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Ideas from the world's biggest thinkers. Hear philosophers, scientists, politicians, novelists, historians and artists challenge each other. Podcast weekly on Saturdays.
40 Podcasts:
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2. forum_20120707-0900a.mp3 (played 229 times)
3. forum_20120714-0900a.mp3 (played 220 times)
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17. forum_20121013-0900a.mp3 (played 181 times)
18. forum_20121020-0900a.mp3 (played 183 times)
19. forum_20121027-0900a.mp3 (played 185 times)
20. forum_20121103-0900a.mp3 (played 185 times)
21. forum_20121110-0900a.mp3 (played 173 times)
22. forum_20121117-1615a.mp3 (played 171 times)
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24. forum_20121201-0900a.mp3 (played 170 times)
25. forum_20121208-0900a.mp3 (played 163 times)
26. forum_20121215-0900a.mp3 (played 150 times)
27. forum_20121222-0900b.mp3 (played 142 times)
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29. forum_20130105-0900a.mp3 (played 111 times)
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38. forum_20130308-1346a.mp3 (played 33 times)
39. forum_20130309-0900b.mp3 (played 33 times)
40. forum_20130316-0900a.mp3 (played 25 times)
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Forum: Should finance be invisible? Z Formwalt, F Martin, A Admati 18 May 2013
What would it take to fix, rather than just patch up, the underlying flaws in our banking system? Perhaps its time for some unorthodox approaches, viewing the problem through the lens of an artist, or re-thinking basic questions: for instance, what money actually is. Joining Bridget Kendall are artist and film-maker Zachary Formwalt, bond trader and economic historian Felix Martin, and Stanford Universitys professor of Finance and Economics, Anat Admati.
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Forum: The Art of Political Decisions. Joseph Nye, David Graeber, Martijn deLiefde, Stephen Whitefield. 11 May 2013
Political decisions are often hard to make, so, in our complex world, should we move from personal responsibility by one leader towards more collective and consensual ways of making choices? Joining Bridget Kendall are Harvard Professor Joseph Nye, who asks how much individual decisions by American presidents mattered over the course of the last century; veteran of the Occupy Wall Street movement, social anthropologist David Graeber, who talks about an alternative way of decision making, a consensus model; dialogue facilitator Martijn de Liefde, who has adapted traditional African techniques to guide decisions in todays large companies; and Oxford professor Stephen Whitefield, who explains why politicians are increasingly appealing to our emotions.
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Forum: Silence John Francis, Galya Morrell, Diarmaid MacCulloch 04 May 2013
Could silence save your life? This week on The Forum, we listen out for the absence of sound. Is true silence achievable, can it actually aid communication, and when does not speaking guarantee your survival? Joining Bridget Kendall to be noisy about silence are conservationist John Francis, who chose to stop speaking for 17 years, Russian ice artist Galya Morrell and award-winning church historian Diarmaid MacCulloch.
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Forum: Beyond Us and Them? Laura Nader, David Cannadine, Aminatta Forna 27 Apr 2013
This week on the Forum we ask if youre one of us or one of them? Are you for us or against us? Why do we divide our world into two camps, and is it possible for us to move beyond an us and them mentality? Joining Matthew Taylor to discuss division and unity are cultural anthropologist Laura Nader, historian David Cannadine and award-winning novelist from Sierra Leone Aminatta Forna.
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