In a new series of podcasts ahead of the forthcoming Battle of Ideas festival, journalist Max Sanderson profiles some of the Battle’s most interesting speakers and their ideas.
In the first episode of Battle Cry, Max speaks to writer, broadcaster and comedian Timandra Harkness about her book, Big Data: Does Size Matter?, and whether the Big Data revolution is something to be embraced, feared or perhaps a bit of both.
Timandra will speaking at sessions on big data, blockchain, comedy and censorship, and ethical AI at the Battle. Find out more here.
The Battle of Ideas festival will be held on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 October. Get your tickets here.
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#PodcastOfIdeas: The European response to Covid-19
#PodcastOfIdeas: Life in times of Corona
#BattleFest2019: Resisting wokeness with Andrew Doyle and Douglas Murray
#BattleFest2019: Health and genomics - what’s the score with polygenic scores?
#BattleFest2019: How can we create a new industrial revolution?
#BattleFest2019: Do we need a Green New Deal?
#BattleFest2019: From zero hours to apprenticeships - young people at work
#BattleFest2019: What’s the point of going to university?
#BattleFest2019: How can we create a construction revolution?
#BattleFest2019: Artificial intelligence in schools - where’s the humanity?
#BattleFest2019: Does the world need a government?
#BattleFest2019: A waste of a good crisis? A decade after the crash, with Larry Elliott
#BattleFest2019: What is the future of the Union?
#BattleFest2019: Caster Semenya running into controversy - genes, gender and sport
#PodcastOfIdeas: first thoughts on General Election 2019
#BattleFest2019: Assisted dying - a doctor’s poisoned chalice?
#BattleFest2019: The rise of toxic politics - can we be civil?
#BattleFest2019: Woke corporations - responsible capitalism or virtue signalling?
#BattleFest2019: What does it mean to be normal?
#BattleFest2019: Extinction or progress? Visions of the future
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