Love in the Time of Cholera
Thursday 20 March 2008 21:45-22:30 (Radio 3)
Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to psychologist and journalist Susan Pinker about her book The Sexual Paradox, which examines how gender difference emerges at school and at work.
Plus the new film adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel Love in the Time of Cholera, starring Academy Award winner Javier Bardem, and Sonia Katchian, the photographer who has documented the life and times of Muhammad Ali.
Playlist
Susan Pinker's The Sexual Parodox
A little quiz for you - don't worry it is only a game - why did Cavendish, Faraday, Darwin and Bill Gates never complete their degrees?
That's question one.next...if the number of male undergraduates increased by 39 per cent between 1969 and 2000 how big was the increase for women?
And the last question .why are women with computer science or engineering degrees nearly thirteen times more likely than their male counterparts to give up work altogether?
I'll give you one of the answers because I'm feeling generous - the number of women undergraduates rose by 157 per cent between 1969 and the year 2000.
If you want to know the answers to the other questions the only thing to do is tune into Night Waves Thursday 20th March when Gabriel Gbadamosi will be talking to the psychologist and journalist, Susan Pinker about her book, The Sexual Paradox which examines how gender difference emerges at school and at work.
The Sexual Paradox is published by Atlantic Books.
Paul Scofield
An obituary to the late, great actor.
Love in the Time of Cholera
No Country for Old Men star Javier Bardem's latest film, Love in the Time of Cholera, adapted from the Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel, is reviewed.
Love in the Time of Cholera is released on Friday 21 March, certificate 18.
The impact of the World Wide Web
Gabriel talks to writers Charles Leadbeater, author of We-Think and Clay Shirkey, author of Here Comes Everybody, to discuss the future and legacy of the web on society and the economy.
