Free Thinking Episodes Available now
How we think about evil
Matthew Sweet and guests pick up from this year's Reith lectures and look at ideas of evil
Gifts and Gratitude
Following Thanksgiving, and as Christmas approaches, Shahidha Bari on giving and receiving
Diplomacy from Ancient Greece to Trump
Sir Nigel Sheinwald, Professor Clare Jackson, Bronwen Maddox, Dr Holly Furneaux
Cosy comfort reading or Nietzsche?
Alexander McCall Smith, Susannah Clapp, Tom Shakespeare, Deborah Sugg Ryan & Hugo Drochon
Milton and our modern world
It is 350 years since the death of Milton. We discuss ideas of Puritanism and divorce.
Ghosts, death and ecstatic states
Shahidha Bari with Irving Finkel, Simon Critchley, Chris Harding and Hetta Howes.
Are we all American now?
Freddy Gray, Dr Katie McGettigan, Amanda Taub, Kit Davis and Rana Mitter join Anne McElvoy
Insiders & Outsiders
Matthew Sweet and guests explore the secret languages of the internet and beyond.
Childhood and innocence
Katherine Rundell, Emily Baughan, Grace Lockrobin, Miriam Cates, Andrew Cooper
Why we read
Shahidha Bari and guests discuss the value of reading fiction and of writing history.
