Rethink
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Professor Ben Ansell asks some of the world's sharpest minds about the latest thinking, and what it might mean for policy and society.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jun 24, 2020 • 6min
Stuart Russell: Rethinking AI
Scientist and author Russell asks us to consider the benefit of artificial intelligence
Jun 23, 2020 • 5min
Carlo Rovelli: Rethinking Humanity
Physicist Rovelli campaigns for our species to choose compassion over brutality.
Jun 23, 2020 • 8min
Reed Hastings: Rethinking Togetherness
Netflix CEO Hastings argues for stories that bring people together and build unity.
Jun 23, 2020 • 6min
Kang Kyung-wha: Rethinking Accountability
South Korea's Foreign Minister discusses why trust is essential in times of crisis.
Jun 23, 2020 • 7min
Ambassador Samantha Power: Rethinking Global Governance
Samantha Power is the former US Ambassador to the United Nations, Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School, and the author of recent memoir, The Education of an Idealist. She argues that open societies, with changes at home and abroad, can move towards revitalising global cooperation.
Jun 23, 2020 • 9min
Niall Ferguson: Rethinking Progress
Historian Ferguson asks how the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged progress
Jun 23, 2020 • 7min
Tara Westover: Rethinking The Education Divide
Author Westover argues that education, rather than wealth, is now the greatest divide.
Jun 22, 2020 • 6min
Margaret MacMillan: Rethinking International Cooperation
Historian MacMillan explains how our interdependence is essential to our condition.
Jun 22, 2020 • 7min
Jarvis Cocker: Rethinking an Environmental Revolution
Musician Cocker asks if the chirrup of the Hen Harrier will be enough to awake in us a new consciousness of our duty as stewards of the Earth
Jun 22, 2020 • 6min
Lady Hale: Rethinking The Courts
Brenda Hale asks what it means in the year 2020 to get a fair hearing.
