon Winchester takes us on a fascinating voyage through the Pacific, tying it all together with two ethical questions: Should ...
NOV 17, 2010 • Podcast
Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
Master raconteur Simon Winchester tells a series of gripping and little-known tales of the Atlantic, the ocean he calls "the inland sea of modern civilization."