The Forum Episodes Episode guide
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08/09/2012 GMT
How much control do we really have over our bodies and health?
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Revenge
What drives our vengeful desires and what happens if we listen to them?
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Technology. Does it connect or divide us?
Does digital technology open or close our minds? A show from the Aspen Festival of Ideas.
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18/08/2012 GMT
We explore how electricity and our bodies make the world go round.
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Legacy of London 2012
How much has London and the UK, changed as a result of the Olympics?
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(In) Dependence
Where's the line between independence and dependency?
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28/07/2012 GMT
Inequality - the challenge for our age? Presented by former Irish President Mary Robinson.
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21/07/2012 GMT
Why some athletes, plants and stars keep going for much longer than others.
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14/07/2012 GMT
How do we find the way to our destination?
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07/07/2012 GMT
How do Americans see their role in the world? A show from the Aspen Festival of Ideas.
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30/06/2012 GMT
How do we navigate between our selfish and selfless desires? A show from New York City.
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23/06/2012 GMT
Is the gap between humans and truly creative, inquisitive machines really getting smaller?
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16/06/2012 GMT
Links that govern the brain, anti-social behaviour and the skills needed for the future.
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09/06/2012 GMT
Innovative ways to tackle mental illness worldwide
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02/06/2012 GMT
A useful springboard or an unnecessary hindrance?
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26/05/2012 GMT
Free market - the best aid to development or a hydra that devalues everything it touches?
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Future Wars
How different will future conflicts be from those fought today?
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12/05/2012 GMT
Do we deserve another bite of the cherry?
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05/05/2012 GMT
Why there is more to empty space than you might think.
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28/04/2012 GMT
When everything falls apart, how do you cope?
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21/04/2012 GMT
Why do crime thrillers sell when, in life, we strive to avoid being victims of crime?
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14/04/2012 GMT
We ask if failure can be the starting point for success.
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07/04/2012 GMT
Social entrepreneurship: a partnership of equals?
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What's so bad about behaving badly?
Is it always wrong to be rude and are the seven deadly sins as deadly as they sound?
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Digital shadows
How much privacy is possible in a world which is increasingly digital?
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The insider or outsider: who is best placed to bring about change?
Does thinking outside the establishment box lead to more creative policies?
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10/03/2012 GMT
The impact of water on our health, on economic growth and the life of our imagination.
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03/03/2012 GMT
Why facts are just a starting place, a way to make a better question.
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25/02/2012 GMT
How much will the current crisis re-shape the way Europe is run?
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18/02/2012 GMT
The influence of Fashion on what we wear