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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Importance of Inclusion to the London 2012 legacy ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0004/278680/lecture040210.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu visits the RSA to give the LOCOG inaugural diversity and inclusion address. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Stephen Frost</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu visits the RSA to give the LOCOG inaugural diversity and inclusion address. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Importance of Inclusion to the London 2012 legacy, rsa events, locog, desmond tutu, archbishop desmond tutu, olympic games, inclusion, diversity  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Whoops! ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0006/278565/rsathursday040210.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ John Lanchester attempts to unravel the head-spinning implications of the economic crisis, and to explain why everyone owes everyone and no-one can pay. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>John Lanchester, Luke Johnson</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ John Lanchester attempts to unravel the head-spinning implications of the economic crisis, and to explain why everyone owes everyone and no-one can pay. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Whoops!, rsa events, john lanchester, whoops!, finance, credit crunch, recession  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Pinch: How the baby boomers stole their children's future - and how they can give it back ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0004/278527/lecture030210.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ David Willetts MP asks: will the baby boomers be willing to make the sacrifices necessary to address the problem of intergenerational unfairness? ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>David Willetts MP, James Crabtree</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ David Willetts MP asks: will the baby boomers be willing to make the sacrifices necessary to address the problem of intergenerational unfairness? ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Pinch: How the baby boomers stole their children's future - and how they can give it back, rsa events, david willetts mp, david willetts, baby boomers, society, boomers  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: You Are Not A Gadget ]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0011/278390/lecture010210b.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Digital guru Jaron Lanier delivers a call to arms against digital collectivism and proposes more productive ways technology might interact with our culture. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Jaron Lanier, Nico Macdonald</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Digital guru Jaron Lanier delivers a call to arms against digital collectivism and proposes more productive ways technology might interact with our culture. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: You Are Not A Gadget, jaron, lanier, rsa events, digital, technology, society,digital collectivism  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Art of Meditation ]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0010/278362/lecture010210.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ “The world’s happiest man" philosopher Matthieu Ricard explains how we can train our minds in habits of well-being. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Matthieu Ricard, Richard Layard</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ “The world’s happiest man" philosopher Matthieu Ricard explains how we can train our minds in habits of well-being. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Art of Meditation, rsa events, matthieu ricard, happiest man, monk, meditation, philosopher  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Can Online Markets Tackle Poverty? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0010/278092/rsathursday280110.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ James Purnell MP joins Wingham Rowan to ask how can we use online markets more effectively to ensure we create value and opportunity for the low-paid and unemployed? ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>James Purnell MP, Wingham Rowan, Jerry Fishenden, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ James Purnell MP joins Wingham Rowan to ask how can we use online markets more effectively to ensure we create value and opportunity for the low-paid and unemployed? ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Can Online Markets Tackle Poverty?, rsa events, james purnell mp, employment, jobs, online markets,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0010/277975/lecture270110b.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Daniel H Pink tells us how we can embrace his innovative approach to the science of motivation. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Daniel H Pink, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Daniel H Pink tells us how we can embrace his innovative approach to the science of motivation. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us, rsa events, dan pink, motivation, motivate, drive, daniel h pink  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: A National Victims' Service ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0009/277974/lecture270110.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Justice Secretary Jack Straw talks about reform in the criminal justice system and to launch the first ever National Victims' Service. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Jack Straw MP, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Justice Secretary Jack Straw talks about reform in the criminal justice system and to launch the first ever National Victims' Service. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: A National Victims' Service, rsa events, jack straw, moj, victim support, justice secretary  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Anatomy of an Action: self and responsibility after neuroscience ]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0012/277887/lecture250110.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Is free will an illusion? Patrick Haggard and our expert panel debate the profound implications of the classic Libet experiment. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Patrick Haggard, Professor Barry Smith, AC Grayling, Anil Seth</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Is free will an illusion? Patrick Haggard and our expert panel debate the profound implications of the classic Libet experiment. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Anatomy of an Action: self and responsibility after neuroscience, rsa events, libet, neuroscience, cognition,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Is the Bright Side the Right Side? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0007/277711/rsathursday210110.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Laurence Shorter, Lucy Mangan and Ariel Leve ask whether a strongly optimistic outlook is the key to a resilient, productive society? Or whether we need a pinch of pessimism to stir us into action? ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Laurence Shorter, Ariel Leve, Lucy Mangan</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Laurence Shorter, Lucy Mangan and Ariel Leve ask whether a strongly optimistic outlook is the key to a resilient, productive society? Or whether we need a pinch of pessimism to stir us into action? ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Is the Bright Side the Right Side?, rsa events, optimism, pessimism, optimist, society, pessimist  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Whole Earth Discipline ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0005/277664/lecture190110.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Join ecologist Stewart Brand as he presents a bold and creative set of solutions for producing a more sustainable society. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Stewart Brand, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Join ecologist Stewart Brand as he presents a bold and creative set of solutions for producing a more sustainable society. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Whole Earth Discipline, rsa, ecologist, stewart brand, environment, sustainable, society  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Future of Work ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0005/277142/rsathursday140110.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ One of the UK’s leading thinkers on employment, Richard Donkin shows how changing attitudes, living patterns and technologies are transforming our relationship with work. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Richard Donkin, Martin Shankleman</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ One of the UK’s leading thinkers on employment, Richard Donkin shows how changing attitudes, living patterns and technologies are transforming our relationship with work. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Future of Work, rsa events, donkin, ft, work, employment,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Fun Inc.: Why games are the 21st century’s most serious business ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0009/277137/lecture130110.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Tom Chatfield explains how video games are helping us to better understand economics, human behaviour, and democratic participation. With a response by Ed Vaizey MP. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Tom Chatfield, Ed Vaizey MP, Rory Cellan-Jones</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Tom Chatfield explains how video games are helping us to better understand economics, human behaviour, and democratic participation. With a response by Ed Vaizey MP. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Fun Inc.: Why games are the 21st century’s most serious business, rsa, rsa events, tom chatfield, games, video games, society, economics, human behaviour, prospect,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Living by Giving: Donation and the benefits of altruism ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0005/277124/lecture120110.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chris Rudge, James Neuberger and AC Grayling as they discuss the reasons why we give and how we can influence altruistic behaviour. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Chris Rudge, Professor James Neuberger, AC Grayling</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Chris Rudge, James Neuberger and AC Grayling as they discuss the reasons why we give and how we can influence altruistic behaviour. