Roundtable

The glitz, the glamour, the mega watt stars and the gleaming gold statue - Oscar. But this weekend the awards show hasn't even been able to find a host and the debates around #Metoo and diversity will not go away. With millions glued to streaming services such as Netflix, we wonder if Hollywood as we know it is doomed?

Joining us at the Roundtable was film critic Christopher Hooton; Akua Gyamfi journalist and founder of ‘The British Blacklist’, an online platform for black talent; and Gabriella Geisinger, arts and culture journalist.

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.

#Hollywood #Oscars #Netflix #Metoo

The number of recorded hate crimes in the UK has more than doubled in the past five years.

The Home Office say it's likely to be related in part to the aftermath of the Brexit vote and the spate of terrorist attacks in 2017. Here at Roundtable we're wondering if the media has stirred up fear about minority communities when nothing has really changed.

Joining us at the Roundtable we have Lee Jasper a British activist who was the Former Senior Policy Advisor on Equalities to former Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone; Konstantin Kisin, Comedian, Writer and co-host of Triggernometry podcast and Dr Maryyum Mehmood whose research explores Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe and Andrew Gilligan, Senior Correspondent of the Sunday Times.

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.

#xenophobia #racism #hatecrime

It's time for the annual Munich Security Conference where 100 leading figures, including presidents and prime ministers, gather to look at security policy shaping the world.

This year there are concerns over the end of a US/Russia nuclear treaty and the so-called liberal international order.

Are we heading for a new world order or dis-order?

Joining us is political analyst Klaus Jurgens; Dr Grant Christopher, Programme Director at Ridgeway an expert in nuclear proliferation and Inderjeet Parmar, Professor of international politics at City University and author of ‘Foundations of the American Century’.

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.

#MunichSecurityConference #INFTreaty #NuclearWar #ColdWar

For weeks, the streets of Sudan have been full of violence with reports of protesters, journalists and doctors, being detained and beaten. What started as anger over high inflation has quickly turned to frustration with the long rule of Omar Al-Bashir - dictator in the eyes of his critics

Could this be the end for the President?

Joining us at the Roundtable was Dr Allam Ahmed, Director of the Middle Eastern Knowledge Economy Institute; Abobaker Adam, Chair of Sudanese Lawyers and Law Practitioners; and Amjed Farid a Doctor and a Sudanese political activist.

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.

#Sudan, #Protests, #Revolt, #Bashir

Israel and Iran are once again facing one another down. Blatant Israeli attacks on Iranian targets in Syria are leaving some to wonder what it would it take for them to declare war?

In Syria, there are battles being fought, already fought and possibly about to be fought. It's the possibles that we look at today and whether an Iran/Israel confrontation could spread beyond Syrian borders. So what will happen when Israel's ally America withdraws from Syria?

Joining us at the Roundtable was Mohammad Marandi, Iranian-American academic at Tehran University and in Tel Aviv, Neri Zilber, Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Chris Doyle, Director of the Council for Arab-British Understanding and Robert Fox, Defence Editor for the Evening Standard.

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.

#IsraelIran #IranIsrael #war

It was Facebook's 15th birthday this week. Each year its users get a little personalised video of their photos and memories - a thank you for all that personal data maybe? So we thought we'd do the same for Mark Zuckerberg's baby. And after a quick look back at all the controversy, we're wondering if Facebook is unbreakable.

Joining us is Brooke Binkowski, the managing director of fact-checking site Truth or Fiction and Steve Dempsey the head of product at INM and a media & marketing columnist for Sunday Independent. Here at the Roundtable is Stacie Walsh, consultant on digital policy and cyber security at Oxford Information Labs and Kevin Poulter, lawyer at Freeths LLP and social media specialist.

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.

#Facebook #FacebooksFuture #Zuckerberg

In the 1980s, the world found out about HIV and AIDS. Better drugs means it is no longer very often a death sentence but there are still hundreds of thousands living with the virus. Now Britain has set a goal to be the first country to have no new cases of HIV by 2030. How has this happened?

Joining us at the Roundtable was Amanda Ely from Children’s HIV Association; Sarah Fidler, professor of HIV medicine at Imperial College London; Garry Brough, Deputy CEO at Positively UK and Jenny Vaughan, Advocacy Advisor at STOPAIDS

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.

Are we all really toxic? What a word, what a description - what's gone wrong for men and their masculinity? And are we, the male of our species, in danger a being – emasculated?

Joining us at the Roundtable was Fernando Desouches, Managing Director of marketing agency New Macho; Nafeesa Zulfiqar from James' Place which helps men with mental health issues; Sohaib El-Nahla is a teacher and sports coach and Alexander Beiner is the Co-Founder of Rebel Wisdom - where men can connect and talk.

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.

#masculinity #toxic #ToxicMasculinity

The typical treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder has been medication and psychological therapies. But in the last few years there have been exciting new treatments directing pulses into the brain. In this show we meet a Palestinian doctor who actually says - PTSD? We haven't go the time for it here.

Joining us at the Roundtable was Dr Samah Jabr, Head of Mental Health Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah; Dr Nagy Youssef, Associate Professor and the Director of Mood Disorders and Trauma Lab at Augusta University; Steve Wilkins, lead coach in the North of England for Save Our Soldier and Dr Martyn Bignold, Clinical Psychologist.

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.

#PTSD #Trauma

Another week another vote in British Parliament over Brexit and a miracle - the MPs are finally starting to compromise. So who is more terrified of a no-deal Brexit. The UK or those on the other side of the channel?

Joining us is Patrick Bijsmans, Assistant Professor in European Studies at Maastricht University; Denis MacShane, former Minister for Europe; Russell Foster, from the European and International Studies Department at King's College London and Roch Dunin-Wąsowicz, a Sociologist and Fellow at the Department of Social Science, UCL Institute of Education.

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.

#Brexit #TheresaMay #EU #Europe