Roundtable

In this first month of the year a global campaign is trying to encourage us all to eat fewer animal products. But what if Veganuary applied all year round? What would happen if we all went vegan?

#Vegan #Diet #Veganism

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.

From Trump to Brexit and beyond - the news headlines are a rich source of jokes for comedians everywhere… in fact, many young people see comedians on TV and online as one of their most trusted sources of news. How did we get here - and is it a bad thing?

Guests:

Sid Singh

Comedian

Martin Conboy

Professor of Journalism History

Keli Dailey

Journalist and Comedian

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.

#comedy #news #comedynews #satire #commentary #jokes #comedians

Bosses in the UK’s top 100 companies earned as much in the first few days of the year, as the average employee earned by the end of December. Is it time for a change?

Morris Pearl

Chairman, Patriotic Millionaires

Luke Hildyard

Director, High Pay Centre

Stephen Bevan

Head of HR Research, Institute for Employment Studies

Rachel Oliver

Head of Campaigns, Positive Money

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.

#payratios #CEOs #workers

It is 100 years since prohibition came into force in the US - outlawing the sale of alcohol. It was derided as a public policy disaster and eventually overturned. But does banning things ever work?

Guests:

Niamh Eastwood

Chief Executive of Release

Axel Klein

Social Anthropologist

Dr. Jan Carney

Professor of Medicine, University of Vermont

Frank Furedi

Sociologist

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.

#100YearsProhibition #Ban #US

When sensitive information and personal thoughts are shared online, encryption is a vital tool for making sure it all stays private and secure. But for how much longer?

Guests:

Omar Yaacoubi

Cybersecurity Company CEO

LOCATION: PARIS

Leon Emirali

Investor and Entrepreneur

Dr Bernard Keenan

Lecturer, Birkbeck University

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.

#encryption, #endtoendencryption, #facebook

China is now several years into its plan to become a boss of the internet by the middle of this century. Many countries already rely on its mobile internet technology. Chinese apps are becoming popular worldwide. It seems that a shift in cyber-power has begun.

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Joining us on Roundtable is Winnie King, Senior Lecturer and China policy and economy analyst at the University of Bristol. She says the motivations of Chinese tech development are different from Silicon Valley. Julian BirkinShaw, Professor of strategy and entrepreneurship and the London School of Business. He believes big U.S. silicon valley based companies look at Chinese companies with envy and some fear. Charity Wright, a Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst with over 15 years experience at US Army and the National Security Agency, where she translated Mandarin Chinese. Wright now focuses her attention on dark web cyber threat intelligence. Mary-Ann Russon, technology journalist who believes Chinese are capitalist like the U.S. and want new markets for their products and can’t afford to shut out Western users.

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.

#cyber #china #superpower

Becoming carbon neutral by 2050 is the goal and it will require a massive effort and major investment. The European Union unveiled its Green Deal last month. Can it be a game-changer?

GUESTS

Professor Elizabeth Robinson

Reading University

Rashid Nix

Green Party Spokesperson

Colin Roche

Friends of the Earth Europe

LOCATOR: BRUSSELS

Vijay Kolinjivadi

University of Antwerp

LOCATOR: MONTREAL, CANADA

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.

#EU #europe #greendeal

The trial of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has begun - his alleged sex crimes the touchstone for the MeToo movement. But more than two years on, has the campaign achieved real change?

DESCRIPTION:

Aude Konan

Filmmaker

Ceri Widett

Barrister

Zoe Stuckless

Actress

Jennifer Fink

Founder of BuildingBoys

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London, 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.

#metoo #weinstein #sexualharrasment

In the business world, the success of a company is measured in dollars. But more firms are looking beyond the bottom line and making it their business to strive for a bigger goal. It’s called conscious capitalism - but is it for real?

Guests:

Mark Goyder

Founder of Tomorrow's Company

Kamini Gupta

Lecturer in International Business

Paul Hargreaves

CEO of Cotswold Fayre

Philip Booth

Professor of Finance

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.

A bustling city floating on the ocean’s surface, home to thousands of people. Sounds like something out of a futuristic movie but it is in fact, a concept with UN approval. Are floating cities the new prime real estate for a warming world?

Guest:

Marc Collins

Founder and CEO of OCEANIX

Isabel Wetzel

Urban Environment Officer at UN-Habitat

Anne Lise Kjae

Futurist

Paul Dobraszczyk

Architect Historian

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.

#floatingcity #globalwarming #sealevelrising