Jeffrey Sachs lecture podcasts

Ben over at Technology, Health & Development notes that pop-star economist Jeffrey Sachs and best-selling author of "The End of Poverty" gives a series of lectures at the Royal Sociaty in London which are broadcast by BBC's Radio 4. MP3s of the lectures are available as a podcast for one week after the air date. I haven't had the time to check out the first one, but I guess they will be exciting, given Sachs' opinionated and entertaining style.

The schedule and topics are:

Lecture 1: Wednesday 11 April 2007, 9am
Bursting at the Seams

Lecture 2: Wednesday 18 April, 8pm
Survival in the Anthropocene

Lecture 3: Wednesday 25 April, 8pm
The Great Convergence

Lecture 4: Wednesday 2 May, 8pm
Poverty in the Midst of Plenty

Lecture 5: Wednesday 9 May, 8pm
A New Politics for a New Age