Bedste Gresham-podcasts (2024)

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The Ancient History of Computers and Code - Victoria Baines 46:42

4d ago46:42

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What links an ancient shipwreck to the textile mills of Northern England? Both contained forerunners of the computing we use today. Computer language and software also have a long history, featuring military research and the repurposing of early programs widely used in manufacturing. This lecture will delve far back into the archives of processing,…

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Discipleship: Do What Jesus Did // The Gospels // Matt Patrick 43:39

8d ago43:39

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Discipleship: Do What Jesus Did // The Gospels // Matt PatrickNovember 17th, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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The Convoluted Brain: Wrinkles and Folds - Alain Goriely 49:42

7d ago49:42

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Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/_Q_30OIPzXw The human brain has a very distinct and complex appearance with valleys and ridges folding over themselves. The same convolutions are found in large mammals, but not in smaller ones. This observation suggests that size and geometry play a role. Yet, these beautiful shapes have defied a comple…

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The Health Gap: Achieving Social Justice in Public Health - Michael Marmot 51:55

11d ago51:55

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Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/leCxdECjyDM Reducing health inequalities is a matter of social justice. Strategies must address the social gradient in health, and efforts should extend beyond healthcare to address the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age. This lecture argues economic circumstances, while impor…

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Why Writing Women Back into History Matters - Janina Ramirez 50:41

14d ago50:41

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Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/IJT3B9WZntc Rediscovering remarkable historical figures such as the Birka Warrior Woman, Hildegard of Bingen, and King Jadwiga offers a fresh perspective to understand an era often dismissed as 'nasty, brutish, and short'. Rather than being exceptions, this lecture will reveal the considerable influence …

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Discipleship: Become Like // Romans 12:1-2 // Jay Messenger 43:36

15d ago43:36

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Discipleship: Become Like // Romans 12:1-2 // Jay MessengerNovember 10th, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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The Origins of Modern Paganism - Ronald Hutton 46:40

18d ago46:40

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Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/sYqJomnunFg The deeper exploration of Paganism begins with its roots in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, and the question of how ancient paganism was regarded then. It considers the mainstream views of that paganism in that period, which veered between regarding it as a religion of ignorance, tyranny an…

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Does the UK have a Water Crisis? - Carolyn Roberts 2:18:19

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The management of water supplies, flooding and water pollution in the UK is currently the subject of great controversy, and public interest has never been higher. Following a short introduction by Professor Carolyn Roberts, this focused day will include three debates in which experts will discuss contrasting views on the nature of a specific proble…

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Is Trump the same Nixon in 1968? - Luke A. Nichter 46:34

22d ago46:34

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Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/D3Lz-M1P9Vk The 1968 Presidential Election remains the most divisive in modern U.S. history, with Democrat Hubert Humphrey, Republican Richard Nixon, and independent George Wallace at the forefront, and outgoing President Lyndon Johnson working behind the scenes. This lecture explores the striking parall…

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What is a Puzzle Canon? The Divine Trickery of J.S. Bach - Milton Mermikides 46:48

23d ago46:48

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Behind the sublime precision and expressive power of Bach’s music lies a mischievous spirit. From puzzle canons (where the performer must solve a riddle to reach the score), melodies that run upside-down and backwards against themselves, hidden symbols, endless loops, to the embedding of numbers and names into the music, this lecture explores Bach’…

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Discipleship: Being With Jesus // Luke 10:38-42 // Jay Messenger 37:04

25d ago37:04

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Discipleship: Being With Jesus // Luke 10:38-42 // Jay MessengerNovember 3rd, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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Why Does Britain Have a Housing Crisis? - Martin Daunton 54:32

27d ago54:32

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This lecture was recorded by Martin Daunton on 22nd October 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, London. Martin is Visiting Professor of Economic History. Martin was also Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, between 2004 and 2014, and he is Emeritus Professor of Economic History at the University of Cambridge. The transcript of the lecture is available from t…

