Counterpoint Podcast Series
Counterpoint at the British Council, carried out research and promoted debate around the most pressing issue of our time: how to live together well in an interdependent world.Counterpoint at the British Council closed in March 2011.
This archive of the Counterpoint podcast series brings leading thinkers and practitioners from a wide array of fields to discuss some of the most important issues in cultural relations today. An archive of all our podcasts and interviews can be found here.
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 20
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2011
Dr. Bolette Blaagaard on Wikileaks, Journalism and Cultural Risk
In Conversation with Counterpoint, Dr. Bolette Blaagaard of City University injects some much-needed nuance into the Wikileaks debate.
00:20:02 |
Wed 26 Jan 2011
Marcus Gilroy-Ware on Cyberlaw
Counterpoint speaks to Marcus Gilroy-Ware on the subject of freedom, cyberlaw and the internet as a 'nation-state'
00:27:15 |
Tue 25 Jan 2011
Counterpoint Multiculturalism debate 25 Oct 2010
A debate to celebrate the publication of Tariq Modood's latest book, 'Still not easy being British', with the author, Munira Mirza, Sunny Hundal and Catherine Fieschi.
01:40:59 |
Mon 01 Nov 2010
Sunny Hundal at Counterpoint's multiculturalism debate 25-10-2010
Sunny Hundal comments at Counterpoint's debate to celebrate the publication of Tariq Modood's latest book, 'Still not easy being British', with the author, Catherine Fieschi, Sunny Hundal and Munira…
00:06:14 |
Fri 29 Oct 2010
Catherine Fieschi comments at multiculturalism debate 25-10-2010
Comments from Chair, Catherine Fieschi during Counterpoint's debate in the British Council London to celebrate the publication of Tariq Modood's latest book, 'Still not easy being British', with the …
00:03:22 |
Fri 29 Oct 2010
Cyberspace as a Public Park
Marianne Franklin, Reader and Convenor of the Transnational Communications and Global Media programme at Goldsmiths, talks to Counterpoint about transnationalism and the nature of social spaces onlin…
00:16:18 |
Tue 14 Sep 2010
Culture and Class panel debate
Counterpoint, the think tank of the British Council launched its pamphlet, Culture and Class - written by John Holden, with a panel debate at the Circus Space, in Hoxton.
00:57:53 |
Wed 08 Sep 2010
Rethinking 'the refugee': an interview with Peter Gatrell
What is a refugee? In this podcast Peter Gatrell talks to Counterpoint about the far-reaching, often troubling answers that are given to this question by governments, institutions and people across …
00:44:57 |
Thu 15 Jul 2010
Bertrand Taithe talks to Counterpoint
Bertrand Taithe, professor of cultural history and executive director of the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at the University of Manchester, talks to Counterpoint about humanitarianism,…
00:26:00 |
Wed 17 Mar 2010
Tzvetan Todorov keynote at Inner Lives of Cultures
A complete recording of Tzvetan Todorov's short keynote entitled 'Unity of civilization, plurality of cultures' given at Counterpoint's Inner Lives of Cultures conference,in Brussels 25/02/2010
00:45:35 |
Fri 05 Mar 2010
Cloud Culture (discussion only) Counterpoint
Counterpoint, the British Council's think tank launched its book Cloud Culture: the global future of Cultural Relations by Charles Leadbeater with a discussion at London's Institute of Contemporary A…
00:27:54 |
Wed 10 Feb 2010
Cloud Culture (panel only)
Counterpoint, the British Council's think tank launched its book Cloud Culture: the global future of Cultural Relations by Charles Leadbeater with a discussion at London's Institute of Contemporary A…
00:45:05 |
Wed 10 Feb 2010
Counterpoint Cloud Culture launch (complete)
Counterpoint, the British Council's think tank launched its book Cloud Culture: the global future of Cultural Relations by Charles Leadbeater with a discussion at London's Institute of Contemporary A…
01:13:02 |
Wed 10 Feb 2010
Bill Thompson talks to Counterpoint
In this podcast Bill Thompson discusses the current and future prospects for creative commons licenses, freedom on the internet and emerging technologies that will shape the way we live and work.
00:31:13 |
Wed 02 Dec 2009
'Radical Politics Today' book launch event
On 25/11/09 Counterpoint hosted the book launch event for Radical Politics Today. Chaired by Jonathan Pugh. On the panel were Doreen Massey, David Chandler and Saskia Sassen.
01:48:25 |
Mon 30 Nov 2009
Grayson Perry on Consumerism & Arts
Artist Grayson Perry talks about the arts and artists in a capitalist society.
00:06:02 |
Tue 17 Nov 2009
Jón Daníelsson talks to Counterpoint
Ari Magnusson of Counterpoint interviews Jon Daníelsson, reader in finance at the London School of Economics. They discussed the origins of the 2008 financial crash and its implications for Icelandic…
00:16:03 |
Wed 11 Nov 2009
Igor Tojcic - Road to Acceptance
Excerpt from a sound installation by Igor Tojcic commissioned by Counterpoint, the British Council's think tank in 2005. Re-building the Bridges of Bosnia is not just an affair of architects....
00:01:00 |
Mon 12 Oct 2009
Counterpoint interviews Albyn Hall
Writer and therapist, Albyn Hall, talks to Counterpoint's Maria Arbiter
00:28:27 |
Sun 11 Oct 2009
Counterpoint interviews Ed Husain
Ed Husain of the UK's Quilliam Foundation talks to Catherine Fieschi and Mark Erbel of Counterpoint about Islamism, British Identity and strategies to counter violent extremism. Counterpoint is the B…
00:44:22 |
Sun 11 Oct 2009
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