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In this third podcast exploring the underlying assumptions of economics, Victoria Bateman explains how economists have ignored the importance of sex and gender.  She argues that the status and freedom of women are central to making the west rich, overtaking other parts of the world that had long been ahead.  She shows hot obsession with women’s bodily modesty has made women dependent on men, and how this cult of modesty has changed over time and between countries.  She calls for a fundamental change in modern economics which has neglected women, lacked historical understanding, and ignored the wider social sciences. 

Victoria Bateman studied economics at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford,  She returned to Cambridge in2009 as Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, before leaving to become an independent scholar and consultant.  Her work links economic history and economics, and above all the role of women.  She is a regular broadcaster, contributor to newspapers, public speaker.   

Books we discuss are:
The Sex Factor: How Women Made the West Rich Cambridge, 2019.
Naked Feminism: Breaking the Cult of Female Modesty Cambridge, 2023.
 
https://www.vnbateman.com/

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TIn this second podcast exploring the underlying assumptions of economics, Avner Offer explains how the post-war age of economic growth was built on American and European welfare states and social democracy. This settlement was challenged in the 1970s by a coalition of business, taxpayers, consumers, ideologists and social scientists. The result of this discontent was the intellectual and political dominance of market liberalism.  In this conversation, Martin Daunton and Avner Offer explore how this shift came about, what role was played by the Nobel Prize in economics, and what explains the divide between the public and private sectors.
 
The key books we discuss are:
 
The Challenge of Affluence: Self Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain since 1950, Oxford, 2006.
With Gabriel Soderberg, The Nobel Factor: The Prize in Economics, Social Democracy and the Market Turn Princeton and Oxford, 2016.
Understanding the Private-Pubic Divide: Markets, Governments and Time Horizons Cambridge 2022.  

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How do we know light is constant throughout the universe? What new technology or theory would we need to further develop our understanding of the beginnings of the universe? How do you know that the galaxies are made of certain elements? 

These and many more questions were put to Professor Chris Lintott for episode 13 of our new series!

This podcast followed his lecture ‘First Light: Revealing the Early Universe’ which was given on 29th May 2024.

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In this first podcast exploring the underlying assumptions of economics, Richard Whatmore discusses Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations   and shows how he has been misinterpreted as an advocate of unfettered free markets.  Smith was more concerned to show that economic relations rely on ‘moral sentiments’, on empathy and the ability to understand the needs of other members of society.  Equally, he shows how Friedrich Hayek is more nuanced that his critics allow.  In a wide-ranging discussion, Richard Whatmore explores issues that informed the rise of economics in the eighteenth century and continue to resonate today – economic nationalism and internationalism,  trade and warfare, debt and public spending.
 
Richard Whatmore studied history at the University of Cambridge, where he completed his doctorate on eighteenth and nineteenth century political economy.  He joined the University of Sussex where he became Professor of Intellectual History before moving to his current post of Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews where he is also Director of the Institute of Intellectual History.  His work has focussed on the intellectual history of the rise of European commercial empires and the enlightenment, now summed up in The End of Enlightenment: Empire, commerce, Crisis  (2023).

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This episode is part of a series of lectures called 'New Hope in Cancer' sponsored by Novartis.

What do we mean by Cancer genomics? What are the introns in our DNA used for? Are they just a place-holder DNA or is there actual use for it? Should cancer care be delivered differently?

These and many more questions were put to Sanjay for episode 12 of our new series!

This podcast followed his lecture ‘How Cancer Genomics is Transforming Cancer Care’ which was given on 23rd January 2024.

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This episode is part of a series of lectures called 'New Hope in Cancer' sponsored by Novartis.

In which stage is the best time to use immunotherapy? What is the role of immunology in rarer cancers? Can or has artificial intelligence helped the advancement of immunotherapy?

These and many more questions were put to James for episode 11 of our new series!

This podcast followed his lecture ‘Immunotherapy: Cure for Metastatic Cancers? ’ which was given on 15th February 2024.

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Are there any overlaps between ADHD and Autism? Does your childhood determine whether you more susceptible to ADHD later in life? Can you have an Attention Deficit and not Hyperactivity? 

These and many more questions were put to Peter for episode 10 of our new series!

This podcast followed his lecture ‘Modern Concepts of ADHD’ which was given on 11th March 2024.

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What do we know about autistic women's experience of menopause? Is there any link between being an older mother/older parents and having a autistic child or is there no proven correlation?

These and many more questions were put to Francesca for episode 9 of our new series!

This podcast followed her lecture ‘Changes in the Concept of Autism’ which was given on 28th February 2024.

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What would a radio signal from an alien species tell us about their technology? What are pulsars? What steps were taken to investigate the BLC-1 signal?

These and many more questions were put to Chris Lintott for episode 8 of our new series!

This podcast followed his lecture ‘Pulsars, Microwave Ovens & The Radio Sky’ which was given on 21st February 2024.

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Is dyslexia more common in boys? Can public speaking help someone with dyslexia? How are they tackling dyslexia in state schools?

These and many more questions were put to Maggie Snowling for episode 7 of our new series!

This podcast followed her lecture ‘Dyslexia and Language - Disorder or Difference?’ which was given on 8th February 2024.

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