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Living by Giving: Donation and the benefits of altruism, rsa, rsa events, organ donation, altruism, society, nhs, nhs blood and transplant  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Smile or Die ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0018/277110/lecture110110.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Acclaimed journalist, author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich explores the darker side of positive thinking. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Barbara Ehrenreich, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Acclaimed journalist, author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich explores the darker side of positive thinking. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Smile or Die, barbara, ehrenreich, smile, positive thinking,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday – Ben Schott ‘Re-Views’ the Year: 2009 ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0009/251478/rsathursday101209.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ben Schott, author of Schott's Almanacs and Miscellanies, gives a witty review of 2009. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Ben Schott, Mairi Ryan</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Ben Schott, author of Schott's Almanacs and Miscellanies, gives a witty review of 2009. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday – Ben Schott ‘Re-Views’ the Year: 2009, rsa events, society, culture, ben schott, schott almanacs  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: In Defence of the Enlightenment ]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0020/251291/lecture071209.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Tzvetan Todorov argues for an Enlightenment approach to developing and understanding an open and just modern society. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Tzvetan Todorov, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Tzvetan Todorov argues for an Enlightenment approach to developing and understanding an open and just modern society. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: In Defence of the Enlightenment, rsa events, todorov, tzvetan, philosophy, enlightenment, philosopher  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Bossom Lecture - Form Matters ]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0020/251345/lecture081209.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ David Chipperfield CBE RDI will give the 2009 RSA Bossom Lecture on architecture and society. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>David Chipperfield, Amanada Baillieu</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ David Chipperfield CBE RDI will give the 2009 RSA Bossom Lecture on architecture and society. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Bossom Lecture - Form Matters, rsa events, david chipperfield, architecture, form, architect, building, building design, bd  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Hidden Cost of White-Collar Crime ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0010/250939/lecture031209.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sir Ken MacDonald QC, Jonathan Aitken, Professor Gary Slapper and Laurie Taylor ask: can we afford to continue to ignore the true social cost and significance of white-collar crime? ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Sir Ken MacDonald QC, Jonathan Aitken, Professor Gary Slapper and Laurie Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Sir Ken MacDonald QC, Jonathan Aitken, Professor Gary Slapper and Laurie Taylor ask: can we afford to continue to ignore the true social cost and significance of white-collar crime? ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Hidden Cost of White-Collar Crime, rsa events, laurie tayloe, white collar crime, crime, criminal,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Scroogenomics: why reindeer jumpers, singing fish and novelty clocks shouldn't be under our Christmas trees ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0006/250845/rsathursday031209.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Author Professor Joel Waldfogel explains why you shouldn't buy presents for the festive season. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Joel Waldfogel, Jasmine Birtles</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Author Professor Joel Waldfogel explains why you shouldn't buy presents for the festive season. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Scroogenomics: why reindeer jumpers, singing fish and novelty clocks shouldn't be under our Christmas trees, rsa events, joel waldfogel, economics, finance, festive, christmas, scroogenomics  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Is the UK Making Disability a Death Sentence? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0010/250597/lecture261109.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Disability arts pioneer Paddy Masefield argues that moves to legalise assisted suicide make ever more invisible the positive achievements of living long-term as a disabled person. ]]></description>
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<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Disability arts pioneer Paddy Masefield argues that moves to legalise assisted suicide make ever more invisible the positive achievements of living long-term as a disabled person. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Is the UK Making Disability a Death Sentence?, rsa events, paddy masefield, arts, disability, dda, disabled, able bodied,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Putting Relationships at the Heart of School Organisation and Design ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0019/250363/rsathursday261109.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former headteacher James Wetz asks: how can we organise our secondary schools so that all young people are encouraged to learn and gain a stake in society? ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>James Wetz, Rachel Wolf, Dr Heather Geddes, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Former headteacher James Wetz asks: how can we organise our secondary schools so that all young people are encouraged to learn and gain a stake in society? ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Putting Relationships at the Heart of School Organisation and Design, rsa events, society, school, education, james wetz, opening minds, city academy  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: First as Tragedy, Then as Farce: the economic crisis and the end of global capitalism ]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0017/250316/lecture241109.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Slavoj Zizek, one of the world’s most influential living philosophers, visits the RSA to discuss capitalism's flawed priorities. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Slavoj Zizek, Nigel Warburton</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Slavoj Zizek, one of the world’s most influential living philosophers, visits the RSA to discuss capitalism's flawed priorities. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: First as Tragedy, Then as Farce: the economic crisis and the end of global capitalism, rsa events, slavoj, zizek, philosopher, philosophy  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday – Delete: the virtue of forgetting in the digital age ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0014/250070/rsathursday191109.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Viktor Mayer-Schonberger  presents an account of the challenges we face in a world where our digital traces are saved for life. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, Kevin Anderson</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Viktor Mayer-Schonberger  presents an account of the challenges we face in a world where our digital traces are saved for life. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday – Delete: the virtue of forgetting in the digital age, rsa events, viktor mayer-schonberger, delete, forgetting, memory, digital,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Elusive Rightness in Design ]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0012/250104/lecture191109.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Robin Levien RDI will illuminate how designers try to capture that 'something extra' that 'it' factor that will elevate their work from the ordinary. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Robin Levien</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Robin Levien RDI will illuminate how designers try to capture that 'something extra' that 'it' factor that will elevate their work from the ordinary. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Elusive Rightness in Design, RDI address, royal designer for industry, design, robin levien, designers  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Design & Society - Playing the City ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0007/249892/lecture181109.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Award-winning games designer and digital creative Kevin Slavin presents a powerful argument for games as social systems with people at the centre. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Kevin Slavin, Emily Campbell</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Award-winning games designer and digital creative Kevin Slavin presents a powerful argument for games as social systems with people at the centre. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Design & Society - Playing the City, rsa events, kevin slavin, area/code, online games, digital games, city, society, social systems, games  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Family: How has the portrayal of South Asians in the media changed in recent years? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0009/249885/rsascreens171109.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Our panellists discuss the representation of British South Asians in the media. This discussion followed a screening of an episode from the Channel 4 series, The Family. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Oona King, Parminder Vir OBE, Sadia Ur-Rehman, Shazia Ur-Rehman, Aysha Rafaele</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Our panellists discuss the representation of British South Asians in the media. This discussion followed a screening of an episode from the Channel 4 series, The Family. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Family: How has the portrayal of South Asians in the media changed in recent years?, rsa events, channel 4, rsa screens, diverstiy, media, the family, ethnicity  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Banking in the Wake of the Crisis: how will confidence be restored? