60 acast.com Powerful Undercurrents https://shows.acast.com/powerful-undercurrents en David Howell Politics,Debate,Future,Topical,Historical,Philosophy,Discussion David Howell At a time of great world turmoil and danger, a podcast series of truly profound conversations with twelve leading minds from across the world dares to reach far deeper than most into the philosophies, contradictions, errors and delusions of the age, and pulls together new strands of hope, amidst the current universal pessimism, gloom and general distrust of all by all. These are the trends which will have far more impact on our lives than any national government of any colour.


· Are our democratic processes being fundamentally weakened by communications technology? Can our nation states hold together? Will the centre hold against polarised division , extremism and abuse? Can democratic capitalism be made to work for everyone?

· Have the international rules-based order, and its supporting institutions, broken down, and what repairs or replaces it?

· Has democracy of the old kind peaked and will the authoritarian methods and illiberal standards of bogus democracy prevail?

· Just where are the new paths of hope and optimism and how do we find and follow them? Can the tide be turned?


First Series Contributors; Baroness Onora O’Neill, Justice Stephen Breyer, Jesse Norman, Lord Robert Skidelsky, Bill Browder, Professor Joe Nye, Matt Ridley, Baroness Cathy Ashton, Sir Ferdinand Mount, Professor Jeremy Black, Professor Parag Khanna, James Vitali. More to come. All in conversation with David Howell.


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]]> At a time of great world turmoil and danger, a podcast series of truly profound conversations with twelve leading minds from across the world dares to reach far deeper than most into the philosophies, contradictions, errors and delusions of the age, and pulls together new strands of hope, amidst the current universal pessimism, gloom and general distrust of all by all. These are the trends which will have far more impact on our lives than any national government of any colour.


· Are our democratic processes being fundamentally weakened by communications technology? Can our nation states hold together? Will the centre hold against polarised division , extremism and abuse? Can democratic capitalism be made to work for everyone?

· Have the international rules-based order, and its supporting institutions, broken down, and what repairs or replaces it?

· Has democracy of the old kind peaked and will the authoritarian methods and illiberal standards of bogus democracy prevail?

· Just where are the new paths of hope and optimism and how do we find and follow them? Can the tide be turned?


First Series Contributors; Baroness Onora O’Neill, Justice Stephen Breyer, Jesse Norman, Lord Robert Skidelsky, Bill Browder, Professor Joe Nye, Matt Ridley, Baroness Cathy Ashton, Sir Ferdinand Mount, Professor Jeremy Black, Professor Parag Khanna, James Vitali. More to come. All in conversation with David Howell.


All enquiries to: howelld@parliament.uk.

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]]> E10: Bill Browder E10: Bill Browder Mon, 17 Jun 2024 08:37:01 GMT 39:01 66687a792868cb0011e4719e false https://shows.acast.com/powerful-undercurrents/episodes/e10-bill-browder 66687a792868cb0011e4719e 66686c573484e000121ead59 e10-bill-browder full 1 5 Bill Browder is an American-born English financier and political activist. He is the CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital Management, the investment advisor to the Hermitage Fund, which at a time was the largest foreign portfolio investor in Russia.


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]]> E8: Matthew Ridley E8: Matthew Ridley Mon, 17 Jun 2024 08:36:32 GMT 39:40 666878d33484e0001220926c false https://shows.acast.com/powerful-undercurrents/episodes/e8-matthew-ridley 666878d33484e0001220926c 66686c573484e000121ead59 e8-matthew-ridley full 1 8 Matthew Ridley is a British science writer, journalist and businessman. He is known for his writings on science, the environment, and economics, and has been a regular contributor to The Times newspaper.


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]]> E6: Parag Khanna E6: Parag Khanna Mon, 17 Jun 2024 08:36:05 GMT 44:11 66687756a033650012a73f2a false https://shows.acast.com/powerful-undercurrents/episodes/e6-parag-khanna 66687756a033650012a73f2a 66686c573484e000121ead59 e6-parag-khanna full 1 14

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]]> E5: Sir Ferdinand Mount E5: Sir Ferdinand Mount Mon, 17 Jun 2024 08:35:51 GMT 47:52 6668768c3484e000122026ba false https://shows.acast.com/powerful-undercurrents/episodes/e5-sir-ferdinand-mount 6668768c3484e000122026ba 66686c573484e000121ead59 e5-sir-ferdinand-mount full 1 15 The Sunday Times. 

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]]> E4: Jesse Norman E4: Jesse Norman Mon, 17 Jun 2024 08:35:37 GMT 45:15 666875a99264d00012ea36ff false https://shows.acast.com/powerful-undercurrents/episodes/e4-jesse-norman 666875a99264d00012ea36ff 66686c573484e000121ead59 e4-jesse-norman full 1 17 Jesse Norman is a British Conservative Party politician who, since 2010, has been MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire.


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]]> E3: Lord Skidelsky E3: Lord Skidelsky Sun, 16 Jun 2024 19:31:37 GMT 49:32 666874f98eaaae0012b01925 false https://shows.acast.com/powerful-undercurrents/episodes/e3-rt-hon-the-lord-robert-skidelsky 666874f98eaaae0012b01925 66686c573484e000121ead59 e3-rt-hon-the-lord-robert-skidelsky full 1 19

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]]> E2: Stephen Breyer E2: Stephen Breyer Sun, 16 Jun 2024 06:34:58 GMT 48:03 666873eb2868cb0011e34b96 false https://shows.acast.com/powerful-undercurrents/episodes/e2-stephen-breyer 666873eb2868cb0011e34b96 66686c573484e000121ead59 e2-stephen-breyer full 1 22 Stephen Breyer is a lawyer and Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.


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]]> <![CDATA[E1: Baroness O'Neill]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2024 08:34:42 GMT 32:43 66687300a033650012a6965d false https://shows.acast.com/powerful-undercurrents/episodes/e1-baroness-oneill 66687300a033650012a6965d 66686c573484e000121ead59 e1-baroness-oneill full 1 24 Former president of the British Academy, Baroness Onora O’Neill is a British philosopher and a crossbench member of the House of Lords. 


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