On Start the Week, Andrew Marr explores how Britain trains the artists and designers of the future. Christopher Frayling and Sarah Teasley celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Royal College of Art, the world's oldest art and design school. But one of its former teachers, the industrial designer Ron Arad argues for a broader arts education which doesn't split sculpture from painting, architecture from design. And the artist Antony Gormley redefines the limits of sculpture and building. Producer: Edwina Pitman
More or Less: Behind the Stats - Brain Food and Bacteria
There's not an obvious link between chocolate and Nobel prizes, but this did not stop news outlets around the world reporting the amount of chocolate a country consumes influences the number of Nobel prizes they will win. In many cases the scientific study was reported without question or comment. Ruth Alexander asks what this story tells us about the way the media reports scientific studies, and why the correlation between the two might be so strong. Also ? it's often said that chopping boards or dishcloths have many more bacteria than toilet seat but is this really true?
Cato Daily Podcast - Toward a Broadly Shared Human Capitalism
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Our analysts discuss BP's settlement, Berkshire's big buy, and some retailers' big earnings. Plus, corporate governance expert and film critic Nell Minow talks David Petraeus, Abraham Lincoln, and the future of Netflix.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Myths of Central Bank Independence
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Cato Daily Podcast - The Fire Next Door: Mexico’s Devastating Drug War
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Cato Daily Podcast - Demographics against Republicans on Gay Marriage
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Cato Daily Podcast - ObamaCare Is Still Vulnerable
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Start the Week - Award-winning film director Kevin Macdonald
On Start the Week Andrew Marr talks to the award-winning director Kevin Macdonald whose films often focus on real events or people, from Touching the Void, to Marley. The filmmaker Roger Graef discusses the ethical issues in documenting real life. And the Indian writer Aman Sethi explores the margins of society with his study of the world of itinerant labourers in a Delhi market. Producer: Katy Hickman.