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The Reith Lectures
Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series.
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4. The Future of Prosperity — Ben Ansell: Our Democratic Future
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This year’s lectures will be delivered by forensic psychiatrist Dr Gwen Adshead.
Prof Ben Ansell asks how we can make politics work for all of us in the 21st century.
Eight key points from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s BBC Reith Lecture.
This year four lecturers take up the themes of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms".
Stuart Russell explores the future of AI and asks: how can we get it right?
Listen to all four of Mark Carney's BBC Reith Lectures.
Jonathan Sumption argues that the law is taking over the space once occupied by politics.
Reith lecturer Stuart Russell says we need to stop AI gaining control over our future.
Series producer Jim Frank picks his personal favourites.
A helpful steer from the series producer.
Four lectures recommended by the series producer.
Download talks on subjects such as: the limits of contemporary art or what freedom means.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says the biggest threat to freedom of speech today is social.
Duration: 1:25
Historian Margaret Macmillan says women have often been cheerleaders for war.
Duration: 0:57
Prof Margaret Macmillan says we should be concerned about nuclear proliferation.
Duration: 0:56
Hilary Mantel says history is never repeated. But, it can be lived again through art.
Duration: 1:56
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