The legacy of Trump's years is a hotly debated topic. The debate is a legacy in and of itself. For many, he was the straight talking, bulldozing champion of true America. For others, he was an untrustworthy maverick with little regard for anyone but himself. Our guest in this episode makes no apologies for where she stands on the issue. But make no mistake, very few had the closness, and the insight into the goings on of the Trump Administration, as The Washington Post's Carol Leonnig. We will aim to disect the true nature of the self-described "very stable genius", and explore the legacy he leaves on what is undoubadly a very polorised United States of America.

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Computer Generated art - or Generative Art - is the use of code to instruct a computer to create something. Machines are constantly taking on more roles to make life easier or more enjoyable. MIT Professor, Nick Montfort has focused his research on a machine’s role in artistic expression. In this Podcast, Nick Montfort explores the role that computers could play in the future of our own creative expression, and asks the question, will computers one day replace the artist?

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Music has several roles in film. It helps shape our emotional responses to it. It provides character, and lifts the dialogue. The score, can be the making or breaking of a film, and while many soundtracks become iconic, many of them pass us by in the cinema. In this podcast we explore the making of a great film score, with one of the leading composers of our time.

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The dawn of civilisation is the moment from which we believe everything could only get better. In his latest book though, Rutger Bregman argues this might not be the case. Since then we've innovated war, extreme poverty, food and water inequality, and we've become so densly populated that we harbour and spread diseases across the globe. The catalyst, he argues, is that we assume the worst in others.

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For 50 years, Barry Hearn has built an empire across some of the biggest sports on the planet. He is the owner of World Snooker and World Darts, and his business, Matchroom, has dominated Boxing for decades. He is the master of the fame formula, a marker extrodinare, and a relentless businessman. As he retires we reflect on his rise to domination as the KING of SPORT.

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She was one of the first Biologists IN THE WORLD to get the call when Covid-19 was discovered. In this podcast we discuss with Leading Computational Genetesist Dr Pardis Sabeti, how the Science world reacted to the virus, how politicians have fared, and what we all need to know if we're to deal with outbreaks in the future.

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In this podcast, Guy Kawasaki explains ‘I can’t make a case that this is a great time to start a company, but Entrepreneurs are going to start companies, when they want to start companies.’ Though the pandemic has thrown up lots of challenges, it also brings up opportunities. So what are the key things that Entrepreneurs need to know right now, and what are the keys to making your Start a success.

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