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Lydia-A Giving Life // Acts 16:11-16 // Gabe Meiers 38:18

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Lydia-A Giving Life // Acts 16:11-16 // Gabe MeiersOctober 27th, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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The Sondheim Showstopper: ‘Send in the Clowns - Dominic Broomfield McHugh 52:27

1M ago52:27

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Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/gtCsGQ14nU0 This lecture examines ‘Send in the Clowns’, probably the most commercially successful song written by the revered Stephen Sondheim. Yet it confounds the expectations of a showstopper by being written for an actress of limited singing ability, the late Glynis Johns. This lecture reflects on ho…

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How do we secure Europe? - Catherine Ashton 43:38

1M ago43:38

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Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/YltPv0VUFgQ With the ongoing war in Ukraine, long-term planning for security in Europe is essential. What will be the role of NATO, EU enlargement, and the support of the UK to ensure a Europe of peace and prosperity? Against the backdrop of Russian aggression, potential changes in US policy and rising p…

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Is the Public Lecture Dead? - Martin Elliott 51:11

1M ago51:11

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Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/wiAFxEnq8t4 Gresham College has been delivering public lectures since 1597 through times of great social, political and technological change. Its commitment to deliver lectures for free to the general public has led to intermittent financial challenges to its generous sponsors. The arrival of the interne…

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Be Ready for His Coming // 2 Peter 3: 10-18 // Gerry Breshears 34:22

1M ago34:22

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Be Ready for His Coming // 2 Peter 3: 10-18 // Gerry BreshearsOctober 20th, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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Morals & Markets - Episode 2 - Martin Daunton & Avner Offer 1:13:58

1M ago1:13:58

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Send us a text This episode is part of a series called 'Morals & Markets'. Visiting Prof. of Economic History, Martin Daunton has conversations with three authors whose books have interrogated the underlying assumptions on economics. Episode 2 sees Martin sit down with Avner Offer, author of 'The Nobel Factor: The Prize in Economics, Social Democra…

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10-13-2024 Jay Messenger 43:28

1M ago43:28

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Is He REALLY Coming Back? // 2 Peter 3:1-10 // Jay MessengerOctober 13th, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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Do Microbes have Immune Systems? - Robin May 41:21

2M ago41:21

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Watch the Q&A session here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDRNuI4Vwmk We often think of immunity as being a human, or at least mammalian, phenomenon. But in fact almost all living organisms have some form of immune system. In this lecture we’ll lift the lid on the astonishingly diverse immune mechanisms used by bacteria, amoebae, nematodes and ma…

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How to raise the Net Zero conversation - Myles Allen 51:58

2M ago51:58

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Watch the Q&A session here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKaTcobzidk In a year of elections, climate change is emerging as a divisive political issue, and in many countries for the first time. This may be partly a consequence of past efforts to keep it apolitical through over-reliance on stealth policies and technocratic institutions. This lectu…

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Deception of False Teachers // 2 Peter 2: 10-22 // Gerry Breshears 44:11

2M ago44:11

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Deception of False Teachers // 2 Peter 2: 10-22 // Gerry BreshearsOctober 6th, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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Were Laws created by Greek Legends? - Melissa Lane 44:49

2M ago44:49

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While Lycurgus of Sparta and Solon of Athens are now the best-known lawgivers of Greek antiquity, there were many others, from king Minos in Crete to Zaleucus and Charondas in southern Italy. This lecture explores the specific roles attributed to Greek lawgivers in fact and legend, revealing how and why they captured later political imaginations – …

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Human Rights Law: Bringing Power to the Powerless - Clive Stafford Smith 36:31

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This first lecture looks at the power that is given to advocates in a country that has a constitutional structure like the US. I have brought The American Constitution powers an American lawyer in ways unavailable to the British. I will illustrate this difference from my own experience of bringing 88 cases against the President of the US. I have th…

