Rethink Podcast
Professor Ben Ansell asks some of the world's sharpest minds about the latest thinking, and what it might mean for policy and society.
Episodes to download
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Ambassador Samantha Power: Rethinking Global Governance
Tue 23 Jun 2020
Power argues that open societies can move towards revitalising global cooperation.
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Tara Westover: Rethinking The Education Divide
Tue 23 Jun 2020
Author Westover argues that education, rather than wealth, is now the greatest divide.
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Niall Ferguson: Rethinking Progress
Tue 23 Jun 2020
Historian Ferguson asks how the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged progress
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Margaret MacMillan: Rethinking International Cooperation
Mon 22 Jun 2020
Historian MacMillan explains how our interdependence is essential to our condition.
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Jarvis Cocker: Rethinking an Environmental Revolution
Mon 22 Jun 2020
Jarvis contemplates what might awaken us to our duty as stewards of the Earth.
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Lady Hale: Rethinking The Courts
Mon 22 Jun 2020
Brenda Hale asks what it means in the year 2020 to get a fair hearing.
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Lord Peter Hennessy: Rethinking Democracy
Mon 22 Jun 2020
Historian Peter Hennessy explores how history can help us navigate life after Covid-19.
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Amanda Levete: Rethinking How We Live
Mon 22 Jun 2020
Stirling Prize-winning architect Levete talks about reconciling technology with nature.
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Pope Francis: Rethinking Poverty
Mon 22 Jun 2020
Pope Francis explains why he sees Covid-19 as a potential turning point in history.
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Mohammed Hanif: Rethinking Intimacy
Mon 22 Jun 2020
Writer Hanif explores the role of intimacy in different human cultures.
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Why we need to Rethink just about everything...
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