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Ismail Einashe: The Challenge for British Somalis

Ismail Einashe reflects on the causes of violent gang culture among young Somali men.

• 15 mins

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Maria Popova: The Architecture of Knowledge

Maria Popova asks how we can find more information we don't know we want to know.

• 15 mins

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Sara Ziff: The Problem with Fashion

Model and activist Sara Ziff discusses the problems with fashion and modelling.

• 15 mins

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Amber Dermont: The Benefits of an Unhappy Childhood

Amber Dermont explains the benefits of an unhappy childhood.

• 15 mins

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Nancy Lublin: 21st-Century Social Activism

Nancy Lublin argues that the web has transformed social activism for the better.

• 15 mins

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Georgie Fienberg: Saying No to Pity

Georgie Fienberg argues that charities doing development work should want to close.

• 15 mins

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Tom Armitage: The Coded World

Tom Armitage says learning to write computer code means learning to think in a modern way.

• 15 mins

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Sally Kettle: Does hope help?

Adventurer Sally Kettle argues that hope is not helpful.

• 15 mins

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Anwar Akhtar: The Meaning of Pakistan

Anwar Akhtar says British Pakistanis can help Pakistan face its future as an Asian nation.

• 15 mins

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Ranjini Obeyesekere: Lost in Translation?

William Dalrymple introduces Ranjini Obeyesekere in Four Thought in Jaipur.

• 15 mins

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Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy: Forget Impartiality

William Dalrymple introduces Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy in Four Thought in Jaipur.

• 15 mins

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Emma Woolf: Explaining Anorexia

Emma Woolf explores the prospects for a proper explanation of anorexia.

• 15 mins

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Mat Paskins: The future in history

Mat Paskins tells a story of black sand conjuring emotions, which bring history to life.

• 15 mins

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Daniela Papi: The Problem with Volunteering

Daniela Papi explores the dark side of volunteering overseas.

• 15 mins

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Stewart Henderson: Poetry in Politics

Stewart Henderson makes the case for putting poetry back in political rhetoric.

• 15 mins

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Emma Byrne: Why We Swear

Science writer Emma Byrne explores the benefits of swearing.

• 15 mins

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Henry Stewart: Choose Your Boss

Henry Stewart argues that we should choose our own bosses.

• 15 mins

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Anna Woodhouse: Windows to the Soul

Anna Woodhouse explores what looking through glass and glasses means for us.

• 15 mins

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Steven Poole: Think for Yourself

Steven Poole argues that we should resist the idea that humans are irrational.

• 15 mins

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Dick Moore

Dick Moore calls for urgent action to tackle the problems of adolescent mental health.

• 15 mins

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Judith Shapiro

Economist Judith Shapiro believes the next steps towards women's equality will be harder.

• 15 mins

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Jamie Tehrani

Social anthropologist Jamie Tehrani dissects our obsession with celebrity culture.

• 15 mins

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Kevin Allen

Kevin Allen explains how missing airline cutlery shows where business leaders go wrong.

• 15 mins

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Andrew Graystone

Andrew Graystone argues that we are using the wrong language to talk about cancer.

• 15 mins

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Jad Adams

Jad Adams thinks we are dealing with homelessness less well than in the 1930s.

• 15 mins

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Yasmin Hai

Yasmin Hai gives her personal perspective on the radicalisation of young British Muslims.

• 15 mins

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Greg Votolato

Greg Votolato confesses his addiction to cars, while arguing for more sustainable designs.

• 15 mins

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Alan Bissett

Author Alan Bissett on his journey from lad to feminist.

• 15 mins

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Emily Bell

Emily Bell considers the affect of cyberspace on actual space.

• 15 mins

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Danny Dorling

Prof Danny Dorling on why he thinks the population bomb has already been diffused.

• 15 mins