The Reith Lectures

BBC Radio 4

313 - 4. Fighting for Humanity in the Age of the Machine.

Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series

313 - 4. Fighting for Humanity in the Age of the Machine.

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Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series

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Tue, 28 May 2019

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Tue, 24 Jul 2018

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Wed, 27 Sep 2017

Tue, 11 Jul 2017

Tue, 04 Jul 2017

Tue, 27 Jun 2017

Tue, 20 Jun 2017

Tue, 13 Jun 2017

Tue, 08 Nov 2016

Tue, 01 Nov 2016

The Reith Lectures

Episodes

4. Fighting for Humanity in the Age of the Machine.

3. A conspiracy of decency

2. How to start a moral revolution

Moral Maze debate: Rutger Bregman’s call for a moral revolution

1. A Time of Monsters

Can we change violent minds?

Does Trauma Cause Violence?

Aren't they all evil?

Is Violence Normal?

Social Cohesion and Government

Social Cohesion and Human Nature

4. The Future of Prosperity

3. The Future of Solidarity

2. The Future of Security

1. The Future of Democracy

4. Freedom from Fear

3. Freedom from Want

2. Rhyddid i Addoli

2. Freedom of Worship

1. Freedom of Speech

AI: A Future for Humans

AI in the economy

AI in warfare

The Biggest Event in Human History

From Climate Crisis to Real Prosperity

From Covid Crisis to Renaissance

From Credit Crisis to Resilience

From Moral to Market Sentiments

Shifting the Foundations

Rights and the Ideal Constitution

Human Rights and Wrongs

In Praise of Politics

Law's Expanding Empire

War's Fatal Attraction

Managing the Unmanageable

Civilians and War

Fearing and Loving: Making Sense of the Warrior

War and Humanity

Reith Revisited: Angela Stent on George Kennan

Reith Revisited: Grayson Perry on Nikolaus Pevsner

Reith Revisited: Brian Cox on Robert Oppenheimer

Reith Revisited: Anand Menon on Robert Birley

Reith Revisited: Michael Sandel on Bertrand Russell

Adaptation

Can These Bones Live?

Silence Grips the Town

The Iron Maiden

The Day Is for the Living

Culture

Colour