A Point of View Podcast
A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
Episodes to download
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Sacred Cows and Sushi Rolls
Fri 5 Mar 2021
John Connell reflects on how the pandemic is breaking the spell of cities.
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A Sense of an Opening
Fri 19 Feb 2021
Susie Orbach on finding the right words to help get us through the pandemic.
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Going Underground
Fri 12 Feb 2021
Will Self on why he longs for the day he can travel again on the London underground.
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A Sense of Fear
Fri 5 Feb 2021
Zoe Strimpel tries to understand her sense of panic at news of Britain closing its borders
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Sacking the Capitols
Fri 29 Jan 2021
Sarah Dunant imagines how the storming of the US Capitol building might go down in history
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The Power of Slow Storytelling
Fri 22 Jan 2021
Rebecca Stott on why stories told over time seem so fitting for lockdown.
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Whose Free Speech?
Fri 15 Jan 2021
John Gray argues that social media bans on Donald Trump pose many risks.
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A Turning Point for Democracy?
Fri 8 Jan 2021
Adam Gopnik attempts to make sense of events in Washington this week.
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New Year Letter from New York
New Year's Day 2021
Adam Gopnik on the bitter-sweet joys of cycling round Central Park.
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Spiritual Pick and Mix
Christmas Day 2020
Bernardine Evaristo reflects on spirituality and syncretism.
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Confessions of an Anti-Clasper
Fri 11 Dec 2020
Howard Jacobson reflects on hugging, past and present.
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Loving the Body Fat-tastic
Fri 27 Nov 2020
Bernardine Evaristo reflects on body image and the fashion industry.
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Experience Trumps Facts
Fri 20 Nov 2020
David Goodhart defends objective facts over personal experience.
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Perpetual Lockdown
Fri 13 Nov 2020
Sara Wheeler on lockdown for her brother, severely learning disabled, and others like him
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Don't Mention the War
Fri 6 Nov 2020
Howard Jacobson with his personal reaction to a monumental week in US politics.
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Pets Aren't People!
Fri 30 Oct 2020
Zoe Strimpel examines why we've become so passionately obsessed with dogs.
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The Great Conjunction
Fri 16 Oct 2020
Adam Gopnik reflects on the appearance of Jupiter in the skies over Manhattan.
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Reflections on My Mother's Kenwood Mixer
Fri 9 Oct 2020
Rebecca Stott on memories of Angel Delight, Smash powder and an invaluable device.
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The Pro-Mask Movement
Fri 2 Oct 2020
Bernardine Evaristo on why wearing a mask these days is the least we can do.
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Conspiracy Theories and a Good Hair Cut
Fri 18 Sep 2020
Sarah Dunant on QAnon... and conversations with her hairdresser.
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Having the 'Wrong' Politics
Fri 11 Sep 2020
Zoe Strimpel discusses growing divides between our social groupings.
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Thinking Otherwise
Fri 4 Sep 2020
Michael Morpurgo questions whether we are educating our children or programming them.
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A Fine Line
Fri 28 Aug 2020
Adam Gopnik on why, during the pandemic, there's a fine line between clever... and stupid.
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Tolerance: the Unfashionable Virtue
Fri 21 Aug 2020
John Gray discusses why he believes liberals are turning their backs on tolerance.
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The End of Progress?
Fri 14 Aug 2020
Will Self reflects on how the pandemic could affect our perception of human progress.
