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Conversations with Gwen explores big ideas which are changing, or have the potential to change, public policy and how we live. While ideas are valuable for their own sake, these conversations explore ideas not only as abstract fascination but for their ability to help us live better.

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What if free will is an illusion? What would that mean for society, morality, meaning, and the law? In our first episode, Gwen tackles these topics with American philosopher Gregg Caruso, whose recent book "Just Deserts" — which he co-authored with the philosopher Daniel Dennett — introduces the concepts central to the debate about free will and moral responsibility.

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Gwen Ngwenya is a South African politician, Head of Policy of the Democratic Alliance, and host of the podcast Conversations with Gwen. As a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance in the Fifth Parliament, she served on the Standing Committee on Finance. She has also served as COO of the South African Institute of Race Relations, Africa's largest classically liberal think tank.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GwenNgwenya

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Gregg D. Caruso is Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Corning, Visiting Fellow at the New College of the Humanities (NCH London), and Honorary Professor of Philosophy at Macquarie University. He is also Co-Director of the Justice Without Retribution Network housed at the University of Aberdeen School of Law. His research focuses on free will, moral responsibility, punishment, philosophy of law, jurisprudence, social and political philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of mind, moral psychology, and neurolaw.

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Just Deserts: https://amzn.to/340xvK9

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In this episode of The Small Print, Bronwyn is joined by public policy specialist Debisi Araba to discuss Africa’s prosperity prospects. They talk about the role of agriculture in determining the continent’s economic future, the difficulty of accessing global finance, the importance of collaboration — and competition — among African countries, the need to move beyond a subsistence mindset, the tradeoffs between sustainability and growth, increasing Africa’s bargaining power through AfCFTA, and why there is cause for optimism.

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Bronwyn Williams is a futurist, economist, trend analyst and host of The Small Print. Her day job as a partner at Flux Trends involves helping business leaders to use foresight to design the future they want to live and work in. You may have seen her talking about Transhumanism or Tikok on Carte Blanche, or heard her talking about trends on 702 or CNBC Africa where she is a regular expert commentator. When she's not talking to brands and businesses about the future, you will probably find her curled up somewhere with a (preferably paperback) book. She tweets at @bronwynwilliams.

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Flux Trends: https://www.fluxtrends.com/future-flux/futurist-in-residence/

Website: https://whatthefuturenow.com/

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Dr. Debisi Araba is a member of the Malabo Montpellier Panel, a group of international agriculture experts who guide policy choices that accelerate progress towards food security and improved nutrition in Africa. Previously, he was the Africa Region Director at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture. He has also served as a Senior Technical Adviser to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in Nigeria.

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Malabo Montpellier Panel: https://www.mamopanel.org/

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In this episode of The Small Print, Bronwyn speaks to Andrew Blades about how to navigate an uncertain world. They discuss whether Covid could have been predicted, the pros and cons of lockdowns, and the media’s bias toward negativity. Bronwyn and Andrew also talk about the compounding nature of government, the need for cognitive diversity in building a resilient society, and how we can guard ourselves against the tyranny of the minority.

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Bronwyn Williams is a futurist, economist, trend analyst and host of The Small Print. Her day job as a partner at Flux Trends involves helping business leaders to use foresight to design the future they want to live and work in. You may have seen her talking about Transhumanism or Tikok on Carte Blanche, or heard her talking about trends on 702 or CNBC Africa where she is a regular expert commentator. When she's not talking to brands and businesses about the future, you will probably find her curled up somewhere with a (preferably paperback) book. She tweets at @bronwynwilliams.

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Flux Trends: https://www.fluxtrends.com/future-flux/futurist-in-residence/

Website: https://whatthefuturenow.com/

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Andrew has over three decades experience navigating uncertainty. He combines a portfolio of multidisciplinary qualifications with practical skills, developed across the military, public, private and not for profit sectors. Having worked in a variety of risk, strategy and crisis management roles, at national and international levels, Andrew focusses on emerging risk, high impact low probability events and consequence management.

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In this episode of The TK Show, TK is joined by academic Odile Mackett. They discuss the burden faced by women in the labour market, the difficulty in implementing Western policies in Africa, the tension between freedom and security, and the South African social contract.

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TK Pooe (PhD) is a senior lecturer at the Witwatersrand School of Governance; his main fields of research are Public Policy themes such as Local Economic Development, Law and

Development, Scenario Planning and Thinking, and Failure Analysis. Over the last ten years, he has lectured and consulted for various institutions like the North-West University’s Government Studies Programme, the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Gordon Institute of Business Science (University of Pretoria) and the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute. Before joining academia, he worked in various government institutions as a Public Policy research consultant.

