Episodes
Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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01 | Niall Ferguson | 20210104 | As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. Niall Ferguson gives a historian's view of lessons from previous centuries in a wry take on the past 800 years. "I've invited seven of your big brothers and sisters - from the twentieth century all the way back to the fourteenth - to give you some fraternal or sororal advice".
As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. | |
01 | Niall Ferguson | 20210104 | 20210105 (R4) | As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. Niall Ferguson gives a historian's view of lessons from previous centuries in a wry take on the past 800 years. "I've invited seven of your big brothers and sisters - from the twentieth century all the way back to the fourteenth - to give you some fraternal or sororal advice".
As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. |
02 | Jane Burston | 20210105 | As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. Jane Burston says now is the time to get really serious about climate change. "Decisions will be made and the actions taken that determine the very future of life on this planet. In the next decade, either the climate emergency will be turned around, or it'll run out of control."
As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. | |
02 | Jane Burston | 20210105 | 20210106 (R4) | As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. Jane Burston says now is the time to get really serious about climate change. "Decisions will be made and the actions taken that determine the very future of life on this planet. In the next decade, either the climate emergency will be turned around, or it'll run out of control."
As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. |
03 | Brian Christian | 20210106 | As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. Brian Christian addresses his reflections to Artificial Intelligence. He identifies its developmental milestones in the twenty first century and sees its coming of age as posing fundamental questions about what it means to be human.
As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. | |
03 | Brian Christian | 20210106 | 20210107 (R4) | As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. Brian Christian addresses his reflections to Artificial Intelligence. He identifies its developmental milestones in the twenty first century and sees its coming of age as posing fundamental questions about what it means to be human.
As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. |
04 | Ashley Hickson Lovence | 20210107 | As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. Ashley Hickson Lovence writes a letter to his younger brother who has grown up with the century.
As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. | |
04 | Ashley Hickson Lovence | 20210107 | 20210108 (R4) | As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. Ashley Hickson Lovence writes a letter to his younger brother who has grown up with the century.
As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. |
05 | Dina Rezk | 20210108 | As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their appraisals and advice. Dina Rezk gives a personal British and Egyptian perspective on the defining moments in the twenty-first century of 9/11 and the Arab Spring. Dr Rezk is Associate Professor in Middle Eastern History and Politics at the University of Reading. She is also a New Generation Thinker on the scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. | |
05 | Dina Rezk | 20210108 | 20210109 (R4) | As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their appraisals and advice. Dina Rezk gives a personal British and Egyptian perspective on the defining moments in the twenty-first century of 9/11 and the Arab Spring. Dr Rezk is Associate Professor in Middle Eastern History and Politics at the University of Reading. She is also a New Generation Thinker on the scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. |