RSA Events: Audio

The RSA and the Institute for Ageing and Health present an exploration and celebration of ageing and the human journey at a historically unique moment, as we travel an unbroken upwards curve in fitness and longevity. Panel: Sarah Harper, Ian Deary, Tom Kirkwood, Professor Frances Corner and triple Olympian Simon Mason.

Join economist and author Paul Ormerod as he argues that we need more than just ‘nudge’ theory in our networked, urban societies – we also need to grasp the perils and possibilities of ‘Positive Linking’

Renowned academic, author, and director of the Mindsight Institute Dan Siegel, visits the RSA to reveal an extremely rare thing – a working definition of the mind.

Dan Ariely, bestselling author and professor of psychology and behavioural economics at Duke University visits the RSA to examine the mechanisms at work behind dishonest behaviour, and the implications this has for all aspects of our social and political lives.

The RSA and Teach First present a series of Education Matters Debates. In the second of three debates, Stephen Twigg MP, Jo Shuter and Professor Anna Vignoles discuss how we can ensure equality of opportunity for children from low socio-economic backgrounds.

Editor-at-Large for Wired magazine and guru of the digital age Ben Hammersley visits the RSA to demystify the internet, decode cyberspace, and guide us through the innovations of the incredible revolution we are all living through.

Risk intelligence expert Dylan Evans outlines a powerful form of thinking; one where the same intuition seen in the best poker players can be effectively transferred to business, politics and everyday life.

Frank Partnoy ex-Wall Street derivative trader and self-confessed procrastinator, reveals the science behind our decision-making disasters and successes, and argues that decisions of all kinds, whether ‘snap’ or long-term, benefit from being made at the last possible moment.

Donna Dickenson, emeritus professor of medical ethics and humanities at Birkbeck College takes aim at the simplistic view that genes command and we obey.

Robert and Edward Skidelsky argue that wealth is not an end in itself but a means to the achievement and maintenance of a 'good life', and that our economy should be organised to reflect this fact.

Ferdinand Mount asks: Why has Britain become more unequal over the past thirty years? And how can we restore our democracy, bring back real accountability to British business and fairness to our society?

Rising star in the field of neuroscience Sebastian Seung argues that our identity lies not in our genes but in the connections between our brain cells – and he describes the monumental task of mapping these “connectomes”, neuron by neuron, synapse by synapse.

Journalist and author Oliver Burkeman offers an alternative "negative path" to happiness and success that involves embracing the things we spend our lives trying to avoid.

Renowned neuroscientist and economist Paul J. Zak reveals how a single chemical governs all of our morality and behaviour.

Professor of public ethics Clive Hamilton explores the far-reaching implications of geoengineering—the intentional, enduring, large-scale manipulation of the Earth’s climate system.