Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Hidden Risks of "I Know Something You Don't" - Raghavendra Rau
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/7pvF4FdbYWU
This lecture explores how information asymmetry leads to adverse selection and moral hazard, …
1 year ago
Is Your Money Safe? Unveiling Hidden Conflicts in Finance - Raghavendra Rau
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/gWJmpSO4WZI
Finance involves a group of people attempting to make rational decisions on valuation, but pe…
1 year ago
The Connected Brain: Network and Communication - Alain Goriely
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/bKMV8i9Mq40
The brain is mostly organised in small modular regions connected to each other. Typically, ea…
1 year ago
Breaking the Fourth Wall of Sound: The Paradox of Screen Music - Milton Mermikides
Sound and music hold a strange and powerful role in film, TV and video games, aiding narrative and emotional impact. They can even exist in the world…
1 year ago
‘Is it in Pevsner?’: A Short History of the ‘Buildings of …' Series - Charles O'Brien
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/LUyFLOUi-D4
This lecture traces the history of this famous series by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, starting from …
1 year ago
Writing Laws: Hammurabi to Solon - Melissa Lane
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When and why do written laws emerge in ancient societies? This lecture will consider these qu…
1 year, 1 month ago
Touching the Sun - Chris Lintott
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/pXoU-nZmhn8
Despite its familiarity, the Sun is a very different presence from the friendly yellow circle…
1 year, 1 month ago
Science-based Targets, Greenwashing and Brownscraping: Net Zero in the Private Sector - Myles Allen
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/lQBdqGrfWKU
Over half the world’s largest companies have a net zero strategy. But what stops “Science-bas…
1 year, 1 month ago
Writing a British Constitution - Clive Stafford Smith
Recently, the UK has got into a muddle over how to approach Scottish independence and Brexit. What can we learn from the U.S. which took much of its …
1 year, 1 month ago
The Modern Goddess - Ronald Hutton
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/0ZK1Y1QnFDg
This looks at how and why a particular form of the non-Christian divine feminine came to take…
1 year, 1 month ago