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:

  RSA Commencement – with Jon Ronson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Acclaimed writer and documentary maker Jon Ronson has spent his life meeting extraordinary people and exploring curious events. In his RSA Commencement address he shares some of the life lessons he’s learned along the way.

  From the Self to the Selfie | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Academic philosopher and author Simon Blackburn explores the history of self-regard from Narcissus to "the selfie", and asks - is self-love to be deplored or is it a healthy and necessary part of life?

  How to Change the Post-Crash Economy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

An expert panel including Costas Lapavitsas - professor of economics at SOAS, Paul Mason, Culture and Digital editor, Channel 4 News; Mariana Mazzucato RM Phillips professor in the Economics of Innovation at Sussex University; and Seumas Milne, Guardian columnist and author, convene to discuss the state of the UK economy today.

  The Truth About Social Mobility | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Many people assume that it is much easier to move between social classes today than in the past. But new research by economist Gregory Clark, based on tracking family names across generations, reveals that mobility rates are lower than conventionally estimated, and that inherited advantage remains a deeply entrenched force.

  The Political Origins of Banking Crises | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Economist Charles Calomiris examines the puzzling pervasiveness of dysfunctional banking, and argues that bank crises are often the predictable result of political bargains, and that these bargains are structured by a society’s fundamental political institutions.

  Q & A from InRealLife Screening | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Join us for an exclusive screening of Beeban Kidron’s documentary InRealLife, a revealing exploration of the ways in which the internet is changing childhood.

  Assisted Dying – Who Makes the Final Decision? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

A panel of practitioners and commentators together to address one of the most challenging questions of our times.

  The True Cost of Economics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Dr Philip Roscoe argues that economics is not a science, it's a way of thinking - one that skews all our choices towards self-interest. But now that our most urgent challenges require collective action, it’s time to think differently.

  Does the News Do Us Any Good? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Alain de Botton asks: what is it that we're really looking for when we watch or read the news - and is it doing us any good?

  Can You Make Yourself Smarter? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Award-winning science journalist Dan Hurley investigates the new field of intelligence training, and asks: can we really boost our brain power?

  Re-Thinking Strategy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics, synthesizes the vast history of strategy, and reveals how it has come to pervade virtually every aspect of life today.

  The Cost of Higher Education: is up the only way? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

John Denham, Labour MP for Southampton Itchen argues for a radical review of higher education to deliver a system which is both sustainable and affordable.

  The End of Power | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former Foreign Policy editor-in-chief Moisés Naím visits the RSA to outline the startling power shifts taking place across the globe, and offers insight into how individuals and leaders can adapt to this new global reality

  Why We’ve Had Enough of Stuff | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Journalist and trend forecaster James Wallman explains why more and more of us are suffering from “stuffocation” – where instead of feeling enriched by the things we own, we are stifled and overwhelmed by them.

  RSA/NSPCC event - How nurture alters nature | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 60:00

Professor Moshe Szyf’s trailblazing research in epigenetics highlights the impact that external factors and the social environment can have on gene expression. In this special RSA NSPCC event, he considers how we deploy the latest scientific thinking to some of today's toughest challenges.

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