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Doom of False Teachers // 2 Peter 2:1-11 // Matt Patrick 43:08

2M ago43:08

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Doom of False Teachers // 2 Peter 2:1-11 // Matt PatrickSeptember 29th, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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What is Modern Paganism? - Ronald Hutton 45:27

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What is modern Paganism, and how does it relate to witchcraft, Druidry and other phenomena? This lecture is designed to answer that question, and in doing so to provide an overview of the different traditions that make up Paganism today. It will show what they have in common, and what makes each one unique. It will suggest the ways in which Paganis…

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Divine Inspiration // 2 Peter 1:20-21 // Jay Messenger 43:49

2M ago43:49

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Divine Inspiration // 2 Peter 1:20-21 // Jay MessengerSeptember 22nd, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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Does having a big brain make your smarter? - Alain Goriely 55:07

2M ago55:07

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Watch the Q&A session here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFCDvsq6N5g For centuries scientists have tried to identify what is special about the human brain. How do we approach this problem from a mathematical standpoint? The first hypothesis is that bigger is better, in some sense. In this introductory lecture, scaling laws and simple ideas from …

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Eye Witness To Majesty // 2 Peter 1:12-19 // Jay Messenger 34:50

2M ago34:50

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Eye Witness To Majesty // 2 Peter 1:12-19 // Jay MessengerSeptember 15th, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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A Mirror in the Sky - Chris Lintott 44:15

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The first lecture in the series considers the most famous telescope of all, the Hubble space telescope. A project more than forty years in the making, Hubble overcame an initial disaster with a misshapen mirror to drive a revolution in every part of astronomy, providing iconic views of everything from a comet crashing into Jupiter to a surprisingly…

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Make Every Effort // 2 Peter 1:5-11 // Sean Roley 40:13

3M ago40:13

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Make Every Effort // 2 Peter 1:5-11 // Sean RoleySeptember 8th, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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The Stories We Make Up & The Stories That Make Us - Bernardine Evaristo OBE 35:29

3M ago35:29

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Many decades ago, as a young graduate from drama school, I was presented with a stark choice – either to shape my story myself, through writing, or to feel aggrieved at the detrimental narratives circulating about people like me in Britain at that time. I chose the latter, and in this talk I will talk about how story-making is a conscious act of sp…

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Participating in Divine Nature // 2 Peter 1:1-4 // Stephen Anderson 43:48

3M ago43:48

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Participating in Divine Nature // 2 Peter 1:1-4 // Stephen AndersonSeptember 1st, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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Hope and Help for Life's Biggest Battles // 1 Peter 5:6-14 // Jay Messenger 37:33

3M ago37:33

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Hope and Help for Life's Biggest Battles // 1 Peter 5:6-14 // Jay MessengerAugust 25th, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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Does the UK Constitution need reform? - Charles Falconer PC, KC 36:55

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The Gray's Inn Reading 2024 Does the UK’s constitution provide too much freedom for those that wish to abuse it? Specific examples of this might include Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s lawbreaking during COVID, the selection of Liz Truss as Prime Minister, the ability of the Government to force controversial policies (such as the Rwanda Bill) and th…

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Godly Leadership AND a Godly Life // 1 Peter 5:1-6 // Jay Messenger 39:21

3M ago39:21

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Godly Leadership AND a Godly Life // 1 Peter 5:1-6 // Jay MessengerAugust 18th, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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Godly Living in Suffering // 1 Peter 4:12-19 // David Piper 40:33

4M ago40:33

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Godly Living in Suffering // 1 Peter 4:12-19 // David PiperAugust 11th, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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Plato's Cave: Thinking about Climate Change - Melissa Lane 39:34

4M ago39:34

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In The Republic, Plato explores the predicament of the Cave: a passive citizen body, a conniving and self-interested set of sophistic opinion-formers and demagogic political leaders, a systematically misleading and damaging order of political structures and common beliefs and appetites. Does this have lessons for tackling climate change? In clingin…

