5x15

Jamie Bartlett talks about the importance of listening radicals. Jamie Bartlett is an author and tech blogger for The Spectator and Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media for Demos in conjunction with The University of Sussex. In 2013 he covered the rise of Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement in Italy for Demos, chronicling the new political force's emergence and use of social media. In 2014 he released a book entitled The Dark Net, discussing the darknet and dark web in broad terms, describing a range of underground and emergent subcultures, including social media racists, cam girls, self harm communities, darknet drug markets, cryptoanarchists and transhumanists. He regularly writes about online extremism and free speech, as well as social media trends in Wikipedia, Twitter and Facebook. In 2017 he published the book Radicals about fringe political movements including transhumanism, psychedelic societies and anarcho-capitalism. He also presented the two part BBC2 series The Secrets of Silic

Brian Eno is in conversation with Rosie Boycott. Brian Eno is a musician, composer, singer and record producer. He is widely credited as being a forunner in the 'Ambient Music' movement in the 1970s, and has been part of numerous innovative projects during his career, including th Microsoft Sound, the six-second start-up music for the Windows 95 operating system. A sometime columnist for 'The Observer', Brian is politically active, particularly with regard to nuclear weapins. Along with Stewart Brand (the editor od 'The Whole Earth Catalog') Brian founded the The Long Now Foundation - a society dedicated to the promotion of long-term thinking. http://www.brian-eno.net/ Recorded at EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney) in London in September 2018. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: http://5x15stories.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/5x15stories Fac

How posthuman evolution will be the outcome of technological changes with Martin Rees. Martin Rees is a cosmologist and space scientist. He is currently on the Board of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study and has served on many bodies connected with education, space research, arms control and international collaboration in science. He lectures, writes and broadcasts widely for general audiences. Ever since his book 'Our Final Century?' was published , he has been concerned with the threats stemming from humanity's ever-heavier 'footprint' on the global environment, and with the runaway consequences of ever more powerful technologies. These concerns led him to join with colleagues in setting up a Centre for the Study of Existential Risks (CSER) based in Cambridge. Posthuman evolution, here on Earth and far beyond, will be the outcome of technological changes (genetics, cyborg and AI) rather than Darwinian selection. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions a

5x15 food fight with 5 exceptional speakers on food. Jamie Oliver is a chef and restaurateur and campaigner for healthy food. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

Oliver Kamm is a leader writer and columnist for The Times. He pays tribute to his mother, Anthea Bell, the acclaimed English translator of Asterix, Zweig and Andersen's fairytales. Recorded at The Tabernacle in London in March 2018. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: http://5x15stories.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5x15stories

Best loved Private Eye satirist Craig Brown comes to 5x15 to show us 99 glimpses of Princess Margaret. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

Booker Prize winning novelist and poet reflects in poetry on the tragedy of the fire at Grenfell Tower. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories