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The Forum Episodes

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    Democracy and the Arts in South Africa

    What role can art play in the political discourse of post-apartheid South Africa?

  2. Solitude

    When being alone is a blessing, and when it is a blight.

  3. Outcasts: The Forum at Risor Festival, Norway

    What is it like to be on the edge of Europe? And do modern societies create new outcasts?

  4. Hair, Fur and Cilia

    Bridget Kendall and her guests explore the slender filaments that are essential to life.

  5. The Power of Expectation

    Bridget Kendall and guests discuss how much expectations affect the outcome of what we do.

  6. Zooming Out

    Bridget invites listeners to zoom out into space, to gain new perspectives on reality.

  7. Counterfeiting

    Bridget Kendall asks why there are such lucrative markets in fake art and fake medicines.

  8. Modern Alchemy

    Transforming waste into valuable products, with Bridget Kendall and guests.

  9. Hands

    Do our hands mark us out as human? Bridget Kendall and guests discuss.

  10. Ice

    Marvel at the frozen world of the polar ice caps with Bridget Kendall and guests.

  11. The Forum in Beijing: Digital China

    Does the explosion of social media in China empower the individual or the state?

  12. Tracking and Surveillance

    Bridget Kendall and guests explore the shadowy world of tracking and surveillance.

  13. Second Chances

    How different are our second attempts at something compared to the first time?

  14. Dust and Ash

    Good or bad? Useful or just an annoyance? Bridget Kendall and guests discuss dust and ash.

  15. Crystals

    Bridget Kendall and her guests shine a light on crystals, both scientific and artistic.

  16. Fragility

    Bridget Kendall and her guests discuss fragility, in humans and in ecosystems.

  17. Peering into Space

    Cutting-edge space science from the 2013 Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado.

  18. Silence

    What can silence mean? Bridget Kendall and guests contemplate a lack of noise.

  19. The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi

    Chocolate? Furniture? Clothes? Bridget Kendall and guests discuss novel uses for fungi.

  20. The vanishing world of our ancestors

    Our ancestors can teach us a thing or two. Bridget Kendall and guests discuss.

  21. Plant and flower shapes

    How do flowers get their shape? Bridget Kendall explores nature's mysteries.

  22. Disgust

    What disgusts you? Bridget Kendall and guests explore this basic human emotion.

  23. The Real and the Virtual

    Bridget Kendall and guests explore the boundaries of reality in art and maths.

  24. Revenge

    Is revenge useful? Bridget Kendall and three global thinkers discuss.

  25. Controlling Our Health

    The best way to cope with a life-changing illness? Bridget Kendall and guests discuss.

  26. Aftermath

    How do you rebuild after traumatic events? Bridget Kendall and her guests discuss.

  27. The Power of Technology

    Does digital technology open or close our minds? A show from the Aspen Festival of Ideas.

  28. Memory

    What are memories and what role do they play? Bridget Kendall and guests discuss.

  29. Mental Health

    Global ideas on tackling mental illness, in a discussion led by Bridget Kendall.

  30. Night

    Bridget Kendall and her three guests enter the night.

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