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Think With Pinker
Ep6 - Future You
- Broadcast
- 2021 (28 mins)
Should we eat, drink and be merry or make sacrifices now to benefit our future selves? In his guide to thinking better, Professor Steven Pinker explores what’s called ‘future discounting’ in decision...
Think With Pinker
Ep7 - The Climate Game
- Broadcast
- 2021 (28 mins)
How flaws in the way we think make it harder to tackle climate change. In his guide to thinking better, Professor Steven Pinker examines how global warming is also a problem in the psychology of judgement...
Think With Pinker
Ep8 - Rational Soothsaying
- Broadcast
- 2021 (28 mins)
Making predictions can be hard, especially about the future. In his guide to thinking better, Professor Steven Pinker explores the cognitive flaws that hobble us as forecasters. He’s joined by Barbara...
Think With Pinker
Ep9 - Nudges and Noise
- Broadcast
- 2021 (28 mins)
Making predictions can be hard, especially about the future. In his guide to thinking better, Professor Steven Pinker explores the cognitive flaws that hobble us as forecasters. He’s joined by Barbara...
Think With Pinker
Ep10 - Sentence first, verdict afterwards
- Broadcast
- 2021 (27 mins)
Decision making in the courtroom: The media fills our minds with vivid images of rare events from plane crashes to terrorist attacks. In his guide to thinking better, Professor Steven Pinker explores the...
Think With Pinker
Ep11 - Headlines and Trendlines
- Broadcast
- 2021 (28 mins)
The media fills our minds with vivid images of rare events from plane crashes to terrorist attacks. In his guide to thinking better, Professor Steven Pinker explores how we can stop the news from distorting...
Think With Pinker
Ep12 - Being Right
- Broadcast
- 2021 (28 mins)
Why getting it right might mean admitting you’re wrong. What if we were to replace intellectual combat with genuine discussion and treat beliefs as hypotheses to be tested rather than treasures to be...
Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain
Ep1 - Martindale Road
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
During the blitz over 450,000 bombs dropped on Britain and every bomb has its own story. This series examines the specific effect of four bombs, from their initial impact on individual lives, right through...
Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain
Ep2 - 6th Avenue
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
This second episode explores the ramifications of a bomb that fell on 6th Avenue in the port city of Hull, flattening two houses and changing the lives of two families forever. The Taylors lost baby Peter...
Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain
Ep3 - Jellicoe Road
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
Episode three follows a bomb that fell on Jellicoe Street in the Scottish town of Clydebank. It was a tightly knit community of ship builders and factory workers who worked hard in difficult conditions; for...