Rethink Podcast
1) Carol Cooper: Rethinking Racial Equality
Senior Nurse Cooper makes an impassioned plea for justice.
2) Rethink... authenticity
As generative AI and Deepfake technology has progressed over the last decade, you could be forgiven for thinking that it's never been more difficult to try to work out what is authentic and what is fa...Show More
3) Rethink... the promise of AI
In 2023, ChatGPT took Artificial Intelligence into the mainstream. Now there's a bewildering choice of human-like chatbots to choose from. Generative AIs can produce pictures and video from a text pro...Show More
4) Rethink... regeneration
The government has launched the Pride in Place scheme but is it possible to regenerate urban areas without leaving local people out?Most buildings have a certain shelf life before they need renovating...Show More
5) Rethink...middle age
People are living longer and delaying life's milestone moments. How does this affect our middle years and should we be paying more attention to people in this phase of their lives?For some, middle age...Show More
6) Rethink... nightlife
The Night Times Industries Association says one in four venues have shut down since 2020, and the sector will face an irreversible decline unless the government provides urgent support.The industry wa...Show More
7) Rethink... winners and losers
Do you agree with either of these statements? Illegal migrants come here and are a burden on services and the taxpayer. OR The only way to reduce inequality is to tax billionaires and giant companie...Show More
8) Rethink: should we stop flying?
Aviation is far more difficult to decarbonise than other sectors of the economy, because kerosene is the perfect fuel for planes. It produces enough power to enable planes to fly, yet it is light enou...Show More
9) Rethink: how can flying be less polluting?
Aviation has a problem: it's reliant on fossil fuels which release greenhouse gases when they're burned in a jet engine. Other industries are worse polluters, but in the next few decades, they are lik...Show More
10) Rethink...the meaning of terrorism
What is terrorism? Without doubt, it is a pejorative term; few people would ever want to be called a terrorist, and when the word terrorism is attached to a belief system, it delegitimises it in the e...Show More