Free Thinking Episodes Available now

Witch-Finding, Marina Warner
Matthew Sweet and guests including Marina Warner consider the season of the witch.

James Bond in Spectre, Nawal El Saadawi, Lord Browne, IS and Poetry
With writer Nawal El Saadawi on protest, Lord Browne on business, and IS and Arabic poetry

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½: Marilynne Robinson, Thomas Harding, Imtiaz Dharker
Ideas of home: Marilynne Robinson, Edwin Heathcote, Thomas Harding, Imtiaz Dharker.

Plants and The Black Panthers
Matthew Sweet with The Invention of Nature, The Cabaret of Plants and The Black Panthers.

Meera Syal and Tanika Gupta in Conversation at Birmingham Rep
Meera Syal and Tanika Gupta talk to Rana Mitter about turning Anita and Me into a play.

Salman Rushdie, Henry Kissinger
Salman Rushdie talks to Philip Dodd. Plus historian Niall Ferguson on Henry Kissinger.

Man Booker Winner, Weather and Twilight, The Kibbo Kift
Matthew Sweet with Peter Davidson and Alexandra Harris on Britain's weather and twilight.

Landmark: Leaves of Grass
Poets Mark Doty and Andrew McMillan and Professor Sarah Churchwell on Walt Whitman's poem.

Acting Arthur Miller, Free Speech on Campus
Zoe Wanamaker, David Suchet and Antony Sher talk about interpreting Arthur Miller's work.

James Fenton, Suffragette, Thatcherism and Conservatism
James Fenton on his poetic career, Suffragette reviewed and Thatcher's legacy discussed.