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Reith Revisited: Series 1: Michael Sandel on Bertrand Russell

Michael Sandel on Bertrand Russell

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Sarah Montague and Michael Sandel revisit Bertrand Russell's Reith lectures.

Sarah Montague and Michael Sandel revisit Bertrand Russell's Reith lectures on Authority and the Individual.

Sarah Montague and Professor Michael Sandel discuss the inaugural Reith lectures by philosopher Bertrand Russell, on the topic of “Authority and the Individual”. As part of the celebrations of 50 years of Radio 4, the network assesses the contributions of great minds of the past to public debate, in a dialogue across the decades with contemporary thinkers. In 1948, households across Britain gathered before the wireless as the pre-eminent public intellectual of the age, the philosopher Bertrand Russell, delivered a set of lectures in honour of the BBC’s founder, Lord Reith. Since then, the Reith Lectures on the Home Service and subsequently Radio 4 have become a major national occasion for intellectual debate. This series revisits five of the speakers from the first ten years of the Reith Lectures. Sarah Montague discusses Russell’s lectures with Sandel, who is known to Radio 4 listeners as The Public Philosopher and more recently The Global Philosopher.

Producer: Neil Koenig 
Researcher: Josephine Casserley

Reith Revisited: Series 1

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Sarah Montague and guests revisit speakers from the first ten years of the Reith Lectures.

Sarah Montague and guests revisit five of the speakers from the first ten years of the Reith Lectures.

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