Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLessons from Guantánamo Bay - Clive Stafford Smith
This lecture looks at the evolution of Guantánamo Bay, first as a focal point of Haitian immigration in 1991 (Gitmo 1.0), to the more famous detention of terror suspects in 2002 (Gitmo 2.0), and back…
Published on 10 hours ago
The Shape of Hands: Symmetry, Chirality and Handedness - Alain Goriely
The reflection of my right hand in a mirror is a left hand that looks similar yet is very different from the right. Many natural structures such as proteins, climbing vines, and seashells exhibit the…
Published on 4 days, 9 hours ago
Earth – Our Planetary Life Support System - Professor Helen Czerski
Planet Earth is an intricate and interconnected system, with some fundamental rules that we usually ignore. But we are part of our planet, not separate to it or just perched on top of it. This lectur…
Published on 1 week ago
Automation Anxiety - Daniel Susskind
Ever since modern economic growth began three centuries ago, people have suffered from periodic bursts of anxiety about the technologies of the time taking on the work that they do. This opening lect…
Published on 1 week, 4 days ago
Galileo’s Journey to the Underworld: The Case for Interdisciplinary Thinking - Sarah Hart
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In 1588, the young Galileo delivered some lectures that were impressive enough to secure him a mathematics professo…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
A World Remade by Decolonization? - Martin Thomas
The lecture shares perspectives from global history, comparative politics, and international relations to revaluate whether the twentieth-century collapse of European colonialism was as definitive as…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Oil, Decolonisation, and the Future of the Climate Emergency - Adam Hanieh
Decolonisation movements sought to win sovereignty and control over national resources, especially oil. This lecture explores oil’s influence on national independence struggles, from the 1955 Bandung…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Shanawdithit: A Woman at the End of the World - Julia Laite
Shanawdithit was a woman who bore witness to the death of her world in the early nineteenth century, creating the only first-hand account we have of the Beothuk people from the Island of Newfoundland…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Outsmart the System: How Psychology Hacks Your Money Decisions - Raghavendra Rau
Ever feel like the financial world works against you? This lecture discusses "behavioral finance" – how our brains get tricked by money matters. We will explore how to use these insights to your adva…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Democracy and International Criminal Justice in the Fragile World of the Rule of Law - Howard Morrison
The lecture will examine the pros and cons of democracy in today's world, focusing on the importance of domestic and international rule of law to maintain democratic ideals, which are fragile in time…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago