The Reith Lectures

4. Freedom from Fear


Listen Later

In the last in a series of four lectures examining what freedom means, the foreign affairs and intelligence expert Dr Fiona Hill gives her BBC Reith Lecture on Freedom from Fear. Dr Hill is one of the world’s leading experts on Russia, and served as director for European and Russian affairs on President Trump’s National Security Council, and in senior intelligence roles for both Presidents Bush and Obama. She will talk about the fear she felt growing up as teenager in the Cold War and living with the threat of nuclear war. Then, she says, the culture of fear was about the Soviet Union, a largely unknown enemy. 40 years later, have we come full circle? She also analyses Russia's war in Ukraine, and what it means for the world.

The programme and question-and-answer session is recorded at Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC in front of an audience. The presenter is Anita Anand.

The year's series was inspired by President Franklin D Roosevelt's four freedoms speech of 1941 and asks what this terrain means now. It features four different lecturers:

Freedom of Speech by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Freedom to Worship by Rowan Williams
Freedom from Want by Darren McGarvey
Freedom from Fear by Fiona Hill

Producer: Jim Frank

Sound Engineers: Rod Farquhar and Neil Churchill
Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown
Editor: Hugh Levinson

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Reith LecturesBy BBC Radio 4

  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3

4.3

146 ratings


More shows like The Reith Lectures

View all
Global News Podcast by BBC World Service

Global News Podcast

7,613 Listeners

From Our Own Correspondent by BBC Radio 4

From Our Own Correspondent

378 Listeners

More or Less by BBC Radio 4

More or Less

885 Listeners

Newshour by BBC World Service

Newshour

1,051 Listeners

In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,472 Listeners

The Documentary Podcast by BBC World Service

The Documentary Podcast

1,798 Listeners

6 Minute English by BBC Radio

6 Minute English

1,762 Listeners

Learning English Conversations by BBC Radio

Learning English Conversations

1,037 Listeners

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 by BBC Radio 4

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

2,103 Listeners

The Infinite Monkey Cage by BBC Radio 4

The Infinite Monkey Cage

2,093 Listeners

Great Lives by BBC Radio 4

Great Lives

485 Listeners

F1: Chequered Flag by BBC Radio 5 Live

F1: Chequered Flag

781 Listeners

Thinking Allowed by BBC Radio 4

Thinking Allowed

298 Listeners

Moral Maze by BBC Radio 4

Moral Maze

72 Listeners

The Life Scientific by BBC Radio 4

The Life Scientific

237 Listeners

Start the Week by BBC Radio 4

Start the Week

160 Listeners

The Briefing Room by BBC Radio 4

The Briefing Room

78 Listeners

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson by BBC Radio 4

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

116 Listeners

You're Dead to Me by BBC Radio 4

You're Dead to Me

3,149 Listeners

Americast by BBC News

Americast

733 Listeners

The Rest Is Politics by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Politics

3,037 Listeners

The Rest Is Politics: Leading by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

817 Listeners

Radical with Amol Rajan by BBC Radio 4

Radical with Amol Rajan

51 Listeners

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... by BBC Radio 4

Rory Stewart: The Long History of...

78 Listeners