The __Reith Lectures__ is a series of annual radio lectures given by leading figures of the day, commissioned by the BBC and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service. The lectures were inaugurated in 1948 by the BBC to mark the historic contribution made to public service broadcasting by John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, the corporation's first director-general - wikipedia 
# Mark Carneys Reith 2020 Lecture The Reith lectures is an annual talk series supported by the BBC. here we look at the recent talk by Mark Carney 1. From Moral to Market Sentiments 1. From Credit Crisis to Resilience
# History Reith maintained that broadcasting should be a public service which enriches the intellectual and cultural life of the nation. It is in this spirit that the BBC each year invites a leading figure to deliver a series of lectures on radio. The aim is to advance public understanding and debate about significant issues of contemporary interest.
The first Reith lecturer was the philosopher and Nobel laureate, Bertrand Russell. The first female lecturer was Margery Perham in 1961, who spoke on the impact of colonialism in her series of talks entitled ''The Colonial Reckoning''. The youngest Reith Lecturer was Colin Blakemore, who was 32 years old in 1976 when he broadcast six lectures on the brain and consciousness, titled ''Mechanics of the Mind''.
# Recent episodes
https://www.listennotes.com/e/p/a137c4059ccb4d618cc0e13798c8b724/
1/5. Law's Expanding Empire - listen
https://www.listennotes.com/e/p/22581e982d664c7eb968bf41c81046f3/
2/5. In Praise of Politics - listen
https://www.listennotes.com/e/p/8151e5a68a794a68894a1dd40ef3907d/
3/5. Human Rights and Wrongs - listen
https://www.listennotes.com/e/p/fcea4027abd9410ea58cb2cee70fb6fe/
4/5. Rights and the Ideal Constitution - listen
https://www.listennotes.com/e/p/a7c33938f99d4275b29d079c4b8ef1de/
5/5. Shifting the Foundations - listen
# The Reith Lectures archive In June 2011 BBC Radio 4 published its Reith Lectures archive. Here we look to curate this archive in wiki - selecting teh tasks we are interested in for pod club.
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# See also - The Reith Lectures archive