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Free Thinking Episodes

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    Carol Ann Duffy's Everyman, Clive James

    Philip Dodd reports on the first night of Carol Ann Duffy's new adaptation of Everyman.

  2. Alberto Manguel, Alice in Wonderland, Fashionable Victorian Writers

    Alberto Manguel talks to Matthew Sweet about curiosity and a lifetime of reading.

  3. English Civil War, Indigenous Australia

    Anne McElvoy hears how a mid-1970s play might cast light on today's political landscape.

  4. What does Global Shakespeare Mean?

    Philip Dodd asks what we understand Shakespeare to mean around the world.

  5. Caryl Phillips, Stanley Wells, Ah, Wilderness!

    Including Caryl Phillips, Shakespearean actors, South African protests and Ah, Wilderness!

  6. Landmark: The Tin Drum

    Anne McElvoy and guests discuss Gunter Grass's 1959 novel The Tin Drum.

  7. Violence in Culture

    Frances Fyfield, Richard Bessel, Peter Stanford and Mayura Deshpande join Philip Dodd.

  8. Process: Mexico in Words, Carmen Disruption, Christopher Doyle

    Matthew Sweet with Francisco Goldman, Valeria Luiselli, Simon Stephens, Christopher Doyle.

  9. Developments in Neuroscience, Krzysztof Zanussi, Peaceful Resistance

    Rana Mitter discusses new developments in neuroscience.

  10. Landmark: Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now

    Philip Dodd with a special edition devoted to Anthony Trollope's novel The Way We Live Now

  11. Sex and Numbers, Nick Broomfield, The History of the Audiobook

    Including a new sex survey, a Nick Broomfield documentary and the history of the audiobook

  12. Patricia Duncker, Adrienne Mayor on the Amazons, Harriet Walter and Guy Paul

    Patricia Duncker talks about George Eliot, and Adrienne Mayor discusses Amazonian women.

  13. Public v Private Art

    Philip Dodd considers the idea of public and private art.

  14. New Media Culture and Blade Runner

    Matthew Sweet and guests discuss new media culture and the film Blade Runner.

  15. Culture Wars: Cosmopolitanism v the Nation State

    Philip Dodd investigates the tension between cosmopolitanism and the nation state.

  16. Peggy Seeger

    Philip Dodd is joined by folk singer Peggy Seeger, who talks about her music and politics.

  17. Culture Wars: Secularism v Religion

    Philip Dodd and guests discuss secularism and religion.

  18. School Report - A Sense of 蜜芽传媒, Beauty in Ancient Greece

    Anne McElvoy hears from young people involved in the 蜜芽传媒's School Report Day.

  19. Sociology in the 21st Century

    Philip Dodd debates whether sociology still has a role to play in the 21st century.

  20. Madness in Civilisation, Night Walking

    Matthew Sweet discusses the history of mental illness. Plus a nocturnal history of London.

  21. Tom McCarthy, Asne Seierstad, Fairness

    With novelist Tom McCarthy, journalist Asne Seierstad and what is the idea of fairness.

  22. The Age of Earthquakes, Maths in Films

    With discussions about the 'extreme present' and maths and mathematicians in film.

  23. Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro, Antigone Review

    Kazuo Ishiguro talks to Anne McElvoy about his new novel, The Buried Giant.

  24. The Arguments Against Democracy

    Rana Mitter and guests discuss the arguments against democracy.

  25. John Gray, Paul Durand Ruel and Inventing Impressionism

    Presented by Matthew Sweet. Philosopher John Gray discusses illusory ideas of freedom.

  26. David Cohen prize winner

    Rana Mitter talks to the winner of the biennial David Cohen Prize for Literature.

  27. Social Identity and Belonging in Europe, Valuing the Arts

    Philip Dodd discusses the value of the arts and the notion of social identity in Europe.

  28. Paul Foot Award, Valuing the Arts

    Anne McElvoy with the 2014 Paul Foot Award winner and Craig Calhoun on valuing the arts.

  29. Buddhism, Therapy, Violence and Rationality

    Rana Mitter explores Buddhism in therapy and politics.

  30. Landmark: The One Thousand and One Nights Yesterday and Tomorrow

    Philip Dodd and guests including Robert Irwin discuss The One Thousand and One Nights.

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