In the second episode in our series on bad ideas David talks to the political economist Helen Thompson about the gold standard, which was meant to anchor the world economy until it all fell apart a hundred years ago. Why does gold so often appear like a stable basis for money in an unstable world – and why not silver? What made the gold standard a source of instability instead? How can money work if it has no material basis? And is quantitative easing a bad idea as well?
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This week, Kathryn Hughes introduces her new book on the cat craze that swept Edwardian England; and she also tells us about an exhibition of the work of Julia Margaret Cameron and Francesca Woodman. Plus a review of Sunjeev Sahota's The Spoiled Heart.
'Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World', by Kathryn Hughes
'Portraits to Dream In', at the National Portrait Gallery, London, until 16 June, 2024
'The Spoiled Heart', by Sunjeev Sahota
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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Nos 50 anos da Revolução dos Cravos, uma reconstituição do dia que inaugurou a democracia em Portugal e pôs fim a um império colonial. Episódio em formato narrativo, com participação de quem viveu o 25 de Abril e suas consequências culturais, políticas e sociais: os jornalistas Leão Serva, Joana Gorjão Henriques e Ruy Castro, os historiadores Luiz Felipe de Alencastro e Fernando Rosas, e a escritora Dulce Maria Cardoso. Apoio Instituto Camões-CCP Brasília e Fundação Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Apoie o 451 MHz: https://bit.ly/Assine451
For the first episode in our new series about the hold of bad ideas David talks to the geneticist and science broadcaster Adam Rutherford about eugenics: from its origins in the 19th century through its heyday in the 20th century to its continuing legacy today. Is eugenics bad science, bad morality, bad politics – or all three? What are the fears that keep drawing people back to trying to control the consequences of human reproduction? And is a new age of consumerist eugenics upon us?
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In our final episode David and Lea discuss liberation movements, from post-colonial liberation to women’s liberation, gay liberation and animal liberation. What, if anything, do these movements have in common? Is liberation about equality or is it about difference? And who needs liberating next – children?
You can hear our bonus episodes for this series by signing up to PPF+ www.ppfideas.com In the first bonus episode – available now – David and Lea answer listeners’ questions about AI, technology, online surveillance and brains-in-a-vat: what happens to freedom if we’re living in a computer simulation?
Coming next our brand new series: The History of Bad Ideas, beginning with Adam Rutherford on eugenics.
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As the TLS celebrates all things Shakespeare, Emma Smith goes to see Ian McKellen's larger-than-life Falstaff; plus Rana Mitter on the immense impact and lasting legacy of the Tokyo Trial.
'Player Kings: Henry IV Parts 1 and 2', by William Shakespeare, adapted by Robert Icke, Noël Coward Theatre, London, until June 22, then touring 'Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia' by Gary J. Bass.
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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In the penultimate episode in this series David and Lea discuss two twentieth-century philosophies of freedom and the human psyche. What can existentialism teach us about the nature of free choice under conditions of despair? Is there any escape from bad faith? And what can individuals – or even entire societies – learn about their freedom from being put on the couch?
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No dia 10 de fevereiro de 2023, uma equipe da Rota, a força ostensiva da polícia militar paulista, executou o suspeito de roubo Luis Fernando Alves de Jesus, que na época tinha vinte e um anos. Luis Fernando estava desarmado, levou quatro tiros de fuzil, dois de pistola e não teve a menor chance de reagir ou de se salvar.
Ainda que a execução tenha acontecido em plena luz do dia no horário de rush, numa avenida movimentada; ainda que a ação dos PMs tenha tido uma sequência assustadora de erros de procedimento, a morte do Luis Fernando tinha tudo pra virar mais um número nas estatísticas de pessoas mortas pela polícia. Em 2023, foram mais de 6 mil civis mortos pelas forças de segurança em todo o brasil. É uma mortalidade média maior do que a da guerra da Ucrânia.
A diferença desse caso para os casos que só viram estatística é que no colete balístico do policial militar que matou o Luis Fernando tinha uma câmera que gravou tudo em áudio e vídeo de alta definição.
A partir dessa história, este episódio da @radioescafandro discute o impacto do uso de câmeras corporais pelas polícias militares na segurança pública.
A Rádio Escafandro está nos principais tocadores.
Entrevistados do episódio
Professor Titular da Fundação Getúlio Vargas, associado pleno ao Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública, especialista em organizações policiais.
Sandra de Jesus Barbosa da Silva
Militante do movimento Mães de Maio
Professora, e articuladora da Rede de Proteção e Resistência ao Genocídio na Zona Sul da capital.
Ficha técnica
Produção e apoio de edição: Matheus Marcolino.
Mixagem de som: Vitor Coroa.
Trilha sonora tema: Paulo Gama.
Design das capas dos aplicativos e do site: Cláudia Furnari.
Direção, roteiro e edição: Tomás Chiaverini
In our series about different ideas of freedom David and Lea have reached anarchism and nihilism. What is the positive vision of human freedom behind the anarchist rejection of the established order? What can nineteenth-century anarchists teach us about freedom in the twenty-first century? And if nihilists are against everything, what are they for?
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This week, George Berridge is at the theatre to see Brian Cox in a classic role; and Toby Lichtig on a literary scandal with tragic consequences.
'Long Day's Journey into Night', by Eugene O'Neill, Wyndham's Theatre,
London, until June 8
'Bound to Violence', by Yambo Ouologuem, translated by Ralph Manheim
'The Most Secret Memory of Men', by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, translated
by Lara Vergnaud
'The Extinction of Irena Rey, by Jennifer Croft
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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In the latest episode of our series about different ideas of freedom David and Lea explore what makes the free market free – and where it fails. How does buying and selling stuff advance human freedom? What does the free market free us from? And is it really possible to be free in a world dominated by credit and debt?
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