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RSA Conversations

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The latest thinking from the world’s leading voices on topics ranging from education, design and creativity, to politics, philosophy and economics. Fresh ideas for better futures from the RSA.

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ReGeneration Rising S2E5: Indirect Work with Carol Sanford

April 23, 2024 10:11 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MB

In this episode, Daniel and Philipa talk with award-winning author and regenerative leadership expert, Carol Sanford. In this episode, Daniel and Philipa are in conversation with award-winning author and regenerative leadership expert, Carol Sanford. Carol draws on her experience working with business leaders to explain the importance of working on change in an indirect way.  Carol Sanford is a consistently recognized disruptor and contrarian working side by side with Fortune 500 and new ec...

ReGeneration Rising S2E4: Architects of Abundance with Lyla June Johnston

April 10, 2024 11:15 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MB

In this episode, Daniel and Philipa talk with Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organiser, Dr Lyla June Johnston. Lyla June shares lessons from her Diné, Tsétsêhéstâhese and European heritage and highlights the importance of engaging with, recognising and respecting Indigenous wisdom traditions as we seek to reinhabit our world regneratively.   Lyla June is an Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages. ...

ReGeneration Rising S2E3: Combining with Nora Bateson

March 27, 2024 23:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MB

Many of us are guilty of imagining that we can neatly measure and therefore manage the world around us. But an essential aspect of life is its continued motion. How might we learn from the patterns and nature of this motion in order to think ‘like an ecology’? Nora Bateson is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and educator, as well as President of the International Bateson Institute. Her work brings the fields of biology, cognition, art, anthropology, psychology, and information technology ...

ReGeneration Rising S2E2: Becoming Earth Pilgrims with Satish Kumar

March 08, 2024 16:20 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MB

When faced with global social and environmental challenges, we can assume that we should be entirely focused on solving the problems ‘out there’. But without paying attention to our inner world and inter-being - the ways in which we relate to one another - can we really reimagine our world and enable flourishing futures for all?  In this episode, Daniel and Philipa are joined by peace pilgrim, activist and former monk, Satish Kumar. Aged 9, Satish renounced the world and became a wandering ...

ReGeneration Rising S2E1: Biomimicry with Janine Benyus & Dayna Baumeister

February 21, 2024 09:34 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MB

ReGeneration Rising is a specially-commissioned RSA Oceania podcast exploring how regenerative approaches can help us collectively re-design our communities, cities, and economies, and create a thriving home for all on our planet. In this first episode of the second series, co-hosts Philipa Duthie and Daniel Christian Wahl talk to Biomimicry pioneers Janine Benyus and Dr Dayna Baumeister about the practice of learning from life’s enduring patterns and wisdom.  Over 3.8 billion years life ha...

SPARKS: Johnny Lynch – Unlimited Edition

August 31, 2023 07:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MB

How might the creation of scarcity, lead to popularity?   Johnny Lynch is a Scottish musician, also known as Pictish Trail. As well as his solo and collaborative performance career, he runs a unique record label from a remote Scottish Island.  In this final Spark of the series, enjoy some of Johnny’s music along with his take on what it means to be your very own limited edition – with unlimited results.   Disclaimer:   This Spark has been created using material recorded online during the...

SPARKS: Malcolm Gladwell – Mini-Sparks

August 29, 2023 07:00 - 7 minutes - 7.03 MB

When can constraint be a good thing?   And why should we learn to trust, in order to maximise creativity?  Malcolm Gladwell is a journalist, author and public speaker. Malcolm’s enquiring mind and capacity to communicate complex ideas very clearly has made him a best-seller across many book titles.    In this sequence of mini-Sparks, Malcolm considers the beauty of constraint, the role of story in ideas and how trust and creativity are intrinsically linked.   Disclaimer:   This Spark ha...

SPARKS: Nadya Tolokonnikova – Life As Art, As Activism

August 24, 2023 07:00 - 9 minutes - 8.64 MB

How can injecting ideas into art create meaningful direction?  Nadya Tolokonnikova is perhaps known best for being a musician and founding member of the group Pussy Riot - but would describe themself primarily as a conceptual artist and political activist.   Nadya was jailed in their home country of Russia in 2012, following a performance in Moscow Cathedral. Amnesty International named them a ‘Prisoner of Conscience’.    For Nadya, concepts and ideas come first. Joy and mental health sho...

