Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCarbon Offsetting: Does It Really Work? - Myles Allen
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/MB73qh4pIYM
Offsets, politely called carbon credit markets, are essential to many net-zero strategies, ye…
11 months ago
Is the First Amendment the greatest right of all? - Clive Stafford Smith
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/W5EKhMWdjP4
In this lecture we will discuss a hierarchy of rights. Is the American First Amendment the mo…
11 months, 1 week ago
The Biggest Cosmic Map - Chris Lintott
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/TRCkgDWKTdY
Mapping the stars is, perhaps, the oldest of astronomical pursuits, but it has been perfected…
11 months, 1 week ago
Data: A Love Story for the Ages - Victoria Baines
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/7mW52bW23go
It has become something of a cliché to say that data is the new oil. That isn’t the full stor…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Return of the Horned God - Ronald Hutton
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/IAilwM_WdbI
Until the nineteenth century, the favourite ancient pagan gods in Western culture were those …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Green Immunity – How Do Plants Fight Infection? - Robin May
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/Et8_myknHq8
Most of us rarely think about plant immunity. But, like us, plants can distinguish between di…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus - Melissa Lane
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/gQdabAQT3Jw
Sophocles’ Antigone refers to “unwritten laws,” as does Thucydides’ Pericles. From the late f…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Value of Public Space - Liza Fior
As we navigate towns and cities, public spaces are all around us. These offer a respite from our often-busy routines. Public spaces are more than jus…
1 year ago
The UK’s Generational Wealth Gap - Mike Brewer
The UK's income inequality has remained stable since the 1990s, but household wealth has nearly doubled, mainly driven by soaring house prices. This …
1 year ago
Why Does Britain Have a Water and Sewage Crisis? - Martin Daunton
The discharge of raw sewage into rivers, and the financial problems of major water companies, have become serious political and social concerns for t…
1 year ago