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0008/249407/rsathursday121109.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ FT columnist John Kay and Telegraph economics editor Edmund Conway visit the RSA to ask: have our banks and bankers really learned the lessons of the crisis? ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>John Kay, Heather McGregor, Edmund Conway</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ FT columnist John Kay and Telegraph economics editor Edmund Conway visit the RSA to ask: have our banks and bankers really learned the lessons of the crisis? ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Banking in the Wake of the Crisis: how will confidence be restored?, rsa events, banks, finance, economy, recession,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Sustainability As A Matter of Survival: 10 Years of Architecture for Humanity ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0003/249402/lecture091109.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Architect Cameron Sinclair reveals how we can build a sustainable future by helping people to help themselves. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Cameron Sinclair, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Architect Cameron Sinclair reveals how we can build a sustainable future by helping people to help themselves. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Sustainability As A Matter of Survival: 10 Years of Architecture for Humanity, rsa events, architecture, society, community, architecture for humanity, sustainable, cameron sinclair  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Creating a High-Value Economy ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0011/249257/lecture101109b.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sir John Rose, chief executive of Rolls Royce, outlines the importance of a dynamic manufacturing base to a resourceful and competitive economy ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Sir John Rose, Luke Johnson</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Sir John Rose, chief executive of Rolls Royce, outlines the importance of a dynamic manufacturing base to a resourceful and competitive economy ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Creating a High-Value Economy, rsa events, business, innovation, maufacturing, sir john rose, rolls-royce, rolls royce, economy  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: New Perspectives on Faith and Development: Closing keynote address ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0018/249300/lecture121109.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, gives the closing keynote of this series on faith and development ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Dr Rowan Williams, Rabbi David Rosen</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, gives the closing keynote of this series on faith and development ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: New Perspectives on Faith and Development: Closing keynote address, rsa events, dfid, tony blair faith foundation, islamic relief, oxfam, world vision, faith, religion, values, society, beliefs, rowan williams  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - The Fall of the Berlin Wall: 20 years on ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0003/249285/rsathursday051109.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Mary Elise Sarotte, Peter Millar and Thomas Kielinger discuss the Berlin Wall, its fall, and the implications for Germany, Europe and the international community, 20 years on. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Mary Elise Sarotte, Peter Millar, James Robbins, Thomas Kielinger</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Mary Elise Sarotte, Peter Millar and Thomas Kielinger discuss the Berlin Wall, its fall, and the implications for Germany, Europe and the international community, 20 years on. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - The Fall of the Berlin Wall: 20 years on, rsa events, society, history, politics, berlin, berlin wall, germany, europe, community,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: New Perspectives on Faith and Development: Towards a Sustainable Environment - What can faith teach us? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0011/248483/lecture041109.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Satish Kumar and Professor Sir John Houghton FRS ask if faith traditions have a relevant voice on climate change. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Satish Kumar, Professor Sir John Houghton FRS, Joel Edwards, Andy Atkins, and Mark Dowd</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Satish Kumar and Professor Sir John Houghton FRS ask if faith traditions have a relevant voice on climate change. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: New Perspectives on Faith and Development: Towards a Sustainable Environment - What can faith teach us?, rsa events, tony blair faith foundation,  public policy, faith, religion, development, faith, dfid, worldvision  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Lost Generation? Recession and the young ]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0004/229801/lecture261009.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Stephen Timms MP, David Willetts MP, David Blanchflower and an expert panel consider how the recession is affecting young people and their future prospects ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>David Blanchflower, Stephen Timms MP, David Willetts MP, Wes Streeting, Miles Templeman, Terry Ryall, Jack Grimston</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Stephen Timms MP, David Willetts MP, David Blanchflower and an expert panel consider how the recession is affecting young people and their future prospects ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Lost Generation? Recession and the young, rsa events, recession, economy, government, public policy, unemployment, youth, david blanchflower, danny blanchflower  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Breakfast with Socrates: the philosophy of everyday life ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0005/240872/rsathursday291009.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Robert Rowland Smith takes us through an ordinary day in the company of some extraordinary ideas. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Robert Rowland Smith, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Robert Rowland Smith takes us through an ordinary day in the company of some extraordinary ideas. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Breakfast with Socrates: the philosophy of everyday life, rsa thursday, robert rowland smith, socrates, breakfast,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Left Brain, Right Brain: Human nature and political values ]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0008/247913/lecture291009.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Matthew Taylor will explore how brain and behaviour research is increasingly being incorporated into political and policy debate. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Matthew Taylor, Tim Harford, Jenni Russell</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Matthew Taylor will explore how brain and behaviour research is increasingly being incorporated into political and policy debate. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Left Brain, Right Brain: Human nature and political values, matthew taylor, rsa, royal society of arts, neuroscience, brain, cognition, politics,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Security in the 21st Century: Global, National, Local ]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0008/248057/lecture021109.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Home Secretary, Alan Johnson MP and Professor Michael Clarke, director of RUSI, discuss issues of safety and security in the 21st century. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Professor Michael Clarke</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ The Home Secretary, Alan Johnson MP and Professor Michael Clarke, director of RUSI, discuss issues of safety and security in the 21st century. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>45:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Security in the 21st Century: Global, National, Local, home secretary, home office, government, security, safety, immigration,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Trust: how we lost it and how we can get it back ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:22:28 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0003/223770/lecture221009.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Professor Anthony Seldon lays out a blueprint for rebuilding trust in our society, our communities - and in ourselves. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Anthony Seldon, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Professor Anthony Seldon lays out a blueprint for rebuilding trust in our society, our communities - and in ourselves. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Trust: how we lost it and how we can get it back, rsa, rsa events, trust, society, community, risk, risk averse, anthony seldon  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - The Promise, Power and Danger of a New Nuclear Age ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:15:07 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0006/223746/rsathursday221009.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Internationally acclaimed science writer Amir Aczel visits the RSA to discuss how uranium is once again shaping global politics, energy solutions and cultural concerns. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Amir Aczel, Professor Jim Al-Khalili</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Internationally acclaimed science writer Amir Aczel visits the RSA to discuss how uranium is once again shaping global politics, energy solutions and cultural concerns. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - The Promise, Power and Danger of a New Nuclear Age, rsa events, rsa, science, nuclear, power, amir aczel, environment,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Making Local the Answer ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:39:43 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0018/223650/lecture211009.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ John Denham MP visits the RSA to set out his vision for the future of local government with a response by Sir Michael Bichard, Executive Director, Institute for Government ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>John Denham MP, Sir Michael Bichard, Steve Broome</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ John Denham MP visits the RSA to set out his vision for the future of local government with a response by Sir Michael Bichard, Executive Director, Institute for Government ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Making Local the Answer, rsa events, rsa, john denham mp, dclg, local governemnt, politics, politicians  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: New Perspectives on Faith and Development: Health and Education - Where faith fits? