Institute of Art and Ideas
The biology of discrimination
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...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Are some cultural values better than others?
Western values have been extraordinarily successful. Yet now, we seem on the backfoot unsure of ourselves and sometimes embarrassed at our own past. Beset with postmodern doubts, do we need to revive belief in the value and importance of...
The March of Time
Hoover speaks
MOT 1935: INTERVIEW: Past-President Herbert Hoover sitting at desk w/ unidentified man taking notes saying he only wants country to know issues criticizing 'New Deal' spending w/o balancing the budget 'printing press credit & increased...
Cerebellum
Compromise And Conflict in America: 1848-1857 - The Compromise Of 1850 And The Fugitive Slave Act
This video looks at the documents conceived in a period when the civil rights of women and Native Americans were in question, and slavery was driving a wedge between slaveholders and abolitionists. Educators from noted American...
Intelligence Squared
Elizabeth Gilbert on failure and forgiveness
Elizabeth Gilbert on failure and forgiveness at IQ2.
Intelligence Squared
Is the BBC impartial? John Humphrys settles the question
Is the BBC impartial? John Humphrys settles the question.
Weird History
What Happened After The Theory Of Evolution Came Out
Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution is perhaps the most famous, and certainly the most controversial, scientific theory ever developed. First published in 1859 in a book titled, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Are western values still relevant?
Western values have been extraordinarily successful. Yet now, we seem on the backfoot unsure of ourselves and sometimes embarrassed at our own past. Beset with postmodern doubts, do we need to revive belief in the value and importance of...
Soliloquy
How New Zealand became Nuclear-Free
In 1987, the New Zealand parliament passed the “New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act” writing into law that New Zealand would be Nuclear-Free. This was the last act in a series of events where being...
Curated Video
The History of Birth Control
The invention of the Pill in 1967 revolutionised birth control everywhere. But US scientists Gregory Pincus and John Rock weren't the first people to experiment with contraception – civilisations around the world have been doing it for...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
How to be More Likable
How to be more likable? Well, you don't need any special charisma to be likeable and make more friends. It's all about fundamentals.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Marcello Dececco: Political Economy of Structural Adjustment (1/7)
Marcello DeCecco, Professor of Monetary and Financial History, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, speaking at INET's Bretton Woods Conference on April 10, 2011. He is introduced by Richard McGregor, Deputy News Editor at the Financial Times.
Healthcare Triage
What Does Medicare Actually Cover?
We've been hearing a lot of pretty general plans to implement Medicare for all Americans. How would that work? Medicare as it exists today has some coverage gaps. How would that be addressed in Medicare for All?
TLDR News
How Do Laws Get Passed In The UK?
It's pretty hard to tell what's happening in parliament from the outside. So we run through how laws are passed in the UK. From their first reading to when the time the Queen gives them royal ascent.
Intelligence Squared
Joseph Stiglitz: Trickle-down economics is 'absolutely wrong'
Joseph Stiglitz: Trickle-down economics is 'absolutely wrong'.
Institute of Art and Ideas
What are the alternatives to democracy?
We believe democracy leads to a fairer world. Yet almost all governments claim to be democratic including China, Russia and Syria. And 50 years after the abolition of hanging, UK polls still show a majority in favour. Is democracy...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Is morality about thinking or feeling?
We think empathising with others is the route to a better world. But studies show that empathy encourages us to help one named child over ten anonymous others. Is morality strangely not about empathy at all? Does the moral way to act...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Opening Up the Ivory Tower: Using Video to Get Out New Voices and Ideas - Pierpaolo Barbieri
Pierpaolo Barbieri, a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, believes that people in Ivory Towers should get out, and interact more fully with the public. And to do this, technology (and video in particular) can help immensely....
Intelligence Squared
Richard Dawkins discussing Father Christmas
Richard Dawkins discussing Father Christmas.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Bretton Woods, Past and Present: 4. The Teaching of Economics
The kind of economics taught in graduate schools was the main contributor to the current crisis, claims Anatole Kaletsky - a statement that begs the question: Has economics teaching changed in response to the current crisis? "The Kids"...
Intelligence Squared
Jess Phillips defending the welfare state
Jess Phillips defending the welfare state.
Intelligence Squared
Sapiens' author Yuval Noah Harari on gender
Sapiens' author Yuval Noah Harari on gender.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
What is Rhetoric?
What is Rhetoric? It's one of the oldest areas of study in history (about 400 BC). Rhetoric is all about the study of persuasive communication and is grounded in the teachers of philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero and sophists...
TLDR News
This Week in Parliament
We are launching a new series called This Week in Parliament. The show is designed to lift the lid on parliament and discuss what has happened in parliament in the preceding week. The series starts this Saturday (13th) and runs for 4 weeks.