SPARKS: Professor Anil Seth – Dream Machine

August 22, 2023 07:00 - 9 minutes - 8.34 MB

How can collective artistic experiences help us to understand how our minds work?   This short audio Spark introduces the Dream Machine – one of ten UK-wide projects from Unboxed.   Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex and co-director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science; he also wears other hats including Editor-in-Chief for a leading neuroscience journal and he’s a best-selling author.  In this neurologically soothing ...

SPARKS: Dr Ella Gilbert – Imagining Our Way Out

August 17, 2023 07:00 - 12 minutes - 11 MB

How can wonder and positivity impact the way we make progress?  Dr Ella Gilbert describes herself as a cloud nerd and all-round polar enthusiast. She has a post-doctorate role in climate modelling at the British Antarctic Survey and believes that communication is key when it comes to the big scientific challenges.     In this audio Spark, Ella discusses the idea that creativity and imagination are essential in any discipline, and especially in finding our way towards more helpful outcomes ...

SPARKS: Professor Dacher Keltner – Awe, The Field Guide

August 15, 2023 07:00 - 10 minutes - 9.31 MB

How can the science behind a specific human emotion, change our lives for the better?  Dacher Keltner is Professor of Psychology at Berkeley University, California and is the founder of the Greater Good Science Center. You may have heard his podcast, the Science of Happiness.   Dacher and his students have been studying the transformative power of a single emotion. Keep listening to hear a brief history of our understanding of awe, its age-old purpose in the pursuit of knowledge… and how t...

SPARKS: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock – The Power of a Lunatic’s Dream

August 10, 2023 07:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a space scientist and science educator. She’s also a broadcaster and author - bringing science to life for her many audiences.   In this audio Spark, you’ll hear a potted tale of dreaming big and reaching for the stars.    Maggie’s story is one that we can all feel inspired by, whichever field we create or work in. We’ve got to think big.    Disclaimer: This Spark has been created using material recorded online during the pandemic - so the sound quality varies i...

SPARKS: IDEAS UNBOXED – Introducing Sparks with Dr Ella Gilbert

August 10, 2023 07:00 - 1 minute - 1.44 MB

Dr Ella Gilbert introduces a new podcast from Unboxed.  This series of short audio Sparks has been created from talks recorded during Unboxed - a UK-wide festival of creativity that brought together Arts, Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEAM). Each Spark contains at least one take-away idea that you can apply to your own thinking, whatever your approach or discipline. The collection contains messages across Arts and Sciences, of positivity, community and how by unboxing our t...

SPARKS: Adrian Hon – A History of the Future

August 10, 2023 07:00 - 7 minutes - 7.02 MB

How can we switch our thinking to feel more positive about our collective future?  Adrian Hon is Co-founder and CEO at Six to Start, creators of game-like stories and story-like games - including the world's bestselling smartphone fitness game, "Zombies, Run!" which has over ten million players.   Before Adrian became a game designer, he was a neuroscientist and experimental psychologist at Oxford, Cambridge and the University of California San Diego.    This Spark is taken from Adrian’s ...

Henry Dimbleby on our relationship with food

April 05, 2023 09:23 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MB

In this farewell episode of Bridges to the Future, Matthew meets with food writer and restaurateur Henry Dimbleby to explore our complex relationship with food and how it shapes our lives, from childhood memories and family traditions to the ways we cook, eat, and share meals with others.  Henry Dimbleby is the co-founder of LEON, and the Director of The Sustainable Restaurant Association, which runs some of London's most successful street food markets. His work with DEFRA culminated in the...

Who Owns History?

March 07, 2023 12:48 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MB

In this thought-provoking interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of leading thinkers on the spot - from writers to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  Anthropologist and author, Adam Kuper, explores the intricate relationship between museums and the societies that they represent. Adam joins Matthew to discuss the ways in which museums have become cultural battlegrounds for debates ab...

The spy in your pocket

February 21, 2023 13:01 - 33 minutes - 31 MB

In this thought-provoking interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of leading thinkers on the spot - from writers to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  Installed without you even noticing, once on your phone it can record your calls, copy your messages, steal your photos - even secretly film you. But what exactly is 'Pegasus', and is it really a threat to our democracy and our human ri...

