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The Reith Lectures Episodes

  1. Silence Grips the Town

    The story of a how historical obsession killed a Polish writer, told by Hilary Mantel

  2. The Iron Maiden

    Best-selling Author Hilary Mantel asks: How do we construct our pictures of the past?

  3. The Day Is for the Living

    Art can bring the dead back to life argues novelist Hilary Mantel

  4. Mistaken Identities: Culture

    Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah explores the idea of culture and 'western civilisation'

  5. Mistaken Identities: Colour

    Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses skin colour and its role in ideas of identity

  6. Mistaken Identities: Country

    Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah gives lectures on Creed, Country, Colour and Culture

  7. Mistaken Identities: Creed

    Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah says we overestimate scripture in our view of faith

  8. Stephen Hawking: on Black Holes

    These collapsed stars challenge the very nature of space and time

  9. Black Holes: Not as Black as They Are Painted

    Professor Stephen Hawking delivers the second of his 麻豆社 Reith Lectures on black holes

  10. Stephen Hawking: Do Black Holes Have No Hair?

    Professor Stephen Hawking delivers the first of his 麻豆社 Reith Lectures on black holes

  11. The Idea of Wellbeing

    Medicine must shift from a focus on health and survival to a focus on wellbeing

  12. The Problem of Hubris

    Dr Atul Gawande examines the problems in ageing and death and the limits of healthcare

  13. The Century of the System

    The impact of systems - from simple checklists to complex mechanisms - on medicine

  14. Why do Doctors Fail?

    Atul Gawande explores the nature of imperfection in medicine

  16. Lecture 3: Eliza Manningham-Buller on Freedom

    Former M15 director-general Eliza Manningham-Buller discusses foreign policy since 9/11.

  17. Lecture 2: Eliza Manningham-Buller on Security

    Assessing the role of security and intelligence services in a democracy.

  18. Lecture 1: Eliza Manningham-Buller on Terror

    Eliza Manningham-Buller reflects on 9/11 in the first of her Reith Lectures 2011.

  19. Lecture 2: Aung San Suu Kyi on Dissent

    Aung San Suu Kyi examines what drives people to dissent in the second Reith Lecture 2011

  20. Lecture 1: Aung San Suu Kyi on Liberty

    Aung San Suu Kyi explores what freedom means in the first of the 2011 Reith Lectures

  22. 04/07/2009

    Professor Sandel makes the case for a moral and civic renewal in democratic politics.

  23. 27/06/2009

    Professor Sandel considers how we should use our ever-increasing scientific knowledge.

  25. Vandana Shiva - Globalisation and Poverty

    Environmental campaigner Vandana Shiva lectures on globalisation and poverty

  27. Jeffrey Sachs: Lecture 5

    Jeffrey Sachs lecture on ways to deal with the global challenges facing the modern world

  28. Is there such a thing as Evil?

    Forensic Psychiatrist Dr Gwen Adshead asks if there's such a thing as Evil?

  29. Gro Harlem Brundtland - Health and Population

    Gro Harlem Brundtland lecture on sustainable development for the fight against poverty

  30. Daniel Barenboim: Lecture 1

    Daniel Barenboim gives the first of five lectures on the importance of music

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