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IN STUDIO
From left to right: Sarah Hrdy, Ben Okri, Anthony Giddens and Bridget Kendall
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RECORDING THIS WEEK'S FORUM
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MEET THE GUESTS
Sociologist LORD ANTHONY GIDDENS warns us it’s time for a rethink when it comes to climate change. Despite all the media attention, most people don’t see it as an over-riding concern. He says we must devise a new deal to persuade everyone to change the way they live.
Award winning Nigerian novelist and poet BEN OKRI overturns the rules of conventional writing to explore the tensions between belonging and breaking free. He has invented a new literary form, the stoku, which is an amalgam of the Japanese Haiku and the short story.
American anthropologist SARAH HRDY offers a new take on the evolution of human behaviour. She says it has been honed not through competition and warfare, but through a primeval ability to share. She believes alloparenting - the way ape ancestors shared the care of their children - has been crucial for the evolution of humankind. -
60 SECOND IDEA TO CHANGE THE WORLD
In our 60 Second Idea To Change The World SARAH HRDY suggests that all women wear ear plugs straight after giving birth. At birth, a woman's threshold for responding to a baby's signals is set a little lower than a man's so the baby becomes accustomed to being comforted by her, and becomes more attached to her. If a new mum wears ear plugs after giving birth, dad will be quicker to respond and over time will find himself increasingly delighted to gain baby’s affection and trust. Earplugs will ensure that fathers will be seduced into investing more of themselves in their offspring.
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THIS WEEK'S ILLUSTRATION
Collective parenting or seeking freedom all to tackle climate. By Emily Kasriel
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IN NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAMME
American Astronomer ANDREA GHEZ on a supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy.
South African economist and futurologist IAN GOLDIN on why current risk analysis models are inadequate.
Belarusian cyber insider EVGENY MOROZOV on why the internet has not been as good for democracy as cyberutopians hoped.
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BBC World ServiceSun 19 Jul 2009 08:05 GMT BBC World Service
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BBC World ServiceMon 20 Jul 2009 00:05 GMT BBC World Service
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