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:09:00 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0004/223528/lecture201009.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Secretary of State for International Development Douglas Alexander looks at how faith shapes personal and group identities. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Douglas Alexander, Matthew Frost, Richard Dowden, Ian Linden</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Secretary of State for International Development Douglas Alexander looks at how faith shapes personal and group identities. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: New Perspectives on Faith and Development: Health and Education - Where faith fits?, rsa events, rsa, international development, douglas alexander, faith, religion  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Condition and Future of Primary Education ]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:48:15 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0003/223527/lecture191009.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Join a panel of expert commentators as they discuss the implications of the Cambridge Primary Review report. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Robin Alexander, Mick Brookes,  Professor Mary James, Roger Luxton,  Barry Sheerman MP, Dame Gillian Pugh</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Join a panel of expert commentators as they discuss the implications of the Cambridge Primary Review report. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Condition and Future of Primary Education, rsa events, rsa, education, cambridge primary review report, cambridge review, school, teaching  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Hacking Design : Folly, theft or a new democratic dawn? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:01:16 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0017/223217/lecture141009.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Is design-hacking merely another post-modern phase in the history of design, or does it reveal a civic ingenuity and resourcefulness that decades of industrially-fed consumerism has masked? ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Otto von Busch, Colin McDowell, Paul Thompson, David Godber and Scott Burnham</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Is design-hacking merely another post-modern phase in the history of design, or does it reveal a civic ingenuity and resourcefulness that decades of industrially-fed consumerism has masked? ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Justice: What’s the right thing to do? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:59:41 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0017/222902/lecture131009.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Michael Sandel visits the RSA to argue for a new commitment to citizenship and the common good. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Michael Sandel, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Michael Sandel visits the RSA to argue for a new commitment to citizenship and the common good. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Drugs, Communities and Citizenship: The new ‘recovery’ models for users ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:35:46 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0004/222655/rsathursday081009.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A panel of experts and practitioners assess the possibilities for rehabilitation, integration, and participatory citizenship at the heart of the new ‘recovery models’ for substance-users. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Stephen Bamber, Sebastian Saville, Paul Hayes,  Roger Howard</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ A panel of experts and practitioners assess the possibilities for rehabilitation, integration, and participatory citizenship at the heart of the new ‘recovery models’ for substance-users. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Drugs, Communities and Citizenship: The new ‘recovery’ models for users, rsa events, drugs, rehabilitation, citizenship, society, problem, user, recovery model, nta  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: 2009 Chairman's Inaugural Lecture - The Importance of Invention ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0015/222504/lecture071009.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ RSA Chairman, Luke Johnson gives this year's inaugural lecture. The promotion of innovation was the founding spirit of the RSA, Luke suggests that we should renew our commitment to industrial and social pioneers who can provide solutions to the challenges that lie ahead. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Luke Johnson, Brent Hoberman, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ RSA Chairman, Luke Johnson gives this year's inaugural lecture. The promotion of innovation was the founding spirit of the RSA, Luke suggests that we should renew our commitment to industrial and social pioneers who can provide solutions to the challenges that lie ahead. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: New Perspectives on Faith and Development: Poverty and Conflict - Faith as a solution or cause? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:02:14 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0006/222486/lecture061009.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Baroness Chalker and Edicio dela Torre ask how faith can be used as a force for positive social change ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Baroness Chalker, Edicio dela Torr, Katherine Marchall, Gerrie ter Harr, Jane Cooking, Makki Mohammed, Paul Vallely</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Baroness Chalker and Edicio dela Torre ask how faith can be used as a force for positive social change ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: New Perspectives on Faith and Development: Poverty and Conflict - Faith as a solution or cause?, rsa events, rsa london, dfid, tony blair faith foundation, oxfam, islamic relief, worldvision, religion, faith, society,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: New Perspectives on Faith and Development: Faith in the Marketplace? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:01:35 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0019/221617/lecture300909.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Tariq Ramadan and Ken Costa ask where faith fits in the marketplace and if the marketplace has suffered from a lack of values? ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Ken Costa, Tariq Ramadan, Steve Chalke, Reverend Giles Fraser, John Reynolds</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Tariq Ramadan and Ken Costa ask where faith fits in the marketplace and if the marketplace has suffered from a lack of values? ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: New Perspectives on Faith and Development: Faith in the Marketplace?, rsa events, dfid, worldvision, tony blair faith foundation, oxfam, islamic relief, religion, faith, society  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Saving Kyoto: Copenhagen and Beyond ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:57:00 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0013/221800/rsathursday011009.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Professor Graciela Chichilnisky, one of the leading architects of the Kyoto Protocol, outlines how the carbon market can help to close the global income divide whilst resolving the climate crisis. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Graciela Chichilnisky, Mark Lynas</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Professor Graciela Chichilnisky, one of the leading architects of the Kyoto Protocol, outlines how the carbon market can help to close the global income divide whilst resolving the climate crisis. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Saving Kyoto: Copenhagen and Beyond, rsa events, royal society for the encouragement of arts manufactures and commerce, kyoto, kyoto protocol, climate change, carbon, carbon emissions, graciela, chichilnisky,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Cities and Citizenship: Surviving the 21st Century ]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:34:54 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0017/221570/lecture210909.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Lord Mawson, Professor Wolf Prix, Anna Minton, Matthew Taylor and Professor Ricky Burdett discuss the relationship between design and citizenship in the 21st century city ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Lord Mawson, Anna Minton, Professor Wolf Prix, Matthew Taylor, Professor Ricky Burdett</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Lord Mawson, Professor Wolf Prix, Anna Minton, Matthew Taylor and Professor Ricky Burdett discuss the relationship between design and citizenship in the 21st century city ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Cities and Citizenship: Surviving the 21st Century, RSA events, royal society for the encouragement of arts manufactures and commerce, cities, city, citizens, architecture, society, LDA, london design agency  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Party conferences: who needs them? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:22:12 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0018/220473/rsathursday240909.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Iain Dale, Stephen Pound MP and Michael White debate the significance of the annual party conferences. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Iain Dale, Stephen Pound MP, Stephen Tall, Michael White</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Iain Dale, Stephen Pound MP and Michael White debate the significance of the annual party conferences. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Party conferences: who needs them?, rsa, rsa events, royal society for the encouragement of arts manufactures, politics, party conference, liberal democrat, labour, conservative, government, uk politics  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA/Soil Association event - Food in a world without oil ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:27:42 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0019/220474/lecture230909.