The Forum Episodes Available now
Spontaneity
Can you train to be spontaneous? And if so, should you?
Social mobility: are we too complacent?
New research shows that moving up or down in society can still take hundreds of years.
Reflecting on Love, Laughter and Friendship
A special programme from the London School of Economics Literary Festival 2014
The Power of Expectation
Can our expectations affect the outcome of what we do?
Reality
What is the nature of reality and are there ways of gaining a new perspective of it?
Revolutionary Freedom
When dictatorships are overthrown, how should societies rebuild themselves?
Vanity
Trillions of dollars are spent on vanity megaprojects: is there no limit to human vanity?
Traps
Catching neutrinos, unsuspecting gamers and pictures of elusive mammals
Modern Alchemy
Transforming waste into valuable products
Scarcity
How does scarcity affect our behaviour and thinking?
