Thinking Allowed one of my favorite shows on radio
Thinking allowed covers two topics in every episode, it is hosted by Laurie Taylor a professor of social science. What makes this show great is that the host is actually trying to get the guests to enter into a dialogue with both the listeners and the subject matter.
Take a listen and let me know what you think. The listener feedback he reads out between the two parts of the show are some of the most insightful I have ever heard on radio.
1. Streetlife – Performing politics in the square
“How does urban geography effect the way societies develop? What have streets given to politics?”
Place, Politics, Policy
Source :Thinking Allowed
2. Utopia
“In an age that some describe as filled with anxiety and uncertainty, are we breeding a kind of fatalism towards the future that excludes any notion of utopia?”
Philosophy, Social Science
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3. Secrets of Capitalism – Religion and Science
“The United States does not have the highest living standard in the world – The washing machine has changed the world more than the internet – People in poor countries are more entrepreneurial than people in rich countries: Three contentions from the economist Ha-Joon Chang”
Economics, Policy
Source : Thinking Allowed
4. Ethical capital – The Burden of Happiness
“The British government is seeking to develop a way to accurately measure the happiness of the population. In France such a gauge already exists, but is happiness really the proper goal of life?”
Happiness, Culture
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5. Cosmopolitanism – Dietetics
“We should regard ourselves as citizens of the world rather than members of nations..
Culture, Nations
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– Kaushik
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