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Peter Melchett, Tim Lang,  Professor Nigel Halford and Roger Harrabin discuss the provision of food for all in an oil-free world ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Peter Melchett, Tim Lang,  Professor Nigel Halford, Roger Harrabin</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Peter Melchett, Tim Lang,  Professor Nigel Halford and Roger Harrabin discuss the provision of food for all in an oil-free world ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA/Soil Association event - Food in a world without oil, rsa, rsa events, royal society for the encouragement of arts manufactures and commerce, soil association, organic, food, consumption, farming, agriculture, gm food,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Internet in Society: Empowering or censoring citizens? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:34:41 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0020/220475/lecture220909.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Join Evgeny Morozov as he outlines the dramatically different ways in which the internet's potential can be utilised by citizens and regimes. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Evgeny Morozov, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Join Evgeny Morozov as he outlines the dramatically different ways in which the internet's potential can be utilised by citizens and regimes. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Internet in Society: Empowering or censoring citizens?, rsa, rsa events, royal society for the encouragement of arts manufactures and commerce, evgeny, morozov, internet, social media, media, world wide web, public domain, society, social  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Class, Poverty and the Media: The Uses of Literacy toda ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:04:54 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0004/219757/rsathursday170909.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Lynsey Hanley and DJ Taylor discuss Richard Hoggart's landmark cultural study The Uses of Literacy and assess its continuing relevance today. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Lynsey Hanley, DJ Taylor, Laurie Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Lynsey Hanley and DJ Taylor discuss Richard Hoggart's landmark cultural study The Uses of Literacy and assess its continuing relevance today. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Class, Poverty and the Media: The Uses of Literacy toda, rsa events, richard hoggard, lynsey hanley, dj taylor, literacy, education, reading, school,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Economic Consequences of Mr Brown ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:22:12 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0007/219571/lecture140909.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Stein Ringen and an expert panel at the RSA assess the real outcomes of the past decade of a government which was strongly in power, had a clear mandate and was benefitting from steady economic growth. ]]></description>
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<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Stein Ringen and an expert panel at the RSA assess the real outcomes of the past decade of a government which was strongly in power, had a clear mandate and was benefitting from steady economic growth. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Economic Consequences of Mr Brown, politics, labour, stein ringen, government, economics  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Freedom for Sale: How we made money and lost our liberty ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:55:39 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0003/219288/rsathursday100909.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ John Kampfner provides a spirited account of the new world order that threatens to undermine our most basic freedoms. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author></itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ John Kampfner provides a spirited account of the new world order that threatens to undermine our most basic freedoms. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Freedom for Sale: How we made money and lost our liberty, new world order, freedom, speech, politics  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Connected Minds: Loneliness, Social Brains and the Need for Community ]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:33:50 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0010/219169/lecture080909.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Join Professor John Cacioppo as he outlines the vital importance of altruistic behaviour, social connection and inclusive communities in this exclusive RSA event. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>John Cacioppo, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Join Professor John Cacioppo as he outlines the vital importance of altruistic behaviour, social connection and inclusive communities in this exclusive RSA event. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Connected Minds: Loneliness, Social Brains and the Need for Community, rsa events, royal society of arts, john cacioppo, cacioppo, behaviour, science, neuroscience, society, social,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Why Faith Matters for Development ]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:14:36 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0019/219115/lecture070909.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Rt Hon Tony Blair gave the opening address in a new series of seminars on faith and development organised by The Tony Blair Faith Foundation, DFID, WorldVision, Oxfam and Islamic Relief. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Rt Hon Tony Blair, Karen Armstrong</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Rt Hon Tony Blair gave the opening address in a new series of seminars on faith and development organised by The Tony Blair Faith Foundation, DFID, WorldVision, Oxfam and Islamic Relief. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: David Cameron and Nassim Taleb in conversation ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:03:08 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0008/217466/lecture180809.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ David Cameron MP and best-selling author Nassim Taleb visited the RSA to discuss what measures need to be taken, in the wake of the economic crisis, in order to create a more “Black Swan-robust society”. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>David Cameron, Nassim Taleb</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ David Cameron MP and best-selling author Nassim Taleb visited the RSA to discuss what measures need to be taken, in the wake of the economic crisis, in order to create a more “Black Swan-robust society”. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: David Cameron and Nassim Taleb in conversation, rsa events, rsa london, david cameron, nassim taleb, black swan, economics, economic crisis, conservatives  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - New Capitalism and the Bubble Economy ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 16:29:12 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0004/205591/rsathursday140509.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sociologist Kevin Doogan challenges the economic orthodoxies of the past two decades and suggests how we might restore rationality to the management of economic affairs. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Kevin Doogan, Laurie Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Sociologist Kevin Doogan challenges the economic orthodoxies of the past two decades and suggests how we might restore rationality to the management of economic affairs. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - New Capitalism and the Bubble Economy, RSA, royal society of arts, economy, sociology, finance, bubble economy  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - The Renewal of St Martin-in-the-Fields: a case study in social space making ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:20:45 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0005/215960/rsathursday300709.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Architect Eric Parry discusses the challenges of place-making within a culturally sensitive context, and considers how social spaces can be designed to support community building. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Eric Parry, Emily Campbell</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Architect Eric Parry discusses the challenges of place-making within a culturally sensitive context, and considers how social spaces can be designed to support community building. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - The Renewal of St Martin-in-the-Fields: a case study in social space making, rsa, rsa events, royal society for the encouragement of arts manufactures and commerce, architect, building, church, regeneration, conservation  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - The Crisis of Islamic Civilisation ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:46:56 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0020/215507/rsathursday230709.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Iraqi cabinet minister Ali A. Allawi asks: can and should Islamic civilisation be revived in the face of globalisation? ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Ali A Allawi, Dr Maha Azzam</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Former Iraqi cabinet minister Ali A. Allawi asks: can and should Islamic civilisation be revived in the face of globalisation? ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - The Crisis of Islamic Civilisation, rsa, rsa events, royal society for the encourgement of arts manufactures and commerce, foreign policy, iraq, islam, allawi  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: From 'me' to 'we' ]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:59:10 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0020/215381/lecture210709.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Mark Earls discusses the emergence of the "social revolution" in marketing management and social policy. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Mark Earls, Matt Grist</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Mark Earls discusses the emergence of the "social revolution" in marketing management and social policy. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: From 'me' to 'we', rsa, rsa events, royal society for the encourgement of arts manufactures and commerce, mark earls, herd, hermeister, crowd, open source, people, we think, marketing, management, social policy  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: All Consuming ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:38:13 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0019/215146/lecture160709.