Today’s bad idea is a theory of the universe: David talks to astrophysicist Chris Lintott about Steady State Theory, the rival cosmological model to the Big Bang, which held its own for a while in the 1940s and 1950s but turned out to be unsustainable. Why did its best-known champion Fred Hoyle have so much faith in it? What did it expose about the limitations of Big Bang theory? And what does it reveal about scientific hubris and human weakness in the face of the unknown?
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Next Bad Idea: Party Members Choosing Leaders
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This week, Mary Beard squares up to the gorefest of Gladiator II; and Alan Hollinghurst in conversation at the Cambridge Literary Festival.
'Gladiator II', various cinemas
'Our Evenings', by Alan Hollinghurst
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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Today’s bad idea concerns history itself: David talks to world historian Ayse Zarakol about the temptations and the pitfalls of the idea of The End of History. Francis Fukuyama popularised the phrase in 1989 at the end of the Cold War. What did his vision of the triumph of liberal democracy miss? Was it a Western fantasy or a modern fantasy or both? How has history exacted its revenge? And if history doesn’t end, does it repeat?
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Next Bad Idea: Steady State Theory
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Este episódio do podcast Rádio Escafandro fala sobre a produtora audiovisual de direita Brasil Paralelo, em especial sobre como ela vem investindo em educação.
A Brasil Paralelo é famosa por documentários reacionários que tratam de temas como armas de fogo, aquecimento global e história do Brasil.
Além de disponibilizar este conteúdo no YouTube, a produtora também tem um canal de streaming, onde os assinantes encontram uma gama maior de produtos.
Mais recentemente, sem fazer alarde, a Brasil Paralelo tem investido também em educação. Numa parceria com o Intercept Brasil, tivemos acesso a áudios secretos da produtora. Eles revelam como a Brasil Paralelo tem distribuído seu material por centenas de escolas e instituições de caridade.
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Mestre em direito, pós-doutoranda no Núcleo de Religiões no Mundo Contemporâneo/Cebrap (Bolsa Fapesp 2022/16449-6)
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#31 – Profundezas da rede – Capítulo 1: O Tabuleiro
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Trilha sonora tema: Paulo Gama.
Design das capas dos aplicativos e do site: Cláudia Furnari.
Mixagem de som: Vitor Coroa.
Produção e apoio de edição: Matheus Marcolino.
Reportagem: Paulo Motoryn e Tatiana Dias.
Direção, roteiro e edição: Tomás Chiaverini.
From Places Journal:
“Building” is a powerful metaphor that has long structured how we think about progress and accomplishment. What might be the new metaphors, the new rubrics, for an epoch of repair? How might professions premised on growth and consumption — new buildings, new landscapes, new cities — adapt to the new urgencies of reuse, preservation, and degrowth?
Image: Vacant lot, Second Avenue and Second Street, New York City, July 2024. [David Gissen], Places Journal.
Field Notes: Repair explores these questions and more through an ambitious eight-part narrative survey, featuring observations from nearly 100 scholars, designers, planners, activists, and artists. Contributing authors take us to locales around the world, from Belgrade to Chicago; Delhi to the Blue Pacific; Johannesburg to New York City, Malmö, and London, among many others.
In the installments, you’ll discover thoughtful, nuanced, and urgent calls for practices of repair, reuse, preservation, maintenance, and care. Some are hyper-practical, concerned with the lifespans of artifacts and structures. Others revise or propose philosophies of repair that might address the overlapping crises of climate change, economic inequality, and racial injustice. More than a few acknowledge that repair can only take us so far. “Field Notes: Repair” follows an earlier series in Places, Repair Manual.
For today’s bad idea David talks to political philosopher Alan Finlayson about what goes wrong when politicians get their hands on the concept of modernisation. Why does it leave them so in thrall to new technology? What does it miss about how change really happens? And where does the modernisation project end?
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Next Bad Idea: The End of History
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