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Living for God Through Suffering // 1 Peter 4:1-12 // Jay Messenger 47:45

4M ago47:45

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Living for God Through Suffering // 1 Peter 4:1-12 // Jay MessengerAugust 4th, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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The Bloomsbury Group: A Queer History - Nino Strachey 41:56

4M ago41:56

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This lecture will explore the world of the second Bloomsbury generation, delving into the intricacies of being young and queer in the 1920s, and how their open way of living and loving is still relevant to our present day. Lesser known than their predecessors, they continued the celebration of freedom of expression and creativity. The lecture will …

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Jesus after Death // 1 Peter 3:18-22 // Matt Patrick 38:51

4M ago38:51

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Jesus after Death // 1 Peter 3:18-22 // Matt PatrickJuly 28th, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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Are Financial Markets Efficient? - Raghavendra Rau 53:24

4M ago53:24

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One of the crucial ideas in finance is that markets are efficient – that they fully reflect all available information. If so, what about market bubbles? Over the last year, people have been willing to pay exorbitant amounts for extremely odd assets such as Non-Fungible Tokens, meme stocks etc. Why do they do this? This lecture will explore some inv…

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S02 Ep.13 - First Light: Revealing the Early Universe, Chris Lintott 47:42

4M ago47:42

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Send us a text How do we know light is constant throughout the universe? What new technology or theory would we need to further develop our understanding of the beginnings of the universe? How do you know that the galaxies are made of certain elements? These and many more questions were put to Professor Chris Lintott for episode 13 of our new serie…

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Witch-Hunting in European and World History - Ronald Hutton 48:48

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This lecture confronts the worldwide phenomenon of the persecution of suspected witches, now a serious, contemporary problem condemned by the UN in 2021. It will show what has been unusual about Europe in this global pattern, and why the notorious early modern witch hunts there commenced and ended. This lecture was recorded by Ronald Hutton on 5th …

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Godly Husbands // 1 Peter 3:7 // Jay Messenger 48:11

4M ago48:11

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Godly Husbands // 1 Peter 3:7 // Jay MessengerJuly 14th, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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A Mathematician's View of Proof - Sarah Hart 51:09

5M ago51:09

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The idea of proof is fundamental to mathematics. We could argue that science consists of testable theories, and therefore that it is about what can be disproved, not what can be proved. In law, the test is “beyond reasonable doubt”. Famous conjectures in mathematics have been tested by computers for trillions of numbers – but we still call them con…

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Experts in politics: Lessons from Socrates and Aristotle - Melissa Lane 57:20

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Socrates sought to test the expertise of everyone around him: the bombastic know-it-alls, the bashful youths, the confident generals, those (including the enslaved) with unsuspected mathematical competence, the workaday artisans. Aristotle later explored the ways in which expert claims can be made credible to popular judgement. This lecture conside…

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Godly Wives // 1 Peter 3:1 -6 // Gerry Breshears 41:42

5M ago41:42

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Godly Wives // 1 Peter 3:1 -6 // Gerry BreshearsJuly 7th, 2024www.gracecc.netAf Grace Community Church

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First light: Revealing the Early Universe - Chris Lintott 59:40

5M ago59:40

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The final lecture in the series returns to the theme of how insight is derived from observations, considering the cosmic microwave background. This oldest light in the Universe, emitted just 400,000 years after the Big Bang, contains the seeds of the structures we see around us, and tells us about conditions at the Universe's beginning. It will als…

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Morals & Markets - Episode 1 - Martin Daunton & Richard Whatmore 1:08:25

5M ago1:08:25

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Send us a text This episode is part of a series called 'Morals & Markets'. Visiting Prof. of Economic History, Martin Daunton has conversations with three authors whose books have interrogated the underlying assumptions on economics. Episode 1 sees Martin sit down with Richard Whatmore, author of 'The End of Enlightenment'. Support the show…

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