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Join Neal Lawson and a distinguished panel as they assess the relative perils and merits of our ‘all consuming’ obsession. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Neal Lawson, Matthew Hilton, John Naish, Daniel Ben-Ami, Joseph Wan</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Join Neal Lawson and a distinguished panel as they assess the relative perils and merits of our ‘all consuming’ obsession. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: All Consuming, rsa events, royal society of arts manufactures and commerce, rsa, consuming, retail, society, consume, consumer, capitalism  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Mothers and Others ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:23:21 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0004/215149/rsathursday160709.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Renowned anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy addresses the leading problem in socio-biology today: why do we have prosocial emotions? ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Renowned anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy addresses the leading problem in socio-biology today: why do we have prosocial emotions? ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Mothers and Others, RSA, royal society for the encouragement of arts manufactures and commerce, rsa events, pro social, emotions, behaviour, neuroscience  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Sustainability Project - How Much More Can Our Planet Take? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:53:46 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0014/215060/lecture130709.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Our expert panel will assess the changes in lifestyles, productions methods and consumption behaviour required to meet the global sustainability challenge. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Klaus Hahlbrock, Stefan H. E. Kaufmann, Harald Müller, Jeremy Leggett, Tricia Holly Davis</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Our expert panel will assess the changes in lifestyles, productions methods and consumption behaviour required to meet the global sustainability challenge. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Sustainability Project - How Much More Can Our Planet Take?,   ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Education at the Crossroads ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:49:17 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0004/215059/lecture070709.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Matthew Taylor, gives the 13th Specialist Schools and Academies Trust Annual Lecture. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Matthew Taylor, gives the 13th Specialist Schools and Academies Trust Annual Lecture. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Education at the Crossroads, rsa events, ssat, specialist schools and academies trust, education, annual lecture,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Do People Need Community Anymore? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:10:31 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0004/214951/lecture140709.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Amitai Etzioni looks at the role of community in today's society. Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury responds. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Amitai Etzioni, Liam Byrne MP</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Amitai Etzioni looks at the role of community in today's society. Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury responds. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Do People Need Community Anymore?, rsa london, rsa events, rsa, amitai etzioni, community, networks, liam byrne, liam byrne mp, government,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Vision Matters: Defining Identity ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:42:40 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0018/214632/rsathursday090709.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Jeff Saperstein shows how, despite these tumultuous times, we can not only cope, but thrive, and in the process create more productive regions, better organisations and more fulfilled lives ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Jeff Saperstein, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Jeff Saperstein shows how, despite these tumultuous times, we can not only cope, but thrive, and in the process create more productive regions, better organisations and more fulfilled lives ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Vision Matters: Defining Identity, rsa events, royal society of arts, jeff saperstein, travelling geek, silicon valley, marketing, business, connections, networks  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Facts Are Subversive: Political writing from a decade without a name ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:21:23 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0005/213791/lecture020709.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Timothy Garton Ash, John Burns and Adam Roberts discuss pivotal moments from the first turbulent decade of the new millennium. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Timothy Garton Ash, John Lloyd, John Burns, Adam Roberts</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Timothy Garton Ash, John Burns and Adam Roberts discuss pivotal moments from the first turbulent decade of the new millennium. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Facts Are Subversive: Political writing from a decade without a name, rsa, royal society of arts, timothy garton ash, reuters, john lloyd, journalism, journalist, news, reportage,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - In Search of Civilisation ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:38:22 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0011/213788/rsathursday020709.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Join leading philosopher John Armstrong, as he asks what exactly is meant by the term 'civilisation' and why do we need it? ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>John Armstrong, Nigel Warburton</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Join leading philosopher John Armstrong, as he asks what exactly is meant by the term 'civilisation' and why do we need it? ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - In Search of Civilisation, rsa, royal society of arts, philosopher,  philosophy, john armstrong, civilisation, society  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Making Progress: Rethinking Enlightenment ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:47:04 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0014/213710/lecture010709.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Moral philosopher Susan Neiman argues that a progressive political outlook depends on a return to a robust Enlightenment. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Susan Neiman, Lucy O'Brien</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Moral philosopher Susan Neiman argues that a progressive political outlook depends on a return to a robust Enlightenment. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Making Progress: Rethinking Enlightenment, rsa, royal society of arts, philosophy, philosopher, susan neiman,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Free: The Future of a Radical Price ]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:52:17 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0005/213557/lecture300609b.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chris Anderson, the groundbreaking author of the Long Tail visits the RSA to outline a dramatic new change in the way our economy functions. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Chris Anderson, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Chris Anderson, the groundbreaking author of the Long Tail visits the RSA to outline a dramatic new change in the way our economy functions. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Free: The Future of a Radical Price, rsa, royal society of arts, chris anderson, wired, long tail, free,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: What is Education For? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:34:54 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0012/213312/lecture300609.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Michael Gove MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families outlines the principles that should inform education reform in the 21st Century. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Michael Gove MP, Mattehw Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Michael Gove MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families outlines the principles that should inform education reform in the 21st Century. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: What is Education For?, rsa, royal society of arts, micheal gove, education, conservative,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Healthy Choices? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:10:11 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0020/211196/lecture290609b.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley MP joins a panel of experts to discuss the relations between behaviour, choice and health outcomes. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Andrew Lansley MP, Paul Dolan,Theresa Marteau, Dr Ben Seymour</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley MP joins a panel of experts to discuss the relations between behaviour, choice and health outcomes. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Healthy Choices?, rsa, royal society of arts, health, government, nhs, neuroscience,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA/English Project Debate - English: On the skids. Innit? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:31:18 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0010/213778/lecture290609.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An RSA/English Project debate on the future of the English language, with Jeremy Paxman, Anne Atkins and Susie Dent. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Jeremy Paxman, Anne Atkins, Susie Dent</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ An RSA/English Project debate on the future of the English language, with Jeremy Paxman, Anne Atkins and Susie Dent. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA/English Project Debate - English: On the skids. Innit?, rsa, royal society of arts, english project, english, language, jeremy paxman, susie dent,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Have the baby boomers made us go bust? