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Ideas and trends shaping the world
World Service,·159 episodes
What do we mean by equality and how can we apply it morally and politically?
24 Jan 2002,·25 mins
Are intellectuals just for thinking big thoughts or can they change the world?
30 Jan 2002,·25 mins
How food reaches every aspect of life: friendship, class, health, sex and politics
11 Feb 2002,·25 mins
Is the legacy of colonialism's brutal passage to modernity all bad?
16 Feb 2002,·25 mins
How the trial of Slobodan Milosevic gives hope for independent international justice
09 Mar 2002,·25 mins
We have a global market but we don't have a global society yet, says George Soros
16 Mar 2002,·26 mins
What's does the Commonwealth stand for the 21st century?
23 Mar 2002,·26 mins
Why do we continue to use more and more paper?
13 Apr 2002,·26 mins
How can governments and individual companies best make reparations for slavery?
20 Apr 2002,·25 mins
Why rich countries will need more workers at both the top and the bottom of the workforce
24 Apr 2002,·26 mins
Australia's Immigration Minister defends his goverment's much criticised policies
27 Apr 2002,·26 mins
King Abdullah II of Jordan talks about how the Saudi peace plan needs American support
04 May 2002,·26 mins
The dream of Pan-African unity is still alight, although it flickers in stronger countries
11 May 2002,·25 mins
Can rules of war from one era still be applied in a new era and to new kinds of war?
18 May 2002,·26 mins
As President Bush is greeted by protesters: how strong is the transatlantic alliance?
25 May 2002,·25 mins
Francis Fukuyama asks if the biotechnology revolution changing what it means to be human
30 May 2002,·25 mins
What is the role of priest in our communities now fewer people in the West believe in God?
15 Jun 2002,·25 mins
Ashraf Ghani talks about his ideas of how to restore Afhanistan to prosperity
22 Jun 2002,·26 mins
The new International Criminal Court "will mean an end to impunity for war criminals"
29 Jun 2002,·25 mins
Are recent financial scandals cause to distrust the market altogether?
04 Jul 2002,·25 mins
The work of the Red Cross and how best to deal with alleged breaches of humanitarian law
13 Jul 2002,·25 mins
The WTO is no longer a rich-man's club, says its first director from the developing world
20 Jul 2002,·25 mins
The fight for a fairer deal for the developing world's economies and citizens
10 Aug 2002,·26 mins
International concern over falling local currencies, rising unemployment and national debt
17 Aug 2002,·26 mins
Is there room for media neutrality in the 'war against terror'?
24 Aug 2002,·26 mins
Can we pursue economic growth and a global society without threatening the environment?
31 Aug 2002,·26 mins
America's treatment of citizens of Arab ethnic origin after the September 11 attacks
07 Sep 2002,·26 mins
How has international security policing has changed in the year since September 11?
14 Sep 2002,·26 mins
Can innate human nature – why we are the way we are – be quantified?
21 Sep 2002,·26 mins
As millions face starvation in southern Africa, how can the cycle of famine be stopped?
02 Oct 2002,·26 mins