Hans Florine on the Virtue of Speed, Climbing, and Learning How to Fail in Order to Succeed
Hans Florine is a world-renowned climber, best known for holding the record for the fastest ascent of the Nose on El Capitan (Yosemite) with Alex Honnold in 2012. The record remained until 2018. Hans ...
10 Jan 202249min
Bringing Us Together by Questioning (2021 Annual End Roll)
Dr Todd Mei discusses closing thoughts and reflections on the year which explore the prospect of social cohesion through the task of posing questions. Topics discussed: StoicismToleranceHermeneuticsPh...
28 Dec 202112min
Paula Leach on the Essential Features of Leadership in a Changing World
Paula Leach is an executive leadership coach and former executive herself, with over 25 years of experience within the public and corporate sectors. She recently made the decision to start her own con...
13 Dec 202154min
Time & Temporality with Graeme A. Forbes
We live within time, but apart from it passing or lingering too long, how much do we understand the extent to which it pervades our lives? And what should we make of the claim based on physics that ti...
2 Dec 202155min
Practices, Traditions, Innovations with Anna Mudde & Robert Piercey
We are familiar with practice as a method for getting better at something. But what if this idea was only one part of the importance of practice? What if a key aspect of practice was learning how to f...
22 Nov 20211h 3min
Brendan Mills on the Music Industry, Jazz, and Getting Inspired
Brendan, a classically trained saxophonist and composer, discusses how he transitioned from a love of bebop jazz to house music. He reflects on his perseverance and success as a multi-faceted musician...
5 Nov 202158min
Ashna Sen on Re-Imagining Mathematics
Ashna Sen is a best-selling author and former academic in geophysics and mathematics. In her recent book, Re-Imagining Mathematics: Learning through the Magic of Nature, the Arts and Friendship, Sen e...
28 Okt 20211h 7min
Fake News and Fiction with Hannah Kim
What is the difference between fake news and fiction? While we tend to deplore fake news, we often enlist fiction in the forms of stories, films, and literature to provide entertainment as well as mor...
16 Okt 202152min
