Free Thinking - First World War, Empathy
Arts & Ideas
BBC
4.2 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2014
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Matthew Sweet revisits Alan Bleasdale's 1986 World War One TV series The Monocled Mutineer inspired by life of soldier Percy Toplis. He talks to Paul McGann who played the soldier in the series and academics Julian Putkowski and Richard Drayton. Philosopher Roman Krznaric wants to launch an empathy revolution. He is being joined by an author Sheri Fink and Professor Jan Slaby.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron. Evil genius. He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it. That's like hiding at your own funeral. Yeah, it's a big, great gig. I'm Russell Kane. Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that at some level of genius. It also helps |
| 0:21.2 | that it's a long time ago, right? It's like the podcast version of telling your kids the ice cream |
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| 0:40.7 | Tonight, how would you like to go on a voyage of self-discovery, to get in touch with your inner feelings, your real self? |
| 0:47.9 | If that makes you want to jump on a chair and scream, then stay tuned. |
| 0:51.9 | Tonight we're going to talk about what really makes life interesting, other people, |
| 0:56.0 | as we examine the rewards and the limits of empathy. |
| 0:59.5 | We'll also try to understand what it was like to be this man, |
| 1:02.6 | if he ever really existed in the way that we remember him. |
| 1:07.5 | These lads are right. |
| 1:09.1 | Now, they're going up the line in a couple of days' time, and you know as well as I do that there'd be nowhere soft up there than at that bloody camp. |
| 1:15.6 | Why should we get it for? |
| 1:16.6 | Bougar it! |
| 1:18.6 | Those bastards any tapples started this, their saw always do. |
| 1:22.6 | Well, let's see if we can't finish it. |
| 1:25.6 | Hey? |
| 1:26.6 | Come on, boys, eh? Give us in our finish it. Hey. Come on, guys. Come on, let's. |
| 1:28.3 | Give us in our way. |
| 1:29.3 | Right, oh. |
| 1:30.3 | See you at the bridge. |
| 1:31.3 | Come on, let's do it. |
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