The Reith Lectures Podcast
Significant international thinkers deliver the 大象传媒's flagship annual lecture series
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Reith Revisited: Brian Cox on Robert Oppenheimer
Wed 27 Sep 2017
Sarah Montague and Brian Cox reconsider Robert Oppenheimer's 1953 Reith lectures.
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Reith Revisited: Anand Menon on Robert Birley
Wed 27 Sep 2017
Sarah Montague and Anand Menon revisit Robert Birley's Reith Lectures, Britain in Europe.
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Reith Revisited: Michael Sandel on Bertrand Russell
Wed 27 Sep 2017
Michael Sandel revisits the inaugural Reith Lectures given by Bertrand Russell.
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Adaptation—Hilary Mantel
Tue 11 Jul 2017
Hilary Mantel on how fiction changes when adapted for stage or screen.
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Can These Bones Live?—Hilary Mantel
Tue 4 Jul 2017
Hilary Mantel on how historical fiction can make the past come to life.
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Silence Grips the Town—Hilary Mantel
Tue 27 Jun 2017
The story of how historical obsession killed a Polish writer, told by Hilary Mantel.
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The Iron Maiden—Hilary Mantel
Tue 20 Jun 2017
How do we construct our pictures of the past asks Hilary Mantel.
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The Day Is for the Living—Hilary Mantel
Tue 13 Jun 2017
Art can bring the dead back to life, argues the late novelist Hilary Mantel.
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Culture—Kwame Anthony Appiah - Mistaken Identities
Tue 8 Nov 2016
4/4 Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah asks us to give up the idea of western civilisation.
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Colour—Kwame Anthony Appiah - Mistaken Identities
Tue 1 Nov 2016
3/4 Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah argues for a world free of racial fixations.
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Country—Kwame Anthony Appiah - Mistaken Identities
Tue 25 Oct 2016
2/4 Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah argues against a mythical and romantic view of nationhood
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Creed—Kwame Anthony Appiah - Mistaken Identities
Tue 18 Oct 2016
1/4 Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah says we overestimate scripture in our view of faith.
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Black holes ain't as black as they are painted—Professor Stephen Hawking - Black Holes
Tue 1 Dec 2015
2/2 Professor Stephen Hawking delivers the second of his 大象传媒 Reith Lectures on black holes.
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Do black holes have no hair?—Professor Stephen Hawking - Black Holes
Tue 24 Nov 2015
1/2 Professor Stephen Hawking delivers the first of his 大象传媒 Reith Lectures on black holes.
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The Idea of Wellbeing—Dr Atul Gawande - The Future of Medicine
Tue 16 Dec 2014
4/4 Atul Gawande calls for a new focus on systems to ensure doctors work more effectively.
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The Problem of Hubris—Dr Atul Gawande - The Future of Medicine
Tue 9 Dec 2014
3/4 Atul Gawande calls for a new approach to the 'great unfixables' - ageing and death.
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The Century of the System—Dr Atul Gawande - The Future of Medicine
Tue 2 Dec 2014
2/4 Atul Gawande calls for a radical rethink of medical systems to transform healthcare.
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Why Do Doctors Fail?—Dr Atul Gawande - The Future of Medicine
Tue 4 Nov 2014
1/4 Surgeon and writer Dr Atul Gawande explores the nature of fallibility in medicine.
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I Found Myself in the Art World—Grayson Perry - Playing to the Gallery
Tue 5 Nov 2013
4/4 Grayson Perry discusses the painful yet rewarding process of becoming an artist.
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Nice Rebellion, Welcome In!—Grayson Perry - Playing to the Gallery
Tue 29 Oct 2013
3/4 The artist Grayson Perry discusses art and revolution.
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Beating the Bounds—Grayson Perry - Playing to the Gallery
Tue 22 Oct 2013
2/4 Grayson Perry questions the often-heard assertion that anything can be art.
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Democracy has Bad Taste—Grayson Perry - Playing to the Gallery
Tue 15 Oct 2013
1/4 The artist Grayson Perry on how to judge quality in contemporary art
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Civil and Uncivil Societies—Niall Ferguson - The Rule of Law and Its Enemies
Sat 14 Jul 2012
4/4 Niall Ferguson asks what constitutes a vibrant and independent civil society.
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The Landscape of the Law—Niall Ferguson - The Rule of Law and Its Enemies
Tue 3 Jul 2012
3/4 Niall Ferguson asks if different systems of law are key to economic success.
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The Darwinian Economy—Niall Ferguson - The Rule of Law and Its Enemies
Tue 26 Jun 2012
2/4 Niall Ferguson reflects on the causes and lessons of the global financial crisis.
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The Human Hive—Niall Ferguson - The Rule of Law and Its Enemies
Tue 19 Jun 2012
1/4 Niall Ferguson argues that institutions determine the success or failure of nations.
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Eliza Manningham-Buller: Freedom—Securing Freedom
Tue 20 Sep 2011
5/5 Ex-M15 boss Eliza Manningham-Buller discusses foreign policy in her third Reith Lecture.
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Eliza Manningham-Buller: Security—Securing Freedom
Tue 13 Sep 2011
4/5 Assessing the role of security and intelligence services in a democracy.
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Eliza Manningham-Buller: Terror—Securing Freedom
Tue 6 Sep 2011
3/5 Eliza Manningham-Buller reflects on 9/11 in the first of her Reith Lectures 2011.
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Dissent—Securing Freedom
Tue 5 Jul 2011
2/5 Aung San Suu Kyi examines what drives people to dissent in the second Reith Lecture 2011.
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Four lectures recommended by the series producer.
