Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Stonehenge History
Anne McElvoy is joined by Neil Wilkin, Mike Pitts, Susan Greaney and Seren Griffiths.
Existential Risk
Planning and creating in the shadow of the doomsday clock with Shahidha Bari and guests.
Whale Watching
Rana Mitter dives into the world of whales and examines our relationship to marine life.
Diverse Classical Music II
New research into music by Margaret Bonds, Robert Nathaniel Dett, Ali Osman, Isaac Hishow.
Futurism
Matthew Sweet and guests look at the manifesto celebrating youth, technology and violence.
Modernism around the World
Rana Mitter looks at Bauhaus in Delhi, Japanese and South African novels and Mexican art.
How to Create a Modernist Masterpiece
Will Self, Alexandra Harris, Kevin Le Gendre and Owen Hatherley build up a manifesto.
Asta Nielsen
Matthew Sweet and guests look at the Danish star of androgynous early romcoms and Hamlet.
Yishai Sarid, Marking Holocaust Memorial Day 2022
Anne McElvoy talks to Israeli novelist Yishai Sarid & hears about new historical research.
Diverse Classical Music
Digging into the music of composers Joseph Bologne, Kikuko Kanai and Julia Perry.