Think. Debate. Inspire. A Podcast of the Robert Bosch Academy

In this special episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire." Henry Alt-Haaker speaks with Dennis Shirley, a professor for Education and Rana Dajani, a molecular biologist. The conversation focuses on various aspects of education, the interconnection between reading, identity and wellbeing. References: We Love reading: https://welovereading.org/ ; Sophie's World: https://www.amazon.de/Sophies-World-History-Philosophy-Classics/dp/0374530718 ; Not ideas about the thing, but the thing itself by Wallace Stevens: https://poets.org/poem/not-ideas-about-thing-thing-itself; The Rights of the Reader by Danielle Pinnock: https://www.amazon.de/Rights-Reader-Daniel-Pennac/dp/1406300918 ; Rio Grande by Gabriel DeLayne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rf_ycBMV-0 ;

In this episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire.", Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with the highly popular foreign policy expert Fiona Hill from the United States. The conversation focuses on the impacts of post-industrialization on societies and the rise of populism across the world. There is nothing for you here. Finding opportunity in the 21st century. By Fiona Hill. https://www.amazon.de/There-Nothing-You-Here-Opportunity/dp/0358574315 A Christmas Carol. By Charles Dickens: https://www.amazon.de/Christmas-Carol-Weihnachtsgeschichte-engl-Ausgabe/dp/0553212443 Trump's Erbe(n): https://www.daserste.de/information/reportage-dokumentation/dokus/sendung/trumps-erben-100.html

In this episode of “Think, Debate, Inspire”, Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with the renowned economic policy expert and transparency and good governance activist Obiageli Ezekwesili from Nigeria. The conversation focuses on changing world order, challenges for democracies across Africa and last but not least, the recently concluced Nigerian elections. #FixPolitics Intiative: https://www.fixpolitics.org/ School of Politics, Policy and Governance: https://thesppg.org/our-story/ The Good State. On the principles of Democracy by A.C. Grayling : https://www.amazon.de/Good-State-Principles-Democracy/dp/1786077183

In this episode of “Think, Debate, Inspire.” Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with the renowned political scientist Ekaterina Schulmann from Russia. The conversation focusses on domestic politics in Russia, taking a pulse of the Russian society and its impact on the ongoing war in Ukraine. References: Levada Center: https://www.levada.ru/en/2021/10/12/trust-in-public-institutions/ Dedovshchina: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedovshchina Watership Down by Richard Adams: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watership_Down Toy Story 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story_3

In this episode of “Think, Debate, Inspire”, Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with the renowned climate and human rights activist Kumi Naidoo from South Africa. The conversation focusses on the climate justice, successes and failures of the COP27 in Egypt as well as the need for a stronger global cooperation. YouTube link to Kumi’s favorite song “Stay Shining” by Riky Rick: https://youtu.be/lK9VujaDRJo

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