RSA Events: Audio show

RSA Events: Audio

Summary: Enjoy audio and video from RSA's free public events programme, which addresses relevant issues from the fields of science and technology, design and the arts, economics, politics and international affairs. Our speakers include internationally renowned writers, academics, business leaders, social innovators, politicians and policymakers exploring the biggest challenges facing society today.

Podcasts:

  Out of Sight, Out of Mind | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

After 25 years’ service as a prison governor and inspector, John Podmore provides an insider’s account of what is wrong with Britain’s prison service, and offers practical solutions for a better system.

  Women And Work: Having it all or doing it all? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

FT columnist Mrs Moneypenny distils a lifetime’s experience of running businesses and shaping careers into original, practical advice for working women.

  2011 - The Year in Rhetoric | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Sam Leith and Philip Collins explore the art of rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama and round up the best and worst speeches of 2011.

  Out of the Ashes: Britain after the riots | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

David Lammy MP visits the RSA to discuss the causes and aftermath of this year’s riots, and to present a new way forward for Britain

  Fixing Britain | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

In the Inaugural LSBF HRH Prince Michael of Kent Business Lecture, Lord Digby Jones addresses the essential reform urgently needed for the UK’s competitiveness in the globalised 21st century economy.

  Art, Design and Bad Science? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

International electronic artist Daniel Brown explains the mathematical foundations of his work and explores with an expert panel, how schools can effectively combine the teaching of design, art and science.

  The Power of Networks: Knowledge in an age of infinite interconnectedness | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Manuel Lima, senior UX design lead at Microsoft Bing, explores the power of network visualisation to help navigate our complex modern world.

  Rational Intuition: Strategic thinking & gut instinct for successful leadership | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

“Academic magician” Professor Todd Landman reveals how successful people make their good decisions.

  The Predictability of Unpredictability | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Renowned academic and author Nassim Nicholas Taleb discusses his groundbreaking ideas and their relevance to the current economic crisis, national policy making and other topics with Rohan Silva, senior policy advisor to the Prime Minister.

  Doing Better Business: From transparency to profitability | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Wendy Harrison, Dan Currell and Matthew Gwyther ask how can more companies embrace transparency, improve employee engagement and boost their bottom line?

  Advertising in society: what's the deal? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Mark Lund, Patrick Barwise, Jon Alexander and Ed Mayo debate whether it’s time for advertising to strike a new deal with the society it serves.

  The Future of Money | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Dave Birch argues that the financial crisis and technological innovation means it is time to rethink our approach to money.

  Creating Healthy Cities | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Social entrepreneur Albina Ruiz explains how the introduction of sustainable waste management has improved health and living conditions for over 9 million people in South America and in India.

  RSA/LBC 97.3 Debate - A Tale of Two Cities: Are Londoners on the brink of an economic apartheid? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Are Londoners really ‘in it together’? Edward Lister, Stephen Timms MP, and Simon Jenkins take part in a live RSA/LBC 97.3 panel debate on social and economic division in the capital.

  Angus Millar Lecture 2011 - Scientific Heresy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

In this year's annual Angus Millar lecture held in Edinburgh Matt Ridley will explore the problem of how to decide when to question the scientific wisdom and when to accept it.

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