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The World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast

By: World Economic Forum
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  • The Book Club podcast from the World Economic Forum brings you the world’s greatest storytellers. For the last three years, the Forum’s Book Club has engaged with some of the world’s greatest writers, allowing a community of over 200,000 readers to put their questions and share their views. The podcast features in-depth interviews with some of our favourite authors looking at their most recent work, their motivations, inspirations and so much more. Great fiction, economics, psychology, philosophy - the world’s best storytellers will be telling us their stories. At the Forum, we have access to some of the biggest and best minds from around our world and we want to share that with you in as many ways as we can. Host: Beatrice Di Caro. https://www.facebook.com/groups/worldeconomicforumbookclub https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/
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  • Carolyn Kousky

    Carolyn Kousky
    Jan 14 2023

    Carolyn Kousky is the Associate Vice President for Economics and Policy at the Environmental Defense Fund and the author of Understanding Disaster Insurance: New Tools for a More Resilient Future. In this episode, Kousky dives deep into the world of insurance markets, exposing major vulnerabilities and detailing how private and public partnerships can help built insurance models that are capable of responding to the climate crisis.
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    26 mins
  • The Library: A Fragile History

    The Library: A Fragile History
    Jan 6 2023

    In the first episode of 2023, Kate Whiting speaks to academics and authors Professor Andrew Pettegree and Dr Arthur der Weduwen about their book The Library: A Fragile History. They discuss why, despite our love of collecting books, they have often been neglected and become tools and targets during times of war, while romance novels have gone from scourge to saviour of the modern-day library.
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    33 mins
  • Review of the year: 2022

    Review of the year: 2022
    Dec 22 2022

    In this last episode of 2022, host Beatrice Di Caro and Kate Whiting look back at some of their favourite reads of the year, collate top reads from around the World Economic Forum, and share some of the best quotes from authors who have been on the Book Club Podcast. These include Adam Grant, Elif Shafak and Booker Prize winner Shehan Karunatilaka.
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    24 mins
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