In conversation with Maurice Saatchi

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  Welcome to the LSE Events Podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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  Get ready to hear from some of the most influential international figures in the social sciences.

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  Welcome everyone.

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  Whoa!

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  That's loud.

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  Welcome.

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  My name is Larry Kramer.

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  I am the President and Vice Chancellor here at the London School of Economics and it's my pleasure to welcome all of you here to this very special event.

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  I doubt the word orgasm has been uttered from this podium before.

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  I would not have expected to be the first person to do it, given what I taught, but here we are.

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  Of course, the climax we'll be talking about tonight is of the mind, the unique,

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  sometimes overwhelming pleasure one experiences when seeing an intellectual puzzler issue from a new angle for the very first time.

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  We'll hear more about that from tonight's speaker, the Lord Morris Saatchi.

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  It's hard to know where to begin in describing Morris,

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  so I'll start with his most important accomplishment being a graduate of LSE,

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  and not just any graduate,

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  but a top-notch student who won the Macmillan Prize for Sociology and went on to become an esteemed member of our Court of Governors.

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  But that's just the beginning.

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  Morris is nothing short of a legend in the advertising world.

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  With his brother, he transformed the industry,

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