Full Circle IDEAS Podcast
1) Avner De-Shalit - Cities and Migration
Immigration is the issue of our time: riddled with moral, environmental, philosophical and political questions with few clear-cut solutions. Political philosopher Avner de-Shalit guides us through som...Show More
2) Oliver Burkeman - Negative Path to Happiness
For a civilisation so fixated on achieving happiness, we seem remarkably incompetent at the task. The advantages of modern life seem incapable of lifting our collective mood. Wealth doesnât necessaril...Show More
3) Margaret Heffernan - Competition Isn't Everything
The Olympics. X-Factor. The Nobel Prize. Everywhere you look: competition â for fame, money, attention, status. Being top seems to be everything â but what is it costing all of us? We depend on compet...Show More
4) Elizabeth Pisani - On Corruption
Elizabeth is a fearlessly outspoken epidemiologist, well known for her international work on HIV/AIDS. More recently she has turned her attention to Indonesia, writing an unforgettable boo...Show More
5) Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez - On Focus
To Focus or not to Focus? It takes just 7 seconds for our brain to decide whether to pay attention, to listen, to take actionâŠor not. This decision is often made unconsciously; either our br...Show More
6) Giles Gibbons - Changing Social Behaviour
Making a difference: How to effect lasting social behaviour change. An evening with Giles Gibbons, serial Social Entrepreneur and big-business advisor.
7) Susan George - Screwed by the EU
Susan George has a worldwide reputation as a trenchant critic of capitalist globalisation and as an activist for social justice. Come and hear her speak her mind about whatâs gone wrong and how w...Show More
8) Martin Jacques - When China Rules the World
Martin Jacques, well known British author, broadcaster and academic talks about âHow China will change nearly everythingâ. Martin Jacques presented his ideas to a select audience of policy makers, pol...Show More
9) Sean Gourley - Intelligence in Big Data?
Can Big Data help us make better decisions? Each year computers are getting faster, but at the same time we as humans are getting better at using them. The top chess players in the world are not compu...Show More
10) Philippe Van Parijs - Universal Basic Income
Basic income â individual, universal and unconditional. A controversial topic, discussed, implemented or advocated for across several countries. Philippe Van Parijs, a proponent and one of the worldâ...Show More