The Answers Project
Stephen Cole and Mhairi Beveridge couldn't be further apart in age or attitude. But every week, with the help of a few expert guests, they'll close the generation gap and investigate some of society's biggest questions. The Answers Project from CGTN Europe.
Podcasting since 2021 • 10 episodes
The Answers Project
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S02E04: Can you measure intelligence?
Some researchers have suggested that intelligence is a single, general ability. Others believe that intelligence encompasses a range of aptitudes, skills and talents. Is it a philosophical question, a neurological question, or both? If you can ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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24:36
S02E03: Do we need exams in schools?
In 2020 and 2021, millions of students around the world couldn't sit their exams because of COVID. The pandemic has derailed exams everywhere, the UK cancelled exams and replaced them with teacher assessments and last summer in France, hi...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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24:09
S02E02: Can we ever beat poverty?
We've been talking about poverty for a long time, and it still hasn't been resolved. Furthermore, the last two years of pandemic have undone a lot of the previous decades’ progress on poverty alleviation.We talk to a leading expert on po...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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28:15
S02E01: Should all zoos be closed?
The Answers Project, where The Agenda’s Stephen Cole and Mhairi Beveridge ask the best brains on the planet to shed light on some of the most pressing ethical, scientific, geopolitical and philosophical quandaries. In this, the first episode in...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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24:31
S01E06: Are we alone in the universe?
Despite the lack of evidence that aliens exist, it’s hard to find an astrophysicist who will tell you they believe we are alone in the universe. Enrico Fermi summed up this sentiment in the 1950s when he simply asked: where is everybody? In thi...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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26:54