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Odile Mackett is a lecturer and PhD candidate at the University of the Witwatersrand’s School of Governance. Her PhD research focuses on the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda and gender equality in the labour market. Other research interests include social security, household composition and the labour market. Odile is an associate editor for the African Review of Economics and Finance as well as an associate member of the Pan-African Scientific Research Council.

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In this episode of The Small Print, Bronwyn is joined by writer Tom Goodwin. They discuss the slippery slope of regulatory creep, brands and business acting as arbiters of justice, the concept of “brand-waggoning”, virtue-signalling versus being virtuous, and self-censorship in times of increased polarization. Bronwyn and Tom also explore possible ways of improving media — both social and mainstream. They look at the shortcomings of paywalling content, the possibility of state-sponsored social media platforms, and the pros and cons of regulatory bodies.

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Bronwyn Williams is a futurist, economist, trend analyst and host of The Small Print. Her day job as a partner at Flux Trends involves helping business leaders to use foresight to design the future they want to live and work in. You may have seen her talking about Transhumanism or Tikok on Carte Blanche, or heard her talking about trends on 702 or CNBC Africa where she is a regular expert commentator. When she's not talking to brands and businesses about the future, you will probably find her curled up somewhere with a (preferably paperback) book. She tweets at @bronwynwilliams.

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Flux Trends: https://www.fluxtrends.com/future-flux/futurist-in-residence/

Website: https://whatthefuturenow.com/

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Tom Goodwin is a writer, keynote speaker, and founder of the consultancy, All We Have Is Now. He has built a 20-year career spanning advertising/creative, digital, and media agencies, and currently advises a range of Fortune 500 companies on business transformation for the post-digital age. Tom is the author of Digital Darwinism: Survival of the Fittest in the Age of Business Disruption, which helps companies understand how to digitally and culturally transform and drive innovation. An industry provocateur, he has been voted as the #1 Voice in Marketing on LinkedIn globally, with over 700,000 followers.

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Book: https://digitaldarwinismbook.com/

Website: https://www.tomgoodwin.co/

AllWeHaveIsNow: https://www.allwehaveisnow.co/

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In this episode of The Small Print, Bronwyn is joined by Perth Tolle, founder of Life + Liberty Indexes, the world’s first freedom-weighted emerging markets index. What is freedom-weighting? How do you define freedom? They talk about the shortcomings of traditional ETFs, which emerging markets are currently performing best, and why China and Saudi Arabia are excluded from their index. Bronwyn and Perth also discuss China’s “missing women” phenomenon, the relationship between social liberties and long-term economic benefits, and why South Africa’s politically engaged public is a sign of hope.

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Bronwyn Williams is a futurist, economist, trend analyst and host of The Small Print. Her day job as a partner at Flux Trends involves helping business leaders to use foresight to design the future they want to live and work in. You may have seen her talking about Transhumanism or Tikok on Carte Blanche, or heard her talking about trends on 702 or CNBC Africa where she is a regular expert commentator. When she's not talking to brands and businesses about the future, you will probably find her curled up somewhere with a (preferably paperback) book. She tweets at @bronwynwilliams.

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Flux Trends: https://www.fluxtrends.com/future-flux/futurist-in-residence/

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Perth Tolle is the founder of Life + Liberty Indexes and creator of the Freedom 100 EM Index (FRDM Index), the world’s first freedom-weighted emerging markets equity index strategy. Prior to forming Life + Liberty Indexes, Perth was a private wealth advisor at Fidelity Investments in Los Angeles and Houston. Prior to Fidelity, Perth lived and worked in Beijing and Hong Kong, where her observations led her to explore the relationship between freedom and markets. Perth is a frequent speaker at investment industry events and provides commentary for various financial media, including Barron’s, Bloomberg, CNBC, Cheddar, and MarketWatch. Perth was named one of the Ten to Watch in 2020 by Wealth Management Magazine for her work on freedom investing.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Perth_Tolle

Life & Liberty Indexes: https://www.lifeandlibertyindexes.com/

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In this episode of The Small Print, Bronwyn is joined by political scientist Velina Tchakarova to discuss global macro trends in a post-Covid world. Who are the big players shaping the new “New World Order” as USA hegemony is on the decline? What would an alternative global system facilitated by China look like? Will the new system be bipolar or multipolar? Bronwyn and Velina talk about possible alliances between global and regional powers, the importance of controlling the silk route, and the threats and opportunities facing Africa.

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Bronwyn Williams is a futurist, economist, trend analyst and host of The Small Print. Her day job as a partner at Flux Trends involves helping business leaders to use foresight to design the future they want to live and work in. You may have seen her talking about Transhumanism or Tikok on Carte Blanche, or heard her talking about trends on 702 or CNBC Africa where she is a regular expert commentator. When she's not talking to brands and businesses about the future, you will probably find her curled up somewhere with a (preferably paperback) book. She tweets at @bronwynwilliams.

