Roundtable

Women's rights, Me Too, the gender pay gap - we've talked about them all on this show. The most recent feminism wave has brought an old word back to the surface - patriarchy. It's a system of society or government where men hold all the power. Is this the time when women finally redress the balance?

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.

We're told sport is good for physical and mental wellbeing but what is the effect on children if it's too competitive? Does it teach them vital skills to deal with the rough and tumble of life or cause life limiting self-doubt?

Joining us at the Roundtable is Mike Selvey, who has played cricket for England; Emily Reynolds, Head of Sport at the Youth Sport Trust; Montell Douglas, the first British woman to be selected for both summer and winter Olympics; and Adam White, from the department of Sport and Health Sciences at Oxford Brookes 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.

We're told sport is good for physical and mental wellbeing but what is the effect on children if it's too competitive? Does it teach them vital skills to deal with the rough and tumble of life or cause life limiting self-doubt?

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.

People who design our homes influence our lives. Are architects innovators - or people who impose their ideas on the rest of us? A great design can encourage us to move with the times and adopt healthier, more efficient habits. But if the industry is dominated by one race or culture, how does it impact society? Does diversity in architecture matter?

Joining us at the Roundtable is Harbinder Singh Birdi, senior partner and Head of Infrastructure at Hawkins Brown Architects; Harriet Harriss, an architect who teaches at the Royal College of Art; Elsie Owusu, who is principal of her own architecture practice, and was the first chair of the Society of Black Architects; and Vinesh Pomal, from Tate Hindle architects.

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.

People who design our homes influence our lives. Are architects innovators - or people who impose their ideas on the rest of us? A great design can encourage us to move with the times and adopt healthier, more efficient habits. But if the industry is dominated by one race or culture, how does it impact society? Does diversity in architecture matter?

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.

If we get rid of plastic it will solve all of our pollution problems - right? Maybe not. If you consider the material resource, the energy used to make it and the greenhouse gas emissions - are paper and cotton bags just as bad, or even worse, than plastic?

Joining us at the Roundtable is Trevor Thornton, waste management expert at Deakin University; Lucy Hunt, Sustainability Education Manager for the Volvo Ocean Race, which is working with the UN's 'Turn the Tide on Plastic' campaign; Emma Priestland, plastic pollution campaigner for Friends of the Earth; and Sian Sutherland, co-founder of 'A Plastic Planet'.

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.

If we get rid of plastic it will solve all of our pollution problems - right? Maybe not. If you consider the material resource, the energy used to make it and the greenhouse gas emissions - are paper and cotton bags just as bad, or even worse, than plastic?

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.

Once again the blunt rhetoric and America first policies of President Donald Trump have ruffled political feathers, this time in NATO. Trump is questioning the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s value for money. How will the alliance respond?

Joining us from Prague is Martin Michelot, the Deputy Director of the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, specialising in transatlantic security and NATO policy.

Here at the Roundtable is Ulrike Esther Franke from the European Council on Foreign Relations and is concerned Trump is undermining the transatlantic relationship. Also in studio is Sarah Elliot, Chair of Republican Overseas UK who agrees with Trump that NATO members should increase spending.

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.

Last week NATO gathered for a summit in Brussels and put old issues under scrutiny once more. Donald Trump was talking tough but he’s not the first US President to do so. George W Bush and Barack Obama were frustrated by the financial burden America has had to shoulder. What were Trump's concerns and will he succeed in influencing NATO policy?

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.

Latin America is one of the most corrupt regions in the world. But in Mexico there is hope that might change. President elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he’ll clean up the country. Could his stance encourage more countries to follow his lead?

Joining us from Mexico City is writer Levi Vonk. At the Roundtable we have Mara Polgovsky from the centre of Latin America studies at the University of Cambridge. Francisco Dominguez, a specialist on Latin America’s political economy at Middlesex University and Lupita Valdez-Castilla from the institute of the Americas at University College London.

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.