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RSA Events

World-changing ideas. For free. For everyone.Featuring the world’s most exciting public thinkers, innovators and changemakers, RSA talks bring people and ideas together to shape a better future for al... Read more

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Enlightenment Now

Enlightenment Now

The challenges we face today are formidable. But, argues influential global thinker Steven Pinker, our problems are solv... Read more

22 Feb 2018

57mins

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Becoming Wise

Becoming Wise

Krista Tippett joins the RSA to explore the enduring question of what it is to be human, and how we can learn to live wi... Read more

15 Aug 2016

57mins

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How Societies Find the Power to Change

How Societies Find the Power to Change

Social innovation pioneer Geoff Mulgan argues that we need new solutions designed to meet social needs if we’re to solve... Read more

13 Dec 2019

56mins

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How Culture Divides Us

How Culture Divides Us

Award-winning social psychologist Michele Gelfand explains how the clash between ‘tight’ and ‘loose’ cultures drives man... Read more

18 Oct 2018

1hr 2mins

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Team Human

Team Human

Renowned thinker Douglas Rushkoff argues that amidst increasing automation and alienation, humanity’s best path forward ... Read more

15 Feb 2019

58mins

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RSA Presents: On Belonging And Brit(ish)ness

RSA Presents: On Belonging And Brit(ish)ness

Afua Hirsch and Matthew Taylor discuss Britain's current identity crisis at Wilderness Festival. Britain is a nation exp... Read more

16 Aug 2018

41mins

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On Bullshit Jobs

On Bullshit Jobs

Is modern work actually productive, or just an end in itself? 'The most influential anthropologist in the world', David ... Read more

17 May 2018

57mins

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How To Control Your Attention And Choose Your Life

How To Control Your Attention And Choose Your Life

We’re living through a crisis of distraction. Behavioural designer Nir Eyal teaches us how to regain focus on what reall... Read more

17 Oct 2019

58mins

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How The Internet Is Killing Democracy

How The Internet Is Killing Democracy

Should you really be shocked by the Facebook revelations? Author and Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social M... Read more

25 Apr 2018

59mins

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2019: Review of the Year

2019: Review of the Year

As we near the end of 2019, a panel of commentators gathers to reflect on the forgotten moments that have shaped a year ... Read more

13 Dec 2019

59mins

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Populism and the Fate of the West

Populism and the Fate of the West

This event was recorded live at The RSA on Thursday 4th May 2017 The traditional liberal democracies of the West are in ... Read more

12 May 2017

1hr 3mins

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How To Change Your Life By Changing The World

How To Change Your Life By Changing The World

Sustainability expert Solitaire Townsend delivers a dose of climate optimism and shares how to feel good by doing good. ... Read more

20 Aug 2019

29mins

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How To Find Joy In The Everyday

How To Find Joy In The Everyday

What does joy look like? Designer Ingrid Fetell Lee exposes the power of ordinary things to create extraordinary happine... Read more

7 Nov 2018

1hr

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Economics for Everyone: What Needs to Change

Economics for Everyone: What Needs to Change

We bring together representatives from civil society, thinktanks, and the media in a panel discussion to explore how we ... Read more

20 Nov 2016

53mins

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Cities 3.0

Cities 3.0

This event was recorded live at The RSA on Thursday 11th May 2017 We've had 'Sharing Cities' and 'Smart Cities' - what's... Read more

30 May 2017

57mins

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How Change Happens

How Change Happens

One of the world’s most influential public thinkers Cass Sunstein explores the different ways that social change can hap... Read more

4 Apr 2019

1hr 1min

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How Social Media Shape Collective Action

How Social Media Shape Collective Action

Academics Helen Margetts and Peter John explain how social media are now inextricably intertwined with the political beh... Read more

1 Nov 2016

53mins

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Why Modern Work Makes Us Miserable

Why Modern Work Makes Us Miserable

What’s gone wrong with our workplace culture? Dan Lyons explores how we can put people back at the centre of our working... Read more

15 May 2019

1hr 4mins

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How To Be Right In A World Gone Wrong

How To Be Right In A World Gone Wrong

LBC broadcaster and online talk show sensation, James O’Brien, shows how to dismantle small minds, expose falsehoods and... Read more

7 Nov 2018

1hr 10mins

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Good Work for All

Good Work for All

This event was recorded live at The RSA on Tuesday 9th May 2017 The world of work is changing fast. Globalization, de-in... Read more

12 May 2017

1hr 9mins

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