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Flux Trends: https://www.fluxtrends.com/future-flux/futurist-in-residence/

Website: https://whatthefuturenow.com/

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Velina Tchakarova is the Director of the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES) in Vienna, Austria. Her work includes research, consulting, lectures, and publications on global and regional trends, risks and scenarios for the public and private sector. She tweets at @vtchakarova.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/vtchakarova

Website: https://www.velinatchakarova.com/

AIES:https://www.aies.at/

Geopolitics course: https://bit.ly/3guqdWl

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In this episode of The Small Print, Bronwyn speaks to political economist Ronak Gopaldas about African geopolitics. Is democracy for Africa? Should African states follow the Chinese model? They have a wide-ranging conversation about different models of governance, Africa’s free trade agreement, the tension between protectionist impulses and Pan-Africanism, and why you should ignore Africa at your peril.

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Bronwyn Williams is a futurist, economist, trend analyst and host of The Small Print. Her day job as a partner at Flux Trends involves helping business leaders to use foresight to design the future they want to live and work in. You may have seen her talking about Transhumanism or Tikok on Carte Blanche, or heard her talking about trends on 702 or CNBC Africa where she is a regular expert commentator. When she's not talking to brands and businesses about the future, you will probably find her curled up somewhere with a (preferably paperback) book. She tweets at @bronwynwilliams.

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Flux Trends: https://www.fluxtrends.com/future-flux/futurist-in-residence/

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Ronak Gopaldas is a political economist, “pracademic”, writer and speaker. His work focuses on the intersection of politics, economics and business in Africa. He is currently a Director at Signal Risk, a fellow at GIBS and the co-founder of Mindflux Training. He was previously the Head of Country Risk at Rand Merchant Bank, where he worked for almost a decade. He tweets at @RonakGopaldas.

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In this episode of The Small Print, Bronwyn is joined by Professor David Gunkel from Northern Illinois University to talk about robot rights. How do they differ from human rights? Why should we care? They discuss the growing concern around automation, the problem with popular depictions of robots, and why extending rights to robots could be beneficial to humans. Lastly, they look at the "Barbarian Invasions" by artificial intelligence of our everyday lives and what we can do to stop it.

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Bronwyn Williams is a futurist, economist, trend analyst and host of The Small Print. Her day job as a partner at Flux Trends involves helping business leaders to use foresight to design the future they want to live and work in. You may have seen her talking about Transhumanism or Tikok on Carte Blanche, or heard her talking about trends on 702 or CNBC Africa where she is a regular expert commentator. When she's not talking to brands and businesses about the future, you will probably find her curled up somewhere with a (preferably paperback) book. She tweets at @bronwynwilliams.

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Flux Trends: https://www.fluxtrends.com/future-flux/futurist-in-residence/

Website: https://whatthefuturenow.com/

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David J. Gunkel is an American academic and Presidential Teaching Professor at Northern Illinois University, where he teaches courses in web design, information and communication technology (ICT), and cyberculture. His research and publications examine the philosophical assumptions and ethical consequences of ICT. David is also the author of several books, including the book "Robot Rights." He tweets @David_Gunkel.

Book: https://bit.ly/3uvTILd

Webiste: https://gunkelweb.com/

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In this episode of The Small Print, Brownyn is joined by the CSO of the Human Rights Foundation, Alex Gladstein. They talk about Bitcoin's impact on human rights and private wealth in politically totalitarian and economically fragile nation-states, the resilience of Bitcoin when it comes to political and economic threats, how it creates opportunities for social mobility, and what — if anything — governments can do to stop it.

Alex’s Quillette article: https://bit.ly/2PQUKSM

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Bronwyn Williams is a futurist, economist, trend analyst and host of The Small Print. Her day job as a partner at Flux Trends involves helping business leaders to use foresight to design the future they want to live and work in. You may have seen her talking about Transhumanism or Tikok on Carte Blanche, or heard her talking about trends on 702 or CNBC Africa where she is a regular expert commentator. When she's not talking to brands and businesses about the future, you will probably find her curled up somewhere with a (preferably paperback) book. She tweets at @bronwynwilliams.

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Flux Trends: https://www.fluxtrends.com/future-flux/futurist-in-residence/

Website: https://whatthefuturenow.com/

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Alex Gladstein is Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation. In his work, Alex has connected hundreds of dissidents and civil society groups with business leaders, technologists, journalists, philanthropists, policymakers, and artists to promote free and open societies. Alex's writing and views on human rights and technology have appeared in media outlets across the world. He frequently speaks and writes about why Bitcoin matters for freedom, and co-authored "The Little Bitcoin Book" in 2019.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gladstein

The Little Bitcoin Book: https://littlebitcoinbook.com/

Alex’s Quillette article: https://bit.ly/2PQUKSM

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