Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Eliza Flower and non-conformist thinking
Matthew Sweet hears about research into the singer and friend of JS Mill feat. live songs!
Sleep
John Gallagher gets sleeping tips from research pioneers and early modern history
Sankofa and Afrofuturism
Curator Ekow Eshun, academic Sarah Jilani and sculptor Zak Ov茅 with Shahidha Bari.
Valis and Philip K Dick
A weirdly autobiographical science fiction novel from 1981, inspired by hallucinations.
Humours and the body
From mitochondria and 16th-century cancer treatments to breath, blood and Bach cantatas.
Victorian colour, jewellery and metalwork
Nandini Das visits Colour Revolution at the Ashmolean in Oxford and talks to a jeweller.
Being Blonde
Matthew Sweet and Professor Lynda Nead explore links between Diana Dors and Ruth Ellis.
The Frieze/Radio 3 Museum Directors Debate 2023
Directors of the National Portrait Gallery, London and MACBA, Barcelona join Anne McElvoy
Art, Kew, a symphony and nature
Artist Mat Collishaw, composer Jimmy L贸pez Bellido, academics Vid Simoniti and Sarah Casey
Faith, consciousness and creating meaning in life
Philosophers Daniel Dennett, Philip Goff, podcaster Liz Oldfield & a faith museum curator.
