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Why are humans going back to the Moon, and is there really life on Mars?
Season 1 Episode 182
Space is back! No longer the reserve of a couple of superpowers, an increasing number of countries are getting involved, and the private sector is pl…
1 year, 3 months ago
Top of the tech: the 10 innovations set to change your life
Season 1 Episode 181
What are 'elastocalorics' or 'reconfigurable intelligent surfaces'? In a few years' time these emerging technologies may have transformed the way we …
1 year, 4 months ago
AMGFC24 - Betazone: Keeping AI on Track
Season 1 Episode 89
From bespoke gene editing to AI-powered healthcare, we are living in an age of breakthroughs propelled by advances in AI. What are the trade-offs soc…
1 year, 4 months ago
Can climate action survive geopolitical upheaval?
Season 1 Episode 180
Wars, trade tensions and elections around the world are testing humanity's ability to tackle climate change.
Two experts from the World Economic Foru…
1 year, 4 months ago
Slow growth and the cost of debt: the World Bank's Chief Economist on the global outlook
Season 1 Episode 179
"The global economy - it's a complicated picture, in the sense that it's doing better than we expected just six months ago but it's doing much worse …
1 year, 5 months ago
This Is Not Financial Advice: navigating the jungle of online investing
Season 1 Episode 178
A new, critically acclaimed documentary follows the fortunes of online investors, including one who made - and lost - $3 million in cryptocurrency. T…
1 year, 5 months ago
What role do investors have in ensuring AI is safe?
Season 1 Episode 177
As investors pour money into companies developing or deploying artificial intelligence, what are the steps they should be taking to ensure that AI is…
1 year, 5 months ago
Breathe! The cities working together on air pollution and climate change
Season 1 Episode 176
How can cities - with ever growing populations - tackle air deadly pollution and reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Breathe Cities is a global network …
1 year, 5 months ago
'We have the most to benefit, but also the most to lose': how AI could transform human health
Season 1 Episode 175
Artificial intelligence has the potential to massively improve human health: from developing new drugs to providing more accurate diagnoses and helpi…
1 year, 5 months ago
In the age of the 'manosphere', what's the future for feminism? With Jude Kelly of the WOW Festival
Season 1 Episode 174
Theatre director Jude Kelly founded the Women of the World (WOW) Festival almost two decades ago to spur conversations about women, men and feminism.…
1 year, 6 months ago