TLDR News
Who Sits Where? - Tour of the House of Commons
We discuss who sits where in the United Kingdom House of Commons, as well as some of the traditions in the chamber.
Intelligence Squared
Smarter Mobility: What's Next for the Future of Urban Transport?
http://www.intelligencesquared.com/ On Monday 4th November we're brought together five of the world's most brilliant innovators and thinkers to debate and di...
Intelligence Squared
Anne-Marie Slaughter on how to create gender equality
Anne-Marie Slaughter on how to create gender equality.
Institute of Art and Ideas
Does the market need the state to function?
Few take anarchism and the abandonment of organised government as a viable political goal.æYet in economics, capitalism is just such a leaderless anarchic system. Might a radically decentralised political system be more credible than we...
TLDR News
11 Weird Facts About The House of Commons.
The British Parliament has a lot of weird things about it. We run through eleven weird facts about the House of Commons which you didn't already know (hopefully, I don't actually know what you know)
TLDR News
Starmer Lied About Vaccines? Grenfell Cladding: Who Must Pay? Genocide Amendment Update - TLDR News
This Week in Parliament is the series where we discuss what's been going on in the Houses of Parliament. This week the Commons debated a new version of the Genocide Amendment, they discussed the cladding issues which led to Grenfell & at...
The Wall Street Journal
Consumer Financing Amid Rising Interest Rates
The buy now pay later model has surged in popularity during the pandemic. Max Levchin, founder and CEO of Affirm, discusses the impact of rising rates and a stock market pullback on his business and the broader entrepreneurial community.
Institute of Art and Ideas
How should we respond to the refugee crisis?
The nation, the tribe, the union, are all sources of strength. But they are also a means to entrench advantage and exclude others. Are borders and boundaries really about privilege? Should we strengthen them so we have greater power and...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Do human limitations put a constraint on what we can understand?
From Aristotle to Einstein humans have tried to make sense of the world. Yet despite huge advances, a final explanation looks as distant as ever. What makes our lives and the world so puzzling and inexplicable? Is it too soon to give up...
Jabzy
Building Paris - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about Building Paris
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Satyajit Das: The Cultural Transformation of the World of Finance (5/6)
We are reaching the end of the cycle of financialization as a growth machine. In addition, the speculation that drives food prices ultimately may lead to social unrest and the rise of political extremism, Das says in Part 5 of this INET...
TLDR News
MPs Vote to Delay Brexit & Verdict on Johnson's Deal - Brexit Explained
So yesterday Brexit came to ahead. MPs had the opportunity to approve or reject Johnson's new Brexit deal, and well... they did neither. MPs voted for the Letwin Amendment which changed the future of Brexit. Not only does it delay the...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Sustainable Economics: Panel Discussion on INET's Bretton Woods Conference (1 of 5)
Tom Bernes, the Executive Director for the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), introduces Jim Balsillie, CIGI's founder.
Institute of Art and Ideas
Are mental differences between the sexes real?
Many neuroscientists believe disorders of the mind will be solved when we understand the differences between the male and female brain. Yet is is frequently argued that men and women are not born but made. Are mental differences between...
Tarver Academy
Community Centered Online Learning
In This Episode, Tyler Teaches Us About Community Centered Online Learning
Intelligence Squared
AA Gill challenges George Monbiot on why it’s ok to eat meat
AA Gill challenges George Monbiot on why it’s ok to eat meat.
Intelligence Squared
Sam Harris on the science of good and evil
Sam Harris advocates a secular morality based on fact and science. IQ2 talk highlights
TLDR News
Brexit Deal Approved by UK Parliament - Brexit Explained.
Yesterday the UK's parliament finally approved a Brexit Deal, signing off on Johnson's Withdrawal Agreement Bill. In this video we discuss what this means for Brexit, the exit date as well as watching some of the debate in parliament.
TLDR News
Tory Cronyism: Is the Government Giving Deals to their Friends? - TLDR News
This Week in Parliament is the series where we discuss what's been going on in the Houses of Parliament. This week Kier Starmer highlights the debate around Conservative Cronyism, the Overseas Operation bill gets discussed in the Commons...
Institute of Art and Ideas
What's out there in the universe?
We think space and time are the structure of the universe. Yet Einstein argued 'space and time are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live'. And philosophers, Kant and Heidegger, saw space and time as the framework of...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Are there thoughts which cannot be consciously accessed?
Many have been sceptical of Freud's claim that unconscious desires control our lives. Yet recent studies show the conscious brain processes only a tiny fraction of the brain as a whole. Are hidden desires and secret thoughts driving our...
Intelligence Squared
The Islamophobia question: is it OK to be anxious about Islam?
Tariq Ramandan, David Aaronovitch, Charles Glass, Ibn Warraq.
TLDR News
Johnson’s No Deal Plans Get Derailed by MPs in Vote - Brexit Explained
Last night the government lost a vote giving MPs the power to take control of the business in the House of Commons today. In this video we're going to discuss what the result of this vote is, what it means for Brexit and if it will end...
History Hit
Michael Scott on Classical Connections: Humanities interest then and now
How different is the ancient world from the modern world? Why is cherry picking history not a good thing compared to looking at the big picture of it? ***The interviewers audio is lower than the guest speaker*** Michael Scott on...