BBC - Reith Lectures

Once a year the BBC hosts the Reith Lectures, named for BBC's first director-general. They invite a distinguished speaker to deliver a series of lectures on radio, with the aim of advancing public understanding and debate about significant issues of contemporary interest. This year, the guest speaker is the distinguished engineer, Lord Broers who is President of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Chairman of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee. The current lecture series is on "The Triumph of Technology" and each lecture so far has given much food for thought. Each lecture is followed by a lively Q&A discussion with participation from industry figures. For the first time, you can listen live on the Internet (RealAudio) and each lecture is made available on MP3 for seven days after broadcast, perfect for your iPod or other MP3 player. If you're really interested, there's even a selection of past lectures that you can listen to, for example Bertrand Russell's lecture from 1948!