Management consultancy under the spotlight

February 07, 2023 09:52 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MB

In this thought-provoking interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of leading thinkers on the spot - from writers to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  McKinsey & Co is one of the biggest names in the global consulting business. Established in 1926, it employs 30,000 people, has offices in more than 130 locations and earns billions of dollars in fees. But what exactly does the company ...

Special series: The Re-generation

January 31, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MB

In this series we’ve heard from key thinkers on what they are doing to nurture regenerative systems – locally, regionally and globally – and to create thriving futures for all life on this planet. In this final episode of the series, Josie and Daniel are joined by Paul Hawken, one of the environmental movement’s leading voices, to hear his perspectives on why now is the time for collaborative action and how we can all be part of the re-generation. Paul Hawken is a pioneering architect of co...

Regeneration rising S1E7: The Re-generation

January 31, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MB

In this series we’ve heard from key thinkers on what they are doing to nurture regenerative systems – locally, regionally and globally – and to create thriving futures for all life on this planet. In this final episode of the series, Josie and Daniel are joined by Paul Hawken, one of the environmental movement’s leading voices, to hear his perspectives on why now is the time for collaborative action and how we can all be part of the re-generation. Paul Hawken is a pioneering architect of co...

What are austerity measures really about?

January 24, 2023 08:32 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MB

In this thought-provoking interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of leading thinkers on the spot - from writers to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  In the wake of the crisis of 2008, austerity measures were implemented across the western world to stop financial catastrophe. But what impact have these long-lasting and controversial polices had on workers and communities?  Clara E. M...

Special series: Coming Home to Place

January 17, 2023 08:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MB

In this special  series, we explore how regenerative practice is helping people in place collectively re-design their communities, cities and economies and create a thriving home for all on our planet. In this sixth episode, Josie and Daniel discuss the importance of place with two leading voices in regenerative development -- Pamela Mang and Jenny Andersson.  We are living through a period of seemingly insurmountable challenges – from the climate crisis to global disparities of health and ...

ReGeneration Rising S1E6: Coming Home to Place

January 17, 2023 08:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MB

In this special  series, we explore how regenerative practice is helping people in place collectively re-design their communities, cities and economies and create a thriving home for all on our planet. In this sixth episode, Josie and Daniel discuss the importance of place with two leading voices in regenerative development -- Pamela Mang and Jenny Andersson.  We are living through a period of seemingly insurmountable challenges – from the climate crisis to global disparities of health and ...

How to be a 'good' drinker

January 10, 2023 12:25 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB

In this thought-provoking interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of leading thinkers on the spot - from writers to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  Adrian Chiles once put away 100 units of alcohol a week. The recommended amount is 14. But Adrian never considered himself an alcoholic, just someone who enjoyed drinking a bit too much. But after a warning from his doctor, and now well...

ReGeneration Rising S1E5: Beyond Business as Usual

January 03, 2023 08:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MB

In this special “Bridges to the Future” series, we explore how regenerative practice is helping people in place collectively re-design their communities, cities and economies and create a thriving home for all on our planet. In this fifth episode, Josie and Daniel discuss the role companies can play in shaping our future with John Elkington and Louise Kjellerup Roper from Volans Ventures. The last decade has seen a shift in the discussion around corporate social responsibility and the role ...

Special series: Beyond Business as Usual

January 03, 2023 08:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MB

In this special “Bridges to the Future” series, we explore how regenerative practice is helping people in place collectively re-design their communities, cities and economies and create a thriving home for all on our planet. In this fifth episode, Josie and Daniel discuss the role companies can play in shaping our future with John Elkington and Louise Kjellerup Roper from Volans Ventures. The last decade has seen a shift in the discussion around corporate social responsibility and the role ...

ReGeneration Rising S1E4: Regenerative Economies

December 20, 2022 13:58 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MB

In this special series, we explore how regenerative practice is helping people in place collectively re-design their communities, cities and economies and create a thriving home for all on our planet. In this fourth episode, Josie and Daniel explore new models for structuring our economies with radical economists Kate Raworth and John Fullerton. The words economy and ecology have the same root in Ancient Greek – oikos, meaning home. In an era marked by climate breakdown and profound social ...

