The New Normal: Leadership in the Climate Crisis
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency and UK Commissioner to the Global Commission on Adaption, calls for collective action to protect the environment and build climate resilience. This ev...
4 Nov 201951min
The Automation Age: The Winners and the Losers
We are amidst another technological revolution and Carl Benedict Frey explores what lessons from the past, can help us to better face the present and the future of work. This event was recorded live o...
1 Nov 201958min
Liberalism Lost - 30 Years After the Fall of the Wall
After winning the Cold War, did the West lose the peace? Political scientist Ivan Krastev sheds light on the East/West divide, thirty years on. This event was recorded live on Tuesday 29th October 201...
30 Okt 20191h
System Change Not Climate Change
How can a decarbonised, socially just global system be achieved? Economist Ann Pettifor discusses the radical plans laid out in the Green New Deal. This event was recorded live on Thursday 25th Octobe...
25 Okt 20191h
How To Control Your Attention And Choose Your Life
We’re living through a crisis of distraction. Behavioural designer Nir Eyal teaches us how to regain focus on what really matters. This event was recorded live on Wednesday 17th October 2019 at the RS...
17 Okt 201958min
Anti-Racism and the Politics of Diversity
How should anti-racism work in ‘super-diverse’ societies? For as long as humans have lived together, we have grappled with questions about difference, identity, and tolerance – but what we really mean...
11 Okt 201957min
Who Does Society Really Listen To?
Should pretty people pay more tax? Does truth really matter? Why are self-confident uninformed people so often believed? These are just some of the questions that behavioural experts Steve Martin and...
2 Okt 20191h
UK Politics: Making Sense of the Mayhem
Do we get the politics we deserve? A panel of commentators reflects on a period of extraordinary political events and public discussion The turbulence in Westminster has captured a great deal of publi...
30 Sep 20191h 4min
