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Free Thinking Episodes

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    Shelina Janmohamed, Edward Ardizzone's Art, Jewish identity in fiction

    With Anne McElvoy. Including Shelina Janmohamed and a discussion on Edward Ardizzone's art

  2. Energy and Landscape: Edward Burtynsky, Ella Hickson

    Philip Dodd is joined by artist Edward Burtynsky and playwright Ella Hickson.

  3. Thames Estuary Festival, Jatinder Verma, Arne N忙ss

    From Dickens & wartime defences to Doctor Who, Matthew Sweet explores the Thames estuary

  4. Aphra Behn, 1066 and the South Coast, Mark Thompson

    Anne McElvoy discusses Aphra Behn at the RSC and a festival marking 1066.

  5. Brazilian Culture, Saying the Unsayable, Addiction, Raqib Shaw

    Anne McElvoy looks ahead to the Rio Olympics, discussing Brazilian culture.

  6. War and Modern Memory

    Philip Dodd discusses war and modern memory.

  7. Liverpool Art Biennial

    Matthew Sweet and critic Natalie Haynes report from the Liverpool Biennial.

  8. Scotland, Wales and the Ukraine, Lidudumalingani

    Anne McElvoy discusses Welsh links to Ukraine, plus Welsh fiction since devolution.

  9. Deserts

    Matthew Sweet discusses deserts with writers Geoff Dyer and Laurence Scott.

  10. Hisham Matar, Street Furniture, Easternisation, Katherine Cooper on Storm Jameson

    With Hisham Matar on the search for his father, street furniture and Storm Jameson's work.

  11. Post-referendum reflections, New Generation Thinker Chris Kissane on citizenship

    With Chris Kissane discussing citizenship, plus Matthew Wall on betting patterns.

  12. Tony Garnett

    British TV and film producer Tony Garnett is in conversation with Matthew Sweet.

  13. Walter Benjamin, the Soviet Superwoman, Munch

    Anne McElvoy discusses the fiction of Walter Benjamin and the Soviet superwoman.

  14. Universities: Therapy or Learning?

    Philip Dodd and New Generation Thinker Sean Williams debate universities.

  15. Hands, Physiology and Art, the History of Science

    Matthew Sweet discuses hands with psychoanalyst Darian Leader.

  16. Nottingham Contemporary Art Debate

    Anne McElvoy is joined by curators, artists and an audience at Nottingham Contemporary.

  17. Emma Cline, Jane Mayer, Louisa Egbunike on Flora Nwapa's book Efuru

    With Emma Cline on cults and teenage girls, and a discussion about the novel Efuru.

  18. Mystics and Reality

    Matthew Sweet discusses mysticism with Dorothy Cross, Joanna Kavenna and Jo Dunkley.

  19. Archaelogy: Alexandra Sofroniew, Damian Robinson, Raimund Karl, Susan Greaney

    Rana Mitter on underwater archaeology at home and abroad, discussing two new exhibitions.

  20. Peter Singer

    Moral philosopher Peter Singer is in conversation with Philip Dodd.

  21. Sjon, Winifred Knights, Katie Roiphe, New Generation Thinker Sarah Jackson

    With Icelandic writer Sj贸n, the career of Winifred Knights and an exploration of touch.

  22. Bhupen Khakhar, The City State of London?

    Philip Dodd explores the art of Bhupen Khakhar as a retrospective opens at Tate Modern.

  23. Hay Festival: Inheritance - Steve Jones, Lionel Shriver, Marlon James

    Lionel Shriver, Marlon James and Steve Jones join Rana Mitter to debate inheritance.

  24. Hay Festival: New Generation Thinkers 2016

    Rana Mitter introduces the ten academics named as the New Generation Thinkers for 2016.

  25. The Tale of Genji, Algorithms

    Rana Mitter discusses The Tale of Genji, sometimes called the world's first novel.

  26. Latin America: Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Claudia Pineiro, Eric Hobsbawm

    Philip Dodd explores Latin America with writers Juan Gabriel Vasquez and Claudia Pineiro.

  27. Photographers Dorothy Bohm, Wolfgang Suschitzky and Neil Libbert, Carry On Films

    With the Carry On film as social history and a photography show charting the 20th century.

  28. Beauty: Dame Fiona Reynolds, The Bowes Museum, David Willetts on the State

    Dame Fiona Reynolds talks to Anne McElvoy about preserving beauty in the countryside.

  29. Landmark: In Parenthesis, by David Jones

    Iain Sinclair, Emma Jenkins, Paul Hills and Iain Bell discuss the writing of David Jones.

  30. Transformations: Becoming a Goat, Neil Bartlett

    Neil Bartlett on Victorian performer Ernest Boulton and Thomas Thwaites on becoming a goat

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