The Forum Episodes Episode guide
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The Art of Political Decision Making
Political decisions are hard to make. What strategies can be used to take decisive action?
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Silence
From communication and contemplation to obedience and shame, we explore silence
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Us and Them
Why divide ourselves into two camps - is what separates us stronger than what unites us?
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The Mysterious Kingdom of Fungi
The surprising tough and ecological building substance that could reshape our world
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Progress: Are we Making Any?
Advances suggest that things can only get better for the majority of people. Is it true?
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Obsessions, new and old, in literature and technology
With Javier Marias, Evgeny Morozov and Manil Suri.
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What If...The Forum could change the world?
Visions of the future with Michio Kaku, Barbara Sahakian and Karen Lord.
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Viruses: in medicine, technology and in our minds
The terrifying and wonderful viral world with Peter Piot, Angela Belcher, Susan Blackmore
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The Forum @ London's South Bank: A celebration of women of African and Caribbean descent.
Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Jean 鈥楤inta鈥� Breeze, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Ayanna Witter-Johnson
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Making Good Law
It鈥檚 the basis of society: but what is the secret to creating laws that really work?
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The Challenge of Ageing
Is it time to re-define what we actually mean by Old Age?
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Meaning in Life
What makes your life meaningful? With Alain de Botton, Susan Wolf and Alexandre Mitchell.
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Ice
New views from the world鈥檚 freezer
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Improvisation
Why improvising comes naturally to all of us.
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The vanishing world of our ancestors
Ancient tradition and custom among tribal people, and what we can learn from it.
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Connections with the sea
Are all linked to the sea, even if we live hundreds of miles from the coast?
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What鈥檚 the best way to build up new markets?
How do we encourage enterprise in a way that benefits lots of people, not just a few?
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Plant and flower shapes
What makes a plant leaf or flower either flat and simple or curly and complicated?
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Imitation
Why do human beings copy one another so much?
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Taking Time Out
Making sense of gaps in our lives that take us out of our routine.
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Happiness
What really makes us smile?
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Maps and Mapmaking
Why do we make maps, and what do they say about us?
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Women鈥檚 Freedom in 2012
Is women鈥檚 ability to choose and act increasing or in retreat?
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The individual and society
The Forum @ RSA in London with Margaret Atwood.
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Humans and Big Data: Who is in charge?
Can massive amounts of processed data help us make better decisions?
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Listening: The Forum Live @ the Radio Theatre
Celebrating 90 years of 蜜芽传媒 Radio.
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People Power: a dream, fig leaf or reality?
What will it take for the voice of ordinary citizens to be clearly heard?
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Rivals or enemies? Why the distinction matters.
Bitter partisanship is poisoning Western politics, so what is the way forward?
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Guilt
What's the best way to deal with personal and collective guilt?
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Black Holes 鈥� a force for good?
Supermassive black holes which project their power across entire galaxies of stars.
