EP5: Ai Weiwei on activism, art and the Chinese government

EP5: Ai Weiwei on activism, art and the Chinese government

Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei left China in 2015 and has since lived in several countries including the UK and most recently Portugal. Growing up with his own father in exile, Ai Weiwei's art has always featured his activism and in his most recent work including documentary film he looks at refugees across the world and the stories they tell. Thank you to the How To Academy who recorded this interview. A full version can be found at www.howtoacademy.com. The fascinating How To Academy podcast can also be found there, or wherever you choose to get your podcasts. Please subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss future episodes and a positive review is always appreciated. Peter can be found on Twitter, @peterfrankopan. Produced, edited and mixed by @producerneil

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EP23: Parag Khanna on migration, future movements and predicting the reasons why

EP23: Parag Khanna on migration, future movements and predicting the reasons why

Migration is a topic at the top of many different agendas but why are people moving and what can we learn from history to map out possible futures? Peter discusses this and more with Parag Khanna, fou...

31 Okt 202142min

EP22: The environmental footprint of food choices with Sarah Briddle

EP22: The environmental footprint of food choices with Sarah Briddle

When we choose what we eat it can have a huge impact on our environmental footprint. Author Sarah Briddle has written one of the books of the year, Food and Climate Change Without the Hot Air: Change...

24 Okt 202129min

EP21: Refugees, remittance and the potential for ideological change with Pennsylvania State University's Professor Joseph Wright

EP21: Refugees, remittance and the potential for ideological change with Pennsylvania State University's Professor Joseph Wright

Refugees and migrants take their path for many different reasons one of which is economic. How does the money they send back to their homes - remittance - change their families, communities and even g...

17 Okt 202140min

EP20: James Bond - the real world of MI6, espionage and the fact in the fiction

EP20: James Bond - the real world of MI6, espionage and the fact in the fiction

The 25th Bond film is in cinemas now and in this episode of I've Been Thinking with Peter Frankopan he digs into the real life world of espionage, counter terrorism and the life of Bond creator Ian Fl...

14 Okt 202135min

EP19: The economics of kidnapping with Professor Anja Shortland

EP19: The economics of kidnapping with Professor Anja Shortland

You've taken a hostage, but what are they worth? 97.5% of all hostages who are taken for ransom are returned but pricing is as important a factor as the negotiating. In this episode of I've Been Thi...

10 Okt 202136min

EP18: Alexei Navalny - A thorn in Putin's side, but is he Russia's great hope?

EP18: Alexei Navalny - A thorn in Putin's side, but is he Russia's great hope?

He's been the face of opposition politic in Russia for sometime but who is Alexei Navalny? What are his goals? What tools does he wield to achieve them? How do the Kremlin head him off? In order to ...

3 Okt 202147min

EP17: Supply Chains - Success, failings and a map for the future with Ross Kennedy

EP17: Supply Chains - Success, failings and a map for the future with Ross Kennedy

An extra episode of I've Been Thinking with Peter Frankopan in your podcast feed this week. In the media we see daily stories of projected food shortages, lack of workers and of course right now acro...

29 Sep 202134min

EP16: China Unbound: A New World Disorder with journalist and author Joanna Chiu

EP16: China Unbound: A New World Disorder with journalist and author Joanna Chiu

China Unbound: A New World Disorder, journalist Joanna Chiu takes her experience of over a decade examining China's expansion and puts pen to paper to give the reader a view of it's economic power, it...

26 Sep 202143min

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