Special series: Regenerative Economies

December 20, 2022 13:58 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MB

In this special series, we explore how regenerative practice is helping people in place collectively re-design their communities, cities and economies and create a thriving home for all on our planet. In this fourth episode, Josie and Daniel explore new models for structuring our economies with radical economists Kate Raworth and John Fullerton. The words economy and ecology have the same root in Ancient Greek – oikos, meaning home. In an era marked by climate breakdown and profound social ...

Siddhartha Mukherjee on what makes us human

December 13, 2022 12:54 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MB

In this thought-provoking interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of leading thinkers on the spot - from writers to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  Pulitzer Prize-winning physician, biologist, and author, Siddhartha Mukherjee, joins Matthew to discuss the importance of the body’s smallest structural and functional unit: the cell. He explains why the cell is so important when it com...

ReGeneration Rising S1E3: Urban Flourishing

December 06, 2022 07:55 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MB

ReGeneration Rising In this special series, we explore how regenerative practice is helping people in place collectively re-design their communities, cities and economies and create a thriving home for all on our planet. In this third episode, Josie and Daniel discuss regenerative cities with urban designers, Michael Pawlyn and Sarah Ichioka, authors of the book Flourish: Design Paradigms for our Planetary Emergency.   From our cities, to our homes, to our public buildings, the spaces we i...

Special series: Urban Flourishing

December 06, 2022 07:55 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MB

ReGeneration Rising In this special series, we explore how regenerative practice is helping people in place collectively re-design their communities, cities and economies and create a thriving home for all on our planet. In this third episode, Josie and Daniel discuss regenerative cities with urban designers, Michael Pawlyn and Sarah Ichioka, authors of the book Flourish: Design Paradigms for our Planetary Emergency.   From our cities, to our homes, to our public buildings, the spaces we i...

Hashi Mohamed on how to solve the UK's housing crisis

November 29, 2022 11:48 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MB

In this thought-provoking interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of leading thinkers on the spot - from writers to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  Hashi Mohamed is a barrister and broadcaster based in London. A contributor to the Guardian, The Times and Prospect he also presented Adventures in Social Mobility (April 2017) and Macpherson: What Happened Next (2019). In his debut boo...

Special series: Future Dreaming

November 22, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MB

In this special series, we explore how regenerative practice is helping people in place collectively re-design their communities, cities and economies and create a thriving home for all on our planet. In this second episode, Josie and Daniel are joined by Dr Anne Poelina, Co-Chair of Indigenous Studies at the University of Notre Dame and a Nyikina Warrwa Indigenous woman from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia.  Regeneration is often positioned as a recent development in sustainable ...

ReGeneration Rising S1E2: Future Dreaming

November 22, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MB

In this special series, we explore how regenerative practice is helping people in place collectively re-design their communities, cities and economies and create a thriving home for all on our planet. In this second episode, Josie and Daniel are joined by Dr Anne Poelina, Co-Chair of Indigenous Studies at the University of Notre Dame and a Nyikina Warrwa Indigenous woman from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia.  Regeneration is often positioned as a recent development in sustainable ...

The gamification of work

November 15, 2022 11:22 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MB

In this thought-provoking interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of leading thinkers on the spot - from writers to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  Games developer and writer, Adrian Hon, believes creeping gamification in our workplace, our schools, even our government, is increasingly being used as a way to profit from and coerce us. Adrian joins Matthew to explain why, in a tech-...

ReGeneration Rising S1E1: Regenerative Cultures

November 08, 2022 12:14 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MB

In this special series, we explore how regenerative practice is helping people collectively re-design their communities, cities and economies to create a thriving home for all on our planet. In this first episode, co-hosts Josie Warden and Daniel Christian Wahl discuss what it means to think and act regeneratively. Every second of every day, our cells are fed, nourished, and regenerated by the living systems around us -- and our presence, in turn, enables other species to thrive. But our cu...

Special series: ReGeneration Rising

November 08, 2022 12:14 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MB

In this special series, we explore how regenerative practice is helping people collectively re-design their communities, cities and economies to create a thriving home for all on our planet. In this first episode, co-hosts Josie Warden and Daniel Christian Wahl discuss what it means to think and act regeneratively. Every second of every day, our cells are fed, nourished, and regenerated by the living systems around us -- and our presence, in turn, enables other species to thrive. But our cu...