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:32:15 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0014/210704/rsathursday250609.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Join novelist and critic Bonnie Greer, authors Jenny Diski and Tim Lott , and journalist Brendan O’Neill, as they assess the intergenerational ‘boom and bust’. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Bonnie Greer, Jenny Diski, Tim Lott, Brendan O'Neill</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Join novelist and critic Bonnie Greer, authors Jenny Diski and Tim Lott , and journalist Brendan O’Neill, as they assess the intergenerational ‘boom and bust’. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Have the baby boomers made us go bust?, rsa event, royal society of arts, baby boomer, bonnie greer,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Value of Higher Education ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:14:13 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0020/210638/lecture240609.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Join David Lammy MP, minister for higher education and intellectual property, as he examines the value of higher education ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>David Lammy MP, Professor Geoffrey Crossick</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Join David Lammy MP, minister for higher education and intellectual property, as he examines the value of higher education ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Value of Higher Education, RSA event, royal society of arts, education, higher education, university, college, school  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: When China Rules the World ]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:33:36 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0015/210462/lecture220609.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Martin Jacques argues that we are moving into an era of contested modernity, where the central player in this new world will be China. Chair: James Harding, the Times. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Martin Jacques, James Harding</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Martin Jacques argues that we are moving into an era of contested modernity, where the central player in this new world will be China. Chair: James Harding, the Times. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: When China Rules the World, RSA event, royal society of arts, democracy, politics, international development, china,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Electoral Reform: Right Question? Right Answer? And Who Decides? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:18:49 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0017/210239/lecture170609.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At a critical time for UK democracy, Chris Huhne MP, John Keane, Douglas Carswell MP, Denis MacShane MP and Steve Richards ask: is electoral reform the right response? ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Chris Huhne MP, John Keane, Douglas Carswell MP, Denis MacShane MP, Steve Richards</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ At a critical time for UK democracy, Chris Huhne MP, John Keane, Douglas Carswell MP, Denis MacShane MP and Steve Richards ask: is electoral reform the right response? ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Electoral Reform: Right Question? Right Answer? And Who Decides?, RSA, Royal Society of Arts, Chris Huhne, John Keane, Douglas Carswell, Denis McShane, Steve Richards, electoral reform, democracy  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Why Interfaith? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:15:34 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0013/210244/lecture170609b.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Join Karen Armstrong as she examines the very concept, function and value of interfaith dialogue in this exclusive event. Asking why is there such emphasis on interfaith initiatives? ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Karen Armstrong</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Join Karen Armstrong as she examines the very concept, function and value of interfaith dialogue in this exclusive event. Asking why is there such emphasis on interfaith initiatives? ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Why Interfaith?, rsa events, rsa, royal society of arts, faith, religion, interfaith, three faiths forum  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Aung San Suu Kyi and the struggle for Burma’s Freedom ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:04:25 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0011/210152/rsathursday180609.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As Aung San Suu Kyi approaches her 64th birthday, we bring together a distinguished panel to pay tribute to her life-time of patriotism, sacrifice and commitment to the cause of freedom and democracy. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Zoya Phan, Ivan Lewis MP, Strephen Crabb MP, Khun Saing</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ As Aung San Suu Kyi approaches her 64th birthday, we bring together a distinguished panel to pay tribute to her life-time of patriotism, sacrifice and commitment to the cause of freedom and democracy. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Aung San Suu Kyi and the struggle for Burma’s Freedom, rsa. rsa events. royal society of arts, burma, aung san suu kyi, politics, democracy  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:47:55 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0004/209461/rsathursday040609.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Internationally acclaimed writer and scholar Reza Aslan argues for a dramatic re-orientation in how we think about the ongoing struggle with Islamic extremism. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Reza Aslan</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Internationally acclaimed writer and scholar Reza Aslan argues for a dramatic re-orientation in how we think about the ongoing struggle with Islamic extremism. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror, RSA Events, reza aslan, democracy, politics, international  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Finding New Opportunities Amid the Economic Wreckage ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:50:29 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0005/209462/lecture100609.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Acclaimed economist Professor Robert Frank visits the RSA to highlight the fresh opportunities that lie amidst the economic wreckage. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Robert Frank, Tim Harford</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Acclaimed economist Professor Robert Frank visits the RSA to highlight the fresh opportunities that lie amidst the economic wreckage. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Finding New Opportunities Amid the Economic Wreckage, RSA events, Royal society of Arts, economy, robert frank, finance, economics  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Future of 14-19 Education and Training: Quality learning delivered through partnerships ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:33:23 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0009/209628/lecture100609b.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An expert panel discuss the key findings of the Nuffield Review of 14-19 education, and assess its recommendations for a wider vision of learning and its assessment. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Richard Pring, Ann Hodgson, Kathryn Burns, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ An expert panel discuss the key findings of the Nuffield Review of 14-19 education, and assess its recommendations for a wider vision of learning and its assessment. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Future of 14-19 Education and Training: Quality learning delivered through partnerships,   ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday – Physics of the Impossible ]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:22:27 +0100</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Join theoretical physicist Dr Michio Kaku as he goes on a journey exploring the science of the impossible. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Dr Michio Kaku, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Join theoretical physicist Dr Michio Kaku as he goes on a journey exploring the science of the impossible. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday – Physics of the Impossible, RSA, royal society of arts, rsa events, michio Kaku, Kaku, string theory, science, physics, science fiction,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Talent is Overrated ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:51:24 +0100</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Geoff Colvin, Fortune’s senior editor-at-large, explains his surprising findings about achievement, work, and talent. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Geoff Colvin, Richard Cree</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Geoff Colvin, Fortune’s senior editor-at-large, explains his surprising findings about achievement, work, and talent. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Talent is Overrated,   ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: What has the Gates Foundation done for global health? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 21:38:19 +0100</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ n this RSA Event with The Lancet our speakers consider one of the biggest players in global health, the Gates Foundation. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>David McCoy, Matthew Bishop, Richard Horton</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ n this RSA Event with The Lancet our speakers consider one of the biggest players in global health, the Gates Foundation. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>75:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: What has the Gates Foundation done for global health?, RSA, royal society of arts, rsa events, health, global health, gates foundation, lancet  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Improving Health Outcomes for All ]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 20:23:20 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0017/207710/lecture280509.