It's one of the great unseen drivers of our world -- silently altering and shaping our social lives, the way we communicate, our access to information, our economies, our culture, the very future itself. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you—the algorithm! OK, It’s not as dramatic as all that, but if we’d said 'We’re doing...

We often hear the term 'information overload' but is it a case of over-consumption as much as filter failure? There’s a school of thought that says we now take in information in the same way we consume fast food—without control or moderation. Guests Ann Blair Harvard College Professor, Henry Charles Lea Professor of History. Clay...

This program looks at number of projects aiming to improve access to communication - be it the use of telephones in East Timor or Internet access in the remote interior of Australia. Guests David Rowe Electronic engineer and one of the founders of the Dili Village Telco Project. Dr Paul Gardner Stephen Co-founder of the...

The Urmadic university is a university without a place, it isn't located anywhere, it is nomadic, it can move. This podcast features interviews with design academics and professionals exploring the university of the future and the future of sustainable design. Guests Cameron TonkinwiseAssociate Dean of Sustainability at Parsons, The New School for Design in New...

Our increasing urbanisation means a significant growth in the size and number of the world's slums. So, without romanticising the slum, can we make them places fit for living? And do we have any choice? Guests Billy CobbettManager of the Cities Alliance. Professor Paul JamesDirector of RMIT's Global Cities Institute & Director of the UN...