Listen to this week's episode with host Michael Enright.

Listen to this week's episode with host Michael Enright.

Listen to this week's episode with host Michael Enright.

Listen to this week's episode with host Michael Enright.

Listen to this week's episode with host Michael Enright.

Bina Venkataraman, author of The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age, studies the art of looking ahead for solutions during dangerous times. It's a skill she honed while working on the Ebola Task Force for former U.S. president Barack Obama.

Tapestry launches its Soundtrack for the Soul, a collection of songs to lift your spirits and calm your nerves during the COVID-19 pandemic; and rabbi Denise Handlarski leads SecularSynagogue.com, an online Jewish community.

Eleanor Wachtel revisits her 2000 conversation with comedian, satirist, doctor and stage director Jonathan Miller. He died on Nov. 27, 2019.

The award-winning British author spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about amplifying the voices of marginalized people through literature.

In conversation with Eleanor Wachtel, the American author spoke about the novel's timely depiction of power dynamics, memory and consent.

Eleanor Wachtel revisits her 1995 conversation with the American literary critic and writer about the power of human speech. He died on Feb. 3, 2020.

The Toronto-based British author talks about his love of film and society's fascination with actors and celebrity with Eleanor Wachtel.

In conversation with Eleanor Wachtel, Matar talks about the ways that place, art, loss and grief can intersect.

The Russian-born choreographer spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about training as a young dancer in St. Petersburg and getting his start at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.

In conversation with Eleanor Wachtel, the Ethiopian-American writer spoke about writing historical fiction that looks at the real-life pride and power of an African nation.

The Russian-American journalist, author, translator and activist spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about the abuse of power and rise of modern totalitarianism.

The American author and translator's memoir is a poignant exploration of language, sisterhood and overcoming personal tragedy.

The ban on most hospital visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound effect on patients and their families, caregivers and advocates say.

Extreme leaders, inequality, and unhappy citizens: what happened to the promise of a new day in Eastern and Central Europe? From the fall of the Wall to this pandemic era, looking at the legacy of an ill-fitting “politics of imitation,” with 2020 Gelber Prize-winners Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes.

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(ABM FN-Dow Jones) De Amsterdamse beurs is de week in het groen geindigd. De AEX steeg 0,8 procent naar 520,57 punten.

(ABM FN-Dow Jones) Wall Street is vrijdag hoger geindigd. De SP 500 steeg 1,7 procent op 2.930 punten. De Dow Jones index won 1,9 procent op een slot van 24.331 punten en de Nasdaq ging 1,6 procent hoger tot 9.121 punten

(ABM FN-Dow Jones) Moody's Investors Service heeft de kredietrating van ArcelorMittal verlaagd van Baa3 naar Ba1, wat gelijk staat aan een zogeheten junk status. Dit bleek vrijdagavond.

Some pundits say capitalism can never recover from Covid-19, and there will need to be bigger government. Others say the future economic recovery rests with the business sector. Guests: Adam Tooze Historian of economic crises Professor of History and Director of the European Institute at Columbia University Rana Foroohar Global economic analyst with CNN, and global business columnist with The Financial Times Percy Allan Economist, and former Secretary of NSW Treasury Public sector advisor Professor at the Institute of Public Policy and Management, UTS and The global pandemic has been revealing in many ways in how people, countries and governments manage the situation. But what is it saying about the two major superpowers, the US and China? And where does that leave Australia, a question which has been on the minds of foreign policy experts for some time; now many of them feel its time has come. Guests: John Prideux, US editor The Economist and host of the podcast, Checks and Balance. Richard McGregor, senior fellow at the Lowy Institute, author of numerous books on East Asia, his latest is Xi Jinping; The Backlash Allan Gyngell, National president of the Australian Institute of International Affairs and host of podcast Australia in the World.

KPN roept het nu ook: 'Overal in huis supergoeie wifi'. De provider introduceerde onlangs SuperWifi. Een oplossing voor iedereen die overal in huis wil kunnen genieten van een optimale, draadloze, internetverbinding. Het systeem bestaat uit de standaard ExperiaBox wifimodem, aangevuld met twee extra wifipunten; zogenoemde Mesh-routers.

KPN streeft ernaar om begin 2023 zo'n 2,4 miljoen Nederlandse adressen te kunnen voorzien van een glasvezelverbinding. De provider is voornemens in de periode daarna op alle adressen waar glasvezel beschikbaar is het kopernetwerk uit te schakelen. In sommige proefgebieden gebeurt dat overigens al voor 2023.

Het werd enige tijd geleden al aangekondigd. Vanaf vandaag, 2 maart, kunt u bij KPN glasvezelverbindingen met 1 Gigabit (1.000 Mb) internetsnelheid aanschaffen. Via Breedbandwinkel ontvangt u dit abonnement tijdelijk met maar liefst 6 maanden 50% korting. U betaalt gedurende die periode dan geen 65,00 euro, maar slechts 32,50 euro per maand.

Het aantal Nederlandse consumenten dat een vaste telefoonlijn belangrijk vindt, blijft dalen. Een trend die al in 2014 ingezet is. De meest voorkomende reden waarom consumenten nog een vaste telefoonlijn in huis hebben? Omdat de vaste telefoniedienst onderdeel uitmaakt van het internet en bellen abonnement of alles-in-1 pakket. Dat zegt ruim een kwart (26%) van de consumenten in het meest recente telefoniemarkt onderzoek van Telecompaper.

Internetvergelijker Breedbandwinkel ziet een enorme toename in klanten die overstappen naar een andere provider. Thuisblijvende kinderen en het thuiswerken vragen om een stabiele en snelle verbinding met het liefst zoveel mogelijk zenders. Ook providers KPN en Ziggo spelen in op de situatie door Film1 de komende maand gratis aan te bieden.

Internet provider Freedom, de 'opvolger' van het door KPN ingelijfde XS4ALL, zou vorige week groots van start gaan. Het zal echter niemand verbazen dat de uitbraak van het coronavirus ook hier roet in het eten gegooid heeft. De lancering is voor onbepaalde tijd uitgesteld. De geplande Launch Party in Paradiso was drie weken geleden al afgelast.

De ACM publiceerde onlangs de meest recente Telecommonitor, een open halfjaarlijkse rapportage, over de status van de telecommarkt in de tweede helft van 2019. Daarin worden naast informatie over marktaandelen en abonnementen in de mobiele- en breedbandmarkt ook de jaaromzetten gepubliceerd die de vaste en mobiele netwerken genereren.

Any meaningful recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will require imagination, risk, solidarity and vulnerability; it will mean refusing to ‘free-ride’ and a willingness to sacrifice. How can we cultivate this capacity for social solidarity in our time of social fragmentation and mutual distancing?

In little more than a month, the coronavirus has exploded the sense of certainty, confidence, optimism and control on which so much of modern life, the economy and politics are predicated. Were these always just illusions?

Can pride be ‘redeemed’, and form the basis of human dignity, or is pride as such a form of moral corruption, a debased form of moral vision?

Why, in the light of the #MeToo movement, have we not questioned the aesthetic, much less moral, justification for the disproportionate amount of nudity and simulated sex required of female actors? Do we really need to prolong this puerile reliance on sex to attract viewers?

Is the pandemic having a chastening effect on our politics, bringing voters back to the real-world consequences of political decisions, or is the pandemic in fact playing right into the hands of populist politicians, creating ideal conditions in which to fan the flames or fear, resentment and mutual suspicion?