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Ideas and trends shaping the world
World Service,·159 episodes
The perils of identity politics and the emergence of a global identity
22 Oct 2000,·25 mins
The rise of religious fundamentalism of all varieties and its challenges to governments
09 Nov 2000,·25 mins
More than half the world's people live in cities. How do we make them fit for the future?
11 Nov 2000,·25 mins
Is the pen mightier than the sword? Literature as vehicle for political thought and change
18 Nov 2000,·25 mins
Does racism still blight Nelson Mandela's "rainbow nation" six years after his release?
23 Nov 2000,·25 mins
Arthur C Clarke, author of 2001: Space Odyssey, in a special Millennial edition
06 Dec 2000,·25 mins
Is Christmas shopping a prime case of retail mania? And what makes a shopaholic?
16 Dec 2000,·25 mins
Archbishop Desmond Tutu talks about healing the divided communities in South Africa
23 Dec 2000,·26 mins
Review of the year 2000 around the world starts with a reflection on the nature of time
30 Dec 2000,·25 mins
Does being patriotic always have to mean being better than someone else?
10 Jan 2001,·25 mins
More work for fewer people? Trends in working hours and workers' rights around the world
20 Jan 2001,·25 mins
Why "in the new South Africa, there's incomprabably more to write about than ever before"
23 Jan 2001,·25 mins
The effects and experience of being without a homeland for individuals and communities
26 Jan 2001,·25 mins
What science and the arts have to learn from each other
03 Feb 2001,·25 mins
Should we study history or give in to the allure of living in the permanent present?
12 Feb 2001,·25 mins
The British sculptor on public art, working with the human figure and Angel of the North
03 Mar 2001,·25 mins
Is modern life more stressful than it ever was before? Stress – its causes and remedies
10 Mar 2001,·25 mins
What do the people want and should politicians always bow to their wishes?
19 Mar 2001,·25 mins
Can there really be an ethical foreign policy or will realpolitik inevitably win the day?
22 Mar 2001,·25 mins
The not-so-simple relationship between economic might and political power
24 Mar 2001,·25 mins
Is censorship on the increase still, a decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall?
29 Mar 2001,·25 mins
Why are the numbers of fringe religions around the world growing and how do they recruit?
04 Apr 2001,·25 mins
Lord Desai on causes of poverty and how we need to remove obstacles to self-sufficiency
22 Apr 2001,·25 mins
How do we respond to cultural differences? Assimilate, tolerate or welcome them?
01 May 2001,·25 mins
Life guides: a new wave of philosophical writing addressing the big issues of our age
What should the parent-child relationship be like in the 21st century?
09 May 2001,·25 mins
Whatever happened to good manners – and do they really matter?
12 May 2001,·25 mins
Noam Chomsky talks about his political writing – and what makes a "rogue state"
19 May 2001,·25 mins
What would a new secular moral code basd on justice and equality mean for private conduct?
02 Jun 2001,·25 mins
Why does the truth matter so much?
09 Jun 2001,·25 mins
