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Chris Patten - The Future of Hong Kong
In June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to try to prepare it not for independence, but for handing back in 1997 to …
3 years, 7 months ago
Jeremy Hunt - The Future of the NHS
Episode 1
Every week there are 150 avoidable deaths in England; tragedies that could have been prevented if we were better at learning from mistakes.
As the for…
3 years, 8 months ago
Bonnie Wright - How to Nurture Yourself and the Planet
Bonnie Wright and Evanna Lynch rose to fame as Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter series, and now use their public platforms to help…
3 years, 8 months ago
Francesco Dimitri - The Search for Wonder
Season 7 Episode 9
Born in Puglia, Italy and now resident in London, Francesco Dimitri is a member of an extremely exclusive club -- authors who write and publish in a …
3 years, 8 months ago
Suzie Sheehy - The Matter of Everything
Season 7 Episode 8
For millennia, people have asked questions about the nature of matter. In the twentieth century, this curiosity led to an unprecedented outburst of s…
3 years, 8 months ago
Michael Ignatieff - Finding Solace in Dark Times
Season 7 Episode 7
As a young historian at Cambridge and Oxford, he did not rest in the ivory tower but brought his erudition on the great stories and crises of the day…
3 years, 8 months ago
Ken Liu - Storytelling is Our Most Important Technology
Season 7 Episode 6
The winner of major genre awards including the Nebula, the Hugo, and the World Fantasy Award, Ken Liu is an author and futurist whose fictions both i…
3 years, 8 months ago
Susan Cain - How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
Season 7 Episode 5
Some of us inhabit a bittersweet state instinctively, others avoid it as much as we can; some of us arrive there when we reach a certain age, or afte…
3 years, 8 months ago
Jane McGonigal - How to See the Future Coming
Season 7 Episode 4
Futurist Jane McGonigal creates games that predict and simulate hard to imagine futures. In this episode of the podcast, she teaches us to think like…
3 years, 8 months ago
Colm Toibin and Terence Killeen - Ulysses Unbound
Season 7 Episode 3
One hundred years since its publication confirmed James Joyce as one of the greatest writers in the English language and a fearless creative genius w…
3 years, 8 months ago