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Welcome to the fifth age of the city
Changing technology, climate change, and transformations in global finance mean another new era for cities is dawning: the fifth, or digital, age. Re…
3 years, 1 month ago
The power of central banks
Central banks have held the financial world in their grip for much of the twentieth century, but is their reign coming to an end?
In this episode of W…
3 years, 1 month ago
How the individual invented the modern West
The European Middle Ages have been deemed an era of regression but this couldn't be further from the truth. In this period, the foundations were laid…
3 years, 2 months ago
Worldview — The Return of Applied History
How can the lessons of history be applied to the present? What are the benefits of taking the long view?
In this episode of Worldview, Adam Boulton i…
3 years, 2 months ago
Katja Hoyer on East Germany
In our latest episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hessérus is joined by author, historian and journalist Katja Hoyer to discuss her new book Beyond t…
3 years, 2 months ago
Bringing beauty back to the city
Cities have been reduced to centres of soulless materialism and their citizens to non-stop consumers. If we hope to create beautiful surroundings, a …
3 years, 2 months ago
The future of the museum
How does an institution in the business of preserving the past prepare itself for the interests and sensibilities of the future? Where do museums fit…
3 years, 2 months ago
Learning from Asian philosophies of rebirth by Jessica Frazier
Asian literature, with its technologically-adept Chinese emperors, Animist Spirit-negotiators, and Yogic sages, shows us how to live well in troubled…
3 years, 2 months ago
Sarah Bakewell on Humanism
In our latest episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hessérus is joined by author Sarah Bakewell to discuss her new book Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred…
3 years, 2 months ago
How to end a war
Where does war end and peace begin? And what role does diplomacy play in that transition?
In our latest episode of Worldview, host Adam Boulton is joi…
3 years, 2 months ago