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Enjoy audio and video from RSA's free public events programme, which addresses relevant issues from the fields of science and technology, design and the arts, economics, politics and international affairs. Our speakers include internationally renowned writers, academics, business leaders, social innovators, politicians and policymakers exploring the biggest challenges facing society today.

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RSA Audio: The Equality Gap Join Kate Banyard, Deb Leary OBE and Dr Nina Power as they discuss one of the most pressing social justice issues in the UK today. 3/11/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: The Robin Hood Tax: Turning a crisis for the banks into an opportunity for the world Professor Jeffrey Sachs is joined by an expert panel to discuss how the Robin Hood Tax can help us strengthen public services in the UK and reduce poverty overseas. 3/11/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Reason, Fiction and Faith: Are any of the arguments for the existence of God any good? Philosophical novelist Rebecca Goldstein and cognitive theorist Steven Pinker “in conversation” on literature, science and religion. 3/5/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Visions of the Good Society W.G. Runciman re-examines three classics of Western political thought, and asks: how accurate are their assumptions about human motivation and action? 3/4/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Connected: The amazing power of social networks and how they shape our lives Nicholas Christakis turns the notion of the self-directed individual on its head, and shows us the extraordinary power of social networks. 2/26/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: The 21 Hour Society Andrew Simms, Anna Coote, John Philpott and Mark Littewood ask: will a 21 hour working week solve all of society’s ills 2/25/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Is Prosperity Without Growth Possible? Professor Tim Jackson, Professor Avner Offer, Oliver Kamm and Paul Ormerod debate whether we should consider shifting from strongly growth-focused economic norms to a new and broader definition of prosperity and progress. 2/25/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Renowned evolutionary anthropologist Professor Robin Dunbar explains how the very distant past underpins all of our current behaviours, and how we can best utilise that knowledge. 2/18/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: The Rule of Law One of the most influential judges of the 20th century, former Master of the Rolls, Lord Bingham makes the case for the rule of law as the foundation of a fair and just society. 2/11/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Leadership and Trust in Business The President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Lord Browne, visits the RSA to outline the implications of the financial crisis for business leaders. 2/11/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Do we get the politics we deserve? James O'Brien, Matthew Taylor, Karen Buck MP, Anne McElvoy, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown debate whether or not we get the politics we deserve. 2/11/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: The Hidden Wealth of Nations David Halpern discusses what is happening in contemporary societies - from value change to the changing role of governments - and suggest what policymakers and citizens can do about it. 2/9/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: The Importance of Inclusion to the London 2012 legacy Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu visits the RSA to give the LOCOG inaugural diversity and inclusion address. 2/5/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Whoops! John Lanchester attempts to unravel the head-spinning implications of the economic crisis, and to explain why everyone owes everyone and no-one can pay. 2/4/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: The Pinch: How the baby boomers stole their children's future - and how they can give it back David Willetts MP asks: will the baby boomers be willing to make the sacrifices necessary to address the problem of intergenerational unfairness? 2/3/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: You Are Not A Gadget Digital guru Jaron Lanier delivers a call to arms against digital collectivism and proposes more productive ways technology might interact with our culture. 2/1/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: The Art of Meditation “The world’s happiest man" philosopher Matthieu Ricard explains how we can train our minds in habits of well-being. 2/1/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Can Online Markets Tackle Poverty? James Purnell MP joins Wingham Rowan to ask how can we use online markets more effectively to ensure we create value and opportunity for the low-paid and unemployed? 1/29/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us Daniel H Pink tells us how we can embrace his innovative approach to the science of motivation. 1/27/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: A National Victims' Service Justice Secretary Jack Straw talks about reform in the criminal justice system and to launch the first ever National Victims' Service. 1/27/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: The Anatomy of an Action: self and responsibility after neuroscience Is free will an illusion? Patrick Haggard and our expert panel debate the profound implications of the classic Libet experiment. 1/25/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Is the Bright Side the Right Side? Laurence Shorter, Lucy Mangan and Ariel Leve ask whether a strongly optimistic outlook is the key to a resilient, productive society? Or whether we need a pinch of pessimism to stir us into action? 1/21/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Whole Earth Discipline Join ecologist Stewart Brand as he presents a bold and creative set of solutions for producing a more sustainable society. 