91热爆 Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures

The Reith Lectures Podcast

Significant international thinkers deliver the 91热爆's flagship annual lecture series.

Updated: occasionally

Episodes available: indefinitely

Shadow Over Europe—Laurence Martin - The Two Edged Sword

Wed 25 Nov 1981

3/6 Professor Laurence Martin explores the strategic nuclear balance of countries.
Plausibility and Horror—Laurence Martin - The Two Edged Sword

Wed 18 Nov 1981

2/6 Professor Laurence Martin explores the strategic limitations of nuclear weapons.
If You Knows of a Better 'ole...—Laurence Martin - The Two Edged Sword

Wed 11 Nov 1981

1/6 Professor Laurence Martin questions how nations protect national security.
Let's Kill All the Lawyers—Ian Kennedy - Unmasking Medicine

Wed 10 Dec 1980

6/6 Sir Ian Kennedy analyses how consumerism regulates the medical profession and health care.
The Doors of Mental Illness—Ian Kennedy - Unmasking Medicine

Wed 3 Dec 1980

5/6 Sir Ian Kennedy explores the the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.
If I Were You, Mrs B—Ian Kennedy - Unmasking Medicine

Wed 26 Nov 1980

4/6 Sir Ian Kennedy reviews the ethical judgements used by the medical profession.
Suffer the Little Children—Ian Kennedy - Unmasking Medicine

Wed 19 Nov 1980

3/6 Sir Ian Kennedy reviews how he believes the National Health Service could be improved.
The New Magicians—Ian Kennedy - Unmasking Medicine

Wed 12 Nov 1980

2/6 Sir Ian Kennedy explains why he believes modern medicine has taken the wrong path.
The Rhetoric of Medicine—Ian Kennedy - Unmasking Medicine

Wed 5 Nov 1980

1/6 Professor Sir Ian Kennedy analyses the role of the doctor in the modern world.
In Search of Pax Africana—Ali Mazrui - The African Condition

Wed 12 Dec 1979

6/6 Professor Ali Mazrui explores how Africa's location holds the key to its destiny.
Patterns of Identity—Ali Mazrui - The African Condition

Wed 5 Dec 1979

5/6 Professor Ali Mazrui explains the significance of the size and fragmentation of Africa.
The Burden of Underdevelopment—Ali Mazrui - The African Condition

Wed 28 Nov 1979

4/6 Professor Ali Mazrui examines the burden of Africa's economic underdevelopment.
A Clash of Cultures—Ali Mazrui - The African Condition

Wed 21 Nov 1979

3/6 Professor Ali Mazrui explores the conflicts between African and Western cultures.
The Cross of Humiliation—Ali Mazrui - The African Condition

Wed 14 Nov 1979

2/6 Professor Ali Mazrui examines injustices that have been inflicted on the African people.
The Garden of Eden in Decay—Ali Mazrui - The African Condition

Wed 7 Nov 1979

1/6 Professor Ali Mazrui examines the crisis of living standards in Africa.
The In-Dwelling Christ—Edward Norman - Christianity and the World

Wed 6 Dec 1978

6/6 Reverend Dr Edward Norman considers the importance of spirituality within Christianity.
Not Peace, but a Sword—Edward Norman - Christianity and the World

Wed 29 Nov 1978

5/6 Edward Norman explores the religious politics in his lecture 'Not Peace, but a Sword'
The Imperialism of Political Religion—Edward Norman - Christianity and the World

Wed 22 Nov 1978

4/6 Reverend Edward Norman explores the Imperialism of Political Religion.
A New Commandment - Human Rights—Edward Norman - Christianity and the World

Wed 15 Nov 1978

3/6 Reverend Edward Norman contemplates if human rights are the newest form of Commandments.
Ministers of Change—Edward Norman - Christianity and the World

Wed 8 Nov 1978

2/6 Reverend Norman explores who the 'Ministers of Change' are in society.
The Political Christ—Edward Norman - Christianity and the World

Wed 1 Nov 1978

1/6 Reverend Edward Norman examines the politicisation of Christianity.
The Social Order—A.H. Halsey - Change in British Society

Wed 15 Feb 1978

6/6 Professor A H Halsey evaluates the bond of fraternity found in the British Society.
Between the Generations—A.H. Halsey - Change in British Society

Wed 8 Feb 1978

5/6 Professor A H Halsey examines the relationship between generations in a nuclear family.
The Rise of Party—A.H. Halsey - Change in British Society

Wed 1 Feb 1978

4/6 Professor A H Halsey traces the growth of organisations in Britain's society.
The Reconstitution of Status—A.H. Halsey - Change in British Society

Wed 25 Jan 1978

3/6 A H Halsey explores the changing concept of 'Status' in British society.
Class-Ridden Prosperity—A.H. Halsey - Change in British Society

Wed 18 Jan 1978

2/6 Professor A H Halsey investigates the class-ridden structure of Britain's Society.
To Know Ourselves—A.H. Halsey - Change in British Society

Wed 11 Jan 1978

1/6 Professor A H Halsey explores the fluctuating characteristics of the British identity.
Madness and Morality—Colin Blakemore - Mechanics of the Mind

Wed 15 Dec 1976

6/6 Professor Blakemore explores how society attempts to regulate the behaviour of its members
A Burning Fire—Colin Blakemore - Mechanics of the Mind

Wed 8 Dec 1976

5/6 Colin Blakemore explores the evolution of speech and language.
A Child of the Moment—Colin Blakemore - Mechanics of the Mind

Wed 1 Dec 1976

4/6 Neurobiologist Colin Blakemore explains how the brain creates and stores memories.