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War And Our World
War And Our World
The Reith lecturer for the 50th anniversary series, is British military historian and journalist John Keegan. He has bee... Read more
8 Apr 1998
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43mins
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In the Beginning was Sound
In the Beginning was Sound
This year's lecturer is Daniel Barenboim, who has become known as one of the most versatile pianists of his generation. ... Read more
7 Apr 2006
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42mins
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In Our Time
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English Lessons
English Lessons
Jonathan Spence lectures about China.Spence examines China's relations with the United Kingdom through three centuries o... Read more
10 Jun 2008
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43mins
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The Neglected Sense
The Neglected Sense
This year's lecturer is Daniel Barenboim, who has become known as one of the most versatile pianists of his generation. ... Read more
14 Apr 2006
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42mins
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The Joe Rogan Experience
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The Origins Of War
The Origins Of War
This year's Reith lecturer is British military historian and journalist John KeeganIn his second lecture, recorded at th... Read more
15 Apr 1998
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43mins
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Neuroscience - the New Philosophy
Neuroscience - the New Philosophy
This year's Reith Lecturer is Vilayanur S Ramachandran, Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognition. He has lectured ... Read more
30 Apr 2003
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42mins
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Morality in Politics
Morality in Politics
Professor Michael Sandel delivers four lectures about the prospects of a new politics of the common good. The series is ... Read more
16 Jun 2009
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42mins
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Survival in the Anthropocene
Survival in the Anthropocene
Jeffrey Sachs delivers the second lecture from the University in Beijing. He discusses China's emergence as an economic ... Read more
18 Apr 2007
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42mins
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A Web Of Deceit
A Web Of Deceit
This year's Reith Lecturer is Jean Aitchison, a Professor of Language and Communication in the Faculty of English Langua... Read more
13 Feb 1996
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27mins
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Phantoms in the Brain
Phantoms in the Brain
This year's Reith Lecturer is Vilayanur S Ramachandran, Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognition. He has lectured ... Read more
2 Apr 2003
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42mins
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Tradition:Delhi
Tradition:Delhi
Professor Giddens was director of the London School of Economics and he has been described as 'Britain's best-known soci... Read more
21 Apr 1999
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58mins
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Eliza Manningham-Buller: Terror
Eliza Manningham-Buller: Terror
The former Director-General of the Security Service (MI5), Eliza Manningham-Buller gives the first of her BBC Reith Lect... Read more
6 Sep 2011
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42mins
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A New Politics of the Common Good
A New Politics of the Common Good
Professor Michael Sandel delivers four lectures about the prospects of a new politics of the common good. The series is ... Read more
30 Jun 2009
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42mins
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Genetics and Morality
Genetics and Morality
Professor Michael Sandel delivers four lectures about the prospects of a new politics of the common good. The series is ... Read more
23 Jun 2009
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42mins
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Governance
Governance
To mark the new millennium, this year's Reith Lectures are delivered by five different thinkers, each eminent in a diffe... Read more
12 Apr 2000
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43mins
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The Artful Brain
The Artful Brain
This year's Reith Lecturer is Vilayanur S Ramachandran, Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognition. He has lectured ... Read more
16 Apr 2003
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42mins
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The World Wide Web
The World Wide Web
This year's Reith Lecturer is Jean Aitchison, a Professor of Language and Communication in the Faculty of English Langua... Read more
5 Mar 1996
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28mins
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Spreading Suspicion
Spreading Suspicion
This year's Reith Lecturer is Onora O'Neill. She became Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, in l992 and has chaired... Read more
3 Apr 2002
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42mins
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Synapses and the Self
Synapses and the Self
This year's Reith Lecturer is Vilayanur S Ramachandran, Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognition. He has lectured ... Read more
9 Apr 2003
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42mins
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The Domestication of Outrage
The Domestication of Outrage
Irish literary critic Denis Donoghue gives the second Reith lecture from his series entitled 'The Mystery of Art'. The c... Read more
17 Nov 1982
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29mins
