Agenda Episodes Episode guide
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Can Torture Be Stopped?
***WARNING - This audio contains descriptions of torture*** How can torture be stopped?
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Spirituality Now
What is spirituality and how is it expressed?
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Behind the Label 鈥� Interview with John Pilger
John Pilger talks about New Rulers of the World, his new film about 'designer' sweatshops
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Corruption 鈥� Going Global
Has corruption increased in the world of globalised economies? How corrupt is the West?
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The Kashmir Question 鈥� Interview with Mark Tully
Mark Tully on what will be on the table at the summit between Indian and Pakistani leaders
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Is the Internet a Force for Good or Bad?
Can it deliver on the promises to link us all together and provide instant information?
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Jonathan Miller 鈥� On Art and Science
Interview with Jonathan Miller, physician, writer, opera director and TV presenter
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Culture under Pressure
What's the state of public culture in Britain and beyond 鈥� is it really under attack?
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Democracy in Crisis
Are corporations and unelected institutions quietly taking over control from governments?
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Matters of Truth
Why does the truth matter so much?
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Towards a New Morality
What would a new secular moral code basd on justice and equality mean for private conduct?
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Taking a World View 鈥� Interview with Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky talks about his political writing 鈥� and what makes a "rogue state"
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New Brutalism In Britain
Whatever happened to good manners 鈥� and do they really matter?
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What Is Good Parenting Now?
What should the parent-child relationship be like in the 21st century?
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Allegiance to Philosophy
Life guides: a new wave of philosophical writing addressing the big issues of our age
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The Multiculturalism Debate
How do we respond to cultural differences? Assimilate, tolerate or welcome them?
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Poverty and How to Help 鈥� Interview with Lord Desai
Lord Desai on causes of poverty and how we need to remove obstacles to self-sufficiency
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Cults 鈥� Rush Hour of the Gods
Why are the numbers of fringe religions around the world growing and how do they recruit?
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You Can't Say That 鈥� Political Censorship
Is censorship on the increase still, a decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall?
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Money and Power 鈥� Who's Got It?
The not-so-simple relationship between economic might and political power
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The Ethics of Foreign Policy
Can there really be an ethical foreign policy or will realpolitik inevitably win the day?
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Populism or What the People Want
What do the people want and should politicians always bow to their wishes?
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Stress? Keep Calm and Carry On
Is modern life more stressful than it ever was before? Stress 鈥� its causes and remedies
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Going Public 鈥� Interview with Antony Gormley
The British sculptor on public art, working with the human figure and Angel of the North
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Does History Matter Any More?
Should we study history or give in to the allure of living in the permanent present?
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Science and Poetry 鈥� Different Views of the Same World
What science and the arts have to learn from each other
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What Direction 成人快手 for the Dispossessed?
The effects and experience of being without a homeland for individuals and communities
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More to Write Than Ever 鈥� Interview with Andr茅 Brink
Why "in the new South Africa, there's incomprabably more to write about than ever before"
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The Future of Work
More work for fewer people? Trends in working hours and workers' rights around the world
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Is Patriotism a Danger or a Comfort?
Does being patriotic always have to mean being better than someone else?
