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Live debates

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  Islam is incompatible with democracy

  Filmed: 18 May 2004

  1 hr 48 min

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  Monogamy is bad for the soul

  Filmed: 23 Nov 2004

  1 hr 45 min

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  We are all feminists now

  Filmed: 09 May 2006

  1 hr 39 min

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  Long live Tesco

  Filmed: 12 Sep 2006

  1 hr 36 min

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  Enough money has been spent saving Venice

  Filmed: 12 Jun 2006

  1 hr 27min

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  Let's legalise cocaine

  Filmed: 14 Nov 2006

  1 hr 44 min

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  Everything a man does he does to get laid

  Filmed: 10 Dec 2009

  1 hr 40 min

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  Atheism is the new fundamentalism

  Filmed: 29 Nov 2009

  1 hr 39 min

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  The Catholic Church is a force for good in the world

  Filmed: 19 Oct 2009

  1 hr 58 min

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  George Steiner on The Poetry of Thought

  Filmed: 16 Apr 2009

  23 min 49 sec

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  Psychotherapy has done more harm than good

  Filmed: 17 Jun 2009

  1 hr 23 min

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  Happiness lies in making do with less

  Filmed: 09 Jun 2009

  1 hr 7 min

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  It's wrong to pay for sex

  Filmed: 11 Nov 2008

  1 hr 48 min

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  Democracy isn't for everyone

  Filmed: 23 May 2007

  1 hr 40 min

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  Freedom of expression must include the licence to offend

  Filmed: 07 Jun 2006

  1 hr 51 min

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  We'd be better off without religion

  Filmed: 27 Mar 2007

  1hr 58 min

Talks

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  Flemming Rose on free speech in a globalised world

  Filmed: 22 Feb 2010

  13 min 33 sec

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  Leon Lederman on Science Education

  Filmed: 14 Oct 2009

  58 min 27 sec

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  Hanna Holborn Gray on Utopia in universities

  Filmed: Feb 2010

  59 min 1 sec

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  Ian Goldin on Humanity at the Crossroads

  Filmed: 30 Oct 2009

  59 min 46 sec

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  Questions: The Dalai Lama on 'Educating the Heart'

  Filmed: 30 Apr 2009

  26 min 38 sec

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  The Dalai Lama on 'Educating the Heart'

  Filmed: 30 Apr 2009

  41 min 23 sec

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  Thomas Sowell on Intellectuals and Society

  Filmed: 11 Dec 2009

  36 min 33 sec

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  Christopher Hitchens – The morals of an atheist

  Filmed: 23 Aug 2007

  20 min 53 sec

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  Insights with René Girard

  Filmed: 01 Dec 2009

  36 min 33 sec

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  Soft Despotism with Paul Rahe

  Filmed: 19 Nov 2009

  39 min 13 sec

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  Phillip Tobias on Charles Darwin, genetics, and Apartheid

  Filmed: Dec 2009

  48 min 59 sec

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  Jack Klaff on missing links and understanding science

  Filmed: 18 Jan 2009

  17 min 40 sec

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  Lessons from financial crises

  Filmed: 11 Dec 2009

  1 hr 15 min

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  Rethinking privacy in an age of disclosure and sharing

  Filmed: 31 Oct 2009

  1 hr 30 min

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  Rethinking freedom in an illiberal age

  Filmed: 31 Oct 2009

  1 hr 32 min

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  Should physician-assisted dying be legalised?

  Filmed: 31 Oct 2009

  1 hr 7 min

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  Niall Ferguson on The Ascent of Money

  Filmed: 04 Nov 2008

  18 min 43 sec

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  Martin Amis in conversation with Christopher Hitchens

  Filmed: 01 Feb 2007

  1 hr 19 min

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  Robert Shiller on psychology and economy

  Filmed: 21 May 2009

  26 min 22 sec

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  Richard Dawkins on evolution and creationism

  Filmed: 08 Nov 2008

  5 min 17 sec

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  Peter Singer on global challenges and values

  Filmed: 30 Mar 2009

  23 min 23 sec

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  Karen Armstrong on the reason for interfaith

  Filmed: 17 Jun 2009

  29 min 25 sec

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  Amitai Etzioni on the value of community

  Filmed: 14 Jul 2009

  30 min 52 sec

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  Sarah Blaffer Hrdy on evolutionary empathy

  Filmed: 16 Jul 2009

  30 min 30 sec

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  Alan Johnson on public health policy

  Filmed: 19 Mar 2009

  30 min 31 sec

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  Alain de Botton on 'The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work'

  Filmed: 09 Apr 2009

  23 min 17 sec

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  James Martin on the 21st Century School

  Filmed: 12 Mar 2008

  1 hr 9 min

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  Susie Orbach on body image and the fashion industry

  Filmed: May 2009

  3 min 54 sec

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  Simon Blackburn on Hume, atheism and science vs religion

  Filmed: May 2009

  4 min 46 sec

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  Rev Dr John Polkinghorne on human conciousness

  Filmed: May 2009

  4 min 40 sec

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  Kevin McCloud on the design process and sustainability

  Filmed: May 2009

  7 min 36 sec

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  Archbishop Rowan Williams on the role of religion

  Filmed: May 2009

  9 min 16 sec