1/21/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: The Future of Work One of the UK’s leading thinkers on employment, Richard Donkin shows how changing attitudes, living patterns and technologies are transforming our relationship with work. 1/14/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Fun Inc.: Why games are the 21st century’s most serious business Tom Chatfield explains how video games are helping us to better understand economics, human behaviour, and democratic participation. With a response by Ed Vaizey MP. 1/14/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Living by Giving: Donation and the benefits of altruism Chris Rudge, James Neuberger and AC Grayling as they discuss the reasons why we give and how we can influence altruistic behaviour. 1/14/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Smile or Die Acclaimed journalist, author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich explores the darker side of positive thinking. 1/14/10 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday – Ben Schott ‘Re-Views’ the Year: 2009 Ben Schott, author of Schott's Almanacs and Miscellanies, gives a witty review of 2009. 12/11/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Bossom Lecture - Form Matters David Chipperfield CBE RDI will give the 2009 RSA Bossom Lecture on architecture and society. 12/9/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: In Defence of the Enlightenment Tzvetan Todorov argues for an Enlightenment approach to developing and understanding an open and just modern society. 12/9/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: The Hidden Cost of White-Collar Crime Sir Ken MacDonald QC, Jonathan Aitken, Professor Gary Slapper and Laurie Taylor ask: can we afford to continue to ignore the true social cost and significance of white-collar crime? 12/4/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Scroogenomics: why reindeer jumpers, singing fish and novelty clocks shouldn't be under our Christmas Author Professor Joel Waldfogel explains why you shouldn't buy presents for the festive season. 12/3/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Is the UK Making Disability a Death Sentence? Disability arts pioneer Paddy Masefield argues that moves to legalise assisted suicide make ever more invisible the positive achievements of living long-term as a disabled person. 11/30/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Putting Relationships at the Heart of School Organisation and Design Former headteacher James Wetz asks: how can we organise our secondary schools so that all young people are encouraged to learn and gain a stake in society? 11/26/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: First as Tragedy, Then as Farce: the economic crisis and the end of global capitalism Slavoj Zizek, one of the world’s most influential living philosophers, visits the RSA to discuss capitalism's flawed priorities. 11/25/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Elusive Rightness in Design Robin Levien RDI will illuminate how designers try to capture that 'something extra' that 'it' factor that will elevate their work from the ordinary. 11/22/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday – Delete: the virtue of forgetting in the digital age Viktor Mayer-Schonberger presents an account of the challenges we face in a world where our digital traces are saved for life. 11/20/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Design & Society - Playing the City Award-winning games designer and digital creative Kevin Slavin presents a powerful argument for games as social systems with people at the centre. 11/18/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: The Family: How has the portrayal of South Asians in the media changed in recent years? Our panellists discuss the representation of British South Asians in the media. This discussion followed a screening of an episode from the Channel 4 series, The Family. 11/18/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Banking in the Wake of the Crisis: how will confidence be restored? FT columnist John Kay and Telegraph economics editor Edmund Conway visit the RSA to ask: have our banks and bankers really learned the lessons of the crisis? 11/13/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Sustainability As A Matter of Survival: 10 Years of Architecture for Humanity Architect Cameron Sinclair reveals how we can build a sustainable future by helping people to help themselves. 11/13/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: New Perspectives on Faith and Development: Closing keynote address The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, gives the closing keynote of this series on faith and development 11/12/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - The Fall of the Berlin Wall: 20 years on Mary Elise Sarotte, Peter Millar and Thomas Kielinger discuss the Berlin Wall, its fall, and the implications for Germany, Europe and the international community, 20 years on. 11/12/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Creating a High-Value Economy Sir John Rose, chief executive of Rolls Royce, outlines the importance of a dynamic manufacturing base to a resourceful and competitive economy 11/12/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: New Perspectives on Faith and Development: Towards a Sustainable Environment - What can faith teach us? Satish Kumar and Professor Sir John Houghton FRS ask if faith traditions have a relevant voice on climate change. 11/5/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Security in the 21st Century: Global, National, Local The Home Secretary, Alan Johnson MP and Professor Michael Clarke, director of RUSI, discuss issues of safety and security in the 21st century. 11/2/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Left Brain, Right Brain: Human nature and political values Matthew Taylor will explore how brain and behaviour research is increasingly being incorporated into political and policy debate. 11/1/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Breakfast with Socrates: the philosophy of everyday life Robert Rowland Smith takes us through an ordinary day in the company of some extraordinary ideas. 10/29/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Lost Generation? Recession and the young Stephen Timms MP, David Willetts MP, David Blanchflower and an expert panel consider how the recession is affecting young people and their future prospects 10/26/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Trust: how we lost it and how we can get it back Professor Anthony Seldon lays out a blueprint for rebuilding trust in our society, our communities - and in ourselves. 