The Reith Lectures Podcast
Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series. This year, Stuart Russell explores the future of AI and asks: how can we get it right?
Episodes to download
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AI: A Future for Humans—Stuart Russell - Living With Artificial Intelligence
Wed 22 Dec 2021
4/4 Stuart Russell suggests a way forward for human control over artificial intelligence.
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AI in the economy—Stuart Russell - Living With Artificial Intelligence
Wed 15 Dec 2021
3/4 What will artificial intelligence mean for the future of work?
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AI in warfare—Stuart Russell - Living With Artificial Intelligence
Wed 8 Dec 2021
2/4 Stuart Russell warns of the dangers of developing autonomous weapon systems
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The Biggest Event in Human History—Stuart Russell - Living With Artificial Intelligence
Wed 1 Dec 2021
1/4 Stuart Russell asks how artificial intelligence could transform our world
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From Climate Crisis to Real Prosperity—Mark Carney - How We Get What We Value
Wed 23 Dec 2020
4/4 Mark Carney argues that the market can be redirected to alleviating climate change.
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From Covid Crisis to Renaissance—Mark Carney - How We Get What We Value
Wed 16 Dec 2020
3/4 Mark Carney looks at the tensions between economic and human values during the pandemic.
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From Credit Crisis to Resilience—Mark Carney - How We Get What We Value
Wed 9 Dec 2020
2/4 Mark Carney assesses what lessons have been learnt from the 2008 financial crash.
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From Moral to Market Sentiments—Mark Carney - How We Get What We Value
Wed 2 Dec 2020
1/4 Why have financial values come to be considered more important than human ones?
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Shifting the Foundations—Jonathan Sumption - Law and the Decline of Politics
Tue 18 Jun 2019
Jonathan Sumption argues against Britain adopting a written constitution.
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Rights and the Ideal Constitution—Jonathan Sumption - Law and the Decline of Politics
Tue 11 Jun 2019
Jonathan Sumption assess the pros and cons of written and unwritten constitutions.
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Human Rights and Wrongs—Jonathan Sumption - Law and the Decline of Politics
Tue 4 Jun 2019
Jonathan Sumption argues that courts have usurped power via human rights law.
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In Praise of Politics—Jonathan Sumption - Law and the Decline of Politics
Tue 28 May 2019
Jonathan Sumption explains how democracy can accommodate opposing opinions and interests
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Law's Expanding Empire—Jonathan Sumption - Law and the Decline of Politics
Tue 21 May 2019
Jonathan Sumption argues that the law is taking over the space once occupied by politics.
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War's Fatal Attraction—Margaret MacMillan - The Mark of Cain
Tue 24 Jul 2018
5/5 Margaret MacMillan examines how we remember and represent war in art.
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Managing the Unmanageable—Margaret MacMillan - The Mark of Cain
Tue 17 Jul 2018
4/5 Margaret MacMillan assesses attempts to constrain and justify conflict.
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Civilians and War—Margaret MacMillan - The Mark of Cain
Tue 10 Jul 2018
3/5 Margaret MacMillan examines the role of civilians as supporters and victims of conflict.
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Fearing and Loving: Making Sense of the Warrior—Margaret MacMillan - The Mark of Cain
Tue 3 Jul 2018
2/5 Margaret MacMillan explores our complex relationship with the people who go to war.
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War and Humanity—Margaret MacMillan - The Mark of Cain
Tue 26 Jun 2018
1/5 Margaret MacMillan asks if war is an essential part of being human.
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Reith Revisited: Angela Stent on George Kennan
Fri 29 Sep 2017
A re-examination of George Kennan's 1957 Reith Lectures, 'Russia, the Atom and the West'.
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Reith Revisited: Grayson Perry on Nikolaus Pevsner
Thu 28 Sep 2017
Sarah Montague and Grayson Perry discuss Nikolaus Pevsner's lectures on 'English Art'.
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Reith Revisited: Brian Cox on Robert Oppenheimer
Wed 27 Sep 2017
Sarah Montague and Brian Cox reconsider Robert Oppenheimer's 1953 Reith lectures.
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Reith Revisited: Anand Menon on Robert Birley
Wed 27 Sep 2017
Sarah Montague and Anand Menon revisit Robert Birley's Reith Lectures, Britain in Europe.
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Reith Revisited: Michael Sandel on Bertrand Russell
Wed 27 Sep 2017
Michael Sandel revisits the inaugural Reith Lectures given by Bertrand Russell.
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Adaptation—Hilary Mantel - Resurrection: the Art and Craft
Tue 11 Jul 2017
Hilary Mantel on how fiction changes when adapted for stage or screen.
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Can These Bones Live?—Hilary Mantel - Resurrection: the Art and Craft
Tue 4 Jul 2017
Hilary Mantel on how historical fiction can make the past come to life.
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Silence Grips the Town—Hilary Mantel - Resurrection: the Art and Craft
Tue 27 Jun 2017
The story of how historical obsession killed a Polish writer, told by Hilary Mantel.
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The Iron Maiden—Hilary Mantel - Resurrection: the Art and Craft
Tue 20 Jun 2017
How do we construct our pictures of the past asks Hilary Mantel.
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The Day Is for the Living—Hilary Mantel - Resurrection: the Art and Craft
Tue 13 Jun 2017
Art can bring the dead back to life argues novelist Hilary Mantel.
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Culture—Kwame Anthony Appiah - Mistaken Identities
Tue 8 Nov 2016
4/4 Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah asks us to give up the idea of western civilisation.
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Colour—Kwame Anthony Appiah - Mistaken Identities
Tue 1 Nov 2016
3/4 Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah argues for a world free of racial fixations.