The Reith Lectures Podcast
Significant international thinkers deliver the 大象传媒's flagship annual lecture series
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The Economics of Eden—Steve Jones - The Language of the Genes
Wed 4 Dec 1991
4/6 Steve Jones examines the correlation between genetic change and economic development.
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In God's Image—Steve Jones - The Language of the Genes
Wed 27 Nov 1991
3/6 Dr Steve Jones explores the power and consequences of natural selection.
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Change or Decay—Steve Jones - The Language of the Genes
Wed 20 Nov 1991
2/6 Dr Steve Jones explores the importance of mutation in species and individual development.
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A Message From Our Ancestors—Steve Jones - The Language of the Genes
Wed 13 Nov 1991
1/6 Dr Steve Jones explores what genetics can tell us about what it means to be human.
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A Community of Communities—Jonathan Sacks - The Persistence of Faith
Wed 19 Dec 1990
6/6 Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks explains why faith survives.
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Fundamentalism—Jonathan Sacks - The Persistence of Faith
Wed 12 Dec 1990
5/6 Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks assesses the explosive mix of religious revival and nationalism
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Paradoxes & Pluralism—Jonathan Sacks - The Persistence of Faith
Wed 5 Dec 1990
4/6 Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks explores the language of religion and community.
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The Family—Jonathan Sacks - The Persistence of Faith
Wed 28 Nov 1990
3/6 Dr. Jonathan Sacks explores the religious institution of marriage in society.
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The Demoralisation of Discourse—Jonathan Sacks - The Persistence of Faith
Wed 21 Nov 1990
2/6 Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks explores how objective standards influence our ethics.
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The Environment of Faith—Jonathan Sacks - The Persistence of Faith
Wed 14 Nov 1990
1/6 Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks argues that religion is the best moral framework for society.
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Towards the Light—Jacques Darras - Beyond The Tunnel of History
Wed 20 Dec 1989
5/5 Jacques Darras explores how Medieval Irish monks hold the key to a United Europe.
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Remembering the Somme—Jacques Darras - Beyond The Tunnel of History
Wed 13 Dec 1989
4/5 Jacques Darras explores the memories of the Somme and the lessons learnt from WW1.
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Highways of Freedom—Jacques Darras - Beyond The Tunnel of History
Wed 6 Dec 1989
3/5 Jacques Darras suggests a new age of mobility and a revival of the 'Grand Tour' of Europe.
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The Golden Fleece—Jacques Darras - Beyond The Tunnel of History
Wed 29 Nov 1989
2/5 Jacques Darras explains how multiculturalism is not a modern concept.
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The Time Traveller—Jacques Darras - Beyond The Tunnel of History
Wed 22 Nov 1989
1/5 Jacques Darras explores the embodiment of democracy within the civic squares of Europe.
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The Paradox of Gorbachev's Reforms—Geoffrey Hosking - The Rediscovery of Politics
Tue 13 Dec 1988
6/6 Professor Geoffrey Hosking analyses how democracy can evolve after a totalitarian regime.
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Religion and the Atheist State—Geoffrey Hosking - The Rediscovery of Politics
Tue 6 Dec 1988
5/6 Professor Geoffrey Hosking analyses the d茅tente between the Soviet state and the Church.
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The Flawed Melting Pot—Geoffrey Hosking - The Rediscovery of Politics
Tue 29 Nov 1988
4/6 Professor Geoffrey Hosking discusses the national aspirations of the Soviet peoples.
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A Civil Society In Embryo—Geoffrey Hosking - The Rediscovery of Politics
Tue 22 Nov 1988
3/6 Professor Geoffrey Hosking investigates the embryonic state of a civil Soviet society.
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The Return Of The Repressed—Geoffrey Hosking - The Rediscovery of Politics
Tue 15 Nov 1988
2/6 Professor Geoffrey Hosking investigates the communal amnesia found in Soviet society.
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A Great Power in Crisis—Geoffrey Hosking - The Rediscovery of Politics
Tue 8 Nov 1988
1/6 Professor Geoffrey Hosking analyses how a 'glasnost' affects the Soviet economy.
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Stand Up and Be Misunderstood—Alexander Goehr - The Survival of The Symphony
Sun 27 Dec 1987
6/6 Professor Alexander Goehr stresses why society must fight to save the symphony.
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Let the People Sing—Alexander Goehr - The Survival of The Symphony
Wed 16 Dec 1987
5/6 Professor Alexander Goehr explores the creation of 'community' music by modern composers.
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A Licence for Licence—Alexander Goehr - The Survival of The Symphony
Wed 9 Dec 1987
4/6 Professor Alexander Goehr explores how avant-garde music lost its edge.
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Past and Present—Alexander Goehr - The Survival of The Symphony
Wed 2 Dec 1987
3/6 Professor Alexander Goehr diagnoses the pressures of contemporary music-making.
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An Orchid In the Field of Technology—Alexander Goehr - The Survival of The Symphony
Wed 25 Nov 1987
2/6 Professor Alexander Goehr judges the effect of recorded sound on our perception of music.
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The Old Warhorse—Alexander Goehr - The Survival of The Symphony
Wed 18 Nov 1987
1/6 The composer Alexander Goehr discusses rise and fall of the Symphony.
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Lions Under the Throne—John McCluskey - Law, Justice and Democracy
Wed 10 Dec 1986
6/6 Lord McCluskey concludes his lectures on the state of the British legal system.
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An Enormous Power—John McCluskey - Law, Justice and Democracy
Wed 3 Dec 1986
5/6 Lord McCluskey argues against the enactment of a Bill of Rights in the United Kingdom.
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Trusting the Judges—John McCluskey - Law, Justice and Democracy
Wed 26 Nov 1986
4/6 Lord McCluskey argues for the more unambiguous adjudication.
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