10/22/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - The Promise, Power and Danger of a New Nuclear Age Internationally acclaimed science writer Amir Aczel visits the RSA to discuss how uranium is once again shaping global politics, energy solutions and cultural concerns. 10/22/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Making Local the Answer John Denham MP visits the RSA to set out his vision for the future of local government with a response by Sir Michael Bichard, Executive Director, Institute for Government 10/21/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: New Perspectives on Faith and Development: Health and Education - Where faith fits? Secretary of State for International Development Douglas Alexander looks at how faith shapes personal and group identities. 10/20/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: The Condition and Future of Primary Education Join a panel of expert commentators as they discuss the implications of the Cambridge Primary Review report. 10/20/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Hacking Design : Folly, theft or a new democratic dawn? Is design-hacking merely another post-modern phase in the history of design, or does it reveal a civic ingenuity and resourcefulness that decades of industrially-fed consumerism has masked? 10/17/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Justice: What’s the right thing to do? Michael Sandel visits the RSA to argue for a new commitment to citizenship and the common good. 10/13/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Drugs, Communities and Citizenship: The new ‘recovery’ models for users A panel of experts and practitioners assess the possibilities for rehabilitation, integration, and participatory citizenship at the heart of the new ‘recovery models’ for substance-users. 10/9/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: 2009 Chairman's Inaugural Lecture - The Importance of Invention RSA Chairman, Luke Johnson gives this year's inaugural lecture. The promotion of innovation was the founding spirit of the RSA, Luke suggests that we should renew our commitment to industrial and social pioneers who can provide solutions to the challenges that lie ahead. 10/8/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: New Perspectives on Faith and Development: Poverty and Conflict - Faith as a solution or cause? Baroness Chalker and Edicio dela Torre ask how faith can be used as a force for positive social change 10/8/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Saving Kyoto: Copenhagen and Beyond Professor Graciela Chichilnisky, one of the leading architects of the Kyoto Protocol, outlines how the carbon market can help to close the global income divide whilst resolving the climate crisis. 10/2/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: New Perspectives on Faith and Development: Faith in the Marketplace? Tariq Ramadan and Ken Costa ask where faith fits in the marketplace and if the marketplace has suffered from a lack of values? 9/30/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Cities and Citizenship: Surviving the 21st Century Lord Mawson, Professor Wolf Prix, Anna Minton, Matthew Taylor and Professor Ricky Burdett discuss the relationship between design and citizenship in the 21st century city 9/30/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: The Internet in Society: Empowering or censoring citizens? Join Evgeny Morozov as he outlines the dramatically different ways in which the internet's potential can be utilised by citizens and regimes. 9/24/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA/Soil Association event - Food in a world without oil Peter Melchett, Tim Lang, Professor Nigel Halford and Roger Harrabin discuss the provision of food for all in an oil-free world 9/24/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Party conferences: who needs them? Iain Dale, Stephen Pound MP and Michael White debate the significance of the annual party conferences. 9/24/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Class, Poverty and the Media: The Uses of Literacy toda Lynsey Hanley and DJ Taylor discuss Richard Hoggart's landmark cultural study The Uses of Literacy and assess its continuing relevance today. 9/18/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: The Economic Consequences of Mr Brown Stein Ringen and an expert panel at the RSA assess the real outcomes of the past decade of a government which was strongly in power, had a clear mandate and was benefitting from steady economic growth. 9/16/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Freedom for Sale: How we made money and lost our liberty John Kampfner provides a spirited account of the new world order that threatens to undermine our most basic freedoms. 9/10/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Connected Minds: Loneliness, Social Brains and the Need for Community Join Professor John Cacioppo as he outlines the vital importance of altruistic behaviour, social connection and inclusive communities in this exclusive RSA event. 9/9/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Why Faith Matters for Development Rt Hon Tony Blair gave the opening address in a new series of seminars on faith and development organised by The Tony Blair Faith Foundation, DFID, WorldVision, Oxfam and Islamic Relief. 9/9/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: David Cameron and Nassim Taleb in conversation David Cameron MP and best-selling author Nassim Taleb visited the RSA to discuss what measures need to be taken, in the wake of the economic crisis, in order to create a more “Black Swan-robust society”. 8/19/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - The Renewal of St Martin-in-the-Fields: a case study in social space making Architect Eric Parry discusses the challenges of place-making within a culturally sensitive context, and considers how social spaces can be designed to support community building. 7/30/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - The Crisis of Islamic Civilisation Former Iraqi cabinet minister Ali A. Allawi asks: can and should Islamic civilisation be revived in the face of globalisation? 7/23/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: From 'me' to 'we' Mark Earls discusses the emergence of the "social revolution" in marketing management and social policy. 