http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004kln9Ideas from the world's biggest thinkers. Hear philosophers, scientists, politicians, novelists, historians and artists challenge each other. Podcast weekly on Saturdays.Ideas from the world's biggest thinkers. Hear philosophers, scientists, politicians, novelists, historians and artists challenge each other. Podcast weekly on Saturdays.BBC World ServiceBBCpodcast.support@bbc.co.uken-gbhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/assets/artwork/forum.jpghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004kln9(C) BBC 2013Mon, 20 May 2013 09:00:08 +0100forem, BBC, foreign, kendell, kendal, culture, discussion, global, world, candle, world service, society, academic, opinion, intellectual, science, writer, politics, author, artist, bridgette, knowledge, identity, British, discussion, ideas, philosophyforem, BBC, foreign, kendell, kendal, culture, discussion, global, world, candle, world service, society, academic, opinion, intellectual, science, writer, politics, author, artist, bridgette, knowledge, identity, British, discussion, ideas, philosophynononadultWhat would it take to fix, rather than just patch up, the underlying flaws in our banking system? Perhaps it’s time for some unorthodox approaches, viewing the problem through the lens of an artist, or re-thinking basic questions: for instance, what money actually is. Joining Bridget Kendall are artist and film-maker Zachary Formwalt, bond trader and economic historian Felix Martin, and Stanford University’s professor of Finance and Economics, Anat Admati.What would it take to fix, rather than just patch up, the underlying flaws in our banking system? Perhaps it’s time for some unorthodox approaches, viewing the problem through the lens of an artist, or re-thinking basic questions: for instance, what...What would it take to fix, rather than just patch up, the underlying flaws in our banking system? Perhaps it’s time for some unorthodox approaches, viewing the problem through the lens of an artist, or re-thinking basic questions: for instance, what money actually is. Joining Bridget Kendall are artist and film-maker Zachary Formwalt, bond trader and economic historian Felix Martin, and Stanford University’s professor of Finance and Economics, Anat Admati.Sat, 18 May 2013 09:00:00 +010040:37http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/forum/forum_20130518-0900.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/forum/forum_20130518-0900a.mp3BBC World ServicePolitical decisions are often hard to make, so, in our complex world, should we move from personal responsibility by one leader towards more collective and consensual ways of making choices? Joining Bridget Kendall are Harvard Professor Joseph Nye, who asks how much individual decisions by American presidents mattered over the course of the last century; veteran of the Occupy Wall Street movement, social anthropologist David Graeber, who talks about an alternative way of decision making, a consensus model; dialogue facilitator Martijn de Liefde, who has adapted traditional African techniques to guide decisions in today’s large companies; and Oxford professor Stephen Whitefield, who explains why politicians are increasingly appealing to our emotions.Political decisions are often hard to make, so, in our complex world, should we move from personal responsibility by one leader towards more collective and consensual ways of making choices? Joining Bridget Kendall are Harvard Professor Joseph Nye,...Political decisions are often hard to make, so, in our complex world, should we move from personal responsibility by one leader towards more collective and consensual ways of making choices? Joining Bridget Kendall are Harvard Professor Joseph Nye, who asks how much individual decisions by American presidents mattered over the course of the last century; veteran of the Occupy Wall Street movement, social anthropologist David Graeber, who talks about an alternative way of decision making, a consensus model; dialogue facilitator Martijn de Liefde, who has adapted traditional African techniques to guide decisions in today’s large companies; and Oxford professor Stephen Whitefield, who explains why politicians are increasingly appealing to our emotions.Sat, 11 May 2013 09:00:00 +010040:25http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/forum/forum_20130511-0900.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/forum/forum_20130511-0900a.mp3BBC World ServiceCould silence save your life? This week on The Forum, we listen out for the absence of sound. Is true silence achievable, can it actually aid communication, and when does not speaking guarantee your survival? Joining Bridget Kendall to be noisy about silence are conservationist John Francis, who chose to stop speaking for 17 years, Russian ice artist Galya Morrell and award-winning church historian Diarmaid MacCulloch.Could silence save your life? This week on The Forum, we listen out for the absence of sound. Is true silence achievable, can it actually aid communication, and when does not speaking guarantee your survival? Joining Bridget Kendall to be noisy about...Could silence save your life? This week on The Forum, we listen out for the absence of sound. Is true silence achievable, can it actually aid communication, and when does not speaking guarantee your survival? Joining Bridget Kendall to be noisy about silence are conservationist John Francis, who chose to stop speaking for 17 years, Russian ice artist Galya Morrell and award-winning church historian Diarmaid MacCulloch.Sat, 04 May 2013 09:00:00 +010040:42http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/forum/forum_20130504-0900.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/forum/forum_20130504-0900a.mp3BBC World ServiceThis week on the Forum we ask if you’re one of us or one of them? Are you for us or against us? Why do we divide our world into two camps, and is it possible for us to move beyond an ‘us and them’ mentality? Joining Matthew Taylor to discuss division and unity are cultural anthropologist Laura Nader, historian David Cannadine and award-winning novelist from Sierra Leone Aminatta Forna.This week on the Forum we ask if you’re one of us or one of them? Are you for us or against us? Why do we divide our world into two camps, and is it possible for us to move beyond an ‘us and them’ mentality? Joining Matthew Taylor to discuss division...This week on the Forum we ask if you’re one of us or one of them? Are you for us or against us? Why do we divide our world into two camps, and is it possible for us to move beyond an ‘us and them’ mentality? Joining Matthew Taylor to discuss division and unity are cultural anthropologist Laura Nader, historian David Cannadine and award-winning novelist from Sierra Leone Aminatta Forna.Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:00:00 +010040:42http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/forum/forum_20130427-0900.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/forum/forum_20130427-0900a.mp3BBC World Service