Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJustice Online: Getting Better?
In 2017, the Government paved the way for the civil and family courts of England and Wales to provide 'innovative methods of resolving disputes.…
8 years ago
If Humans Are So Great, Why is the World Such a Mess?
Human beings often have generous views of themselves - not always easy to defend. Massive scientific advances are sometimes used for destructive purp…
8 years ago
China: Art, War and Salvation, 1933-1949
After the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921, many artists and intellectuals in China saw the overthrow of 'tradition' as the …
8 years ago
Euler's Equation: 'The Most Beautiful Theorem in Mathematics'
Euler's pioneering equation, the 'most beautiful equation in mathematics', links the five most important constants in the subject: 1, …
8 years ago
Does a Good Bedside Manner Matter?
There is an apparent conflict between the increase in technology in medicine and the importance of a relationship between patient and doctor. This Va…
8 years ago
Should We Vote Online?
Online voting in local and national elections could be more convenient, greatly increase voter turnout and deliver results within a few minutes of th…
8 years ago
Is a Mathematician a Robot?
Robotics is another of HM Government's 'eight great technologies'. Is it possible that in a few years we might have machines with arti…
8 years ago
National Parks and National Park Cities
National Parks were designated to protect some of the world's most loved landscapes from being eaten away by industrial and housing development.…
8 years ago
An Englishman (with a Guitar) Abroad
In 1643 an English landowner, Sir Ralph Verney, fled to France in the depths of the Civil War. He settled in Blois and, while there, amassed a vast a…
8 years ago
How Energy Flow Shapes the Evolution of Life
Despite the explosion of genetic information in recent years, we have surprisingly little insight into the peculiar history of life on our planet. Mo…
8 years ago