7/21/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Mothers and Others Renowned anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy addresses the leading problem in socio-biology today: why do we have prosocial emotions? 7/17/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: All Consuming Join Neal Lawson and a distinguished panel as they assess the relative perils and merits of our ‘all consuming’ obsession. 7/17/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: The Sustainability Project - How Much More Can Our Planet Take? Our expert panel will assess the changes in lifestyles, productions methods and consumption behaviour required to meet the global sustainability challenge. 7/15/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Education at the Crossroads Matthew Taylor, gives the 13th Specialist Schools and Academies Trust Annual Lecture. 7/15/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Do People Need Community Anymore? Amitai Etzioni looks at the role of community in today's society. Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury responds. 7/14/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Vision Matters: Defining Identity Jeff Saperstein shows how, despite these tumultuous times, we can not only cope, but thrive, and in the process create more productive regions, better organisations and more fulfilled lives 7/10/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Facts Are Subversive: Political writing from a decade without a name Timothy Garton Ash, John Burns and Adam Roberts discuss pivotal moments from the first turbulent decade of the new millennium. 7/2/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - In Search of Civilisation Join leading philosopher John Armstrong, as he asks what exactly is meant by the term 'civilisation' and why do we need it? 7/2/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA/English Project Debate - English: On the skids. Innit? An RSA/English Project debate on the future of the English language, with Jeremy Paxman, Anne Atkins and Susie Dent. 7/2/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Making Progress: Rethinking Enlightenment Moral philosopher Susan Neiman argues that a progressive political outlook depends on a return to a robust Enlightenment. 7/2/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Free: The Future of a Radical Price Chris Anderson, the groundbreaking author of the Long Tail visits the RSA to outline a dramatic new change in the way our economy functions. 7/1/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: What is Education For? Michael Gove MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families outlines the principles that should inform education reform in the 21st Century. 7/1/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Healthy Choices? Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley MP joins a panel of experts to discuss the relations between behaviour, choice and health outcomes. 6/29/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Have the baby boomers made us go bust? Join novelist and critic Bonnie Greer, authors Jenny Diski and Tim Lott , and journalist Brendan O’Neill, as they assess the intergenerational ‘boom and bust’. 6/25/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: The Value of Higher Education Join David Lammy MP, minister for higher education and intellectual property, as he examines the value of higher education 6/24/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: When China Rules the World Martin Jacques argues that we are moving into an era of contested modernity, where the central player in this new world will be China. Chair: James Harding, the Times. 6/22/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Why Interfaith? Join Karen Armstrong as she examines the very concept, function and value of interfaith dialogue in this exclusive event. Asking why is there such emphasis on interfaith initiatives? 6/19/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Electoral Reform: Right Question? Right Answer? And Who Decides? At a critical time for UK democracy, Chris Huhne MP, John Keane, Douglas Carswell MP, Denis MacShane MP and Steve Richards ask: is electoral reform the right response? 6/19/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Aung San Suu Kyi and the struggle for Burma’s Freedom As Aung San Suu Kyi approaches her 64th birthday, we bring together a distinguished panel to pay tribute to her life-time of patriotism, sacrifice and commitment to the cause of freedom and democracy. 6/18/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Talent is Overrated Geoff Colvin, Fortune’s senior editor-at-large, explains his surprising findings about achievement, work, and talent. 6/12/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: The Future of 14-19 Education and Training: Quality learning delivered through partnerships An expert panel discuss the key findings of the Nuffield Review of 14-19 education, and assess its recommendations for a wider vision of learning and its assessment. 6/12/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: Finding New Opportunities Amid the Economic Wreckage Acclaimed economist Professor Robert Frank visits the RSA to highlight the fresh opportunities that lie amidst the economic wreckage. 6/11/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror Internationally acclaimed writer and scholar Reza Aslan argues for a dramatic re-orientation in how we think about the ongoing struggle with Islamic extremism. 6/11/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday – Physics of the Impossible Join theoretical physicist Dr Michio Kaku as he goes on a journey exploring the science of the impossible. 5/31/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: What has the Gates Foundation done for global health? n this RSA Event with The Lancet our speakers consider one of the biggest players in global health, the Gates Foundation. 5/31/09 Free View In iTunes
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RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - New Capitalism and the Bubble Economy Sociologist Kevin Doogan challenges the economic orthodoxies of the past two decades and suggests how we might restore rationality to the management of economic affairs. 5/14/09 Free View In iTunes
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