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley MP will talk about inequalities in the UK’s public health system ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Andrew Lansley CBE MP, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley MP will talk about inequalities in the UK’s public health system ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Improving Health Outcomes for All, RSA, royal society of arts, rsa events, health, conservatives, reform, public policy  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday – How Human Psychology Drives the Economy  ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 17:53:10 +0100</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Acclaimed economist Robert Shiller argues for an active government role in economic policymaking by recovering Keynes’ idea of ‘animal spirits’ ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Robert Shiller, Danny Finkelstein</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Acclaimed economist Robert Shiller argues for an active government role in economic policymaking by recovering Keynes’ idea of ‘animal spirits’ ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday – How Human Psychology Drives the Economy , RSA, Royal Society of Arts. economist, finance, FT, economy, john maynard keynes, animal spirits, finance, money  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Can the Public be Trusted to Choose Public Art? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 03:10:12 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0004/206698/lecture200509.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Art Fund's Big Art debate will ask should the public choose public art? What would happen if they did? And can we even afford public art in a recession? ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Jon Snow, Grayson Perry, Andrew Shoben, Jonathan Jones, Munira Mirza</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ The Art Fund's Big Art debate will ask should the public choose public art? What would happen if they did? And can we even afford public art in a recession? ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Can the Public be Trusted to Choose Public Art?, RSA, Royal Society of Arts, Art Fund, Big Art Trust, Arts Council England, Channel 4, public art, sculpture  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSAAudio: ‘We can’t go on like this’: British higher education as it is and as it could be ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 11:16:18 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0006/205557/lecture130509.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Professor Nigel Thrift delivers the RSA / Fulbright Commission Lecture, offering a radical plan for the future of UK higher education. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Professor Nigel Thrift, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Professor Nigel Thrift delivers the RSA / Fulbright Commission Lecture, offering a radical plan for the future of UK higher education. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSAAudio: ‘We can’t go on like this’: British higher education as it is and as it could be, RSA, Royal Society of Arts, Thrift, Nigel, Fulbright commission, education, university  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Emotional Intelligence: does it affect learning and educational success? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 12:40:13 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0008/204767/rsathursday070509.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Our panel ask does emotional intelligence affect academic success and is it possible to improve it with training programmes? ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>David Chaytor MP, Jackie Beere, Professor John Bynner, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Our panel ask does emotional intelligence affect academic success and is it possible to improve it with training programmes? ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Emotional Intelligence: does it affect learning and educational success?, RSA, Royal Society fo Arts, cambridge assesment, emotion, intelligence, education, learning  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA President's Lecture 2009: How Can Milk Cost Less Than Water? ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 02:18:11 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0004/204475/lecture050509.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Quintin McKellar looks at why feeding three billion more people over the next fifty years, whilst conserving and protecting our natural environment is going to be one of the great challenges of the 21st Century. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Quintin McKellar,</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Quintin McKellar looks at why feeding three billion more people over the next fifty years, whilst conserving and protecting our natural environment is going to be one of the great challenges of the 21st Century. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA President's Lecture 2009: How Can Milk Cost Less Than Water?, RSA, Royal Society of Arts, agriculture, milk, water, environment, rvc, royal veterinary college  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Get It: The power of cultural learning ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:17:38 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0019/203590/lecture270409.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ RSA & the Culture & Learning Consortium present a debate to launch the first report of the Culture & Learning Consortium. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Maggie Atkinson, Julia Peyton-Jones, Paul Roberts, Vikki Heywood</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ RSA & the Culture & Learning Consortium present a debate to launch the first report of the Culture & Learning Consortium. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>80:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Get It: The power of cultural learning, RSA, Royal Society of Arts, culture & Learning consortium, Get it, culture, education, arts,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Mindfield ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:13:18 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0019/203563/lecture290409.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Distinguished science writer Lone Frank investigates the neural basis for empathy and morality, and looks at the economic, legal and political ramifications of the 'social brain'. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Lone Frank, Rita Carter</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Distinguished science writer Lone Frank investigates the neural basis for empathy and morality, and looks at the economic, legal and political ramifications of the 'social brain'. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>90:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: Mindfield, RSA, Royal society of arts, neuroscience, cognition, brain  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Voodoo Histories: the role of conspiracy theory in shaping modern history ]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:40:32 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0004/203647/rsathursday300409.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ David Aaronovitch looks at why our age is obsessed by the idea of conspiracy and argues for greater public scepticism, based on a better knowledge of history. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>David Aaronovitch, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ David Aaronovitch looks at why our age is obsessed by the idea of conspiracy and argues for greater public scepticism, based on a better knowledge of history. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Voodoo Histories: the role of conspiracy theory in shaping modern history, RSA, Royal Society of Arts, history, conspiracy,  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The New Business of Business ]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:10:45 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0013/202225/lecture220409.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Zarine Kharas, founder and CEO of online fundraising website Justgiving.com will talk about business responsibility and highlight the unorthodox ways in which Justgiving operates. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Zarine Kharas, Matthew Taylor</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Zarine Kharas, founder and CEO of online fundraising website Justgiving.com will talk about business responsibility and highlight the unorthodox ways in which Justgiving operates. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The New Business of Business, RSA, Royal Society of Arts, business, charity, not for profit, just giving, justgiving  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:18:47 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0012/202611/rsathursday230409.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Distinguished neuroscientist Professor Christopher Frith comes to the RSA to explain how the experience of free will is critical to the self and others. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Professor Christopher Frith, Nikolas Rose</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Distinguished neuroscientist Professor Christopher Frith comes to the RSA to explain how the experience of free will is critical to the self and others. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: RSA Thursday - Neuroscience, Free Will and Responsibility , RSA, Royal Society of Arts, neuroscience, cognitive, brain, cognition, frith  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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<title><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Brain and The Law ]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:33:19 +0100</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thersa.org/__data/assets/file/0019/201628/lecture210409.mp3</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dr David Eagleman considers some emerging questions relating to law and neuroscience, challenging long-held assumptions in criminality and punishment and predicting a radical new future for the legal system. ]]></description>
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<itunes:author>Dr David Eagleman, Dr Matt Grist</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary> <![CDATA[ Dr David Eagleman considers some emerging questions relating to law and neuroscience, challenging long-held assumptions in criminality and punishment and predicting a radical new future for the legal system. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>60:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords><![CDATA[ RSA Audio: The Brain and The Law, RSA, Royal Society of Arts, cognition, brain, neurosceince, law, crimial justice, behaviour, behavioural science  ]]></itunes:keywords>
        
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