Roundtable

You might think that fewer people on our crowded planet would be a good thing. But with population growth crashing, it means we’ll have to think again about how we live.

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekend at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

#Fertility #population #populationcrash

Is it just a fear of pretty much everything Chinese right now - or is it possible that a video sharing app that it owners say is there to “inspire creativity and bring joy” really is a wordwide threat? The dangers of Tik Tok - if there are any!

Zak Doffman

CEO & Founder of Digital Barriers

Esther Naylor

Research Assistant at Chatham House

Peter Micek

General Counsel at Access Now

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

It’s easier to produce, cheaper and the profits are greater. It is methamphetamine - crystal meth/ ICE - and there are fears that drug gangs are ramping up production across Europe thanks in part to the global pandemic.

Ian Hamilton

Associate Professor of Addiction and Mental Health

Liz McCulloch

Director of Policy at Volteface

Dr Khaled Sadek

GP at The Smart Clinics

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT

#COVID19 #Meth #CrystalMeth

Smile. It’s time to find out what makes you happy. Maybe it’s the little things. Perhaps, it’s just being content with your life. Stay with us and you might learn how to make life that little bit lighter.

GUESTS

Charlie Lea

Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton

Christopher Boyce

Happiness and Wellbeing Expert

Trudi Edginton

Clinical Psychologist and Mindfulness Teacher

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT WORLD.

We all know by now what a bad virus can do. But were you aware that without viruses there would be no life on earth. Say hello to the Good Viruses.

Guests:

Paul Turner

Evolutionary Biologist at Yale University

Marilyn Roossinck

Virus Ecologist at Penn State University

John Bell

Senior Scientist at Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Roundtable is a discussion program with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

#Viruses #Goodviruses

Food in Syria now costs 20 times what it did before the civil war and even bread is getting hard to come by. People may have endured ten years of conflict, but will this and increasing economic hardship put extra pressure on the Assad regime?

Ibrahim Olabi

Lawyer and Activist

Rahaf al Doughli

Middle East Politics Lecturer at Lancaster University

Sami Hamdi

Editor-in-Chief of the International Interest​

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

There’s the luxury holiday abroad with sun, sand and sangria - and there’s the stay-at-home one with wild weather and sea temperatures that give you goosebumps - if you’re brave enough to go in at all. Which would you choose? Well, times are changing.

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekend at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

#Travel #Staycation #Travelcovid #Holiday #Travelling

Every way we move around is different to how it was six months ago. Driving, commuting - and holidaying. How’s the travel industry going to adapt? If it doesn’t it may find itself up a dead-end street.

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekend at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

#Travel #Covidtravel #Tourism #Travelling

Almost within touching distance of some of the world’s wealthiest capitals lies Yemen - where the level of suffering of its people has the UN calling this “the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.” And yet the conflict has disappeared from the front pages. What is it going to take to save a population that seems largely to have been forgotten?

Guests:

Stephen Day

Professor of International Affairs

Afrah Nasser

Yemen Researcher at Human Rights Watch

Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy

Overseas Development Institute

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it’s about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekend at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

You may think you look good in what you are wearing, but are you really thinking at all? About how the clothes were made, whether workers were exploited, if there was child labour. Time to look at why fashion is failing

Guests

Tansy Hoskins

Journalist and Author

Orsola De Castro

Co-founder of Fashion Revolution

Rubana Huq

President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.