Behind the scenes at Brompton Bicycles

November 01, 2022 08:35 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MB

In this thought-provoking interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of leading thinkers on the spot - from writers to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  Matthew meets with Will Butler-Adams, the CEO of Brompton Bicycles, originally a small British company that has grown to become one of the biggest cycling brand names in the world. Will discusses the challenge of producing intricate fo...

Successfully shaping the second half of life

October 18, 2022 11:31 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MB

In this thought-provoking interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of leading thinkers on the spot - from writers to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  In her latest book, 'Hagitude', Sharon Blackie shares her personal story alongside potent female figures from history to offer a rich vision of how we can grow into a more connected and creative second half of life. She joins Matthew to...

Crisis? What Crisis?

October 04, 2022 13:41 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MB

In this lively interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  In the last century of British mass democracy politics has lurched from crisis to crisis. So what can we learn by looking at  periods of turmoil and misery instead of focusing on moments of consensus and harmony? Documentary-maker and writer Phil Ti...

Why my internet is gone forever

September 20, 2022 11:30 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MB

In this lively interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  Journalist Marie Le Conte was born in 1991, the same year the World Wide Web was invented. She claims her generation were the first who properly grew up online, riding the waves of those chaotic and experimental early years of the internet. But when...

How books become succesful

September 06, 2022 07:37 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MB

In this lively interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  Just how does a book go from a germ of an idea in one person's head to top of the best-sellers list? How important are the army of proofreaders, indexers, copy editors and publicists in helping an author pen a succesful novel? In this episode of Bri...

The roots of inequality?

August 23, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MB

In this lively interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  Oded Galor is Herbert H. Goldberger Professor of Economics at Brown University and the founding thinker behind Unified Growth Theory, which seeks to uncover the fundamental causes of development, prosperity and inequality over the entire span of hum...

Bridging the divide between town and country

August 09, 2022 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MB

In this lively interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  Anna Jones is a journalist, broadcaster, and Nuffield Farming Scholar. She can be heard on BBC Radio 4's Farming Today, On Your Farm and Costing the Earth. Anna worked on BBC One's Countryfile for more than a decade. Growing up on the Welsh Borders,...

Are we facing a crisis of imagination?

July 26, 2022 08:06 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MB

In this lively interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  Geoff Mulgan is Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation at University College London. Formerly he was chief executive of Nesta, and held government roles (1997–2004), including as the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit ...

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. Really?

July 12, 2022 09:06 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MB

In this lively interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  The good old days? They never existed. That's  according to the historian, Hannah Rose Woods, in her new book, 'Rule, Nostalgia: A Backwards History of Britain'. From Brexiteers yearning for a lost imperial past to sixteenth-century observers lookin...

Dissecting the modern 'strongman'

June 28, 2022 08:19 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MB

In this lively interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  Have the last 15 years seen the most sustained decline in political freedom around the world since the 1930s? Chief Foreign Affairs columnist for the Financial Times, Gideon Rachman, believes so. And he points the finger of blame squarely at the ris...

Is another nuclear disaster inevitable?

June 14, 2022 07:38 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MB

In this lively interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  Ukrainian national and Harvard historian, Serhii Plokhy, believes we are sleepwalking into another nuclear catastrophe. Drawing on past accidents, including Chernobyl in 1986, Three Mile Island in 1979 and Fukushima in 2011, he makes the case to Mat...

Is it time to rethink sex?

May 31, 2022 07:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MB

In this lively interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  Has the sexual revolution, which promised lots of fun, no-strings sex, actually made us unfulfilled, miserable even? And all that swiping left or right on our phones, has it left us detached, disillusioned, dissatisfied? Writer Christine Emba believ...

Is Britain one of the most corrupt countries in the world?

May 17, 2022 11:20 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MB

In this lively interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.  Is Britain really the butler to the world's kleptocrats, criminals and tax dodgers? Is this country, famed for its supposed sense of fair play, really one of the few to do more to frustrate global anti-corruption efforts? Journalist Oliver Bullough ...

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